Technology, Training & Communication Strategies
Altoona, Pennsylvania Area
- Current
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- Technology Training Coordinator at Penn State University
- Past
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- Interim AD of IT & MM/Programmer Analyst at Penn State University
- Project Data Specialist at Penn State University
- Continuing Education Instructor at Experience Works
- Secondary English & Communications Teacher at Tyrone Area School District
- Education
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- Mount Aloysius College
- Pennsylvania State University
- Altoona Area High School
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Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Experience
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Technology Training Coordinator
Penn State University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Responsible for coordinating training efforts within University Libraries' 20 departments, 20 campus library locations, and 11 subject library locations.
Envisioned and led TechTips Road Show, a traveling conference in miniature, regional campus events, gaining goodwill from campus faculty and staff.
Serving as project manager, as well as member of the programming and registration subcommittees, for Libraries Discovery Day, a day-long staff development day for Libraries faculty and staff at University Park.
Contributed to Network of Trainers Summer Social, Learning Design Summer Camp, and Gaming in the Libraries planning committees.
Represented University Libraries' technology training interests in University-wide groups.
Conducted departmental and campus needs assessment for faculty and staff technology training.
Worked with Emerging Technologies unit to request customizable wiki theme-builder. Currently campaigning to use PennState WikiSpaces as university-wide training knowledgebase to minimize redundant training and documentation efforts.
Planned training opportunities as part of Penn State University Libraries migration from Meeting Maker to Oracle Calendar. Analyzed post-assessment data to determine best practice for training delivery. -
Interim AD of IT & MM/Programmer Analyst
Penn State University
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 2004 — October 2007 (3 years 2 months)
Served as an Interim Supervisor of 9 IT & MM staff (6 FTEs and 3 Wage) for over one year as unit searched for an Associate Director of Instructional Technology and Multimedia, providing first draft for annual reviews in this role.
With input from design staff, redesigned internal applications to improve workflow and to reflect internal reorganization.
Used Wikis as a strategy for management of institutional knowledge transfer.
Developed XSLT templates for the homebrewed content management system.
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Project Data Specialist
Penn State University
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
February 2004 — September 2004 (8 months)
Administered MS Access databases.
Administered HTML, ASP.NET and Cold Fusion-powered Websites.
Designed database & Web applications with VBA and VB.NET for faculty research and state funded projects.
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Continuing Education Instructor
Experience Works
(Non-Profit; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2003 — July 2003 (7 months)
Provided Microsoft Office Specialist certification training to seniors and to adults with disabilities returning to the workforce.
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Secondary English & Communications Teacher
Tyrone Area School District
(Education Management industry)
August 1998 — January 2003 (4 years 6 months)
Made recommendations for technology requisition, use, and training.
Piloted grading software suite, trained staff and parents, and provided follow-up technical support for teachers.
Attained tenure in the state of Pennsylvania as a result of excellent teaching evaluations.
Taught desktop publishing applications, digital photography, and photo editing in introduction to the Internet and school newspaper elective courses.
Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Education
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Mount Aloysius College
B.S. , Computer Science , 2001 — 2004
Graduated summa cum laude.
Maintained a 3.92 cumulative GPA.
Coursework included C++, Java, Oracle 8i, and Relational Database Design. -
Pennsylvania State University
B.S. , Secondary Education , 1994 — 1998
Graduated with Honors in Curriculum and Instruction as a Schreyer Honors College Scholar.
Maintained a 3.67 cumulative GPA.- Activities and Societies:
- Served as historian for Altoona College chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta.
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Altoona Area High School
Additional Information
Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Websites:
Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Interests:
technology training, technology, communication, education, parenting, interpersonal skills, leadership
Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Groups:
Penn State Commission for Women
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Higher Education Professionals
Nikki Massaro Kauffman’s Honors:
eduStyle People’s Choice Award for best High Ed Blog (.eduGuru, 2009)
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