RESUME
2008
Dr. Richard F. Flynn
2116 Country Road
Murray, KY 42071
Telephone: 270 767 0667 Home
270 809 3782 Office
E-Mail:
Fax: 270 809 3799
EDUCATION
B.S. IndianaStateUniversity at Terre Haute, Indiana
1959Science Education
M.A. University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Indiana
1967Educational Administration
Ed. D. BallStateUniversity at Muncie, Indiana
1975 Educational Administration
Curriculum and Early Childhood Education
EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
1996 / Current Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling
MurrayStateUniversity
1998-2001 Director
Kentucky Principal Intern Program
Facilitator of the Oxford Round Table on Education Policy
Sir William Blackstone Colloquium On Public School Law
July 2000 University of Oxford, England
Co-Director of the Oxford International Round Table
1997/1998/1999/2000/2001 University of Oxford, England
And
Beijing International Round Table Beijing, China
1999
Trainer for the Kentucky Principal Intern Program in
Western Kentucky as sponsored by the Kentucky Department
Of Education
Department Coordinator for the Ed.S. Program in school
Administration
Major Teaching Responsibilities:
Educational Law
Supervision and Evaluation
World Class Curriculum
Educational Research
Registered Course on BLACKBOARD.COM
2000Evaluator Consultant for the Calloway County Schools
Murray, KY
1990 / 1996 Superintendent of BeaufortCountySchool District
Beaufort, SC
1981 / 1989 Superintendent of New Hanover County Schools
Wilmington, NC
1975 / 1981 Superintendent of West Carrollton City Schools
West Carrollton, OH
1975Co-Director of Educational Associates World-Wide, Inc.a firm providing educational administrative consulting
services to fourteen Northwestern states and Guam
Administrative Planner and Co-Director for REGION E
Technical Assistance Team in the National Right To Read
Program
1973Administrative assistant to the Superintendent for a large
Indiana school corporation having 20,000 students. This
Assignment included research and development of an ESEA
Title III Computer Managed Program of Individualized
Instruction
1972Educational Director of all operations for private Day Care-
Nursery-Kindergarten Corporation in Northern Indiana.
This assignment included the educational design for a new
Facilities, curriculum writing and supervision, personnel,
Public relations and fiscal concerns.
Taught summer sessions at IndianaUniversity, South Bend in
The area of Early Childhood Education and Administration
1959 / 1972 Elementary Teacher for eight years in Mishawaka, IN
Elementary Principal for four years in Mishawaka, IN
Director of the PEOPLE TO PEOPLEHIGH SCHOOL
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM TO EUROPE for Northern
Indiana
PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
“Evidences of the Future”, Phi Delta Kappa,
Wilmington, NC, February 2001.
“Evidences of the Future”, Oxford International
Round Table, Oxford, England, 2001.
“55 And Searching: Job Hunting At A Later Age”, THE
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR, June, 1997
Author-Coordinator of two sound filmstrip series published
by Society for Visual Education ( Singer Corporation)
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD-GROUP I
COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD-GROUP II
Author of the curricular documents for the Bashful Giraffe
Corporation, South Bend, Indiana
BASHFUL GIRAFFE KINDERGARTEN PLAN, 1971
Bashful GiraffeChildCareCenter
PHILOSOPHY AND OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES, 1971
BASHFUL GIRAFFE POLICY MANUAL, 1970
The above curricula, operations manuals, and policy manuals
were developed in an effort that attained the First Class
Commission from the Indiana State Department of Public
Instruction for the Bashful Giraffe Corporation
AWARDS, RECOGNITION AND RELATED EXPERIENCES
Outstanding University Professor
Kentucky Elementary Principal’s Association 2002
South Carolina Administrator of the Year 1994
South Carolina Association of Office Personnel
South Carolina Administrator of the Year 1995
South Carolina Maintenance Management Association
Chairperson of Southeastern North Carolina Superintendents
Council 1988
Member of North CarolinaState Task Force for Children at
Risk 1982 / 86
Vice President Cape Fear United Way Drive 1982 / 1986
Member, Board of Directors of the CapeFear United Way
1981 / 1983
Member of budget committee, North Carolina Association of
School Administrators 1981 / 1983
Member of the Community Advisory Board for the Sycamore
Medical Center of Dayton, OH 1979 / 1980
Member of the Board of Management for the South Suburban
Y.M.C.A. of Dayton, OH 1979 / 1981
Member of the Board of Directors for the Metropolitan Dayton
Educational Cooperative Association 1976 / 1979
President of the Dayton Area Superintendents Association
1976 / 1977
Member of the executive Board for IndianaDayCareCenter
Association 1971
Member of the IndianaState Advisory Committee for Early Childhood Education 1971 / 1972
Listed in Outstanding Young Men of America 1967
Chosen OUTSTANDING YOUNG MAN OF THE YEAR IN
1967 by the Mishawaka Jaycees
Presented the Mishawaka Enterprise-Record GEORGE award for services with young children 1967
OHIO SUPERINTENDENCY 1975 / 1981
Ordered and directed a three-year review and revision of the district’s total curriculum. Over 250 parents, teachers, students and administrators participated in the redesign of K-12 curriculum.
