Betty  Fortune

Innovative and Energetic administrator for 6 years at Houston Community College Southwest. Strong strategic thinker and team builder. Motivated, enthusiastic and reliable employee.

Areas of Expertise

·         Extensive experience working in higher education as an instructor and administrator.

·         Motivated, reliable and confident

·         Team builder

·         Communicates effectively both orally and written

·         Presenter

·         Organizer

·         Effective Leader

·         Team Player

·         Faculty Development

·         Student Centered

Experience

Houston Community College

August 2008- Present 

Southwest

Dean of Instruction

·         Oversee the day to day operation of the Academic area of Instruction

·         Supervise all academic departments

·         Serve as Budget Authority for all Academic programs

·         Serve as hiring authority for all new fulltime faculty positions

·         Advise all probationary students

·         Oversee the College Connection and Dual Credit programs

·         Provide interventions for  student/faculty disputes

·         Facilitate the development of innovative and effective strategies for recruitment and retention of     

                        students

·         Coordinate Learning Community Activities

·         Facilitate and oversee  planning in the college to maximize resources

·         Serve as liaison between departments and the library

·         Promote professional development activities

·         Recipient of a $150,000.00 THECB grant to support a Summer Bridge program for at-risk high

                school students.

·         Recipient of a $14,000.00  grant through the Chancellor’s Innovative Initiative to pilot the

                the effectiveness of Supplemental Instruction in Math 0312 courses

·         Facilitate the development and training in Instructional Technology

·         Develop performance goals for department chairs that align with the Strategic Plan

·         Establish effective working relationships with community leaders

       August 2003- August 2008

   Houston Community College

Southwest

        Department Chair   Developmental Studies

·         Oversee the day to day operations of the Developmental Studies Department

·         Supervise  3 Learning Assistance Centers

·         Supervise  3 Tutoring Centers

·         Interview and hire adjunct faculty

·         Budget authority for three large programs

·         Train mentors

·         Supervise full time and part time faculty

·         Facilitate departmental meetings

·         Provide faculty and staff development opportunities

·         Discipline Chair, Guided Studies

·         Coordinator of Achieving the Dream Initiative

·         Facilitated the development and implementation of the College and Career Planning course which has now become required for all first time in college students system wide

August 2000- August 2003

Houston Community College

Southwest

·         Full time faculty

·         Taught all GUST courses and served as Assistant Chair for Guided Studies

·         Served on Discipline Committee

Education

Southern University

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Bachelors of Science May, 1970

·         Secondary Education

Prairie View A& M University

Prairie View, Texas

               Master of Education Dec. 1994

·         Guidance and Counseling

Notables

·         Achieving the Dream Coordinator, SW College

·         Presenter- “Retention Strategies for At-Risk Students” THECB-2000

·         Presenter- Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute  2006

·         Presenter- Achieving the Dream Strategy Institute 2007

·         Presenter –Achieving the Dream strategy Institute 2008

·         Trained in the technique of Affirmative Inquiry

·         Education Testing Services, Summer Scholar 2005

·         Presenter-“Promising Practices for Developmental Education”- THECB 2008

·          Reading Apprenticeship Trainer-Summer 2008

·         Graduate of the Houston Community College Leadership Program

·         Serve on the Program Review Committee

·         Serve on the Strategic Plan Committee

·         Current participant in the Leadership Excellence Institute at Houston Community College