Candidate's Statement
F. Michelle Walker-Crawford
3829 South U.S. Hwy 129 Bell, Fl 352-463-1740 (h) 352-258-2700 (c)
Experience 1987-1992 Bell High School Bell, Florida
Agriculture Instructor
• Taught agriculture education in a single teacher department
• Advisor to a successful FFA Chapter.
• Managed a productive land lab.
1992 –2004 Trenton High School Trenton, Florida
Agriculture Instructor
• Taught agriculture education in a two-teacher department.
• Advisor to a nationally recognized FFA Chapter.
• Manager of a profitable forty-acre land lab.
2004-2005 Trenton High School Trenton, Florida
Literacy Coach
• Professional Development Plans for High School Teachers
• Test Level 1 and 2 students for reading deficiencies
• Prepared and Completed AIP’s
• Worked with teachers on data driven instruction
• Coordinate high school wide reading tests
• Assist coordination of state wide assessments
2005-2012
Chiefland High School Chiefland, Florida
Literacy Coach/Testing Coordinator
• Individual Professional Development Plans for High School Teachers
• Professional Development Trainings for all faculty
• Test Level 1 and 2 students for reading deficiencies
• Prepared and Completed AIP’s
• Preparation of all data driven instruction for entire school
• Coordinate high school wide reading, math and writing tests
• SAC Chairman 08-09
• School Improvement Chairman 08-09, 09-10, 10-11
• SACS Accreditation Committee Chairman 08-09
• Assistant for Testing Coordinator 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09
• School Testing Coordinator 09-10, 10-11
• Proficient with testing; Discovery Educations Thinklink, FCAT, FCAT Explorer, End of Course Exams, FAIR, Writes Score Program, FSA ELA, Algebra 1, Geometry, Biology, US History, Algebra 2.
• Disaggregate all data for high school students 2005-current
• Create master schedule based upon standardized test scores, creating classes as needed 2007-current
• Work directly with MIS to input data 2005-current
• Pilot School for the End of Course Algebra Exam
• Manage Title Grants for Chiefland High School 2010-11
• Meet standards of No Child Left Behind and School Grade accountability
• School Improvement/Differentiated Accountability Work 2009-current
Fall 2012 – August 2013 assigned to
School Board of Levy County
District Instructional and Administration Team
RTI Chiefland Elementary Fall 2012
• Teacher Incentive Fund Coordinator – Grant funded position to provide Professional Development to Teachers seeking Performance Pay
• AVID Co-District Director
Fall 2013 – Current Chiefland High School, Chiefland , Florida
• Agriculture Education – 2 classes
• Reading Coach
• Certified in Agriculture 6-12, ESE K-12 and Reading Endorsed
Fall 2012 – Current Gilchrist County School Board Trenton, Fl
School Board Member – District Three
• Board Vice-Chairman – November 2014-November 2015
• Board Chairman – November 2015- November 2016
• Board Chairman – November 2016 - November 2017
• Florida School Board Association 2017 –
Certified School Board Member
• Florida School Board Association 2017 –
Master Board Certified, member
Education 1975-80 Trenton High School Trenton, FL
1980-82 ABAC Tifton, GA
1982-83 Lake City CC Lake City, FL 1985-87 University of FL Gainesville, FL
Bachelors
2007-09 University of FL Gainesville, FL
Masters
Professional Member Florida FFA Board of Directors 1994-1997
Development Chairman-elect Board of Directors – Florida FFA 1995
Chairman Board of Directors – Florida FFA 1996
Local Program Success – National FFA- Baltimore, Maryland
National FFA Taskforce-creating a grading rubric for the
National Proficiency Awards- Washington, DC
National FFA Taskforce- creating application 2001-2005
Proficiency Award and National FFA Degree – Alexandria, VA
Member SACS committee THS - 1998
Faculty Chairman SACS committee THS- 2002-2003
Florida Reading Initiative 2002
Florida DOE Taskforce – Curriculum Development for
Agri-technology Program
Florida DOE Taskforce – Integration of Sunshine State Standards/
Student Performance Standards for Agri-technology Program
Florida FFA State Officer Screening Committee
Outstanding Educator Award 2002 – University of Florida
Outstanding Educator Award 2003 – University of Florida
Teach the Teacher – Agriscience Foundations, CAERT 2002-03
Member – Florida Ag. Teacher Leadership Program, Class I 2003
ESOL – English as Second Language – 18 hour certification 2003
Excel 2003 – Level 1 Certificate
Florida Reading Initiative, Re-Fri- 2004
Florida Reading Initiative – 2005 CHS Faculty
Literacy Trough Leadership – 2004
Career and Technical Education Train the Trainer 2006
Just Read, Florida! Coaching Academy – 2004-07
Reading Endorsement
Content Area Reading Professional Development CAR-PD Certificate
ESE Certification K-12
Faculty Chairman SACS – CHS 2008
Pearson Testing – End of Course Testing Training 2010-Present
Florida School Board Association 2012- current
Florida School Board Association – Master Board Certification
Program 32 hours 2017
Florida School Board Association – Certified Board Member
Program/Training 96 hours 2012 - 2017
North East Florida Education Consortium – School Board Member Professional Development 15 hours 2017
Professional Gilchrist County Employees United 1987-2005
Organizations Gilchrist County Education Foundation
Board of Directors 2017-18
Gilchrist County Zoning Board - member 1998-2010 (dissolved)
Gilchrist County Zoning Board – Chairman 2002- 2005
Revision of Comprehensive Plan
Dairy Issues including permitting, nitrates, water quality
County Planned Growth
Gilchrist County Visioning Committee- Chairman 2009
Trenton FFA Alumni
Florida Education Association
Suwannee River Fair Association
Fair Book Committee – chairman
Sales Committee - current
Board of Directors 08-09, 2010-2016
The Guardian Foundation, Inc. Advisory Board 2018
(Guardian ad Litem – 8th Judicial Circuit)
Rewards and Florida FFA Association – Honorary Member
Recognition American FFA Degree – 1982
State FFA Degree – 1980
Who’s Who Teacher – 1993, 2002, 2004
Blue and Gold Award – Bell FFA
Florida FFA – Board of Directors – Appreciation Plaque
Florida Agriculture Teacher Leadership Program – Class I
Owner FAS Systems – GPS Mapping and Tracking
Owner BMP Logic – Precision Agriculture
Personal Married – Doug Crawford
Adult children – Brett and KayLee
Grandchildren – Adeline Faye and Rye