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Baker, T. D. (2004). Electronic counseling assessments: You can get there from here! Association for Assessment in Counseling (AACE) Newsnotes.

Baker, T. D. (2004). Surviving your counseling practicum. Florida School Counseling Association (FSCA) Newsletter.

Baker, T. D. (2004, September). Using CD-ROM technology in collaborative learning for School Counseling students. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES), Athens, GA.

Baker, T. D., & Baggerly, J. (2004, September). Electronic survey research: How it works and how to plan it. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Athens, GA.

Baker, T. D., & Loesch, L. C. (2004). A model for web pages made by students and others in counselor education. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Spectrum.

Baker, T. D. (2005). Web pages for counselors. Course reference textbook. Gainesville, FL: Target Copy.

Baker, T. D. (2006, September). Designing and using self-administered electronic screening instruments. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL.

Baker, T. D. (2006, September). Platitudinal Disorder NOS: Do motivational posters hinder personal development? Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL.

Baker, T. D. (2008, March). Digital Multimedia Sampling: The New Bibiliotherapy for Teens. Paper accepted for presentation at the meeting of the American Counseling Association in Honolulu, HI.

Baker, T. D. (2008, March). Toward a Wikipedia of Counseling: Ideas and Collaboration in the Internet Age. Paper accepted for presentation at the meeting of the American Counseling Association in Honolulu, HI.

Baker, T. D., & Poynton, T. (2007, June). Using free technology tools to make schoolwide data collection and analysis EZ. Paper presented at the meeting of the American School Counseling Association, Denver, CO.

Baker, T. D., & Spence-Baker, A. I. (2006, November). High school dual enrollment: When the fast track to college... De-rails. Paper presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL.

Poynton, T., & Baker, T. D. (2007). Free tech tools for school counselors. ASCA School Counselor.

Spence-Baker, A. I., & Baker, T. D.(2006, November). Serving the career development needs of international/immigrant college students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL.

