Larry Fruth

Larry Fruth Executive Director / CEO at Access 4 Learning Community Washington, District Of Columbia Connect Connect with Larry Fruth More actions Access 4 Learning The University of Toledo The University of Toledo See contact info See contact info See connections (500+) 500+ connections Dr. Larry Fruth is currently the Executive Director / CEO of the Access 4 Learning (A4L) Community. A4L is an independent non-profit membership organization comprised of over 3,200 software vendors and educational institutions whose mission is the development of a platform independent, vendor-neutral XML Specification to enable data sharing among software applications in K-12 education internationally. Dr. Fruth comes from a long line of educators with over 20 years of experience in teaching and learning as a classroom teacher/professor, curriculum and professional development designer and state and federal policymaker. Most recently Dr. Fruth served as an Associate Director for Ohio SchoolNet and the Ohio Department of Education where his oversight role included institutional strategic planning and alignment, development of Academic Content Standards in Technology, State Educational Technology Director designee, the development of eSchool Operating Standards, lead for various federal programs as well as pointing various pK-16 partnership initiatives. Dr. Fruth has 10 years of classroom experience in pK-12 and higher education settings. He has been a national keynote speaker, grant reviewer for state and federal agencies, and currently sits on state and national boards relating to education and educational technology. Show less Show less of Larry’s summary Experience Access 4 Learning Executive Director / CEO Company NameAccess 4 Learning Dates EmployedAug 2003 – Present Employment Duration15 yrs 5 mos Locationwww.A4L.org Provides direction and leadership toward the achievement of the organization´s philosophy, mission, strategy, and its annual goals and objectives. Support includes; Board Administration and Support, Program and Service Delivery, Financial and Human Resource Management, Community Relations and Fundraising. i18n_media-proxy-image_icon A4L_full_logo_PDF.jpg A4L_full_logo_PDF.jpg This media is a video About the A4L Community About the A4L Community Ohio Department of Education Company NameOhio Department of Education Total Duration2 yrs TitleState Educational Technology Director Dates EmployedSep 2001 – Aug 2003 Employment Duration2 yrs Responsible as Ohio’s Education Technology Director for developing, directing and reporting of the Federal Enhancing Education through Technology state grant program. This included administration oversight as well as formula and competitive grant portions of the $20 million dollar program. Dr. Fruth also oversaw various federal program grants that were... See more TitleAssociate Director Curriculum and Instruction Dates EmployedSep 2001 – Aug 2003 Employment Duration2 yrs LocationColumbus Ohio Dr Fruth was responsible for overseeing alignment of the various state and federally funded educational programs with the developing Ohio academic content standards. Dr. Fruth directed the development of new academic content standards for pK-12 students in the area of technology as well as technology resources with developing state curriculum ... See more COSI Toledo Vice President Company NameCOSI Toledo Dates EmployedJun 1996 – Sep 2001 Employment Duration5 yrs 4 mos LocationToledo Ohio Responsible for the educational programming and exhibit development of a new hands-on science museum Responsibilities include community educational communications, budgeting for 2 divisions of museum operations as well as recruitment and training of all full and part-time Team members. i18n_media-proxy-image_icon logo.png logo.png Northwest Ohio Schools Science Educator Company NameNorthwest Ohio Schools Dates EmployedAug 1987 – Jun 1996 Employment Duration8 yrs 11 mos LocationLima, Delta and Fostoria High Schools Science and health educator at the high school level. Developed numerous new courses for Allied Health interested students and created community linkages include community-school partnerships, physiology laboratories and special events. Deemed Master Teacher status. Education The University of Toledo The University of Toledo Degree NamePh.D. Field Of StudyPhysiology Dates attended or expected graduation 1999 – 2003 Bowling Green State University Bowling Green State University Degree NameBachelor of Science (BS) Field Of StudyEducation Dates attended or expected graduation 1983 – 1987