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ANTHONY PENDERGRASS, Ed.D.
apendergrass@trcc.edu
CURRENT PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Office address: Westover Administration Building, A206
2080 Three Rivers Boulevard
Poplar Bluff, Missouri 63901
Title: Coordinator of Reading and Writing Services
Office phone: (573) 840-9633
EMPLOYMENT:
CURRENT:
Three Rivers Community College: Began January 2, 2008
DUTIES: Coordinator of Reading and Writing Services, Coordinator of Writing Across the Curriculum Program, Coordinator of Developmental English, teaching English courses part-time
PREVIOUS:
Case Management/ Clinical Therapist: Family Counseling Center Piedmont/ Poplar Bluff, Missouri May 2006 until January 2008 full-time; January 2008 until the present part-time
Teacher/school psychologist/ school counselor: Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Nashville, Tennessee August 1985 until July 2005
Adjunct teaching:
Tennessee State University Nashville, Tennessee
Subjects: English, Counseling, Psychology
1978 until 1996
Trevecca Nazarene University
Subjects: Counseling, Psychology, Education
1986 until 1993
Middle Tennessee State University
Subject: Group Counseling 1993; English 1967-1970
Related professional employment:
Tennessee Department of Correction, Division of Youth Services
Positions: Field Services Counselor, Psychological Examiner
1982 until 1985
Other previous employment:
Self-employed in public relations, graphic arts, and publications 1971 until 1977
Security officer 1977 until 1985
Newspaper reporter, layout artist 1963 until 1970 and 1974 to 1975
Foreign language lab coordinator 1965 until 1967
Translator of correspondence for manufacturing company 1965 until 1967
Salesperson (clothing, books) 1970 until 1977
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) in Psychology and Education
Tennessee State University, 1984
First graduate of doctoral program in Psychology
Master of Arts (M.A.) in English
Middle Tennessee State University, 1970
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Majors in English, French, Spanish, & Theatre; minor in political science
Middle Tennessee State University, 1967
Activities: Student newspaper editor and literary magazine poetry editor; student House of Representatives; Collegiate Council for the United Nations; Socratics (school service group); founder and coordinator of student Campus Quiz Bowl; member of Socratics Singers, pop/folk group; intramural athletics (basketball and softball); member of Buchanan Players (theatre troupe); College Young Democrats.
Additional Study:
Austin Peay State University, psychology (personality assessment)
Trevecca Nazarene University, education (certification for elementary education)
Tennessee State University, additional training in psychology and school psychology
PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION:
Skills:
*Read, write, and speak (to some extent) French, Spanish
*Read, understand, and speak very limited German, Italian
*Superficial knowledge of Russian
*Read Latin
*Good word processing skills
Professional Certifications:
Tennessee Department of Education:
School psychologist, school counselor (k-12), elementary education, secondary teaching (7-12) in English, French, Spanish, speech, and government
Missouri:
School counselor, school psychologist, elementary teacher, speech, English, French, Spanish
Professional licenses:
Tennessee:
Psychological Examiner, Licensed Professional Counselor (Health Service Provider)
Missouri:
Licensed Professional Counselor
National certifications:
Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP)
Nationally Certified School Counselor (NCSC)
Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)
Accomplishments:
Wrote initial proposal and first year operational plan for Metro Nashville Schools Assessment Centeras chair of Design Team of Participatory Leadership Committee.
Wrote a grant to receive in-depth training in grant-writing skills. Proposed and chaired Grant Writing Committee for Division of Psychology. Provided training in grant-writing to entire Psychology staff.
Wrote a funded mini-grant to provide counseling services to a group of middle school students.
Participated as representative of Metro Schools in Connect Nashville, a coalition of local and state youth-serving agencies which received a five-year grant of six million dollars to serve youths in Davidson County with a severe emotional disturbance.
Served a two-year term on Board of Examiners for Higher Education for Tennessee Department of Education.
Completed Leadership Development Training program with Metro Schools.
Served three years on Tennessee Alliance for Pupil Services.
Served as regional representative for Tennessee Association of School Psychologists. Also served on Public Relations and Legislative Committees (co-chair).
Served two terms as representative from Division of Psychology to Metro Nashville Education Association. Served several times as delegate to state convention.
Served five years on Nashville Task Force on Immigrants and Refugees.
Served one term as Chair of Participatory Leadership Committee of Division of Psychology (elected by staff).
Served one term as chair of Faculty Advisory Committee for Division of Psychology.
Served on Faculty Advisory Committee at two middle schools and one elementary school.
Coordinated training and implementation of Advisor/Advisee Program in two middle schools.
Completed evaluation for Career Ladder II in Tennessee (the year it was frozen) as a school psychologist.
Wrote, narrated, and edited a training video for professional staff in schools about Student Support Teams
Recent Professional Conference:
Writing Across the Curriculum International Conference Austin, Texas May/June 2008
Biographical Information:
Dr. Pendergrass is a native of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. He is a 1964 graduate of Central High School. After attending college and graduate school, Dr. Pendergrass lived in Mississippi for a year prior to relocating to Nashville. He lived and worked in Nashville for 35 years. He was active in community theatre, politics, and community/cultural events. He then “retired” and moved to Piedmont, Missouri. His son and two of his grandchildren live next door. In his spare time, Dr. Pendergrass enjoys reading, writing, drawing, playing basketball, watching sports, and planning projects to do after his next retirement.
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