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Prof. Rovina Hatcher

Prof. Rovina Hatcher

Prof. Rovina Hatcher

Assistant Professor of Christian Education

Email: rhatcher@apnts.org

Professional Experience

Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky July, 1998–2005

Information Services Training Coordinator

  • Design and write the training curriculum for over 120 course modules of the technology Training Program for faculty and staff at Asbury College.The modules cover multi-level, cross-platform classes in database creation/ management, web development, Internet research skills, desktop publishing, word processing, communication management, spreadsheet solutions, digital photography and editing, presentation software, file management, and application development.
  • Teach hands-on training workshops. I have offered over 900 training sessions to the 350+ full and part-time faculty and staff, who have logged an average of 125 days of training each year. Over seventy-five percent of the active faculty has attended training. Results of the program have shown a substantial increase in the use of technology within the college curriculum by the faculty and greater technological capabilities and efficiency by the staff.
  • Consult as a resource person on numerous campus software projects including design and creation of instructional materials for presentations and on-line access, web pages, book publishing, and software development including a customized chemical database for the biology and chemistry departments, video database for the media communications department, several library archives databases, career services tracking database, and an alumni survey database.
  • Administer and evaluate the Training Program through needs analysis, class scheduling, faculty/staff professional development records, course evaluations and surveys, and annual reports to the college administration.
  • Coordinated the development of a replacement budget for the technology inventory, a strategic schedule for network and end-user technology upgrades, and a priority evaluation form for instructional technology requests with the faculty during 1999-2000.

Nicholasville Church of the Nazarene, Nicholasville, Kentucky 1996–2004

Associate Pastor

  • Youth group leader, 1 year
  • Youth group assistant, 2 years.
  • Started the Children’s Bible Quiz program and was the quiz coach, 1 year.
  • Coordinated a variety of special events. These events have emphasized greater involvement of the laity that reached and included the fringe congregation.
  • Kentucky District NWMS (now NMI) Council Member – 2 yrs.
  • Kentucky District Sunday School Council Member – Baby Day Coordinator, 2 yrs.

International Church of the Nazarene 1986–1996

Missionary in South Korea

  • Instructor of Christian education at Korea Nazarene Theological College (now Korea Nazarene University), 1992-95. Courses included a four semester Sunday School Practicum emphasizing instructional methods. I presented instructional theory with accompanying methods and required the students to use original or similar methods in local church teaching assignments. The positive responses from the students and their churches were humbling.
  • Administered the change-over to a computerized, dual currency recordkeeping system as the Mission Treasurer, 1987-90.
  • Prepared worship materials for intercultural/interdenominational English worship services and chapels for the Taejon Christian International Elementary School on a rotation basis
  • Developed and implemented a computer curriculum for an international elementary school. Evaluated and recommended educational software utilized in the classrooms and in computer classes
  • Speaker for auxiliary mission leadership groups, children’s summer camps, mission seminars at district and local church levels while on home assignment

Teaching Experience

New Horizons Computer Learning Center, Lexington, Kentucky 2/1998 ­ 7/1998
Certified Instructor, Application Software

Lexington Community College, Lexington, Kentucky, 8/1996–12/1997
Office Systems Instructor, part-time

  • Taught “Beginning Word Processing,” “Intermediate Word Processing”

Kentucky College of Business, Danville, Kentucky 9/1996–5/1997
Instructor, evening

  • Taught “Beginning Keyboarding,” “Intermediate Keyboarding,” and “Advanced Keyboarding”

Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky Spring, 1996
Christian Ministries Guest Instructor

  • Taught “Effective Teaching”

Korea Nazarene University, Chonan, Republic of Korea 1992 – 1995
Christian Education Instructor while missionary for the International Church of the Nazarene

  • Taught “Sunday School Practicum” and “Childhood Education in the Church”

Sauk Valley Community College, Dixon, Illinois. 1983 ­ 1984
Instructor, Business Education, part-time

  • Professional Instructor for business lab offering 17 courses in through self-directed program

Center Senior High School, Kansas City, Missouri 1977 ­ 1981
Business Teacher

  • Taught“Accounting,” “Business Law,” “Recordkeeping” and “Introduction to Business” in public high schools for four years. Evaluated as a merit teacher each year.

