Education & Experience

An Academic Consultant’s Education and Work Experience

Education

05/2020
Loyola University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Children's Law and Policy
Coursework Complete. Will be conferred in May 2020

05/2019
Wake Forest University - Wake Forest, NC, USA
Master of Studies in Law (MSL): Business Law and Compliance

2015
North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
Ph.D.: Curriculum and Instruction
Doctor of Philosophy with a concentration in Instructional Technology

2015
Methodist University Fayetteville, NC
MBA: Organizational Leadership and Management
Master of Business Administration

2014
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC
Educational Leadership
Doctor of Education with Superintendent's Licensure (NC)

2012
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC
Graduate Coursework: K-12 Curriculum Supervision
Add on Licensure (NC)

2011
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wilmington, NC
MSA: School Administration
Master of School Administration Add on Licensure (NC)

2010
East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Master of Arts: Instructional Technology
Master of Arts in Education (MAED)

2009
East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Graduate Certificate: Distance Learning and Administration

2009
Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
Graduate Coursework: School Leadership
Coursework Toward MSA in School Administration

2007
East Carolina University Greenville, NC
Master of Arts: Health Education
Master of Arts in Education (MAED)

2005
Methodist College Fayetteville, NC
Bachelor of Science: Physical Education
Graduated in 3 1/2 Years while working full-time

skills and certifications

Academic Writing

  • Canvas Administrator
  • Video Editing
  • Multimedia Development
  • Online Course Development
  • Quality Matters Online Course Development
  • Online Instructional Designer (multiple development tools)

Statistics/Quantitative Research

  • Articulate 360 Online Development
  • SAS Programming
  • SPSS Programming
  • Tableau Data Dashboard Development
  • Database Management, Development, and Maintenance
  • Educational Program Evaluation

Instructional Design

  • Baldrige Performance Excellence Framework
  • Data Analytics
  • Educational Research
  • Business Intelligence
  • E-Learning
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) (Pending)

Simmons, B. (2018). Potential strategies and solution to addressing the professional development needs of school based leadership in preparation for a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school district

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2017). Teacher Leader Corps (TLC) Final Report: 2013-14 through 2015-16. Wake County Public School System, 1-90.

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2016). Teacher Leader Corps (TLC): Final report on a three-year digital learning professional learning initiative. Wake County Public School System, 1-90.

Simmons, B., & Martin, F. (March-May, 2016). Perceived implementation barriers of a one-to-one computing initiative in a large urban school district: A qualitative approach. I-manager's Journal on School Education Technology, Vol. 11 No. 3, pp. 1-30

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2016). Teacher Leader Corps (TLC) status-report: 2013-14 and 2014-15. Wake County Public School System, 1-36.

Simmons, B. (2015) School Level Progress Reports: Wake County Public School System. Retrieved from http://www.wcpss.net/Page/5055

Simmons, B. (2015). An assessment of newly-licensed K-12 education leaders in the areas of educational finance, accounting, budgeting and management. Reeves School of Business, Methodist University.

Simmons, B. (2015). The professional development needs of school-based leadership in preparation for a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school district, North Carolina State University.

Simmons, B. (2014). The perceived implementation barriers of a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school district, Watson College of Education, University of North Carolina at Wilmington (pp. 1-240).

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2014, July). Inventory of WCPSS school performance programs 2012-13 (Wake County Public School System No. 13.19, pp. 1-35). Cary, North Carolina

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2013, January). WCPSS student survey results: 2011-12 (Wake County Public School System No. 12.10, pp. 1-20). Cary, North Carolina.

Simmons, B., & Paeplow, C. (2016, September). Assistant Principal financial literacy: An assessment of K-12 educational leadership professional learning needs in a large urban school district. Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness: CREATE 25th Annual Conference. Lexington, KY

Simmons, B., & Adams, E. (2016, September). Teacher Leader Corps: cultivating teacher leaders with a focus on 21st century learning. Consortium for Research on Educational Assessment and Teaching Effectiveness: CREATE 25th Annual Conference. Lexington, KY

Simmons, B. (2016, March). Data Dashboards: Tableau and its use in Wake County Public School System. Present to Coalition of Large North Carolina School Districts, Cary, NC.

