John Bradley, Retired Residential Faculty

Education: Ph.D. in Education, M.S. in Technical & Industrial Education, Southern Illinois University @ Carbondale, B.S. in Agricultural Industries, University of Illinois @ Urbana

Biography: Married to Marylyn Patton Bradley, 2014 Estrella Mountain Community College Distinguished Woman of the Year. For more than 45 years I've had the freedom to devote my life to making student dreams come true.

I am co-creator of the flexible Associate of Applied Science in Organizational Management (AAS) Degree program. I joined Estrella Mountain Community College in August 1992. The flexible AAS program works for a manager or owner who needs a customized program that does not require advanced math but does need the freedom to create a program that meets his or her personal career development needs. Anyone graduating with this degree will have been taught how to make logical decisions and exposed to all skills the federal government considers essential to career success.

According to the 2010 census 33% of all adult Americans owns a baccalaureate degree. Many management positions are reserved for persons with that credential. Graduates with an AAS in Organizational Management can transfer to Northern Arizona University as a senior and cost-effectively complete a baccalaureate and master's degree without leaving their family, jobs or Southwest Valley homes.

Employment: A vocational educator from 1969 to 2014.

Academic Interests: Pioneered development and deployment of high quality user-friendly web-enhanced face-to-face courses with constantly updated on-line resources that are also supported by focused desk-references which students received free of charge. Students in Communication, Business, Human Relations, Leadership, and Operations Management courses were also supported by an interactive on-line career development program that helps them make logical career choices and seamlessly attain personal career development goals.

Service: Residential Faculty for more than twenty years, Faculty Adviser, Estrella Mountain Veterans' Club, Chaired United Way Campaign (Gold Award, 1993-94), Business/Management Instructional Council, Maricopa Community College District Distinguished Speaker, former Maricopa Community College District Occupational Program Specialist.

Affiliations: Phi Theta Kappa, Honorary Member, Arizona Vocational Association Educator of the Year, President of the Arizona Council of Occupational Administrators, President of the Arizona Vocational Association, President of Health Occupations Education of Arizona.

Awards: $1000 Dr. John L. Bradley scholarship has been established in recognition for my service to the Maricopa Community College District, 2014

Publications: Wrote and presented "The Community College Movement: Educational Alliances in the Maricopa Community College District" to the Organization of Economic Cooperative Development (OECD) and other venues across the nation. 1992

Leadership: Occupational Education Specialist, Maricopa Community Colleges, 1984-92, Director of Occupational Eduvcation, Estrella Mountain Community College, 1992-1994

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