Kari Stubbs, PhD

Kari Stubbs, PhD

Director, 21st Century Learning at BrainPOP

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Current
  • Director, 21st Century Learning at BrainPOP
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Education
  • Sumner Academy
  • University of Kansas
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Industry
E-Learning
Websites

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Summary

Director with significant accomplishments in education technology. Skilled in planning, launching and leading growth initiatives in areas of company visibility, professional development, business partnerships, and sales support. Creative, results-oriented leader with industry expertise and vision, self-direction and organization, and highly effective communication skills. Strong record of success at applying critical thinking and analysis. Recipient of both the NSBA “20 to Watch” and Making it Happen awards recognizing emerging leaders in education technology. Conference presentations include: NECC, CoSN, NSBA T+L, ILC, SITE, NAESP, and IRA.

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Specialties:

Presentations and public speaking, collaborative leadership, leveraging company visibility through social networks and strategic conference planning, supporting business partnerships, professional development, product academic integrity, and program management

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Experience

  • Director, 21st Century Learning

    BrainPOP

    (Privately Held; Internet industry)

    February 2009 — Present (11 months)

    Increase company visibility through strategic planning at conferences outside the exhibit hall, participation on social learning networks, leveraging my ability build and sustain relationships, and CoSN board involvement. Provide research direction and strategy aligned with student achievement resulting from product use. Support business partnerships through planning, product development, and speaking. Assist BrainPOP educators with vision planning, blogging and hosting webinars.

    Strengthen sales team through professional development, public speaking, and led the build and release of Funding BrainPOP to generate product awareness around unique BrainPOP features and strategically aligned BrainPOP with industry direction related to funding http://www.brainpop.com/funding/. Led audit of BrainPOP's features and integration partnerships against the 21st century learning skills identified by ISTE and Partnership for 21st Century Skills.

  • Education Technology Consultant

    Saywire

    (E-Learning industry)

    December 2008 — January 2009 (2 months)

    Professional development strategy and resource deliverables.

  • Director of Professional Development

    ePals, Inc.

    (Public Company; Utilities industry)

    May 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 8 months)

    Supported account activation, customer fulfillment, and sales. Designed, implemented, and evaluated face-to-face and online professional development to help teachers make global connections and integrate online communication tools to support 21st century learning. Created the ePals training blog: http://sites.epals.com/ePalsTraining . Supported negotiations for Kansas state-wide agreement that resulted in the activation of 419,000 accounts, and seamless integration of ePals into state-wide education portal. Member of team that activated millions of accounts globally. Online content developer for In2Books.

    Delegation member that traveled to China to study technology in education and present ePals tools to fellow delegates. http://sites.epals.com/china_stubbs .

  • Instructor

    University of Kansas

    (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)

    2005 — 2007 (2 years )

    Instructor (2006), Graduate Teaching Assistant (2005), Undergraduate Program
    Instructional Technology in Elementary and Middle School Education
    Establish, model, instruct, and analyze combination of online and face-to-face learning. Topics include: NETS, Palm, SmartBoard, Blogs, Ethics, Integration, Project Based Learning, Digital Media Development, and core curriculum. Course evaluation means higher than department means on all evaluated areas.
    Technology Committee Board Member. School of Education Technology Board Student Representative. (2005).

  • Senior Project Coordinator and Title IID Director

    ALTEC

    (Privately Held; Machinery industry)

    June 2004 — May 2007 (3 years )

    Managed, designed, established, delivered, and evaluateed, data-driven professional development sequence for $7,000,000+ Title IID Federal investment in Kansas—Technology Rich Classrooms. Impact evident in 168 classrooms. Team-based professional development model included: train-the-trainer, teachers, technology specialists, administrators, and local grant evaluators. Training format: face-to-face, online, and video conferencing. Program management included: program evaluation, sustainability issues, refinement and development of replicable model, networking, strategic planning, and website redesign. http://trc.altec.org

  • Adjunct Professor

    Baker University

    (Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

    2003 — 2007 (4 years )

    Adjunct Professor, Master’s Program
    Online Course: Issues and Ethics of Technology Use (2006, 2007)
    Managed learning community thorough online assignments, discussion threads, and instant messaging.
    Face-to-Face Courses: Computers in the Classroom (2005), Professional Electronic Portfolios (2004).

  • Lead Media Specialist

    Kansas City Public Television

    (Telecommunications industry)

    1997 — 2006 (9 years )

    Lead Media Specialist (2004-2006), Master Teacher (1997-2004)
    Conceptualized, developed, promoted, and shared strategies for integration of steaming video resources into teaching and learning. Strategies included both teacher and student control of the technology and individualization for integration into classroom practices.

  • Elementary Teacher

    Blue Valley School District

    (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Education Management industry)

    1994 — 2004 (10 years )

    Classroom educator with experience in curriculum mapping, inclusion of special needs students, project based learning, integration of multiple forms of technology into a variety of core content areas. Technology Committee chairman.

  • Elementary Teacher

    Shawnee Mission School District

    (Educational Institution; Education Management industry)

    1993 — 1994 (1 year )

  • Elementary Teacher

    Plano Independent School District

    (Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)

    1992 — 1993 (1 year )

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Education

  • Sumner Academy

    1985 — 1987

  • University of Kansas

    PhD , Curriculum and Instruction

    Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction
    University of Kansas May 2007
    Minor: Administration
    Dissertation: Use of Technology in Teacher Preparation Programs

    Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction
    University of Kansas August 1994
    Thesis: Portfolio Assessment in an Elementary Classroom

    Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
    University of Kansas May 1991
    Minors: Mathematics and Social Studies
    Highest Distinction, Carried Education Banner as Top Graduate

Additional Information

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Websites:

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Groups:

-CoSN (Conference Committee 2008-2010, Advocacy Auction Volunteer 2009, Awards Committee 2009-2010)

-Blue Valley School District Technology Advisory Committee (2007-current)

-Mentor, Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies (2009-current)

-ISTE (2006-current)

-IRA (2007-2008)

-DOLS (2006-current)

-Kansas Association for the Gifted, Talented, and Creative (2008-current)

  •    International Society for Technology in Education
  •    KU Alumni
  •    Kansas Jayhawks Alumni & Friends
  •    Kansas Alumni
  •    Technology in Education
  •    The National Staff Development Council
  •    EdNET
  •    Classroom 2.0
  •    Sumner Academy of Arts & Science
  •    Adjunctpreneur
  •    Technology Leadership Network
  •    Eduverse Professional Learning Network (PLN)
  •    DOLS
  •    Ed Tech Start Ups
  •    Twitter-Using Educators
  •    20 to Watch Educators - NSBA

Kari Stubbs, PhD’s Honors:

-NSBA’s “20 to Watch” Emerging Leader in Education. 2006

-Cambridge Who’s Who Among Professionals. 2006

-University of Kansas Graduate Fellowship. 2005

-School of Education Donor Scholarship. 2005,2006

-P.E.O. Scholar Award. 2005

-School of Education Merit Scholarship. 2005

-Making it Happen National Award. 2002

-Teacher of the Year, National Teacher Training Institute. 1997

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