Reorganized an administrative staff according to the needs of 1981. This included matching management styles to positions throughout the district with appropriate changes.
Organized the community and professional staff within a plan which in nine months
afforded the Board of Education a set of district goals for adoption
A goal setting network was established in the district resulting in face-to-face contact with over three thousand people. Each participant was involved in a ranking process providing the Board with goal statements.
Implemented budget and appropriation procedures through training and accountability models which resulted in reduced expenditure patterns from 13% annually to 4% annually.
Implemented a Basics program in all elementary schools emphasizing grammar, spelling and mathematics.
Passed two operating levies and a $4.5 million dollar bond issue in a two year period.
Implemented a performance-based pay plan for district administrators.
NORTH CAROLINA SUPERINTENDENCY 1981 / 1989
Implemented mandatory basic skill foundations program for all eight to thirteen year old children
Penmanship
Mathematics
Geography
Paragraph Writing
Vocabulary
Pilot District for State of North Carolina’s Career Development Plan
Designed and implemented Administrator Performance Pay and Evaluation system
Implemented large-scale public image promotion of county schools
Passed $11.5 million dollar bond issue
Completed a $22 million New Construction and Facilities Renovations Five-Year Plan
Voluntarily conducted superintendent’s evaluation in open sessions of regularly scheduled board of education meeting
Closed seven obsolete schools
Reorganized school structure to K-5 middle school-four year high school plan
Increased county student achievement from 50th ranking to a 10th ranking ( 133 school districts)
Designed and implemented Site-Based Decision Making System using school data bank
Achieved four Governor’s Awards for Educational Excellence
Achieved four Governor’s Awards for local business partnerships
Designed and directed the establishment of the New Hanover County Schools Foundation in conjunction with the Greater Wilmington Chamber of Commerce-Educational Division
SOUTH CAROLINA SUPERINTENDENCY 1990 / 1996
Designed Performance Pay package for administrators and classified personnel
Reorganized and reduced central office staff
Completed a $59 million dollar renovations project
Increased standardized achievement (Stanford) from the 38th percentile to the 53rd percentile in three years.
Implemented a Basic Foundations program for early learners
Successfully passed the largest bond referendum in South Carolina history
( $125,000,000) in 1995
Established both Exit and Performance Standards for K-12 in all curricular areas
(See EDUCATION WEEK, April 12, 1995)
Designed individual School Report Cards for publication
Directed 16 of 19 schools into full Site Based Responsibility status in five years
Directed to completion and Board adoption a FIVE YEAR ACADEMIC PLAN for World Class student achievement.
UNIVERSITY ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHIP
Co-directed the two international round tables on school reform (Oxford, England and Beijing, PeoplesRepublic of China 1997-1998-1999
Sponsor of a number of principal interns for the State of Kentucky
Trainer of mentors and supervisors connected with the Kentucky Principals Intern Program
Teach year round at the graduate level concentrating in school law, supervision, personnel evaluation, and world class standards (curriculum)
Coordinate the Department of Leadership and Counseling Educational Specialists Degree
DISTRICT / UNIVERSITY DESCRIPTIONS
WestCarrolltonCitySchool District
West Carrollton, OH
Bedroom Community of Dayton, Ohio
Suburban
6,000 students
$12,000,000 budget
400 Employees
New HanoverCountySchool District
Wilmington, NC
Court ordered integrated school district
Urban
20,000 Students (70% White/ 30% Minority)
$78,000,000 Budget
3,000 Employees
BeaufortCountySchool District
Beaufort, SC
Integrated School District
Rural, Coastal, Recreational
17,000 students ( 52% African-American 5% Hispanic 43% White )
$80,000,000 Budget
2,500 Employees
MurrayStateUniversity
Murray, KY
9,000 Students
Service Institution for schools in western Kentucky
Rural Setting