Sigmund A. Boloz had been principal of Ganado Primary School from 1980 to 2002. During that time, Ganado Primary School received national recognition as a National Lead School (NCTE), as a National Exemplary Reading Program (IRA), National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence (U.S. DOE), and as the National Exemplary Program in Indian Education (Native American Scholarship Fund, Inc.). In 1983, 1995 and 2002, Ganado Primary School was named an A+ School and in 1995 the Number One School in Arizona. The school received international recognition when it was featured as the cover story in the October 1997 issue of Teaching K-8 magazine.
Named the National Distinguished Principal from Arizona (1996) Mr. Boloz is also known as a poet and writer, having produced eleven books of poetry and published over 400 pieces and articles in over 80 different journals and books. He was a past member of the editorial advisory board of The Reading Teacher (IRA) and is a member of the Author's Guild.

SIGMUND A. BOLOZ

(Home address) 7480 Esplin Way • Flagstaff, Arizona 86004 •
(928)-522-0058

(Business Address) Northern Arizona University, College of Education, P.O. Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011
(928)-523-9528
Sigmund.Boloz@nau.edu

Present Employer: Northern Arizona University
College of Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
P.O. Box 5774
Flagstaff, AZ 86011
(928)-523-9316

OBJECTIVE
To be an educational leader who promotes the success of all learners and shapes campus culture by facilitating the development, articulation, implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that is shared and supported by the school community.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR 2002 TO PRESENT

Supervised the professional development of a cohort of twenty-five (25) university students seeking to become teachers.

FALL SEMESTER 2002
ECI 308: School Practicum (one credit)
ECI 309: Literacy I – Developmental Literacy and Language (3 credits)
ECI 310: Literacy II – Theory/Decoding/Language (5 credits)

In addition, I taught the following classes:
ECI 310: Literacy II – Theory/Decoding/Language (5 credits) -- off campus
Tuba City DREAMS Project
ECI 321: Elementary School Curriculum (3 credits) – on campus

SPRING SEMESTER 2003
ECI 308: School Practicum (one credit)
ECI 309: Literacy I – Developmental Literacy and Language (3 credits)
ECI 310: Literacy II – Theory/Decoding/Language (5 credits)

ECI 321: Elementary School Curriculum (3 credits) -- off campus
Tuba City DREAMS Project

PRINCIPAL 1980 TO 2002
Ganado Primary School Ganado Unified School District #20
P.O. Box 1757, Ganado, AZ 86505

Supervised 500 kindergarten through second grade public school students on the Navajo Reservation, 35 certified teachers and 75 classified employees.

Awards and/or Recognitions:

• 1983 A+ School, Arizona State Elementary School Recognition Program cosponsored by the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Educational Foundation, presented at Ganado, Arizona by State Board Member, Eddie Basha.
• 1990 National Lead School, given at Atlanta, Georgia conference of the National Council of Teachers of English. Chosen as one of five national exemplary programs in North America working with at-risk children. We only applied to be an exemplary site in Arizona but we were delighted that in the additional recognition.
• 1993 Arizona Exemplary Reading Program (Arizona Reading Association) and National Exemplary Reading Program (International Reading Association), given at the San Antonio, Texas conference of the International Reading Association. Follow up article appeared in The Reading Teacher, February 1994.
• 1994 Exemplary Chapter I School wide Project, (U.S. Department of Education). One of twelve schools discussed as exemplary School wide programs in Implementing School wide Projects: An Idea book by Pechman and Fiester, for 80 pp.
• 1994 Energy Conscious Community Award of Achievement, U.S. Department of Energy San Francisco Regional Support Office, presented to the district at the Phoenix conference for outstanding energy conservation achievements in the construction of the new Ganado Primary School ( Open April 1993). The building design was also recognized in the November 1993 issue of American Schools and Universities magazine as an outstanding building.
• 1994 National Exemplary Program in Indian Education, Native American Scholarship Fund, Inc. presented at Albuquerque, New Mexico conference of the Coalition of Indian Educators.
• 1995 The Number One School in Arizona, and one of five A+ School, Arizona State Elementary School Recognition Program cosponsored by the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Educational Foundation, presented at Phoenix, Arizona by State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Lisa Graham.
• 1997 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, one of only 263 Blue Ribbon Schools, US Department of Education Recognition program, presented at Washington, D.C. By US Secretary of Education Richard Riley. There are over 85,000 elementary school serving American children
• 2002 A+ School, Arizona State Elementary School Recognition Program cosponsored by the Arizona Department of Education and the Arizona Educational Foundation, presented at Ganado , Arizona by Bobbie O’Boyle, Director of the Arizona Educational Foundation.
  

