RESUME

DR.  JAMES  A.  SCRUGGS
1804 Mayfair Drive, Tallahassee, Florida  32303
(850) 385-5750/home
 E-Mail: jscru5750@aol.com

Web Site:  www.franklyspeaking.info

EDUCATION:
· Ed.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
· M.A., Urban Studies, Occidental College, Los Angeles, California
· M.S., Major - Chemistry, Minor, - Education, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, Connecticut.
   B.S., Major- Chemistry, Minor - Mathematics, Alabama A&M University, Huntsville, Alabama.  Other courses in Electricity, Physics, Electronics, Mechanical Drawings.
·. Organic Chemistry, Niagara University, Niagara Falls, New York Courses in Education and the Urban Community, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
· .  Organization and Administration of Adult Education, Planning and Development of Adult Programs, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida,
. Courses in Public School Finance, Mississippi College, Clinton , Mississippi,
· National Urban Fellows Program, National League of Cities-Conference of Mayors, Yale University.  This program was designed by the National League of Cities-Conference of Mayor and Yale University to train urban administrators.  It consisted of a six week academic session followed by a ten month internship with an urban administrator.  My fellowship assignment was "Assistant to Dr. Mark Shedd," Superintendent of Schools, Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
· Teacher Performance, Observation Training, Florida State Department of Education, 1984
· Adolescents and the Middle Grades; Florida State Department of Education, May 1984
· ACS Short Courses in Lewis Acid and Base Reactions, American Chemical Society, September of 1966

AWARDS
· Placed fifth in Alabama State competition in Physics (1949)
· Designated "Man of the Year" by the Greater New Haven Human Relations Council, 1969
· U.S. Conference on Leadership, Leadership Award, U.S. Office of Education, 1977
· National Urban Fellow, Yale University, 1969-70
· Who's Who In American Education, 1990
· Received "George Washington Honor Metal", From the "Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge," 1990


UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE:

· Associate Professor, University of Hartford
· Assistant Professor, Ft. Lauderdale College

· Supervised the Organization of a Degree in Bilingual Education at The University of Hartford, 1971-72

DISSERTATION COMMITTEE MEMBER:
· Dr. Lorna Polk, The Catholic University of America, 1978


EMPLOYMENT:
1/96-Present President Intal Associates, Educational Consulting, Publishing

8/86-31/96 Program Director, Florida Department of Education, Division of Public Schools, Bureau of Student Support and Academic Assistance, Program Management and Accountability Section, Tallahassee, Florida. I had the responsibility for monitoring and review of State wide Educational Program to determine effectiveness. These reviews covered over 100 agencies and Local School Districts which conducted Educational Chapter I services for Educational Disadvantaged Children. My staff consisted of four professionals and two support staff.

1985-86 Superintendent of Schools, East Jasper School System, Heidelberg, Mississippi. I served as the Executive Officer of the School Board and had the responsibility for all school district personnel, Educational Programs  and the fiscal health of the School District.

1984-85 Administrator, Middle and Secondary Education, Bureau of Curriculum Services, State Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida I had the responsibility for monitoring , review of Middle and Secondary School educational programs financed by state revenues.

1981-84 Program Director, Federal Programs, Program Auditing and Evaluation, and GED, Florida State Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida I had the responsibility for monitoring , review of Adult and Community Education programs state wide. My staff consisted of three professionals and two support staff.

1979-81 Program Director, Program Support Subsection, Florida Migratory Child Compensatory Program, Florida State Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida. My responsibility covered the evaluation and review of Chapter I Basic and Chapter I Migrant Programs financed by federal funds. My subsection prepared the state evaluation of all Chapter I Programs. My staff consisted of four professionals and two support staff.

1975-79 Education Consultant, Florida Migratory Child Program, Florida State Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida

1974-75 Education Consultant, Dave Lewis Associates, Clinton, Maryland

1970-74 Executive Director, Connecticut Migratory Child Program, Connecticut State Department of Education
Associate Professor, University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. I functioned as the Executive Officer of the State wide Chapter I Migrant Program. We served approximately 500 Migrant children in Kindergarten, Grade School and Preschool. I conducted many staff development institutes for state and out-of-state educators. My staff consisted of five professionals who had the rank of associate professor at the university and provided educational services to migrant children. I also taught courses at the university and had the rank of Associate Professor.

1969-70 Assistant to Superintendent of Education, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The National League of Cities / U.S. Conference of Mayors, Inc., Washington, D.C.

1967-69 Research Analytical Chemist, Olin Chemical Corporation, New Haven, Connecticut. I conducted research for the government to produce rocket propellents. I received patents and papers on my work.

1959-67 Research Chemist, Olin Chemical Corporation

1954-57 Analytical Chemist, Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Wilson Dam, Alabama


EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENTS OPERATED:
Mass Spectrometer, Infrared Red Spectrometer, Vapor Phase Chromatograph, Visible Light Spectrometer, High Vacuum Lines, Ph Meters, Emission Spectrometer, X-ray, Personal Computers


LEADERSHIP:
· President, Paradise Garden Civic Association, West Haven, Connecticut,
· West Haven Human Relations Council, West Haven, Connecticut., Vice President
· Board Member, West Haven Board of Education, West Haven, Connecticut,
· Member, Advisory Committee to the State of Connecticut Commission on   Human Rights and Opportunities for State Bills on School Desegregation, Hartford, Connecticut,
· Member, Race Relations Committee of the West Haven Community Services Association, Inc., West Haven, Connecticut,
· Candidate for Councilman, West Haven, Connecticut, 1974
· Candidate for Tallahassee City Commissioner, Tallahassee, Florida, 1985


INSTITUTES AND CONFERENCES:
· Conducted Conference on Migrant Education Attended by 125 Administrators, Teachers, and Support Staff in Connecticut, 1971
· Conducted Teacher Training Institute on "Teaching of Migrant Children" (125 Participants), 1972
· Conducted interstate teacher Training Institute for Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and Rhode Island (250 Participants), 1973
· Numerous Staff Development Conferences and Institutes in the State of Florida


CONSULTANTSHIPS:
· U.S. Department of Education, 1987
· U.S. Office of Education, 1978
· U.S. Office of Education, 1985
· U.S. Office of Education, 1974


PATENTS:
· Colorant Film for Aluminum Surfaces; Patent No. 3,407,098.
· Preparation for Aluminum Hydrogenation of Aluminum in the Presence of a Diakly Aluminum Hydride; Paten No. 3,785,890.
· Direct Crystallization of Aluminum Hydride from Toluene/ether, Patent No. 3,801,657.
· Process for Preparation of Non-solvated Aluminum Hydride; Patent No. 3,767,781.
· Preparation of Non-solvated Aluminum Hydride; Patent No. 3,821,380.


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