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Jasmin Cowin, Ed.D.

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skype: jasmin.bey.cowin

Cooperation + Collaboration = Transformation

Education

• Doctor of Education, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, 1992

• Master of Educational Technology, Marlboro College Graduate School for Professional and Graduate Studies, Marlboro, VT, 2017

• Master of Education, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, 1989

• Fulbright Scholarship, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 1985–1986

• Bachelor of Music and Education, Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1986

Certificates and Credentials

• Education Policy Fellowship at Education Policy Fellowship Program, Teachers College/Columbia University, 2018–2019

• Certificate of Continuing Board Education, Exec Ranks, 2017 (with a focus on Ethics & Compliance in the Boardroom, Understanding Cybersecurity as a Function of Risk Management for Directors, and Understanding and Accurately Presenting Financial Statements to the Board of Directors)

• TESOL Certificate, SIT World Graduate Institute, New York, 2012

• Teaching Business English Certification, Rennert International, New York, 2012

• Professional Program in Psychoanalysis, The Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, New York, 2011

• Graduate Studies in Music, Orchestral and Ensemble Scholarship, Rice University, Houston, TX, 1987–1988

Faculty Experience

Touro College and University System, New York, NY

Touro College and University System is a private university system headquartered in New York City with branches throughout the United States and abroad.

Assistant Professor and Practicum Coordinator

for the TESOL and Bilingual Program January 2018–present

• Prepare teachers certified in New York State for TESOL accreditation, providing responsive, culturally attuned, comprehensive education to students from traditional and nontraditional backgrounds.

• Teach a full course load and participate as an adjunct mentor.

• Supervise the complete practicum experience for all Touro teacher candidates.

• Co-lead Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) for institutional statewide TESOL accreditation tasked with framework scaffolding for accreditation and rubric design.

• Mentor and Canvas Champion, Canvas course development, and design.

• Develop training materials and provide input on improving training, courses, and processes, such as candidate interview protocols.

• Participate in the trial use of new technologies and integrate new technologies into face-to-face and online courses, such as the implementation of Qualtrics for data collection and analysis for Accreditation of Educator Preparation.

• As a student advisor, work with students to help them successfully complete their coursework and certification examinations.

• Serve on the Policy and Procedure Committee of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation, which supports the professional development of those engaged in educator preparation and the continuous improvement of preparation programs.

National University of Science and Technology, MISIS September 2018–present

National University of Science and Technology, MISIS, is one of the Russia’s most dynamically developing research and education centers.

• Consultant for course design and lecturer on Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality Digital Technologies and Blockchain: Education in Fourth Industrial Revolution

Education First

Education First offers immersion language learning, cultural exchange, and academic programs.

University Preparation Facilitator January 2013–June 2017

• Identified and pioneered innovative courses to recruit and retain a larger student body for the University Preparation program, such as C1 courses on economics 101, grammar, academic writing, U.S. university entrance preparation, psychology, freshmen seminar, critical thinking seminars.

• Integrated e-portfolios and technology into course offerings.

• Civic engagement and writing-enhanced components while leveraging technology for a variety of student success initiatives, including an online academic alert system.

SIT-World Graduate Institute January 2013–May 2017

TESOL Certification - Clinical Assessor

Responsible for all Teacher Trainer evaluations and global program assessment for the SIT-Global Institute.

Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies January 2012–December 2016

Psychology and Opera Lecturer

Westchester Community College January 2014–May 2016

ESL Adjunct Professor

New York Public Libraries January 2012–December 2014

Lecturer

Composers Voice September 2010–January 2013

Resident Harpist

Columbia University, Teachers College September 2008–May 2012

Adjunct Harp Professor

Marymount Manhattan College September 2001–May 2008

Opera Lecturer at The Center for Living and Learning

German American School, New York September 2000–May 2005

Head Teacher

Professional and Nonprofit Experience

The Rotary Club of New York, Host Club #6

Rotary is a global network of 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who come together to make positive, lasting change in communities at home and abroad.

Chair, Rotary International Breakfast Meetings at the United Nations 2017–present

• Recruit and book diverse consuls, diplomats, and ambassadors to be guest speakers at Rotary United Nations events free of charge. Some notable speakers since 2018 have been Ramu Damodaran, deputy director for partnerships and public engagement in the United Nations Department of Public Information’s Outreach Division; the Honorable Consul Winanto Adi, consul of Indonesia, economic affairs; and Austrian Trade Commissioner Michael Friedl.

Assistant Governor July 2018–July 2019

External Relationships, Recruitment, Administration, and Membership Experience

• Helped develop district goals.

• Identified and developed future leaders through a personally developed rubric.

