1. Resume & Curriculum Vitae of
ANGELETE MARIA-MOORE MELHADO, Ph.D.
Educational Leadership & Organizational Management Consultant
24040 Rockingham
Southfield, MI 48033
Office: (248) 352-2465
Mobile: (313) 770-5652
Email: angie-melhado@msn.com
Ph.D., Oakland University, 2002, Education Leadership
Ed.S. Oakland University, 1995, Education Administration
M.A.T. Oakland University, 1992, Curriculum, Instruction & Leadership (CIL)
B.A. Michigan State University, 1976, Mathematics Education
CAREER SUMMARY
Training educators, or prospective educators, to deliver quality education and meaningful
instruction to K–12 public schools in need of improvement (or effective turnaround
strategies) in order to remain operational.
Emphasizing effective school governance and accountable operational or instructional
practices; while also promoting quality educational options and positive organizational
relationships within, and among, entities that govern or deliver public education.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
MELHADO CONSULTING SERVICES, L.L.C. – Southfield, Michigan
President & CEO: August 2002 - Present
 Consultant, facilitator and change agent assisting/supporting public schools (traditional and
charter), public school districts, school boards and/or educational service providers (ESPs) in
developing/maintaining effective school operations, while monitoring the delivery of quality
educational programs.
 Specializing in schools serving urban communities, 'at-risk' student populations and
experiencing operational or academic challenges; using research-based, culturally
sensitive options and/or conflict resolution strategies (as/when necessary).
 Instrumental in obtaining multiple reauthorizations for 15 MI charter schools in danger of
losing their contracts, or on probation, with their authorizing entities. Services included:
 School board governance training, board unity, assessments, strategic planning
and processes for recruiting/selecting educational service providers (ESPs).
 Facilitating positive or more effective relationships among, and/or within, the
school/district's governing and managing (ESP) entities.
 Recommending relevant accountability processes for enhancing accountability of
school operations and increased academic achievement.
 Persuaded local traditional school district's superintendent to request (and obtain)
Board approval for its first charter school (approved via a 6-1 Board vote).
NATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL INSTITUTE (NCSI) – Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Associate Trainer: September 2002 – Present
 Contracted to provide training and work shop modules (developed by NCSI) on board
governance and policy development to various charter school boards through-out Michigan
as needed/requested.
 Past clients included Detroit Public Schools (DPS), Starr Academy and Nsoroma
Institute.

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EDUCATION LEADERSHIP/ORGANIZATION MANAGEMENT – Southfield, Michigan
October 1999 – March 2002
Independent Consultant
 Assisted public schools/districts, school boards, ESPs and/or other organizations in
developing and implementing recommended turnaround strategies for improving or
enhancing school operations and/or academic achievement. Major clients/activities included:
 Provided board governance training and consulting for the Inkster Public School Board as
it developed one of Michigan's first public school – private company partnerships,
contracting Edison Schools (a private educational service provider) to operate/manage the
entire school district.
 Interim CEO for a single-school private management company (ESP) operating a
struggling DPS authorized alternative charter high school pending contract revocation.
 Facilitated the search/selection of a private ESP to operate the Muskegon Technical
Academy – a pre-operational vocational charter high school (that now remains
operational).
 Evaluated components of the MetroConnect 21st
Century Grant Program to ensure
continued success and funding.
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY (OU) – Rochester, Michigan
September 1990 – September 1999
 August 1996 – September 1999: Director, Urban Partnerships and Public School
Academies, School of Education and Human Services (SEHS)
 Successfully coordinated the development and implementation of the following functions
and activities (simultaneously):
1) Public School Academy (PSA)/Charter Schools: Facilitated and coordinated the
application review/recommendation process, and the monitoring/oversight of all OU
authorized PSAs to ensure state and university requirements are met.
 Served as OU's primary liaison for nine (9) PSAs authorized by OU.
 Interviewed and recommended charter school applicants.
 Monitoring/oversight of school governance and management operations
to ensure compliance with state and OU requirements/expectations.
 Coordinated activities to support OU/PSA oversight/monitoring
responsibilities – included preparation of reports/presentations to the
university senate, president and board of trustees for approval.
 Lead presenter at state and national PSA related conferences, workshops
and meetings (specified at the end of this document).
 Successfully convinced an initially hostile University Senate (and Board of
Trustees) to embrace and support the concept of charter schools.
 Elected by MI counterparts/colleagues to serve as the first chairperson for the
collaborative state authorizers' Roundtable Committee (now known at the MI
Council of Charter School Authorizers) to develop collaborative minimum quality
standards for PSA/charter school monitoring and oversight.
2) Urban School Partnerships: Coordinated SEHS partnership programs/activities with
specified local urban school districts.
 Coordinated/facilitated successful processes required to sustain collaborative
faculty/staff relationships via team building and collaborative decision-making.

