Ravinder Singh's Resume (Last updated December 30th 2007)

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Ravinder J. Singh

Oakland, CA 94609 USA


http://www.ravinderjsingh.com/

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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2006 - 2007
Evaluation Associate

Hatchuel Tabernik and Associates

Berkeley, CA
  • Designed an innovative formative evaluation of after school programs in the Berkeley and Oakland school districts that included in-depth interviews, staff and parent focus groups, program observations, quantitative and qualitative analysis of participant data using SPSS, and interim and outcome reports
  • Evaluated a multi-year, multi-site federally funded research study of the Alameda County Office of Education's Head, Heart, Hands character education program. Selected implementation and comparison sites by examining demographic and student achievement data; obtained human subjects research approval from an Institutional Review Board; compiled and designed a new teacher efficacy survey; and completed federal reports
  • Enhanced West Contra Costa Unified School District's elementary school CARE counseling program, by creating an interactive counseling database that helped identify areas of strength and improvement

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2005 - 2007
Senior Research Analyst

Parks and Associates Consulting

Berkeley, CA and Tallahassee, FL
  • Constructed scientifically valid needs assessment instruments for three Florida counties -- Leon, Liberty, and Jackson -- to identify and measure adolescent behaviors which led to the selection of targeted youth development programs
  • Designed district and school level reports with easy to understand tables, graphs, and charts and presented findings to key stakeholders, including project funders
  • Improved a three-year Leon County Tobacco Teacher Training Project by structuring teacher-identified recommendations into future training and implementation

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2003 - 2005
Assistant Director of Research

Florida Department of Education

Tallahassee, FL
  • Developed and administered Florida's first statewide evaluation of its 21 million dollar, federally-funded Safe and Drug Free Schools program
  • Conducted local workshops to help train district personnel on the purposes and benefits of evaluation; designing evaluation matrices; selecting research validated programs; and writing measurable goals and objectives
  • Presented state-level research findings at professional conferences along with five other state agencies addressing the prevention of substance use and behavioral problems for school-age youth

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2001 - 2003
Coordinator of Research Programs

University of North Florida

Jacksonville, FL
  • Managed a ten-county regional of counties in their efforts to prevent adolescent behavioral problems, by guiding the selection of proven effective programs through an analysis of risk and protective factors data; writing of measurable goals and objectives; and fulfilling federal reporting requirements
  • Participated in the design and administration of the annual statewide Communities That Care survey of 68,000 youth in Florida, by training survey administrators, selecting county and school level samples, and serving the Florida Youth Survey workgroup to identify
  • Edited a Handbook of Evaluation for district coordinators in the FDOE's Bureau of Family and Community Outreach, Office of Safe Schools

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1996 - 2000
Instructor in the College of Education

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
  • Taught junior and senior level upper-division classes for undergraduate students
  • Designed innovative classroom activities and selected engaging instructional materials for the History, Sociology, and Philosophy of education classes

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2000 - 2000
Researcher for Center for Policy Studies in Education

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL
  • Collected and analyzed survey data to assess Florida's efforts at school improvement
  • Created survey instrument to asses Florida employer's process for hiring high school graduates. The study identified areas for improvement

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EDUCATION

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2000 - 2007

Florida State University

Tallahassee

Ph.C. (Dissertation prospectus defended 6/2006)

  • Education

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1996 - 1999

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Masters of Arts

  • Educational Foundations and Policy Studies

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1986 - 1990

Millsaps College

Jackson , MS

Bachelor of Science

  • Sociology and History (Graduated with Honors)

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PUBLICATIONS

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Singh, Ravinder J. 2006. "Assessing the effects of School: An empirical test of the power of school to prevent adolescent problem behaviors." Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Florida State University.

Singh, Ravinder J and William Respress. 2004. "Exemplary Practices from the Field of School-based Prevention." Published by the Florida Department of Education.

Meena, Harris (author) and Ravinder J. Singh (primary editor). 2003. "Handbook for Coordinators: Understanding the Process of Program Evaluation." Published by the Florida Institute of Education, University of North Florida

Fraser, Jim, Ravinder J. Singh, and Phillip W. Davis. 1997. Identity Work By Alternative High School Students. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. doi: 10.1080/095183997237313.

Singh, Ravinder J. and Gary Leibert. 2006. "Everyone an Evaluator: Helping Community Organizations Conduct an Empowerment Evaluation." Paper Session at the 18th Annual meeting of the Southeast Evaluation Association. Tallahassee, Florida.

Singh, Ravinder J. 1999. "No Renaissance without Revolution: An Assessment of Florida's Blueprint 2000." Paper Session at the VI Seminario Cientifico Sobre la Calidad de la Educacion. Pinar del Rio, Cuba.

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SKILLS

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Software Competencies: Microsoft Office, Excel, Access, SPSS

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KEYWORDS

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Education, Evaluation, Assessment, Quantitative Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Survey Research, Interviews

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