CURRICULUM ADVISOR K-8 1977-1980
Ganado Unified School District #20
P.O. Box 1757, Ganado, AZ 86505

Coordinated curriculum planning, assessment and staff development for the three lower (k-3, 4-6 and 7-8) schools.

TEACHER, FIFTH GRADE 1976-1977
Ganado Intermediate School Ganado Unified School District #20
P.O. Box 1757, Ganado, AZ 86505

TEACHER, THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE 1972-1976
Rough Rock Elementary School Rough Rock Demonstration School
CHINLE, AZ 86503
EDUCATION

OTHER UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED 1980 TO PRESENT
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

ADMINISTRATIVE CERTIFICATE 1979-1980
Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona 06011

MASTERS OF ARTS IN EDUCATION: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1976-1979
Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Arizona 06011

1997 “Northern Arizona University Alumni Achievement Award”

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 1969-1973
University of Connecticut Storrs, Connecticut 06268

DIPLOMA 1965-1969
Newington High School Newington Connecticut 06111

1996 “Distinguished Graduate Award.” For notable personal and professional achievement, and given during at the 125th Anniversary of the Town of Newington, Connecticut (one of five given)

RECENT PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE

KEYNOTES (Each of the following conferences also had related presentations)
2000 National Family and Child Education (FACE) Conference, Phoenix, AZ
Colorado Bilingual Association, Breckinridge, CO
Wisconsin Young Authors’ Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Province Multiage Conference, Nova Scotia, Canada

2001 South Dakota Principals’ Conference, Grand Rapids, SD
Idaho Bilingual Conference, Fort Hall ID
New Mexico State Reading Conference, Grants, NM

PRESENTATIONS (young author, writing process, strategic reading and school improvement workshops were presented in the following states):
2000-2001: Arizona, Colorado, California, Washington, South Dakota, North Dakota, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Indiana

COURSES TAUGHT

Adjunct Faculty: Northern Arizona University, Center for Excellence, Flagstaff, AZ

BME 599: Contemporary Developments: The Writing Process and the Bilingual Child (Fall 1983, Kayenta; Spring 1984, Window Rock ; and Fall 1984, Kayenta, AZ)

ECI 685: School Self-Study (Fall and Spring 1985, Pinon, AZ)

EFD 695: The Principalship (Spring 1987, Chinle, AZ)

Adjunct Faculty: Western New Mexico University, College of Education, Silver City, NM

ED 580: Writing in the Elementary School (Spring 1985, Gallup, NM)

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND COMMITTEES

1986:"The Executive Educator 100" Honored by the February 1986 issue of The Executive Educator magazine as one of North America's 100 top school executives who work in school systems enrolling 2,500 or fewer students. The Executive Educator, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.

1986-1990: Member, K-3 School Improvement Task Force. Arizona State Board of Education.

1987: "Principals of Leadership" The National Safety Center and the National Association of Elementary School Principals recognized 10 school leaders from around the country " for creative and determined efforts to provide students with safe, productive learning environments." National School Safety Center, Encino, California 91436

1993, 1994 and 1995: Instructor, Early Childhood Academy, Arizona Department of Education, summers.

1994: "Christine Hamilton Novobilski Life Time Achievement Award" Co-sponsored by Northland Pioneer Early Childhood Program and the White Mountain Association for the Education of Young Children. This award is given once each year to an educator in Navajo or Apache counties who has most advanced the cause of early childhood education.

1995: Editorial Advisory Board Member for The Reading Teacher: (1995-1997), Journal of the International Reading Association.

1997: “NAESP National Distinguished Principal from Arizona” The Arizona School Administrators Association and the National Association for Elementary School Principal

1997: “Chief Manuelito Award.” The Navajo Tribe.

1997 - to date Advisory Board Member for Education Programs, University of New Mexico, Gallup, New Mexico.

1998: “John W. Vaughn Excellence in Education Award.” North Central Association. Chicago, Illinois

1998 - 2002: Advisory Board Member for Dine Teacher Education Partnership with Arizona State University

1999-2000 Advisory Board Member for Arizona K-3 Center

2000- to date Advisory Board Member for Arizona Professional Development Leadership Academy

2000: Leadership Summit Participant. U.S. Department of Education. One of 112 national principals invited to work with Secretary of Education Riley and the Department to discuss the future of the American Principalship, Washington, D. C.

D. Research and Creative Activity of the Unit
Prepare an introductory Summary Statement on Faculty Productivity over the past five years. Include highlights from each of the categories in sections 1 to 6 below arranged in decending order of importance fro your academic unit.

1. Publications, Performances, or Exhibitions.
2. Funded Projects
3. Presentations at Refereed Conferences
4. Leadership Roles
5. Other Evidence of Faculty Productivity Important to the Unit

E. Community Service Related to Program Goals

Arizona Professional Development Leadership Academy – Team member