Career in Profile:

Qualified as a designer, developer, and facilitator of instruction. Offering a background  in communications, learning resources management, and training & development.

Key Qualifications:

• Participated in Team Development Project for Amoco Production Company. Employed on an ad hoc basis in Training and Organizational Development at the APC-Houston West Lake complex. Additional activity at Back and Associates in the Woodlands. Rewrote and edited manual on team development for APC Permian Basin Business Unit.

• Researched, evaluated, and wrote materials to train self-managed work teams in 44 human resource skill areas.

• Designed and developed materials for Train-A-Pak Project at the DuPont Houston Plant in LaPorte. Performed job, task, and content analysis and created multi-media instruction.

• A broadly based background as a writer, editor, and public communicator. Ranges from terse news copy for hourly broadcast to feature articles for publication.

• Recently awarded Master of Science degree from the University of Houston College of Technology. (Graduate GPA 3.61/4.0). Majored in Occupational Education with emphasis on Training and Development. Studies have included instructional design, program management, instructional evaluation, facilitation, computers in training, and research.

Technical Skills Training:

• Produced audio-visuals and manuals to train chemical operators. Based on on-site interviews and observation of actual job practice.

• Typical topics included the chemical formulation process, unit start-ups and shut downs, job responsibilities, safety procedures, and chemical hazards.

• Directed all aspects of instructional design from the initial analysis to the final product: research, writing, editing, photography, graphics, and narration.

Instructional Resources:

• As Coordinator of Media Services for Texas Woman's University, managed the Learning Resource Center and media facilities at the Texas Medical Center . Trained students and faculty in media use for health science projects. Ascertained health science media needs. Initiated assessment and purchase of new library materials.

• To build the capability of a part-time student staff, wrote manual documenting the basics of the operation, cutting training time to a matter of hours.

Free-Lance & Consulting:

• Activities have included participation in video productions of H.I.S.D. (High School for the Performing and Visual Arts) and the co-production of an instructional video on Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children.

News & Public Affairs:

• Created a news department at a Bay City, Texas, radio station where none had existed. Wrote and produced three daily newscasts. Provided coverage of city council and commissioner's court meetings and other events in a five-county area. Sold stories of statewide interest to Mutual Broadcasting System. Hosted weekend phone-in talk program for KIKK in Houston.

Computer Skills:

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Macromedia Dreamweaver (HTML), Macromedia Authorware (CBT), Adobe PhotoShop.

Upon request, specific references and a more detailed resume may be sent to potential employers.

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Grady McAllister of Houston, Texas.