Jerome M. Pradier

P. O. Box 211046
Montgomery, AL 36121-1046

(334) 273-0843
jerrypradier@unforgettable.com


Qualifications: Creative, articulate, manager with over twenty years of broad experience in training and program management, complemented with a strong and varied background in upper-level educational administration, business management, and strategic planning in business and community service.


Scholarship:


Education Adminstration:
  • Directed worldwide foreign language testing, evaluation of foreign language education programs, and research into education and counseling methodologies and the use of computers to support language education for the DoD
  • USAF Instructional Systems Design expert for all academic instructor training
  • Planned and conducted advanced leadership course for officers of a major metropolitan police force
  • Supervised staff of 398 teachers, curriculum writers, evaluators, and administrators
  • Directed Air Force Academy's Honor Code education curriculum
  • Wrote five equal opportunity and treatment courses for the U. S. Air Force
  • Managed Air Force Equal Employment Opportunity, drug and alcohol abuse control and organizational effectiveness programs
  • Led leadership development consulting teams in advising upper-level management
  • Planned and hosted worldwide training conferences for U. S. Government


Resource Management:
  • Complete, on-time delivery of four-volume annual postgraduate-level course material and tests for more than 3500 senior military university students studying worldwwide
  • Improved and upgraded web site for postgraudate-level military universitywith more than 3500 students worldwide by adding administrative tools and interactive course materials to the site
  • Saved over $278,000 on course development for DLIELC
  • Reduced personnel grievances by 80% within one year
  • Reduced instructional foreign travel costs by increasing use of consulting teams overseas
  • Successfully negotiated training programs and policies for the U. S. Government with foreign military representatives
  • Headed design team for 146,000 square foot academic complex


Program Development:
  • Created and presented workshops on teambuilding and leadership to military, law enforcement, and leadership development groups
  • Created, produced, and wrote educational television series for Air Force Academy
  • Hosted weekly Italian radio program in Italian, increasing familiarity with United States culture among Italian citizenry
  • Planned and taught first Total Quality Management course for Air Force instructors
  • Developed and maintained 26-volume English course of $8 million in annual foreign sales
  • Negotiated government language training contracts and book sales to foreign countries
  • Established and managed schools in 27 international locations


Publications:
  • USAF Follow-on Human Relations Education Curriculum, (Washington: US Air Force, 1975)
  • USAF Dependents' Human Relations Course, (Washington: US Air Force, 1975)
  • "Commentary on 'Gilbert Harman's Relativistic Moral Usage'" in Southwest Philosophical Studies, 1986
  • Discovery 1986, USAF Academy research publication, editor, (Colorado Springs: USAF Academy, 1986)
  • The Strategy Statement: A Key to Effective Lesson Planning, (Maxwell AFB: Air University, 1992)
  • A Guide to the Academic Instructor School, editor, (Maxwell AFB: Air University, 1992)
  • Handbook For Air Force Instructors, editor, (Washington: Department of he Air Force, 1994)
  • Eval Voice newsletter, publisher and author, (Monterey: Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, 1993-94)
  • Translations of visitors' guides to the USAF Academy, North American Air Defense Command, U. S. Air Force Space Command, Air Defense Command; and articles for Freeing the Spirit magazine
  • Film series and four college-level texts on the Air Force Academy's Honor Code
  • Numerous newspaper articles and editorials


Work History:
  • Chief, Curriculum and Technology Integration, Air War College Non-resident Program, Maxwell AFB, AL, Present.
  • Webmaster, Air War College Non-resident Program, Maxwell AFB, AL, Present.
  • Director, Quality Center, Presidio of Monterey and Defense Language Institute, Monterey, CA, 1996-1997
  • Associate Dean of Program Evaluation, Research, and Testing, and Director of the Evaluation Division, Department of Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, CA; 1993-1996
  • Chief of Evaluation, Curriculum and Strategic Planning, and Chief of Teaching Skills Division, Air Force Academic Instructor School, Maxwell Air Force Base (AFB), AL; 1989 to 1993
  • Dean of Academics, Department of Defense Language Institute English Language Center, Lackland AFB, TX; 1986 to 1989
  • Director, Honor Code Education, and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, U. S. Air Force Academy, DO; 1980 to 1986
  • Chief of Social Actions, San Vito dei Normanni Air Station, Italy; 1977 to 1980
  • Instructor of Personnel Management, University of Maryland, 1979
  • Human Relations Officer, and B-52 Pilot, Blytheville AFB, AR; 1976 to 1977


Special Skills:
  • Fluency in Italian and French
  • Create Web sites for charitable, nonprofit organizations
  • Extensive experience in corporate and community relations as well as strategic planning
  • Member: Leadership San Antonio, Leadership Montgomery (AL), Board of Directors Leadership Monterey Peninsula Alumni Association, International Language and Cultural Foundation (Board of Directors, 1995-96), Mozart Society of California (Board of Directors, 1995-97), USAF Officer Training School Alumni Association (National President, 1989-90), Child Abuse Prevention Council of the Monterey Peninsula (Executive Council,1995-97), Quality Assurance Committee for the Department of Human Services (Mongtomery, AL, 1997- Present)