• Briefed the incoming assistant governor on the status of clubs in both formal and informal reports.

• Offered the district leadership team specific ideas for supporting clubs, such as collaborative leads working with other clubs, the creation of leadership teams, and personal outreach to club presidents.

• Promoted attendance at the district conference and other district meetings through personal outreach and social media.

President June 2017–June 2018

Transformational Leadership, Financial Stewardship, and Membership Experience

• Acted as the public face of the Rotary Club of New York (RCNY), speaking for the board of directors, trustees, club members, aligned community organizations, and nongovernmental organizations.

• Rebuilt RCNY’s board for innovation, diversity, and collective literacy and achieved the goal of a marketplace of ideas.

• Created and implemented anonymous feedback channels, resulting in robust member base growth of 30% during my presidential year.

• Maintained all official records and financial documents and ensured compliance not only with federal, state, and local 501(c)(3) regulations but also with Rotary International charter regulations.

• Implemented new budgetary oversight procedures through a new report format that listed all anticipated resources and planned uses for the resources, ensuring that planned uses were supported by identifiable resources.

• Vetted all mutual letters of understanding to close out unproductive relationships and create institutional space for new collaborative alignments.

• Put into place a robust succession plan by identifying and recruiting internal leadership candidates to secure continued success for RCNY.

• Cultivated, secured, and directed speakers for the International Breakfast Lecture series at the United Nations, with a focus on the following topics: social justice, diversity, inequality, immigration, multilingualism, digital initiatives, and urban studies.

President-Elect June 2016–June 2017

Transformational Leadership and Strategic Mission

• Framed my leadership vision and aligned it with Rotary International’s core values of integrity, innovation, empowerment, service, diversity and transformational leadership.

• Instituted informal roundtables throughout the year with former Rotary Club of New York presidents with a focus on club membership, member experiences, leadership presence, and leadership presentation (collaborative vs. authoritative processes) and hindsight analysis to fold their collective experiences into my presidential planning and preparation process.

• Conceived the presidential motto “Cooperation + Collaboration = Transformation.”

PeopleMovers

PeopleMovers is a startup information technology company focused on engaging and working as communities on local and global issues aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. It is an easy-to-use platform for streamlining stakeholder engagement by helping leaders and organizations connect, organize, and leverage their community involvements.

Chief Marketing Officer August 2017–January 2017

Branding, Marketing, Development of Signature Initiatives, and Financial Stewardship

• Conceived, planned, created, and implemented a third platform pillar next to Facebook (social networking) and LinkedIn (business and résumés) for community organizations featuring advanced digital tools for organizations to use to engage and mobilize their stakeholders and connect resources.

• Created platform pathways to communicate information, collaborate on initiatives, integrate technology, and build relationships, thereby leveraging community strengths and advancing institutional missions.

• Developed a grassroots marketing strategy that generated international and national community organization signups to the PeopleMovers platform.

• Nurtured the following networks through client relationship management: The Technology Network, Women’s Network, Men’s Network, Peace Network, Smart Cities Network, Connect Michigan Now, Connect New York, Connect India, and the Education Network.

• Gained experience in branding, marketing and efficiency, product management, media outreach, publications, and the development of sponsor presentations with sponsor meetings by collaborating on all written materials, such as sponsor presentations, open mike/startup pitches, and tech accelerator events.

• Gained experience in semantic search and semantic marketing strategy by identifying keywords in queries and indexing how data are related to relevant taxonomy and ontology, driving up website traffic and brand recognition.

Governance and Operational Leadership

• Used lean startup principles as part of the primary leadership team.

• Meshed customer and product development to grow relationships and develop research under the principles of “build, measure, learn.”

• Was a contributing member of the board of directors and leadership team with a personal focus on nurturing a collaborative mindset and growing long-term business strategies.

Lead Educational and Content Designer September 2016–August 2017

Educational and Information Technology

• Implemented a vision of a streamlined user experience from inception to completion.

• Developed compelling textual and visual solutions across a variety of formats and digital platforms (e.g., print, e-books, mobile platforms, Web) for online learning, resulting in a compelling user experience.

• Combined expertise in technology and instructional design to create objective-driven, contextually rich online content focused on real-world problems such as emergency and disaster management.

• Led and managed a full stack design team from conception to implementation, tracking time and tasks in a detailed, complex project management system while hitting performance targets.

• Created a proto app for disaster and emergency management.

Young Global Leadership Foundation, NY

The Young Global Leadership Foundation, a nonprofit organization registered in New York, guides aspiring youth leaders from around the world to become global citizens and democratic leaders toward a peaceful, prosperous, and positive global society in the 21st century.

