Background
Parks, Debora Ann was born on July 23, 1954 in Homestead, Florida, United States. Daughter of Jack Wesley and Blanche Margaret (Shawver) Hardin.
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Debora Ann Parks
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Debora Ann Parks, American Private school director. Recipient award National Education Association and Kodak, New York and Alabama, 1985, scholarships American Business Women's Association, Alabama, 1988, Beta Chi of Delta Kappa Gamma, 1983, Epsilon chapter Alpha Delta Kappa, 1984, Yewell R. Thompson Endowed scholarship, 1988; designee Alabama Teacher of Year Program, 1984-1985, 85-86.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1983; Master of Arts in Special Education, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1984; Master of Arts in Early Childhood Education, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1987; Doctor of Philosophy in Elementary Education, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1991.
Career
Kindergarten teacher, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, 1983-1985;
teacher gifted grades 2-5, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary school and University Place Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, 1985-1986;
early childhood education instructor, Shelton State Community College, Tuscaloosa, 1985-1988;
instructor, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1987;
elementary teacher 1st grade, Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School, Tuscaloosa, 1988-1989;
teacher gifted grades 3-6, Carthay Elementary School, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1991;
faculty-in-residence, Sunset Village Residence Halls and Hitch Stes. University of California at Los Angeles, 1991-1995;
teacher gifted grades K-8, Maimonides Academy, Los Angeles, 1992-1994;
assistant researcher Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, School Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, 1993-1995;
facuty liaison on campus housing committee's darkroom, University of California at Los Angeles, 1993-1995;
instructor department education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1994, 95;
instructor, researcher, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989-1995;
teacher gifted grades 2-8, Maimonides Academy, Los Angeles, since 1995;
general studies principal, Maimonides Academy, Los Angeles, since 1995. Graduate teaching assistant elementary education U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1986-1987.
Field coordinator, instructor Teacher Education Laboratory, Graduate School Education, University of California at Los Angeles, 1989-1993. Enrichment teacher grades 3-5 The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California, summer, 1991, 92, 93. Evaluation coach/consultant Stanford Research Institute, Bachelor of Science 620 Statewide Healthy Start Initiative Program, Los Angeles, 1993-1995.
Special faculty advisor University of California at Los Angeles Photographic Society, 1993-1995. Evaluator language arts program, curriculum and teachers Maimonides Academy, Los Angeles, 1994. Enrichment teacher grades 4-5 Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, California, summer 1994, enrichment teacher, summer 1995.
Evaluation coach, consultant Stanford Research Institute, Los Angeles, 1993-1995. Member governing board National Association Creative Children and Adults, Ohio, 1992-1994. Research adviser Phi Delta Kappa, University of California at Los Angeles chapter, 1992-1994.
Member Adopt-A-School Council, Los Angeles Unified School District, 1990-1995. Chairperson Tuscaloosa City School's Kindergarten Mathematics Committee, 1984. Presenter conferences and workshops.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer Rebuild Los Angeles, 1992-1993. Member Phi Delta Kappa.
Interests
Connections
Married Lewis O'DellParks, April 12, 1970 (divorced May 1980). 1 child, Kerri Shane.
Awards
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Recipient award National Education Association and Kodak, New York and Alabama, 1985, scholarships American Business Women's Association, Alabama, 1988, Beta Chi of Delta Kappa Gamma, 1983, Epsilon chapter Alpha Delta Kappa, 1984, Yewell R. Thompson Endowed scholarship, 1988. Designee Alabama Teacher of Year Program, 1984-1985, 85-86.Recipient award National Education Association and Kodak, New York and Alabama, 1985, scholarships American Business Women's Association, Alabama, 1988, Beta Chi of Delta Kappa Gamma, 1983, Epsilon chapter Alpha Delta Kappa, 1984, Yewell R. Thompson Endowed scholarship, 1988. Designee Alabama Teacher of Year Program, 1984-1985, 85-86.