Education:	University of Florida (2005) Admitted to Candidacy for Ph.D. in Counselor Education, Practice Concentration in School Counseling Committee chair: Larry C. Loesch, Ph.D., NCC Subspecialization topic: Developing a Computer-Administered Assessment of Cognitive Styles for Use in the Secondary Schools. University of Florida (2004) M.Ed., Ed.S. in School Counseling Licensure and certification: Florida DOE Professional Educator certificate, PK-12 School Counseling and Guidance National Certified Counselor (NCC) National Board of Certified Counselors University of Mobile, AL (1999) B.A. in English; Minor: Psychology Distinctions: Summa Cum Laude College of Arts and Sciences Award Area Award for English Scholastic Award Motorcycle Mechanics Institute, Orlando, FL (1998) One-year certificate, Motorcycle Technician Program Performed all aspects of motorcycle disassembly, repair and service Worked in teams to national standards of workplace safety and ethics Learned by applying skills and theory towards solving unique, real-world problems
Employment:	July 2006 - Present: Guidance Counselor Hilltop Alternative School, Levy County, Florida Responsible for comprehensive guidance program development, individual student counseling, and academic advisement in a K-12 alternative public school setting; April 2005 - June 2006: Guidance Counselor Williston High School, Levy County, Florida Responsible for developmental guidance program development and provision of services to 9th and 11th graders; 2001-2005: Graduate teaching & research assistant University of Florida, Department of Counselor Education Supervisor: Larry Loesch, Ph.D. Duties: Graduate students: Designed e-learning distance courses Worked closely with faculty to create and deliver electronic courses Taught a technology coursework component Designed a technology curriculum for use within an electronic portfolio workshop course Students designed and created professional electronic portfolios Worked with graduate students in core School Counseling courses Students learned to create web pages and integrate this medium into academic coursework Undergraduate students: Taught college-level courses Taught SDS 3482, Stress and Anxiety Management for 3 semesters Students learned how to apply a variety of stress management theories involving physical, cognitive, and emotional aspects of stress Assisted in the teaching of SDS 4410, Interpersonal Communications, for 3 semesters Led regular meetings of student discussion groups Evaluated objective assessments and journal assignments Designed and maintained department/faculty web pages; Supervised graduate students completing practica in School Counseling On-campus individual supervision of Practicum I and II students Electronic group cybersupervision of Practicum II and Internship students dispersed throughout Florida and other states. 2002-2003: University of Florida, C-LEP grant project Graduate teaching assistant & technology consultant Worked for a state-funded grant project directed towards re-training bilingual Spanish-speaking certified educators in the Hillsborough (Tampa, FL) school district as school counselors. Supervisor: Sondra Smith-Adcock, Ph.D. Duties: Supervised public school teachers completing practica in school counseling alongside regular teaching duties Taught workshops in making electronic professional portfolios Maintained the grant project web page Designed distance e-learning graduate courses. 1999-2001: Performance Engineering USA, Inc., (then-located in) Orlando, FL Computer-numerical control (CNC) machine operator Supervisor: Wyn Kern Duties: Programmed and operated computer-controlled machine tools and heavy machinery Manufactured precision parts for racing motorcycles, lasers, amusement park rides, forklifts, and other applications Communicated within teams to maintain quality and safety
Other skills:	Fluently bilingual in Spanish (speak/read/write) Hobbies Amateur radio licencee (Technician class) Still working on my 1974 Honda scrambler
Computer:	Highly proficient in web site design HTML coding Multimedia plug-ins JavaScript/ECMA-262 interactive scripting Flash animation Accessible web pages: Familiar with ADA compliance, basic W3C WAI/Federal Section 508; PHP/MySQL server-side programming Designed and maintained University of Florida faculty and grant program web pages Modified the open-source Java word processor Ekit to support password-based strong encryption. Created easy-to-use, interactive software for creating and distributing on-line surveys: Early development was tested by doctoral students conducting dissertation research The project became CounselingSurveys.org, the first free electronic survey service oriented towards professional counseling researchers. Transformed website of our local Chi Sigma Iota chapter (CSI), international honor society for counselors and counseling students. Won first CSI Outstanding Chapter Web Page award, 2004 Currently developing experimental open-source statistical software written in the PHP language and designed to be accessed as a Web page as a learning tool Also familiar with leading commercial software, e.g. MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint, Acrobat, Dreamweaver
Research:	The bulk of my research currently centers around my own dissertation-in-progress and my support as a consultant to the research of others. Dissertation My dissertation topic involves the study of adolescents' attitudes towards control: Who do they believe controls their academic success? High school students recognize many (but not all) of the ways that they influence their academic success through their behaviors. Prior research has demonstrated that students who believe they have relatively less control are less likely to attend class regularly, study, or complete assignments. Can students be helped to find ways to take more control of their academic outcomes? And if so, do they have the potential to be more successful? My dissertation will involve an experimental intervention to help shape high school students' attitudes towards control. The intervention will be administered through a computer-animated multimedia program with the purpose of helping students glimpse the complex, sometimes elusive mechanisms in which one's actions are responsible for shaping one's own success (and failure). My subspecialization paper, as part of my doctoral qualifying examinations, investigated the theoretical and technological aspects of using this type of multimedia intervention directed towards a stress management focus. Pro Bono Consultancy In 2003, I wrote a computer software program to help Counseling students, researchers, and practitioners to make electronic surveys. The program was first installed on the University of Florida's Grove server, a Unix environment with PHP/MySQL support. After a year of field testing conducted by dissertating Ph.D. students in the department of Counselor Education, I launched CounselingSurveys.org, a non-profit web site which allows Counselors to create electronic surveys. Unlike other survey services, CounselingSurveys.org is specifically created for professional research. The surveys are designed to run on almost any computer, while the informed consent process is built into the site itself. And, it is free. Today, CounselingSurveys.org has hosted dozens of surveys for institutional and private researchers within the counseling profession. Users hail from every region of the United States and include graduate students, faculty, and counseling professionals. In particular, the site has proven popular with public school districts and school counselors eager to use data in demonstrating accountability. I also worked individually with some half-dozen dissertating Ph.D. students, to help each craft an informed consent statement that would satisfy his or her local institutional review boards (IRBs) while also gaining the technological and ethical understandings of electronic research that are reflected in a Methodology chapter. As CounselingSurveys.org approaches its third year, I continue to work with the site's members and add new features that best match the requirements of researchers and the specifications of their IRBs.
Publication:	Baker, T. D. (2004). Electronic counseling assessments: You can get there from here! Association for Assessment in Counseling (AACE) Newsnotes. Baker, T. D. (2004). Surviving your counseling practicum. Florida School Counseling Association (FSCA) Newsletter. Baker, T. D. (2004, September). Using CD-ROM technology in collaborative learning for School Counseling students. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (SACES), Athens, GA. Baker, T. D., & Baggerly, J. (2004, September). Electronic survey research: How it works and how to plan it. Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Athens, GA. Baker, T. D., & Loesch, L. C. (2004). A model for web pages made by students and others in counselor education. Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES) Spectrum. Baker, T. D. (2005). Web pages for counselors. Course reference textbook. Gainesville, FL: Target Copy. Baker, T. D. (2006, September). Designing and using self-administered electronic screening instruments. Poster session presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL. Baker, T. D. (2006, September). Platitudinal Disorder NOS: Do motivational posters hinder personal development? Paper presented at the meeting of the Southern Association for Counselor Education and Supervision, Orlando, FL. Baker, T. D. (2008, March). Digital Multimedia Sampling: The New Bibiliotherapy for Teens. Paper accepted for presentation at the meeting of the American Counseling Association in Honolulu, HI. Baker, T. D. (2008, March). Toward a Wikipedia of Counseling: Ideas and Collaboration in the Internet Age. Paper accepted for presentation at the meeting of the American Counseling Association in Honolulu, HI. Baker, T. D., & Poynton, T. (2007, June). Using free technology tools to make schoolwide data collection and analysis EZ. Paper presented at the meeting of the American School Counseling Association, Denver, CO. Baker, T. D., & Spence-Baker, A. I. (2006, November). High school dual enrollment: When the fast track to college... De-rails. Paper presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL. Poynton, T., & Baker, T. D. (2007). Free tech tools for school counselors. ASCA School Counselor. Spence-Baker, A. I., & Baker, T. D.(2006, November). Serving the career development needs of international/immigrant college students. Paper presented at the meeting of the Florida Counseling Association, Orlando, FL.
Professional:	Member of: American School Counseling Association American Counseling Association Association for Counselor Education and Supervision Chair, ACA Cyber-Technology July 2007-July 2008 Member, ACA Cyber-Technology Committee July 2005-July 2007 National Certified Counselor (NCC) #200118 Member of Chi Sigma Iota Web Administrator for Beta Chapter; won first annual (national) award for Outstanding Chapter Web Page (2004)

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