912 Biggin Pond Road
Midlothian, VA 23114
Phone 804-594-3559
E-mail townsendlm@longwood.edu
Linda Townsend
Professional
experience
October 2009 – Present Office of Assessment and Institutional
Research at Longwood University Farmville, VA
Assessment Coordinator
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Develop and offer professional development for faculty and staff on
assessment and hands-on training on the online assessment
management system
Provide individualized assessment support to faculty, staff, and
administration for enhancement of program assessment quality
Organize and coordinate the university’s Longwood Assessment
Conference
Coordination of academic and nonacademic assessment reporting
Maintain and provide technical support for the university’s online
assessment management system
Maintain the OAIR website
Production of the university’s annual FACT Book
Responsible for US News survey review and approval process
June 2003- September 2009 Institute for Teaching through Technology
and Innovative Practices at Longwood University South Boston, VA
Instructional Technology Design Specialist
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Develop, coordinate, and conduct instructional technology training for
K-20 and distance learning training for Longwood Online Training
Institute
Provide consultation for K-20 in the implementation and integration of
instructional technology
Provide individual instructional and technical consultation for LOTI
faculty
Develop, coordinate, and facilitate the implementation of instructional
technologies related to distance learning and emerging technologies
for the K-20 curriculum
Research and develop curriculum materials for use in training
Coordination and development of content delivered synchronously,
through video conferencing
Development of Longwood graduate certificate program in 21st
Century Learning and Leadership
Present sessions for and promote Longwood’s services through
regional meetings and regional, state, and national educational
conferences (Virginia Department of Education’s Educational
Technology Leadership Conference, EdTech, CoSn, National
Educational Computing Conference)
Serve as National Educational Computing Conference Proposal
Review Chair - 2008
July 2005 - Present Longwood University Farmville, VA
Adjunct Faculty
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Serve as instructor for graduate courses for the Longwood University
21st Century Certificate Program, School Library Media Program,
Special Topics graduate courses and for Continuing Studies at
Virginia Commonwealth University
December 1999 – May 2003 The Community Idea Stations (Richmond
PBS) Richmond, VA
Education Specialist
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Technology Training:
Develop and conduct training for public school educators, administrators,
and pre-service teachers on technology integration and SOL-correlated
lesson development
Develop and implement presentations and training workshops with
emerging technologies (video streaming, audio/video capture software –
SnagIt/DubIt/Camtasia, asynchronous instructional delivery – MS
Producer and mobile distance learning studio)
Research and develop curriculum materials for use in training
Present sessions and training workshops for regional and state
educational conferences (NTTI, EdTech, Virginia Educational Media
Association, Virginia Department of Education’s Educational Technology
Leadership Conference, Virginia Society for Technology in Education,
Arlington Technology for Learning Symposium)
Leadership Skills/Responsibilities
Coordinate and implement educational projects individually and
collectively with other state Educational Services colleagues to include
DOE Hour professional development broadcasts, the ITV Group Buy
process, the development of instructional programs and curriculum
materials, and correlation of instructional television to the Virginia
Standards of Learning
Organize, coordinate and implement the Central Virginia National
Teacher Training Institute and the Central Virginia Master Teacher
Training
Serve as advisor and editor for the Central Virginia NTTI media-rich
lesson publications
Develop partnerships with school division consortiums (Southside
Virginia Regional Technology Consortium, Four Rivers Technology in
Education Consortium, Central Virginia’s Consortium for Transforming
Teaching & Learning Experience Using Technology, Southside
Educational Technology Consortium) and higher education (Longwood
University Institute for Teaching Through Technology and Innovative
Practices and Virginia Commonwealth University)
Classroom observer for a scientific evaluation, which provided evidence
that United Streaming’s digitized video substantially increases student
achievement
Evaluator of technology portfolios for the 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 20032004, 2004-2005 Governor’s Innovative Technology in Education Award