Baenen, N., Jackl, A., & Simmons, B. (2016, February). Effective Teaching Framework (ETF) and Teacher Leadership Corps (TLC) Professional Learning Results: Relationship to Implementation Science (Short Form) Presented at the Wake County Public School System, Cary, NC.

Baenen, N., Jackl, A., & Simmons, B. (2016, January). Effective Teaching Framework (ETF) and Teacher Leadership Corps (TLC) Professional Learning Results: Relationship to Implementation Science, Presented at the Wake County Public School System, Cary, NC.

Simmons, B. (2015, November 4). The professional development needs of school based leadership in preparation for a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school district- dissertation defense. Presented at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Simmons, B. (2015, May 1). An assessment of the professional development needs of newly-licensed.k-12 education leaders in the areas of educational finance, accounting, budgeting, and management, Presented at the Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC.

Simmons, B. (2015, February 2). The professional development needs of school-based leadership in preparation for a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school
district- dissertation proposal. Presented at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

Jackl, A., Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2014). Curriculum Assistance: Impact on WCPSS High School Graduation Rates (Concise Version). Presented at the Wake County Public School System, Cary, NC. Jackl, A.,

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2014). Curriculum Assistance: Impact on WCPSS High School Graduation Rates (Full Version). Presented at the Wake County Public School System, Cary, NC.

Simmons, B. (2014, October 16). The perceived implementation barriers of a district-wide one-to-one computing initiative in a large urban school district. Presented at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Wilmington, NC.

Simmons, B., & Baenen, N. (2014, January 17). School Planning Database. Presented to Wake County Public School System, Cary, NC.

Simmons, B. (2018). Potential strategies and solution to addressing the professional development needs of school based leadership in preparation for a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school district

Simmons, B. (2018). The professional development needs of school-based leadership in preparation for a district-wide one-to-one initiative in a large urban school district

Simmons, B., Adams, E., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). Structured digital learning professional development effect on teacher self-efficacy.

Simmons, B., Adams, E., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). The relationship between Teacher's Self-Efficacy with Digital Resources Integration and Usage: Results from a three-year digital learning professional learning initiative in large urban school district

Boulden, D., Simmons, B., Adams, E. (Work In Progress). District-Wide Digital Learning Initiative in a Large Urban School District: Barriers to Professional Learning and Teacher Training

Boulden, D., Simmons, B., Adams, E. (Work In Progress). Lessons learned from a three-year district-wide digital learning initiative in a large urban school district

Adams, E., Simmons, B., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). Students' Utilization of Digital Resources: Trends of a Three-Year District-Wide Digital Learning Initiative in a Large Urban School District

Simmons, B., Adams, E., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). Digital resource utilization and teacher self-efficacy: Differences among teacher characteristics

Simmons, B., Adams, E., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). Digital resource utilization and teacher self-efficacy: Differences among grade span and subject area

Simmons, B., Adams, E., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). Digital resource utilization and teacher self-efficacy: Differences based on school-level student poverty percentage

Adams, E., Simmons, B., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). The relationship between digital resource utilization and student achievement

Boulden, D., Simmons, B., Adams, E. (Work In Progress). Teacher digital learning professional learning needs: Results from a three-year district-wide digital learning initiative in a large urban school district

Adams, E., Simmons, B., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). The effect of structured digital learning professional development on teacher distribution across the Technology Integration Matrix (TIM): Results from a three-year district-wide digital learning initiative in a large urban school district

Simmons, B., Adams, E., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). The relationship between
student's digital resource utilization and attendance.

Adams, E., Simmons, B., Boulden, D. (Work In Progress). Student digital resource utilization: Differences among grade Span and school characteristics

Simmons, B., & Paeplow, C. (2016, September). Assistant principal financial literacy: an assessment of K-12 educational leadership professional learning needs in a large urban school district

Simmons, B., Oliver, K., & Spires, H. (2016). Exploring the relationship among 1:1 Computing, digital resource usage, and at-Home: Internet usage in an urban middle school. Manuscript submitted for publication

Simmons, B., & Martin, F. (2016). Perceived implementation barriers of a one-to-one computing initiative in a large urban school district. Manuscript submitted for publication