William Jassey 
Director, International Degree Program
OFFICE
Carlson Hall, Suite 125
University of Bridgeport
126 Park Avenue
Bridgeport, CT 06604-5795
(203) 576-4862
HOURS
TBA
INTERNET
wjassey@bridgeport.edu
http://bb.ctdlc.org
LEADERSHIP
Sets up Masters Degree Program TESOL for Taiwanese and Connecticut graduate students. Developing programs for South Korea, mainland China and Japan. Employs faculty and provides follow-thru activities for graduate Taiwanese students for year-round and summer programs.
TEACHING
1977-1999
Adjunct Professor , Graduate Schools of Administration & Education:
Iona College and College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, New York.
Pace University, White Plains, New York.
Fairleigh Dickinson , New Jersey.
LEADERSHIP
Developed administrative internship program for the professional diploma; Initiates NY State Institute for Elementary Teachers to be certified in Foreign Languages; served as project advisor, Seminar/Special Projects in Curriculum Research.
TRAINING
Consulted-planned summer study/travel abroad to Dominican Republic via Iona College; Assistant Director-recruited, trained and found employment for Cuban refugees at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ; Trainer of teachers-supervised, evaluated undergraduate candidates at Pace University, White Plains, NY; Director, innovated telephone teaching at State University College, Oneonta, NY; Trainer, ESL and FL methodology courses
CURRICULUM
Published articles regarding curricular development and public relations in 5 journals; served as writer for consortium at Manhattanville College; served as evaluator on Higher Education Accreditation Team, CT State Department of Education; served as editor, PROBE, Iona College Phi Delta Kappan Chapter.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION EXPERIENCE
1964-1999
District Supervisor of Foreign Language & Social Studies.
Director, Center for Japanese Studies Abroad, Project Legacy.
Japanese Language in Early Grades Attaining Communication Yookoso), Norwalk Public Schools, Norwalk, CT.
Norwalk Board of Education, Norwalk, Connecticut. Served 12 elementary, 4 middle and 3 high schools with a district population of 10,000 children in a multi-cultural urban setting.
LEADERSHIP
Supervised, evaluated and directed personnel assignments; planned annual budgets and allocated resources in field of foreign languages and social studies; served in a supervisory role of reading, vocational education, adult education and bilingual-migratory-English as a second language programs; served a principal of grade 9 for instituting building assessment; set up capital budget improvements; wrote federal grants for entitlement purposes, leading to awards of over $2,000,000.00; marketed enrichment courses for adult totaling $75,000; formulated Perkins Grant for vocational, ESL and special education funding; developed desegregation/instructional plan for Quad Towns (Norwalk, Wilton, Weston, Westport); initiated, developed and implemented Japanese interdisciplinary program for State grant applied to middle schools; directed annual Japanese Cultural Fair for fundraising event.
GRANT INNOVATION
Conceived the notion of Center for Japanese Study Abroad with the 12 surrounding communities and focused on thematic approach/interdisciplinary vis-ƒ²-vis Japan area studies; Chaired Foreign Language IMMERSION DAYS for Quad Towns (pupils) and COLT Board (teachers); Instituted French connection with Senegal via French Embassy; set up 2-way exchange program with Vigo, Spain.
TRAINING
Sponsored, facilitated and developed staff workshops, thus releasing the creative energies of staff by encouraging new ideas and suggestions for improvement; set up regional seminars for selecting Rockefeller Summer Fellowships under Collaborative Quality Circle of Connecticut; implemented CT. State regional workshops for multiculturalism, K-12; connected staff with multicultural strategies in curriculum revision.
CURRICULUM
Directed 2 guides for foreign languages, 5 for early childhood bilingual materials, 1 for social studies and 1 for adult vocational education; formulated developmental goals for K-12 programs; maintained a systematic staff development plan for city-wide meetings in Latin, French, Spanish, Greek, Italian, German, Japanese; served on state standards: social studies and foreign languages; published Center for Japanese Study Abroad, Phi Delta Kappa, Bloomington, Indiana, 1995.
