Mimi Rothchild's Curriculum Vitae
10 Shurs Lane - Suite 202 - Philadelphia, PA 19127 215.487.3700 - MRothschild@LearningByGrace.orgSENIOR EXECUTIVE
27 years successful veteran providing fiscal, strategic and operational leadership in education, technology and manufacturing
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Founder/CEO 2002-Present LEARNING BY GRACE, INC.
- Co-founded international provider of online educational programs for PreK-12 home school students
- Led a team of programmers, instructional designers, artists, editors, media specialists, and educators in the development of 150 online PreK-12 home school courses which contains over 32,000 home school web pages
- Developed 4th generation customized robust Learning Management System that enrolls, registers home school courses, logs instructional time, and hosts suite of learning tools
- Created and first to market with Talking eBooks
- Managed direct reports in Finance, Operations, Academics, Business Development, Legal and Technology Departments
Notable Accomplishments
- The Grace Academy, a partnership between home school parents and professionals to meet students' needs
- The Morningstar Academy, a private Christian home school serving home based learners
- The Jubilee Academy, an online home school curriculum provider that assists home educators
- The Victory Math Academy, an online home school tutoring service for students struggling with math
- Partners By Grace Home School Program which empowers non profit entities such as churches and schools to build their own virtual home school academies
- Created the first online home school curriculum for Pre-Kindergarteners
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Special Projects Director 1999-2002 TUTORBOTS, INC
- Technical specification documentation for learning management platform
- Recruited certified school teachers in all academic departments
- Supervised curriculum development of multimedia rich online courses
- Enrolled and supervised the education of 3300 students
- Ensured compliance with state charter & public school regulations
- Developed internal procedures and controls, allocated staff and implemented best practices and performance monitoring systems in support of Continuous Improvement
- Negotiated licensing agreements with vendors such as the computer, curriculum and Internet providers
- Supervised the identification of and delivery of special education services to over 300 students
Notable Accomplishments
- Recipient of Small Business Innovation Research Award for the development of S.A.L.L.Y, the system to advance lifelong literacy, a bot-based system that would tutor struggling readers
- Developed the largest cyber charter school serving K-12 students in the world
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Founder/CEO 1992-1996 AMAZING GRACIE'S, INC.
- Manufactured and retained a line of children's specialty clothing
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Vice President/Chief Designer 1990-1994 ROYAL CROWN NEWBURY
- Provided sculpting and design services to Walt Disney, Franklin Mint, Lenox China, Paradise Galleries
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Founder/CEO 1982-1990 ROTHSCHILD DOLL COMPANY
- Designed collectible dolls and plush to the collectibles market
- Managed the production in manufacturing on three continents
- Developed economic development outreach program in Jamaica, Haiti, Massachusetts and New Hampshire for single mothers to sew doll clothing and assemble dolls and teddy bears.
- Supervised the wholesale and retail distribution of product in all 50 states through major catalogues and toy retailers such as FAO Schwartz
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Owner/Operator 1979-1982 FORBES
- Owned and operated twenty three (23) retail stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware
- Supervised site selection, leasing agreements, store build out, and design
- Managed advertising and marketing initiatives including radio campaign
- Developed wholesale and retail distribution outlets
- Recruited and trained employee teams to staff stores
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PUBLISHED BOOKS
- Author, Mimi Rothschild, Children at Risk: How Schools Impede Learning, Change The World, Inc. 2007
- Author, Mimi Mandel, co-authored with Karen A. Gibson,Crash Bang Boom: Exploring Literary Devices Through Children's Literature, Upstart Books, a division of Highsmith Press, October 2002
- Author, The Einstein Academy Charter School Application, 250 page business model for the development of a robust K-12 virtual public school, 1999-2000
- Author, Mimi Mandel, co-authored with Aliza Mandel, Teen Resources on the Web: A Guide for Librarians , Parents and Teachers, Highsmith Press, June, 2000
- Author, Mimi Mandel, Cyberspace for Kids (Grades 1-2), Instructional Fair/McGraw-Hill, 1998
- Author, Mimi Mandel, Cyberspace for Kids (Grades 3-4), Instructional Fair/McGraw-Hill, 1998
- Author, The Mandel Kids, Cyberspace for Kids(Grades 5-6), Instructional Fair/McGraw-Hill, 1998
- Author, The Mandel Kids, Cyberspace for Kids(Grades 7-8), Instructional Fair/McGraw-Hill, 1998
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PUBLISHED ARTICLES
Written over 550 published articles on education including:- How Children Learn
- Play For the Brain
- The Socialization Myth
- Praying for the Prodigal
- The SAT's - A Fair Fight?
- Story Telling in Education
- The Great Grammar Debate
- Religion and the Charter School
- Recognizing Your Gifted Student
- Learning through the Enjoyment of Play
- The Dawn of a New Generation of School
- Charter Schools - Getting What They Pay for
- Redefining Traditional and Classic Education
- Teaching Your Child How to Think Critically
- Charter Schools - The Public School Renaissance
- Diplomas Aren't the Only Way to Get Into College
- Discovering Order for Kids with Psychiatric Disorders
- Benefits of Home schooling the Artistically Gifted Child
- The Maine Reform Experiment - More is Not Necessarily Better
- How Multimodal Distance Education has Supplemented Learning
- Let's Go Surfing - Use of the Internet for Career Counseling in Schools
- Technology Allows Young Composers to Hear and Discuss Their Own Music
- Policies and Perceptions - How do Admissions Officers View Home school Education?
- The Gospel According to Bruce, Presenter at Glory Days Symposium, Monmouth University
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SERVICE
- Founder, Ministry Grants, a program that provides scholarships of up to 80% of tuition to Christian schools for families that are in the full time ministry
- Co-Founder, The National Organization for Children, wrote grant applications for 1) an online medical error hotline, 2) CHILD LIFELINE, a program to place computers in all US children's hospitals, ADDVANTAGE, an online resource for children with Attention Deficit Disorder, children's holocaust museum and REACH, a state wide virtual charter school
- Co-Producer, RADIO GRACE, an online radio station streaming Christian worship, gospel, and rock music free of charge 24/7/365
- Executive Producer, The Learning By Grace Moment, a one minute radio program that about education and children in 130 Christian markets throughout the country
- Developer, eSchoolResources.com, a free online digital library that contains 5000 electronic textbooks, encyclopedias, bibles, dictionaries for use by educators
- Co-Founder, Massachusetts Home Learning Association, 1987
- Co-Chairperson, American Freedom from Hunger Foundation's Walk for Hunger, 1971, raised money to alleviate hunger in Tanzania and Appalachia
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HONORS & AWARDS
- Parent's Choice Aware, Cyberspace for Kids, 1999
- Best Children's Retail Store, Amazing Gracie's, MetroKids, 1996
- DOTY Doll of the Year Award, Doll Reader Magazine, 1985
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EDUCATION
Temple University - BA in Radio, Television & Film -
MARRIED
Since 1979 with 8 children