Serving southern Vermont since 2005

My name is Mike Henkle and I am the owner of the school. Here's my resume and if you'd like references, don't hesitate to contact me so I can give you names and phone numbers.

Sincerely,

Mike Henkle

Paralegal

Tapper Law Offices, Springfield, VT. May 2003 – October 2004

Educated clients regarding very complicated Medicaid and legal matters. Wrote letters to and spoke with clients on a daily basis, explaining the steps needed to make them eligible for Medicaid while protecting their assets. Required intimate knowledge of Medicaid, clarity of thought, and patience.

Director of Communications

Marion Institute, Marion, MA. May 2000 – December 2002

Wrote content, designed, and managed production of brochures, appeal letters, fliers, reports, grant proposals, websites and printed books. Explored and evaluated new philanthropic projects and evaluated current partner programs, including on-site evaluation of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement begun by Wangari Maathai, recent winner of the Nobel Peace prize. Facilitated philanthropy partner internal meetings. Managed monthly mailings. Taught software skills to staff. Managed a major philanthropic partner conference.

Trainer and Project Manager: Electronic Books

Books24x7.com, Inc., Norwood, MA, May 1994 – May 2000

Trained production technicians and customers in the use of proprietary software for producing electronic books. Wrote technical manuals and developed methodology for producing electronic books for fast-growing company. Took on responsibility where needed by a young business: managed production of books, made books, wrote and created a production database, tested software, wrote software documentation and sold product. Traveled nationally and internationally. Also managed and trained production technicians at Taiwan book production house.

Technical Writer and Project Manager: Software Development

Digital Soup, Inc., Brattleboro, VT, January 1990 – May 1994

Wrote user manuals. As partner, developed marketing and public relations materials. Developed production process for sound editing and voice recognition software.

Technical Writer and Prepress Compositor

Celandine Group, Inc., Putney, VT, June 1987 – January 1990

Managed own business. Wrote content, designed and managed production of training and commercial documentation for many clients, including Digital Equipment Corporation (sales training), Rock of Ages (granite press rolls), Grafton Village Cheese Company (catalog), and IMS America (user guide). Designed and managed pre-press work for multi-color sales training material, catalogs, marketing material, technical manuals and books.

Teacher

Putney Central School, Putney, VT, September 1984 – June 1987

Taught English and Social Studies to junior high students.

Wilmington High School, Wilmington, VT, September 1983 – June 1984

Taught English to junior high and senior high students.

Minister

Putney Federated Church, Putney, VT, June 1976 – August 1983

Ministered to and managed a congregation of ninety members.

Westminster West Congregational Church, 1994-2002

Served as volunteer minister at local church. Lead and coordinated several study groups. Coordinated Sunday services and meetings. Helped the church to organize itself in a new way: non-hierarchical, lay-led and inexpensive which has led to a growing, vital community with many ties to non-church families and the local school.

Other

Instructor at several Vermont Hunter Safety Education courses.

Community College of Vermont:  taught computer and writing courses.

Windham College:  taught ethics course.

·      B.A., English Literature. Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, June, 1971

·      M.Div., Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, MA, June, 1976

·      Teaching Certificate, Keene State College, Keene, NH, May, 1984

·      Conference: Money, Time, and Information, Marion Foundation, Marion, MA, 1999

·      Conference: Indigenous Traditions, the Diversity of Humanity and the Survival of Languages, Marion, MA, 2000

·      Conference: From Personal Transformation to a Movement: Transforming Empowerment of the Individual to the Collective, Marion, MA, 2002

·      Basic Mediation Training. Woodbury College, Montpelier, VT, 2003

·      Vermont driver education instructor certificate by the end of summer 2005

Hunting, painting, preserving the natural world, singing, and hiking.

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