Supplemental Experience

Taejon Christian International School, Taejon, Republic of Korea

  • Board of Trustees, 1993–1994
  • Finance Committee, 1989–1990, 1991–1994
  • Elementary School Computer Coordinator, 1991–1993
  • Long-term substitute teacher for various positions

Church of the Nazarene, Stockton, Illinois

  • Team Ministry with Pastor-husband, 1984 ­ 1986
  • Church of the Nazarene, Dixon, Illinois
  • Team Ministry with Pastor-husband, 1981 ­ 1984

Green Valley Salvation Army Camp, Peoria, Illinois

  • Assistant Program Director, Summer, 1975
  • Developed and administered youth, family, senior citizen, and day care camps

Education

UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY, Lexington, Kentucky

Instruction and Administration Doctoral Program: Instructional Systems and Design, College of Education, 2001

TRINITY EVANGELICAL DIVINITY SCHOOL, Deerfield, Illinois
Master of Arts Candidate in Christian Education, 1991

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI–KANSAS CITY, Kansas City, Missouri
Master of Arts in Secondary Education–business emphasis, 1984

OLIVET NAZARENE UNIVERSITY, Kankakee, Illinois
Bachelors of Arts in Business Education; second major in Biblical Literature, 1977

Professional Certificates

  • Elder, Church of the Nazarene, Kentucky District, July, 2001
  • Missouri Teaching Certificate, 1978
  • Illinois Teaching Certificate #1078549, 1982–2000
  • Kentucky Provisional Teaching Certificate #346-52-0923, 1995–2000
  • Microsoft Certified Instructor in Office 2000, March, 2004
  • Microsoft Office Specialist Certification in Access 2000, PowerPoint 2000, Word 2000, Excel 2000, Outlook 2000

Professional Presentations

  • “GettingStarted with Microsoft Access,” Association of Christian LibrariansPre-Conference Workshop, Asbury College, June 9, 2003.
  • “Creatingan Interactive Document of Art History in PowerPoint,” Art History II,Dr. Linda Stratford, Asbury College, January 23, 2002 and January 27,2003.
  • “Integration of Blackboard for Traditional Classes,” Teaching-Learning- Technology Roundtable, Asbury College, January 30, 2003.
  • “CreatingNewsletters in Microsoft Publisher,”—3 sessions, Journalism class, Dr.Marcia Hurlow, September 10, 12, and 14, 2001 and again September 10,12, and 15, 2003.
  • “RelationalDatabases in Business Management,” Business Management of InformationSystems class, Mr. Dale Kierstead, Asbury College, October 15, 2002.
  • “MultimediaEffectiveness: Is It Worth It?” Kentucky Council on Post-SecondaryEducation and Kentucky Virtual University Faculty DevelopmentConference– Innovations in Teaching & Learning: Meeting 21stCentury Challenges, Louisville, Kentucky, May 20, 2002.
  • “Hypermediain PowerPoint,” Association of Christian Schools InternationalTechnology Summit: Using Technology to Enhance Instruction, AsburyCollege, March 22, 2002.
  • “BasicPhoto Editing,” Association of Christian Schools InternationalTechnology Summit: Using Technology to Enhance Instruction, AsburyCollege, March 22, 2002.
  • Multimedia Effectiveness,” Teaching-Learning-Technology Roundtable, Asbury College, February, 28, 2002.
  • Marriage Enrichment Seminar, Owensboro Audobon, Church of the Nazarene,
    June, 2000

Professional Development

  • “LearningTheories and Technology Integration,” Council of Christian Colleges andUniversities on-line professional development, Facilitator GingerDennis, Ed.D., LeTourneau University, Spring 2003
  • “Planningand Teaching Effectively in the On-line Classroom,” Council ofChristian Colleges and Universities on-line professional development,Facilitator Shauna Tonkin, Regent University, Fall 2002
  • “Extended Learning [On-line Classes] Faculty Training,” Asbury theological Seminary, May 21-25, 2001
  • FileMaker Pro 5.0 Introduction, Intermediate, and Advanced courses, Element K on-line training, April, 2001
  • Mac OS 9.0 Introduction and Advanced courses, Element K on-line training, April, 2001
  • ”Web-Based Training,” Langevine Training, Washington, D.C.,
    December 12-14, 1999
  • “One Body—Many Parts Management Training,” Asbury College Human Resources, Fall, 1998