Background
Smith, James Brian was born on December 13, 1943 in Camden, Maine, United States. Son of Clifford Russell and Ruth Melvina (Alexander) Smith.
writer Educational specialist and researcher
Smith, James Brian was born on December 13, 1943 in Camden, Maine, United States. Son of Clifford Russell and Ruth Melvina (Alexander) Smith.
Student, College Wooster, 1962-1963; student, University Hawaii, 1963-1964; Bachelor in English, U. Maine, 1967; postgraduate, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 1977-1978; Master of Science in Ednl. Administration, University of Southern Maine, 1982; DEd, Boston College, 1993.
Owner, director, operator private summer boys camp, 1962-1965. Assistant sailing instructor Camden Yacht Club, 1966-1967. Junior high school English & social studies teacher Bath, Maine, 1967.
Senior high school English and United States history teacher Old Town (Maine) Schools, 1967-1968. Junior high school English and United States history teacher Union (Maine) Schools, 1968-1971. Entrepreneur, broker, finance planner, 1971-1975.
Teacher English Wishaw (Scotland) Senior Secondary School, 1975-1977. Teacher high school English, United States history, government, economics Iran Electronics Industries School, Shiraz, 1977-1978. Teacher English Portland (Maine) High School, 1977-1978.
Teacher English and world history Falmouth (Maine) High School, 1979-1982. Teaching principal Palermo (Maine) Consolidated School, 1982-1984. Superintendent schools Maine School Union # 104, 1984-1986, Maine Indian Education, Indian Island, Indian Township and Pleasant Point Reservations, 1986-1994.
Consultant researcher Maine Assistance Center, Camden, Maine, 1994—2005. Educational consultant Brown University, Providence, 2005. Superintendent's outreach specialist Education Alliance, since 2006.
Retired
Invited keynote speaker Maine Department Education, 1991. Appointed delegate to White House Conference on Indian Education, 1992. Chairman education committee United South and Eastern Tribes, Nashville.
Writer The Camden Herald, since 1994. Artistic agent for Eveline Henner, Zurich, Switzerland and Rockport, Maine, 2000-2006. Teacher adult and community education, 2006-2007.
Member drug and alcohol and executive committees Maine School Superintendents Association. Member program review and comment committee division alcohol and drug ednl Superior vena cava syndrome Maine Department Education. School board member South and Eastern Tribes Agency School Board, Bureau Indian Affairs, Department Interior.
Member Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, American Association School Administrators (past member resolutions committee), New England Association Superintendents Schools, Maine School Superintendents Association (chairman ad hoc committee on Maine educational assessment program). New England Superintendents Leadership Council (member advisory board), Washington County Superintendents Association, American Evaluation Association, The Grange, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Cynthia V. Cashman, August 5, 1967 (divorced 1971). Married Negar Paydar, November 19, 1978. Children: Negin, Vahid, Tristan, James.