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  A. B. Lash Fields

Greetings!

A little about my education and experience graduated from Ottawa University with a Bachelor’s of Arts

 degree in Science and attended KU for a semester doing research work with Drosophila flies while

teaching Anatomy and Physiology to biology majors and non-majors.  

I decided academia rather than research was for me so I spent some time in the public school system

as an emergency substitute teacher before returning to school for my Master’s degree, which I

obtained the summer of 2011.  Meantime I have taught Principles of Biology for 11 years online for a

Kansas community colleges.  Currently, I am teaching several  biological science courses and labs 

onsite at Ottawa University, several online science courses for Labette Community College, Fort Scott 

Community College, Highland Community College and an online foundations course for American Public

 University. 

 I taught Hawaiian Kenpo at OU for 9 years… my interests are not solely biology related!   

I have three small children and my husband and I have been married since 1999.      

 J. A. Taylor Fields

Greetings!

My Education:

I have a masters degree in education with an online teaching and learning option from California State University plus an additional nine post-graduate hours in education at Pittsburg State University. I hold a bachelors degree in elementary education K-9 from Pittsburg State University. While the director of an adult education grant, I completed several Adult Education certificates in various areas from Kansas Board of Regents. Trainings and certificates include: Counseling of “At Risk” Students, Adult Basic Education, Secondary Education, ESL Education, Technology/Computer, and Life and Job Skills Education. In addition, I have completed online teaching and learning workshops with American Public University in conjunction with my current APU online faculty position.

My Experience:

For approximately ten years before moving to postsecondary education, I provided instruction in most

 subjects to elementary and middle school students. Later I taught post-secondary classes for 27 years.

 I have accumulated 11 years as a college administrator. For one year I served as a Title III

Coordinator and for five years I served as the Director of a College Student Success Center. I was

hired by a small community college in January of 1999 to integrate technology and instruction for

developmental courses. I started with intranet learning systems education delivery and moved on to

online developmental course delivery and computer assisted instruction tutoring programs. In addition,

I supervised assessment activities at the college. I also created and managed online professional

development courses for faculty members and evaluated online courses and instructors.In the summer

 of 2005 I took the Dean of Instruction position at another college and continued working there

 until the summer of 2010. At the second college I created and taught online professional development

workshops targeting learning communities, teaching methods directed toward ability levels, learning

styles, multiple intelligences, strategies for success for “at risk” students, and understanding stages of

maturity and was responsible for assessment of student learning, course and program development,

and evaluating instruction of fulltime faculty.

After retiring from college administration work, I began working for AmerIcan Military/Public University

as an online faculty member. I taught "Introduction to Online Learning". I also create new education opportunities in JAM Education and teach JAM classes. I began working on the JAM Education Organization and courses several years ago. The "big" idea kept growing and several other people joined the effort to make it a reality. So, here we are today!!   In 2014 I added another online university to my teaching list, Charter College University. In 2016 I became a full time online faculty member with Charter.