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 Developed and implemented the first OU/SEHS–Pontiac School District
collaborative alternative urban teacher education preparation program (included
team teaching with OU faculty.
 Instrumental in pursuing additional resources and/or external funding to support
continuous development of existing and new urban partnership activities.
 September 1992 – August 1996: Professional Development School (PDS) Coordinator and
SEHS Liaison
 As the first OU/SEHS coordinator/liaison, developed/implemented the continuation of
SEHS–Pontiac School District's professional development school (PDS) program; funded
by the Michigan Partnership for New Education (MPNE), 1991-1996.
 Documented Longfellow Elementary PDS success via progress/status reports.
 Facilitated collaborative meetings among the PDS teachers, OU faculty & the
Pontiac community.
 Coordinated OU faculty & student involvement; conducted classroom observations,
 Continued development of other OU/SEHS-Pontiac Schools partnership activities.
 September 1990 – August 1992: Graduate Assistant/Researcher
 Graduate assistant to the Dean of SEHS: Researched/documented the first professional
development school (PDS) site implemented in Pontiac (funded by MPNE).
 Completed a case study of first-year PDS activities, which resulted in the
recommendation/creation of the first OU/SEHS coordinator/liaison position to
enhance partnership development.
CORPORATE & OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
PRO Services, Independent Consultant – North Brunswick, NJ
August 1987 – August 1989
 Developed business plans for New Jersey minority business owners, and provided programs
to enhance professional skills of business clients and their employees..
AT&T Communications, New Services Development & Staff Manager
Southfield, MI and Bedminster, NJ
December 1983 – July 1987
 Telecommunications network staff manager responsible for technical development and
planning of new services and special customer networks at AT&T-C headquarters in NJ.
 Successful coordination/implementation of the first largest nationwide analog to digital
telecommunications networks in the U.S. (for GM–EDS merger).
 Effective facilitation all involved departments and approval of required technical
manual documentation.
Michigan Bell Telephone (MBT) Company, Engineer Associate & Staff Manager
Detroit and Southfield, MI
February 1977 – November 1983
 Began as a Management Trainee, promoted to Engineering Associate, Engineer and
ultimately Engineering Staff Manager within a two year span.
 Supervised three first level engineering managers, six clerical and responsible for all
network central office budgets, as well as short and long term forecasts of special
telecommunication network products/services.

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AWARDS
Michigan Association of Public School Academy (MAPSA) 2003 Leadership Award.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Member, 2002-present.
National Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO), member, 1999-present.
 Detroit Black Alliance for Educational Options (DBAEO), Board member, 2002-2005
(no longer operational).
Michigan Association of Public School Academy (MAPSA), member, 1996-present.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), Member, 1995-present.
Phi Delta Kappan, Member, 1995-present.
Center for Education Reform, 1997-present.
Oakland University Alumni Association, Member, 2002-2009.
Association of Education Practitioners & Providers (AEPP), Member, 1999-2001.
Pontiac Public School Academy (Charter School), Board member, 1999-2003.
National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools and Teaching (NCREST), 1994-1999.
Michigan Partnership for New Education (MPNE), 1991-1996.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ACTIVITIES
Grant Activities and Proposals/Reports
July 2002: Grant reader/reviewer for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Charter
Schools. Reviewed and recommended charter school applications for federal funded grants.
June 2000: Grant reader/reviewer for the Michigan Department of Education’s Office of
Education Options/Public School Academies (Charter Schools). Reviewed and recommended
individual charter school applications for state funded grants.
June 1991-1997: Developed/coordinated grant activities for Longfellow elementary school’s
(Pontiac, MI) participation in a statewide consortium to continue PDS activities for the
Michigan Department of Education Goals 2000. Included submission of annual work plans,
mid-year statuses, and end-of-year reports for OU/Pontiac professional development schools
(PDS’s) to the Michigan Partnership for New Education (MPNE) from 1991 to 1996.
August 1993-1996: Coordinated a proposal for Longfellow elementary school’s (Pontiac,
MI) Restructured School Week and Optional Student Activities. This program was funded by
MPNE 1993-1996, which was institutionalized in 1996.
Workshops and Training
2002–2014: As Melhado Consulting Services, provided continuous board governance training,
strategic planning, assessment, and school improvement/team building workshops to
numerous urban and metro-Detroit area charter school boards governing low-performing
academies managed by private ESPs.
1999–2002: As independent consultant, performed ad hoc board governance training,
strategic planning, assessment, and school improvement/team building workshops provided
to other charter school boards, traditional public schools and private ESPs.
 Staff development workshops for various Public School Academies (or charter schools).
 Inkster Public Schools-Edison Partnership (traditional school district partnership with an ESP).
 Muskegon Technical Academy (facilitated search for an effective ESP to manage operations).
 White Hat Management (private ESP in Akron, OH).

