Resume

Paul Q. Helford

4025 Lake Mary Rd. #67, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 520-213-9151

Professional Experience

1990 to Present Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona

1997 to present Office for Teaching and Learning Effectiveness

Director

Direct the faculty development unit serving faculty who teach approximately 150 technology-based distance education courses to over 10,000 students annually.

Provide an integrated program of grants, seminars and workshops in support of traditional, innovative and technological teaching and learning.

Web course design and development.

Instructional television training and assistance.

Approach instructional technology issues on faculty compensation, evaluation, tenure, promotion and copyright.

1990 to present School of Communication

Lecturer

Teach courses in cinema studies, electronic media writing, and sales

Deliver courses via technology based distance education.

Enrollment ranges from honors seminars of a dozen students to large lectures and instructional television courses with hundreds of students.

1995 to 1997 Academic Coordinator for Instructional Television (ITV)

Developed orientation/training program

Facilitated faculty interaction with six Distance Education related departments.

Oversaw research and materials distribution.

1993 to 1994 Instructional Television Director

Developed pilot training program which resulted in a new university department.

1990 to 1992 Director of Summer Workshops

Established video workshops for high school minority students.

1989 to 1990 Northland Broadcasting, Flagstaff, Arizona

Account Executive

Wrote and produced radio commercial and promotional announcements.

1976 to 1988 TCI Telecommunications, Inc., Eugene, Oregon

Station Manager KOZY-TV

Built 2 multi-million dollar television studios.

Supervised up to 60 employees at all levels.

Managed revenue budget in excess of $12 million.

Honored with numerous national sales competitions.

Promoted from an Account Executive to Marketing and Sales Director.

Wrote thousands of nationally acclaimed commercial, promotional and public service announcements.

Produced hundreds of live and videotaped television programs.

1969 to 1973 John Hersey High School, Arlington Heights, Illinois

Faculty Member and Assistant Drama Coach

Taught remedial and advanced English to Junior and Senior High Students.

Developed and taught Film Study courses.

Education

Master of Arts English, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois

Bachelor of Science Education, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois

Honors and Awards

Clio Award for Advertising Excellence (twice)

ACE Award for Cable Excellence (three times)

Project Six Foundation, Voices of Future Film and Video Festival

Northern Arizona University Outstanding Honors Professor

Employer of the Year

Cable Marketing (seven consecutive years)

Telly for Television Production Excellence (twice)

International Film and Video Festival

Who's Who in America

Public Service

IITV Quality Control Steering Committee Chair

Development Coordinator, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University

Executive Council, School of Communication, Northern Arizona University

City of Flagstaff Cable Television Citizen's Task Force

City of Flagstaff Film Commission

Arizona Board of Regents, Instruction Technology Task Force Member

Instructional Television Committee Chair

Faculty Advisory Committee for Electronic Delivery of Credit Courses Member

Northern Arizona Film Society Founder and Leader of Film Festival Task Group

Alpha Epsilon Rho Faculty Advisor

School of Communication Academic Affairs Committee Member

School of Communication Outreach Committee Chair

Coconino County Department of Health SAFE KIDS Board Member

Flagstaff Festival of the Arts Director

Grants Awarded

$11,435 for "Faculty Computers for Visual Communication and Distance Learning"

$1700 for "Comparative Research for the Assessment of Student Learning in Cable and Interactive Telecourses

$300 for development of an interdisciplinary televised course entitled: "Filmic Images and How They Direct Our Thinking about Ethnicity, Gender and Value"

$4000 for SAFE KIDS and Flagstaff Public Schools Safety Public Service video workshop

$2000 for Assessment of student learning in cable and interactive telecourses

$1500 for instructional development to assist in recruitment of telecourse instructors

$10,000 for contribution of 100 movies for School of Communications library on behalf of Telecommunication, Inc.

Presentations

"The Dovetail Effect: Teaching and Learning Strategies in Distance Education," at the European Association for Higher Education in Barcelona, Spain

"Distance Education at Northern Arizona University," at the Distance Education Conference, Portland, Oregon

"Content, Context and Collaboration: Establishing a Robust Environment in the Instruction Television Classroom," at the American Association for Higher Education in Washington, D.C.

"A Comparative Study of Student Learning in the Traditional Classroom," at the Western Social Sciences Association in Santa Fe, New Mexico

"Films of the 70's vs. Films of Today," at the Senior Honors Day at Northern Arizona University

"Life Isn't Fair," at Mount Eldon Middle Middle School Honors Day in Flagstaff, Arizona

"Take My Life..." at the Fourth Annual Honors Program Award Ceremony at Northern Arizona University

"Using Video in Art Classes," at the Mountain States Art Education Consortium in Flagstaff, Arizona

"You Know More About the Art of Film Than You Think You Do," at the Arizona Commission of the Arts, Arts Walkabout in Flagstaff, Arizona

"Advertising Sales" and "Writing Movie Reviews" at Northern Arizona University High School Journalism Workshop in Flagstaff, Arizona

"Advertising Sales" at the Alpha Epsilon Rho National Broadcasting Society Annual Convention in Flagstaff, Arizona

Publications

"Golden Age or Killer B's," with Ross Helford, Flagstaff Live!

"Classics End With A Bank," Flagstaff Live!

"Horror on Halloween," Flagstaff Live!

"Classic Film Series Continues," Flagstaff Live!

"Here Comes the Classics," Flagstaff Live!

Creating Video Projects, high school text book for Knowledge Industries Publications

"Raising Cane," New Times