Mimi Rothschild's Curriculum Vitae

MIMI ROTHSCHILD

10 Shurs Lane - Suite 202 - Philadelphia, PA 19127
215.487.3700 -

27 years successful veteran providing fiscal, strategic and operational leadership in education, technology and manufacturing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

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

Founder/CEO

1992 - 1996

AMAZING GRACIE’S, INC.™

• Manufactured and retained a line of children’s specialty clothing

Vice President/Chief Designer
1990 - 1994

ROYAL CROWN NEWBURY™

• Provided sculpting and design services to Walt Disney, Franklin Mint, Lenox China, Paradise Galleries

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

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

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

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

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

HONORS & AWARDS

• Parent’s Choice Award, Cyberspace for Kids, 1999
• Best Children’s Retail Store, Amazing Gracie’s, MetroKids, 1996
• DOTY Doll of the Year Award, Doll Reader Magazine, 1985

EDUCATION

Temple University - BA in Radio, Television & Film

MARRIED

Since 1979 with 8 children

The Morning Star Academy

Premier K-12 Online Christian School