Executive Director of Global Education January 2011–December 2014

Transformational Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Strategic Mission, and Signature Programs

• Collaborated and implemented strategic planning for a startup nonprofit organization creating an experientially based educational program to train emerging young global leaders together with a United Nations ambassador.

• Co-wrote the foundation charter incorporating New York State not-for-profit rules and ensuring compliance with complex Internal Revenue Service regulations.

• Served as founding member and ambassador of the German charter functioning as a bridge between the U.S. and German leadership visions.

• Represented the Foundation to the board of directors, presenting data and precision analytics.

• Helped create messaging and branding from inception to delivery, including all written materials, the website, and logo creation, including the motto “Learn from the Past ~ Live in the Present ~ Look to the Future.”

Commitment to Student Experience, Signature Programs, and Tight Budget Management

• Designed, refined, and budgeted colloquiums and recruited 300+ international students to attend the inaugural colloquium in New York City in conjunction with a United Nations training session.

• Conceived, designed, and delivered the Foundation’s college preparedness program for international students preparing for admission to U.S. colleges.

• Created all curriculum and programmatic materials while embracing John Dewey’s assertion that students’ experiences should be individualized based on past experiences and that not all students will have the same outlook on a given concept.

• Guided students with advice on academics, life as a young professional, and civic engagement, including opportunities for mentees to attend events at the United Nations.

Innovative Community Enterprises

Innovative Community Enterprises is a former nonprofit organization focused on anti-bias and critical thinking curricula in 300 schools.

Director of Education May 1994 – December 1998

Operations and Grants Management, Data Utilization, and Signature Programs

• Successfully negotiated Vendor status for the New York City Board of Education.

• Developed, coordinated, and implemented purpose-centered education programs in public and private schools to achieve optimal outcomes for students’ personal and educational growth.

• Pioneered oral history projects for underserved youth in conjunction with senior centers in New York, literacy through arts programs, D.A.R.E. drug education programs, multicultural music programs, conflict resolution programs, peer mentoring, and science through the arts programs in 15 school districts with more than 4,000 students, creating a revenue stream of more than $300,000 per year.

• Supervised and trained facilitators to teach custom, experientially based curricula focused on literacy, science, and the arts.

• Applied analysis, evaluation, and creativity in experiential learning to promote transformational intellectual success among students.

• Cultivated program directors and principals at school districts for educational sales initiatives.

• Managed all reports, program assessment, data collection, detailed program reports, newsletters, and special events for participating schools and school districts.

New York Department of Aging, NY

The Department for the Aging is committed to helping 1.5 million adults ages 60 and older live in New York City and age with dignity in their homes and communities. The Department’s mission is to eliminate ageism and ensure the dignity and quality of life of diverse older adults.

Grant Administrator May 1994– December 1998

Operations and Grants Management, External Relationships, and Signature Programs

• Wrote and received grant from the New York City Department of Aging with a budget of $250,000 spanning a 4-year period.

• Conceived, developed, and administered the award-winning multiyear program “Building Bridges,” an experientially based program linking at-risk youth with senior centers and nursing homes.

Conference Presentations Since January 2018

• Pima Community College: “Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality Digital Technologies and Blockchain: Education in Fourth Industrial Revolution”, Tucson, AZ, March 2020

• Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation 2020 Quality Assurance Symposium: “Accreditation, Curriculum Mapping, Assessment Tools and Faculty Buy-In: Insights from the Faculty Frontline”, Georgia, AL, February 2020

• NYS TESOL webinar: “Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain & Augmented Reality Digital Technologies (ARDT): Thoughts on Language Acquisition for the 21st Century”, NY, NY, February 2020

• Rennert TESOL: Leap into the Future of Teaching – Conference: “Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Augmented Reality Digital Technologies (ARDT): Language Acquisition for the 21st Century”, New York, NY, February 2020

• International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement 2020 - 33rd Congress: “Access and Equity: Computers for Schools Burundi, Marrakesh”, Morocco, January 2020

• 47th Annual TESL Ontario Conference: “Cultivating Innovation Through Virtual Immersion Technology”, Toronto, CA, December 2019

• 49th Annual New York State Teachers of Teaching English as a Second Language Conference: “Transcending Boundaries and Immersive Technology Trends”, White Plains, NY, November 2019

• National University of Science and Technology, 6th Annual conference: ESP/EAP/EMI in the Context of Higher Education Internationalization, Keynote address: “Cultivating Innovation Through Augmented Reality Digital Technologies,”, Moscow, Russia, November 2019

• National University of Science and Technology Teacher Academy: “Metacognition, Automaticity and Second Language Acquisition” and “Digital Technologies - Managing a Group Project. Unpacking the Curriculum Guide”, Moscow, Russia, November 2019