COMMUNICATING
Maintained close relationships with parents and community by assuming responsibility for interpreting programs to the public, enlisting their support; work as Chairperson of School-College committee, director of public relations, CT. Council of Language Teachers (COLT); established network for National Foreign Language Celebrations on local level; developed after-school FLES program based on parent/community assessment in French, Spanish, German and Japanese; set up interdisciplinary collaborative between social studies and language arts on the secondary level.
PROBLEM SOLVING
Participated in developing goals, strategies and ongoing reviews vis-ƒ²-vis energy contests sponsored by Cooperant Mutual Life Insurance, Montreal, Canada; formulated ¡§Help Education and Industry Gain High Technology¡¨ between high school/community college and CT. State Department of Education. State Evaluation Project, Adult Education; implemented Junior Achievement program across the curriculum, K-12.
MOTIVATION
As promoter, provided for professional growth on the part of staff in obtaining grant awards; as planner and executor, instituted Global Education state-wide conferences in New York and CT.: as sponsor, initiate Academic Alliances, School/College Faculty Collaborative in Fairfield County; as coordinator, facilitated Humanities Study Group under Institute of Teaching and learning; as facilitator, incorporated Russian exchange program with technology; initiated Chinese language within the social studies unit for enrichment; ignited staff to join interdistrict World Forum symposium including pupil representations.
BUSINESS SUPPORT SERVICES
Program advisor, Juntos, Books I, II, III Prentice Hall.
Technical consultant, Harcourt Brace and Jovanovich Publishing Co.
Member, Board of Directors, MAT, School for International Training, Brattleboro, VT.
Field Advisor, Project Business, a division of Junior Achievement.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
Editor, Probe, Iona College Phi Delta Kappan Chapter, 2000 - Present.
Consultant, Middle School Norwalk Exchange Program, Chiba, Japan, 2000 - Present.
Consultant, Middle School Japanese Center Abroad, 1999 - Present.
Advisor, Developing French Canadian connections in Northeast under Euclide Gilbert Foundation, 1990 - Present.
Member, Performing Arts Design for Wilton High School Community, 1998.
Publicist, fostering options to unite systems and developing logo under Junior league of Stamford-Norwalk, Inc., 1985.
Steering Committee Member, "Environmental and Historical Clean and Green" Project for the City of Norwalk, 1984-1986.
Director, "Surveying Foreign Language/Culture Capability" through Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, 1979-1980.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
Recipient, Dedication "JASSEY HALL" at Bunkyo Gakuin University High School, 2003.
Recipient, John E. Thayer III Award, Japan Society of Boston, 2003.
Recipient, Kappan of the Year, Iona College Chapter, 1994.
President, Phi Delta Kappa for leadership, research and service, Iona Chapter, 1987-1990.
Chairman, Japan-U.S. Senate Scholarship; Youth for Understanding, 1988-1992.
Recipient, "Certificate of Merit¡" sponsored by CT Advisory Council on Vocational and Career Education, 1983.
Honored, Outstanding foreign language and bilingual/English as Second Language departments, COLT Award, 1976.
PUBLICATIONS
Member, Program Design, ESOL Program guidelines K-12, CT Administration of Programs for English Language Learners, June 18, 2003.
Contributor, A teacher-verification study of Speaking and Writing: Prototype Tasks for a New TOEFL, ETS, 2004.
Contributor, Research Inventory, Taiwan Cohort sponsored by American University.
EDUCATION
Post-Doctorate, Vocational Education Legislation, University of Connecticut, 1985.
Post-Doctorate, School Administration, Columbia University, 1983.
Ed.D., Spanish Literature, Administration & Supervision, Columbia University, 1962.
M.A., Spanish Literature, Syracuse University, 1951.
B.A., Foreign Languages, Brooklyn College, 1950.
STUDY & TRAVEL ABROAD
Costa Rica, San Jose, Alajuela, Quepos, 2003.
Taiwan, Taipei, Kaoshung, 1999-2003.
Japan, Kanto/Kansai/Chugoku Regions, 1990-2005.
Spain/France, Granada/Valencia/Barcelona/Marseille/Paris, 1990-1985, 2005.
Italy, Milano/Siena/Torino/Trieste, 1988.
Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata/Santo Domingo, 1987.
Canada, St. James Bay/Montreal Hydroelectric Plant, 1984.
Quebec, 2004.
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