TCALL Personnel - Beth Ponder

Beth Ponder,
Director of Professional Development
Phone: 979-847-7319
E-mail: baponder@tamu.edu

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• Graduate coursework in Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Experience

• Associate Director and PD Center Specialist, TCALL – since 2015

• Associate Director, Center for Literacy, Education & Employment (CLEE), University of Tennessee

• Supervisor of Circulation, Lawson McGhee Library, Knoxville, TN

Past Service

• Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers (AALPD)

• The Center for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee

• Fort Sanders Community Development Corporation

• Historic Fort Sanders Neighborhood Association – Vice President

• Friends of Literacy – Vice President/ Secretary

Current Duties/Roles with TCALL

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EVALUATION

  • Provides professional development instructional design support to PD Center leadership

  • Assists in the evaluation of contract trainers

  • Participates in ongoing Professional Development initiatives

  • Supports other objectives of the PD Center, including research activities as approved by funder
    
    

• PD COORDINATOR SUPPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS

  • Schedules, plans content, and makes staff assignments for monthly PD Coordinator WebEx meetings

  • Moderates PD Portal Community of Practice and Email discussion list for PD Coordinators

  • Identifies and recommends TCALL Library acquisitions and website content features related to professional development for continuous program improvement

  • Manages TEAMS data entry of PD activities, including liaison with TWC to obtain appropriate TEAMS access for TRAIN PD staff who need it
    
    

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FIELD SERVICES MANAGER

  • Quality Management, Time Management, and Scope Management for PD Field Services provided by all TRAIN PD Center Specialists, including:

  • Development of PD Recommendations for their assigned programs PD Continuous Improvement Plans

  • Delivery of Concentrated Support to AEL Programs with special needs in consultation with state office

  • Review and approval of PD Specialists recommended PD Events and trainers

  • Coordination of training of PD Center Specialists for all Field Service functions
    
    

• PROJECT LEADERSHIP TEAM & LIAISON TO NATIONAL INITIATIVES

  • Coordinates with Executive Director and Directors to manage overall project performance

  • Supports Directors in development of project and budget planning and oversight

  • Monitors spending in Professional/Contracted Services budget category

  • Supervises, establishes and monitors performance goals for, and evaluates staff as assigned by Directors

  • Manages special initiatives and short-term projects as assigned by Directors

  • Serves as TCALL liaison to national adult education and literacy professional development and resource projects and initiatives