• NNETESOL Fall 2019 Conference: “An Exploration of Learning & Teaching in 3D Immersive Environments”, University of Southern Maine, November 2019

• NYC Special Education Collaborative: “Transcending Boundaries through Family Literacy: An Exploration of ENL Learning and Teaching with Technology”, New York, NY, September 2019

• U.S. Army War College, National Security Seminar, Carlisle, PA, June 2019

• EDxEDNYC, Education Conference on 3D Teaching Environments and TESOL: “Meet the Merge Cube,”, New York, NY, April 2019

• National University of Science and Technology, Department of Modern Languages and Communication, workshops on teaching with multimodal technology and language acquisition, Moscow, Russia, April 2019

• Applied Linguistics Winter Conference 2019: “Virtual Worlds: Multimodal Learning Spaces in Online Global Language Classrooms”, Binghamton University, NY, Feb. 2019

• NYS TESOL conference “Augmented Reality Apps, Mobile Language Learning Settings and ELL’s:” New York, NY, November 2018

• PS 153 Teacher Workshop: “Supporting Your ELL’s in Your Mainstream Classroom,”, New York, NY, November 2018

• The International Academic Association of Researchers in Humanities, IT, Engineering & Science, international conference, keynote speech: “Technology, Innovation and Higher Education - Disruption, Decentralization, and Digital Transformation,”, New York, NY, November 2018

• NYS TESOL conference, poster presentation: “Bitcoin, Blockchain and IoT for Educators,” New York, NY, November 2018

• World Association Case Method Research Association, 35th International Conference on Case Method Research and Application, “The Phoenix Firestorm Project - Virtual Worlds: Jokaydia Grid and Second Life—Teaching ESL in 3D Environments,”, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, July 2018

• Education Leadership Data Analytics Summit, Teachers College/Columbia University, poster presentation: “Data Analytics, Data Assessment and Blockchain,”, New York, NY, June 2018

• EDxEDNYC, Education Conference on 3D Teaching Environments and TESOL, “Virtual Teaching Spaces,” New York, NY, June 2018

• Applied Linguistics Winter Conference, “University of Tomorrow: Innovative Pedagogy and Methodology,”, Teachers College/Columbia University, New York, NY, April 2018

• Touro College, faculty workshop: “Canvas Training for TESOL”, New York, NY, May 2018

• Plekhanov University for Economics: “University of Tomorrow: Innovative Pedagogy and Methodology”, Moscow, Russia, January 2018

Publications Since 2018

• Cowin, J. (2019). Teaching as an art of love. The American Reporter.

• Cowin, J. (2019). Teaching as an art of love. China Weekly.

• Cowin, J. (2019). An exploration of learning and teaching in 3D immersive environments: Transcending boundaries, immersive technology trends. Touro Exchange.

• Cowin, J. (2018, November). Keynote presentation for the International Academic Association in Humanities, IT, Engineering, and Science, New York, New York.

• Cowin, J. B. (2018). Plekhanov Russian University of Economics Winter University 2018 University of Tomorrow: Innovative pedagogy and methodology. Education Update, 23(4), 17.

• Cowin, J. (2018). The Future, Present and the Past. eBook, SciTerra, vol. 1, ISBN-10 1732344507

Awards and Professional Memberships

• Vice President, New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2019

• Conference Chair, New York State Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, 2021

• Fulbright Alumni Association: One-to-World

• Kappa Delta Pi

• Union League Club, New York

• Cornell University Club

• Teachers College/Columbia University Alumni Association

• Member, United Nations Association of the United States of America

• Visiting Professor in the Arts and Humanities in Medicine, University of California, Irvine, 2000

• 2002 William C. Musham Award for Excellence in Teaching, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY

Language Skills

• Native Proficiency: English, German

Computer Skills

• Word Processing Skills

• Spreadsheets Skills

• Database Skills

• Electronic Presentation Skills

• Web Navigation Skills

• Web Site Design Skills

• E-Mail Management Skills

• Digital Cameras

• Computer Network Knowledge

• File Management & Windows Explorer Skills

• Downloading Software from the Web Experience including eBooks

• Installing Computer Software onto a Computer System

• WebCT or Blackboard, Canvas Teaching Skills

• Qualtrics, Banner Experience

• Videoconferencing Skills

• Computer-Related Storage Devices (knowledge: disks, CDs, USB drives, zip disks, DVDs, etc.)

• Scanner Experience

• Deep Web Knowledge with Boolean Search Queries

• Educational Copyright Knowledge

• Open Educational Resources Expertise

• Computer Security Knowledge

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