Portland State School of Community Health

Faculty & Staff

Randy A. Miller

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Experienced Health and Fitness Professional, with background in educational and applied situations. Extensive practice planning fitness programs for groups, and individuals from various ethnicities, ages genders and ability levels. Experience in recording and reporting attendance, enrollment and facility usage, on a term by term and an annual basis, for facility scheduling and planning. A qualified educator with a history of teaching assorted activity and lecture courses in the Health and Physical Education curriculum. Experience in supervising and orientating students in a variety of fitness facility environments and exercise techniques. Background in budget development and management, including the duties of acquisition and preservation of external funding sources. Experience planning, producing and editing of service course instructors handbook outlining departmental policies and procedures. History of orienting new instructional staff members to programs and facilities.

EXPERIENCE

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Director Service Course Program in Physical Education, 09/98-Current

Scheduling
1. Responsible for increasing enrollment (program wide & individual class)
2. Revise curriculum to offer fewer low enrollment classes
3. Increase Programs student to instructor ratio
4. Track enrollment to continue offering courses at most effective times
5. Monitor enrollment to determine necessary course cancellations (due to low enrollment)
6. Keep course offering reflective of the current marketplace
7. Maintain current instructor pool (including)
  1. Interviewing and contact information
  2. Teaching competencies
  3. Keeping instructor resume files
  4. Write letters of recommendation for SCP instructors
  5. Directly communicate with instructors regarding proposed teaching schedules.
Program Advertising
1. Develop and distribute advertising flyer describing new and targeted courses
2. Create advertisements for student newspaper
3. Assist freshmen orientation program in developing student interest
Data collection/monitoring
1. Enrollment (Recruitment & Retention)
2. Scheduling grids
3. Instructor evaluations
4. Refund policy
Budget
1. Recommending fee increases for the program when necessary
2. Develop strategies for distribution of funds (equipment and facility improvements)
3. Promote balanced budget at year-end
4. Work with other groups to develop equitable funding solutions for facilities & equipment.
Communication
1. Maintain open communications with; instructors, department secretary, department head, dean's office, facilities, student recreation, and athletics.
2. Keep direct communications with instructors. (Notices of proposed teaching schedules)
3. Maintain current SCP Instructor's Manual.
4. Sounding board for complaints
5. Deal with unresolved or problematic day to day operating concerns
Equipment
1. Make recommendations for annual equipment replacement
2. Make recommendations for equipment upgrades
3. Contract equipment repairs & maintenance
Miscellaneous
1. Work with intramurals, athletics, recreation, and club sports to gain teamwork in funding selected projects.
2. Work with Facilities on building improvements
3. Work with other groups to develop a facility schedule (with respect to scheduling priority scale)
4. Develop plan for SCP instructor offices and facility needs (current and after School of Community Health moves out of PSC)

Portland State University

Lecturer, 09/92-09/98

Responsible for teaching a variety of activity courses in the service course program, also kinesiology and exercise prescription, core-courses in the School of Community Health.
Assist the service course director in developing and implementing a multi-phase renovation plan for our physical education facilities.
Responsible for planning, producing and co-editing the service course program instructor handbook.
Aid the coordinator in new instructor orientation.
Supervise student interns about health and fitness instruction as needed.
Designed a campus outreach program through a weight training class to increase access to mentally and physically disabled students.
Record attendance enrollment and facility usage and report findings to building management and program coordinator for facility scheduling.
Design a computer spreadsheet for grading in departmental Health and Fitness for Life course.
Design a computer spreadsheet for tracking fitness progress in activity courses.
Chair of committee on facility renovation, Responsible for the renovation of the Peter W. Stott center weight and circuit training rooms.

ST. MARY'S ACADEMY

Strength and Conditioning Coach, 06/96-06/98

Responsible for coordinating strength and conditioning programs for an all-female high school.
Coordinate the weight room schedule for team and individual usage.
Work with athletic director to develop budget for maintenance and upgrades of weight room equipment.
Talk with potential donors, as needed, to educate them on current programs and projected future facility and equipment needs. Maintain an open exchange with existing donors to familiarize them with the status of present programs and future program goals.
Work with individual staff members to establish and begin personal fitness programs.
Develop a summer strength and conditioning camp for high school females.
Create and monitor fitness records for all staff, and students using the facilities.
Provide orientation sessions for all new fitness facility users.
Monitor all activities within the fitness facilities
Repair and maintain fitness equipment according to manufacturers' guidelines.

PACIFIC UNIVERSITY

Physical Education Instructor, 08/94-12/96

Teach kinesiology and measurement & evaluation courses in the exercise science and physical education curriculum.
Assist other professors in academic advising for some exercise science majors.

EDUCATION

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

M.S.T., Exercise Physiology, 06/92

Student representative to the graduate committee, the committee was responsible for updating, maintaining and revising graduate curriculum to meet the new Masters of Science requirements.
Committee development of a new core curriculum in sports pedagogy.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

B.S., Exercise Science, 12/89

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

COLORADO ROCKIES PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL CLUB (PORTLAND ROCKIES SINGLE A AFFILIATE)

Volunteer Strength Coach 03/97-09/97

Responsible for supervising strength and conditioning workouts of all players.
Communicate information concerning these workouts with coaching and training staff of local and parent ball clubs.
Find and schedule facilities for strength and conditioning workouts.

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

Volunteer Strength Consultant for Women's Athletics 01/94-11-97

Assist coaching staff of athletic teams in designing, organizing and implementing year round strength and conditioning programs for each sport.
A principal consultant on the new athletic weight room project.
Responsible for determining the equipment needs and space availability of the new facility.
Consult with members of athletic administration, athletic trainers and coaching staff to set budget and specific equipment selection.
Design facility rules and regulations for student athletes.