Books By Betty Pace
E-mail---Bettypace3@aol.com



EDUCATION/TRAINING

Rank I Certification
30 hours above Master’s Degree, Superintendency, Guidance and Counseling, Principalship, and Supervision, K-12
Master’s Degree
   Guidance and Counseling
Bachelor’s Degree
   Elementary Education
   Eastern Kentucky University
State and National Workshops
  • School Risk Management Emergency Preparedness/Crisis Management
  • Certified in Critical Incident Stress Debriefing
  • Conflict Resolution Training
  • State and National workshop training with School Safety, drugs, alcohol, violence, AIDS, teen pregnancy, dropout prevention, community involvement, etc.
  • Betty was elected as Delegate from the sixth district to represent Kentucky for the 44th. presidential election in Denver, Colorado for 2008



EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
CLARK COUNTY SCHOOLS, Winchester, Kentucky
   Director of Federal Programs
      Responsible for overseeing the following programs Safe & Drug Free Schools, School Safety, Dropout Prevention, School Violence, Aids, Vocational and Adult Education Title I and others.
      Additional responsibilities include managing a federal budget of up to $2 million; overseeing budget allocation; ensuring proper use of monies; writing grant proposals; planning, developing, and implementing training and development programs; reviewing state and federal mandates and ensuring compliance; and writing regulations.
      Achievements: Developed a Title I Program which won national acclaim toward excellence in education for the state and U.S. Department of Education for two years.
   Guidance Counselor/Teacher

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
   Grant Reviewer for Safe & Drug Free School Grant Proposals

   Consultant for Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention

   Grant Reviewer for Arts and Humanities, Industry and Rehabilitation.

SOUTHWESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY
   Software Reviewer

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
  • National Education Association
  • Central Kentucky Education Association
  • Kentucky Education Association
  • Kentucky Association of School Administrators Government Relations Committee
  • Central Kentucky Association of School Administrators
  • International Reading Association
  • Kentucky State Counselor Association
  • National Society of Children’s Book Writers
  • Education Committee Member on State Crisis Response Board
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SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:
  • Clark County Health Council for At-risk Families
  • Clark County Safe & Drug Free Schools, Former Advisory Committee Chairperson
  • Drug and Alcohol Council, Former Chairperson
  • Kentucky Association Adult Continuing Education
  • Clark County Adult Basic Education, Former Chairperson
  • Altrusa Professional Women’s Association, Past President
  • National Pride Organization
  • Kentucky Colonel
  • Kentucky Advisor for Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators


ACHIEVEMENTS:
  • International Award for Improving Education of Disadvantaged Youth
  • United States Department of Education Merit Initiative Award
  • Publication of Book “Chris Gets Ear Tubes” – Gallaudet University Press, Washington, DC
  • Safe & Drug Free Schools Grant Reviewer for U. S. Department of Education
  • Software Reviewer for Southwestern Publishing Company
  • Outstanding Alumnus Award – Lees Junior College
  • Outstanding Teacher Award – Soil Conservation
  • Reading Roundtable of Chicago Award
  • Adult Education Outstanding Learners Award
  • House of Representatives of the Commonwealth Recognition
  • Kentucky Department of Education Merit Award
  • Honor Certificate – Kentucky Personnel Guidance Association
  • Honor Certificate – Kentucky Elementary and Middle School Counselor Association
  • Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel for Outstanding Appalachian Writings
  • Presenter At Risk Showcase – National School Board Association
  • Presenter at National Title I Conference
  • Presenter at International Reading Association
  • Education and Board Member on State Crisis Response Board
  • Newspaper Columnist


PUBLISHED WORKS: Partial list
   Contributor to Kentucky Monthly Magazine - Frankfort, Kentucky Examples of contributions.

   Gallaudet University Press – Washington, DC
      “Chris Gets Ear Tubes”

   Outskirts Press-Denver,Colorado
      "Donald's Dump Truck"

   Author House- Indianapolis, Ind.
      "I Miss My Dad"

   Author House-Indianapolis, Ind
      "Donna's Christmas Birthday"

   Author House-Indianapolis, Ind.
      Abraham Lincoln

      “First African American Superintendent in Kentucky
      “Oscars Of Teaching.

   A Collection of Poems – The Tennessee and Kentucky Society of Poets
      “Mad Fox”

   Southern Social Studies Quarterly – Kentucky Council for Social Studies
      “A Comparative Study of Primitive and Modern Man”

   Twigs Magazine – Pikeville College Press, Pikeville, Kentucky
      “Come Into the House Donna”

   W.L.A. Magazine – Findlay College Press, Findlay, Ohio
      “What We Did About Reading?”

   Adventure Magazine – Nashville, Tennessee
      “Saving Energy Can Be Fun”

   Appalachian Heritage – Berea, Kentucky
      “We’ll Never Forget Barkley”

   The Lexington Herald Leader - Lexington, Kentucky
      “Gourmet Corner”

   Poetry Journal – Paint Lick, Kentucky
      “The Beautiful Land of Kentucky

   The Frontier Nursing Service – Hyden, Kentucky
      “The Big House”

   Wind Publication-Nicholasville, Ky
      "To Dream For Awhile"

   Oneida Echo-Middletown, Ohio
      Newsletter Editor-Two years

   Verona News-Verona
      Newsletter Editor-Two years