Barry W. Sweeny

Resume of Mentoring & Coaching Experience

Website: http:/www.teachermentors.com
E-mail Address: sweenyb@sbcglobal.net

Experience:
• Independent consultant, trainer, and program evaluator, working internationally since 1987, full-time since September 1998
• Trainer & program improvement consultant, 6 years, at a Regional Service & Training Center
• Staff Developer & Coordinator of Mentor & Guide Programs, four years
• Sales, Owens Corning Fiberglas, 3 years
• Teacher 22 years in high school and middle school, art and science, State teaching award winner.
 
Also:
• Past President & Board of Directors, Illinois Staff Development Council
• Executive Director (part-time 2003-04), Board of Directors (2002-2006), International Mentoring Association
• Co-founder, 1991, ASCD Mentoring Leadership & Resource Network, an international network mentoring and induction
• Adjunct Instructor in Assessment, Aurora University/KCROE, MA programs, 4 terms

Education:
• B.A. and M.A, Northern Illinois University
• 2 Type 75 Supervisory and General Administrative Certificates
• ABD, 51 hours in doctoral curriculum, Instruction & Staff Development, Northern Illinois Univ.
  
Appointments:
• National Mentoring Commission: Policy, Progress & Results, ATE & KDP, 4 years
• Induction Advisory Groups I, II & III, Illinois State Board of Education, research & help set state policy & recommend legislation for state-wide new employee support program & assessments.
• Mentoring & Induction Blue Ribbon Panel, Career & Technical Educ. National Dissemination Center

Presentations:
• Invited keynoter, presenter on mentoring at numerous state, regional, national and international conferences.
• Several hundred mentor trainings for every kind of organization
• Over 250 invited presentations on mentoring in business, industry, not-for-profits, government, schools & universities
 
Consulting:
• Worked with hundreds of mentoring programs world-wide in, business and industry, state, provincial & national governments, the military, not-for-profit agencies, community organizations, school districts and universities, including AT & T, Parker Aerospace, Nabisco, RMS Business Systems, Frito Lay, World Relief, Arizona Public Service, and Value Enhancement Strategies, Inc.
 
Some Major Projects:
• Lucent Technologies, a three month full time contract, 1988 needs assessment, research and development of a mentoring program for technical professional staff career development and retention
• State of Rhode Island, mentor training, consult on state program standards
• Bar Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel, "Effective Mentoring as Supervision", manager training
• Arizona Public Service, an on-going (2005) contract, consultation in program design to address aging work force issues, knowledge capture & sharing, & new hire retention. Trained all their "Career Mentors" plus managers, and developed "Technical Mentor" training for all of their 300+ engineers at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, Phoenix, AZ
• Prince Georges County Public Schools in Maryland, design and assist in implementation of their new induction program and mentor training for 158 schools and 400 mentors
• University of South Dakota School of Medicine- "Inclusion Peer Mentoring Project", training in the use of mentoring & coaching strategies to support implementation of more inclusive practices.
• "Mentoring of Mentors", a 3 day training for 50 mentor managers, Ft. Worth, Texas
• Missouri NEA, three state-wide mentor and new employee trainings
• Panhandle-South Plains Center for Profess. Dev. & Technology, Lubbock, Texas. Consulting on the development of a collaborative partnership, research on mentoring through use of distance learning technologies, developed mentoring & training models, trained administrators & mentors from 15 organizations and 4 universities.
• TxBESS Mentor Programs at Austin, Wichita Falls, & Corpus Christi, Texas Service Centers, training, consulting
• Region XI, Fort Worth, Texas, two year contract, consult in program development & evaluation, provide extensive, on-going mentor training and coaching for universities, program administrators & staff
• Bremen District, Midlothian, IL. Development & integration of Mentor, Peer Coaching & Collegial Evaluation Programs, coaching training, consult on increasing the impact of their programs on results.
• South Cook Intermediate Service Center, Chicago Heights, IL. Consulting, development of a Regional Induction Program, mentor training, development & conduct new employee training and support.
• My most unusual project was consulting on development of a mentoring program for a Las Vegas casino.
 
Publications:
• "Coaching Guidelines for the Alberta Public Service", published by the Gov't. of Alberta, Canada
• ASCD Mentoring video training set, April 1999, 2 videos & Facilitator's Guide
• "Tools for Professional Growth", Summer 1999, in ASCD "Professional Development".
• Over 16 published articles on induction, mentoring, staff development, assessment, and standards
• Self-published 11 books & 120+ papers on mentoring, coaching, assessment & organization development
• "Quality Mentoring for Novice Teachers", co-author 3 chapters, ATE & KDP, 2/2000
• "Leading a Teacher Mentoring & Induction Program", Skylight Publishing, Sept. 2000
• Also wrote many chapters for books on mentoring, coaching, and using technology to support professional growth.