Stephen J. Parrish has over 17 years of experience in education including sales, instruction, and school leadership. He specializes in spearheading organizational change, evaluating programs, and stimulating growth. Parrish's experience includes leading training sessions, maintaining top sales rankings, developing budget proposals, and managing staff. He is skilled in communication, planning, problem solving, and utilizing technology.
Stephen J. Parrish has over 17 years of experience in education including sales, instruction, and school leadership. He specializes in spearheading organizational change, evaluating programs, and stimulating growth. Parrish's experience includes leading training sessions, maintaining top sales rankings, developing budget proposals, and managing staff. He is skilled in communication, planning, problem solving, and utilizing technology.
Stephen J. Parrish has over 17 years of experience in education including sales, instruction, and school leadership. He specializes in spearheading organizational change, evaluating programs, and stimulating growth. Parrish's experience includes leading training sessions, maintaining top sales rankings, developing budget proposals, and managing staff. He is skilled in communication, planning, problem solving, and utilizing technology.
Highly dedicated professional with 17 years experience in educational sales, classroom
instruction, and school leadership with expertise in the following: • Spearhead solutions for organizational change, resulting in sustained competitive marketplace advantage. • Evaluate programs for alignment with organizational needs. • Positively impact progressive company through leadership success characteristics. • Stimulate personal growth to obtain further knowledge for long term maximal level of performance. • Ensure success and profitability of dynamic 21st century company through team membership and leadership.
• Human Resources Training & Development • Program Developer • Curriculum
• Development • Sales • Personnel Management • Leadership through Team Building/Management • Communication • Planning/Coordinating/Organization • Problem Solving • Analysis of Data/Trends • Budget Management
SELECTED AREAS OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
• Lead training sessions for nationwide corporate sales representatives, resulting in
improved content knowledge and increased skills in selling. • Conduct informational training sessions for public school representatives focusing on implementation of 21st century resources in social studies curriculum. • Maintain corporate-wide standing in top six of first year sales professionals. • Participate in national motivational training sessions geared toward increased corporation productivity in 21st century market. • Demonstrate positive sells skills and attributes focused on short term and long term projected needs of customer. • Develop one-year and multi-year client proposals for graduated implementation of hands- on materials and technology resources. • Actualize monthly, annual sales of educational resources based upon needs assessments of clients and subsequent submitted proposals. • Cultivate productive relationships with clients in public and private educational institutions. • Compile and update roster of potential clients generated from phone calls, emails, cold calls, scheduled conferences, client referrals, and corporate contacts. • Represent corporation in exhibition of new and sustained products in regional, state, and national trade shows. • Manage data through hardware and software to maximize timeliness, accuracy, and profitability margins. • Sustain catalog library and product inventory of current and emerging products for immediate distribution to clients. • Ensure client success and increase internal and external communication, improve organizational output, lead on-site decision-making committees in development and ongoing evaluation of action plans based upon needs assessment, submit recommendations and status reports to local board of directors. • Build supportive relationships through initiation of trainer of trainers staff development model. • Generate and implement site-based budget with revenue from federal, state, and local monies. • Spearhead solutions for organizational change (i.e., facilities renovation for optimal employee functioning, community alliances and advisory teams, monies appropriation for equipment and materials based on needs established by constituents). • Recruit and select quality personnel, chair interview teams using quantitative and qualitative evaluative processes. • Lead site-based committee in development and revision of mission statement. • Evaluate staff of 40-50 employees annually, Certified Personnel Evaluator in state- developed appraisal system. • Align vertical and horizontal curriculum through select membership in site-based planning and decision-making team. • Initiate and implement Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook in cutting-edge training programs, in time-efficient recordkeeping and accountability procedures, in equipping clients for designated employment positions. • Prepare, allocate, and coordinate federal and state grants for technology initiatives, including software and hardware.
Nystrom, Education Division of Herff Jones – Sales Professional 2007 – 2010
Kemp Independent School District – Administrator 2003 – 2007 Rockwall Independent School District – Administrator 1999 – 2003 Mesquite Independent School District – Instructor 1992 – 1999
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University-Commerce – Master of Education 1995
Sam Houston State University – Bachelor of Science 1992 Texas Christian University Trinity Valley Community College
Public Sector Competency-Based Development and Self-Assessment Handbook: A Self Assessment Handbook for Public Servants, Their Supervisors and Trainers