Reviewer for the Ed Tech Program formula grants through No Child Left
Behind
August 1985 – December 1999 Nottoway Middle School Nottoway, VA
Library Media Specialist
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Student and Faculty Training:
Design and implement lessons to correlate with curricula as well as
create opportunities for individual and group hands-on practice with
software applications
Use various media to develop student presentations and faculty inservice
Prepare and present faculty and substitute teacher in-services
Train faculty in use of computer gradebook software and the use and
management of student remediation software
Technology:
Purchase library materials, hardware/software for library media center to
supplement curricula
Setup of and data import for Columbia System to print the school’s
student grade reports
Maintain data entry, circulation and inventory of all library media center
materials through computerized circulation system
Troubleshooting for student/faculty software and hardware problems
Leadership Skills:
Member of Nottoway County Technology Planning Committee, Nottoway
County Technology Portfolio Evaluation Team, Evaluation Committee for
out-of-state contacts on instructional software, Nottoway County Teacher
Evaluation Form Committee, Nottoway Middle School Steering
Committee for Reaccreditation with Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools
Responsible for first computerized library system in Nottoway County
Public Schools
Served as Co-Director Elect and Director of James Region for the Virginia
Educational Media Association
May 1999 – December 1999 ECPI (Technical College) Richmond, VA
Instructor
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Design and implement lessons on software applications for adult learners
Develop adaptations for various student learner levels
August 1981 – June 1985 Amelia Elementary School
Amelia, VA
Elementary Teacher (Kindergarten 1981-82; Second Grade 1982-85)
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Develop and implement lesson plans for various student ability levels
Maintain individual student records
Management of classroom environment and discipline
Supervising of student teacher from Longwood College
Education
2009
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia
Ph.D. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
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GPA 4.0/4.0
1985
Longwood College
Farmville, Virginia
M.S. Education with a Reading Endorsement
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GPA 4.0/4.0
1981
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, Virginia
B.S. Early Childhood Education NK-4 / Library Media NK-12
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Publications
GPA 3.765/4.0
Townsend, L. Online Teaching and Learning: Student-Student and
Teacher-Student Discourse for Student Learning in Asynchronous
Discussions of High school Courses (dissertation), Virginia Tech, 2009.
Townsend, L. Asynchronous Instructional Delivery: K-20 and Beyond
(training manual), ITTIP, Longwood University, 2003.
Townsend, L. “United We Stand”(video-based lesson), National Teacher
Training Institute, Community Idea Stations, 2000.
Townsend, L. “Wet and Wild” (Internet-based lesson), National Teacher
Training Institute, Community Idea Stations, 2001.
Recognition
National Distance Learning Week Award in the Content Providers
category from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration
(CILC), 2007
Member of Golden Key Honour Society, 2008
Professional
development
Attend assessment sessions of regional, state, and national
conferences: Virginia Assessment Group (VAG), Atlantic Assessment
Conference, SACSCOC Institute on Quality Enhancement and
Accreditation, Connections 2011
Attend educational technology sessions of regional, state, and national
conferences: National Educational Computing Conference (NECC),
Consortium for School Networking (COSN) – K-12 School Networking
Conference, EdTech, Virginia Educational Media Association, Virginia
Department of Education’s Educational Technology Leadership
Conference, Virginia Society for Technology in Education, Arlington
Technology for Learning Symposium, First View of the National
Educational Telecommunications Association
Levels of Technology Implementation (LoTi) training with George Mason
University for observation and rating of the implementation of technology in
the instructional classroom setting
VCU T/TAC training on “Scaffolding Instruction for SOL Success”
Intel Teach to the Future – Master Trainer Training
Blackboard hands-on training for Longwood personnel
Transforming the Classroom Through Project-Based Learning - VDOE
sponsored online course
Planning Interactive Curriculum Connections (Video Conferencing) –
online course with Berrien County Intermediate School District of
Michigan
Distance Learning certification course – Indiana University
Geographic Information Systems training – VDOE training