"I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist, and that there are as few as there are any other great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit." John Steinbeck
Rodney D. KellerThe College of Idaho (Part-time)First-Year Seminar Instructor
English Instructor 2112 Cleveland Blvd. Caldwell, ID 83605 collegeofidaho.edu 208-459-5011 Southwestern Oregon Community College (Retired)Instructional Dean
1988 Newmark Ave. Coos Bay, OR 97420 socc.edu 541-888-2525 Brigham Young University-Idaho
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Teacher
I am a teacher. For thirty years I have taught English at the university level. I have developed and taught over 30 different literature and writing courses with emphases in freshman composition, developmental writing, business research and publishing, technical communication, professional writing and traditional and contemporary literature. I have taught 13,000 students. My course evaluations are in the top 10% of the university. I have extensive experience in curriculum design and development with focus on identifying and structuring course objectives, outcomes, scaffolding, and assessments. For thirty years I have given all of my personal and professional devotion, dedication, allegiance, and commitment to the university and thousands of students.
Administrator and Leader
I am a leader. Since 2012, I have been an instructional dean at Southwestern Oregon Community College. At Brigham Young University-Idaho, I have served seventeen years in administrative roles at the university while being a full-time faculty member. I have been a college dean, department chair, and director of composition. I have been directly responsible for 5 departments (Academic Learning; English; Foreign Languages and Literatures; History, Geography, and Political Science; Humanities and Philosophy), 150+ faculty members, multimillion dollar budgets, developing and implementing new majors and programs, supporting the mission of the university. I have held national leadership positions in professional organizations. I incorporate leadership training in most of my courses. I have been a model university citizen, leader, and faculty member.
Writer
I am a writer. I teach and practice writing. I have written and published two editions of a national university-level writing textbook Aims and Options: A Thematic Approach to Writing through a national publisher. I produce and present documents at national conferences for professional organizations--I given 24 presentations at the Conference on College Composition and Communication. I focus on business publishing, technical communication, and professional writing. I am experienced with business plans, white papers, internal and external proposals, recommendation and feasibility reports, user manuals, definitions (informal, formal, extended), descriptions (physical, mechanism, and process), summaries (executive and evaluative), case studies, promotional literature, press releases, news writing, speech writing, and script writing.
Team Builder
I am a team builder. As a teacher and administrator, I identify and select team members based on personality, skill, and potential. I direct teams by establishing meaningful purposes, objectives, outcomes, and tasks; facilitate group performance through clear objectives and tasks; manage conflict through mediation; deal with frustrated individuals through listening, acknowledging contributions, and clarifying outcomes; employ and encourage active communication, counseling, interpersonal, mentoring, and persuasion skills; and develop level of trust, clear communication, and respect among team members.