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1991–1999: While contracted by OU, conducted staff development/team building workshops
to maintain and enhance OU/SEHS collaborative partnership activities with the Pontiac
Public School District (including facilitation of an alternative teacher education program);
and conducted PSA board governance training to nine OU public school academies.
PRESENTATIONS
National
 National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference, "Urban Charter
School Governance: Helping Boards Build Capacity and Define Success," Savannah, GA,
October 2007
 National Charter School Conference (NCSC), "Urban Charter School Boards: Building
Governance Capacity and Defining Success," Albuquerque, NM, April 2007
 National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference, "Steadying the
Three-Legged Stool: Authorizers, Charter Schools & ESPs," San Diego, CA, October 2006.
 National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference, “Building Sound
Governance in Charter Schools: The Authorizer’s Role,” Denver, CO, October 2005
 National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference, “Authorizers &
Charter School Boards: Supporting Good Governance,” Philadelphia, PA, October 2004.
 National Charter Schools Conference (NCSC), “Strategies that Work for Maintaining a Good
Relationship with Your Board of Directors,” Miami Beach, FL, June 2004.
 National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference, “Promoting
Successful Relationships Among Charter Schools & Educational Service Providers (ESPs),”
San Diego, CA, November 2003.
 National Charter Schools Institute (NCSI) Conference, “Building Healthy & Effective
Relationships for Michigan Public School Academies,” Mount Pleasant, MI, July 2003.
 National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) Conference, “Working
Successfully with Private ESPs,” San Antonio, TX, October 2002.
 Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) Symposium 2001, “Roundtable Session for
School Board Members,” Milwaukee, WI, March 2001.
 Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) Annual Conference, “Teachers as Researchers in a
Professional Development School,” Detroit, MI, February 1995.
 Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Annual Conference,
“Expanding the Professional Development School Model to Meet the Emotional and
Physical Needs of Students,” New Orleans, LA, March 1996.
Regional/Local
 Detroit Public Schools (DPS), in collaboration with the National Charter School Institute
(NCSI), "Charter School Board Training/Development," Detroit, MI, May and June 2012
 Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA) Conference, "Urban Charter
School Governance: Narrowing the Achievement Gap," Detroit, MI, November 2008.
 Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA) Conference, "Creating
Culturally Just Learning Communities" (panel discussion), Detroit, MI, November 2008.
 Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA) Conference, "Charter School
Board-ESP Relationships: Who's In Charge?" Detroit, MI, November 2008.
 Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA) Conference, "Urban Charter
School Governance: Understanding the Achievement Gap, Redefining the Movement &
Narrowing the Gap," Detroit, MI, November 2007.
 Oakland University’s 1st
Graduate Student Research Symposium, Education & Leadership in
the 21st
Century, “Privately Managed Charter Schools,” Rochester, MI, May 2004.

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 Michigan Association of Public School Academies (MAPSA) Conference, “Promoting
Successful Public School Academy Relationships: Understanding Governance, Facilitating
School Improvement & Enhancing Community Involvement,” Lansing, MI, November 2003.
 Michigan Charter School Fall Conference, “Oakland University PSA Application Process &
Oversight Issues,” Bay City, MI, August, 1997.
 PDS Teacher Researcher Conference, “Useful Models for Facilitating Organizational
Change,” Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, April 1997.
 Michigan Charter School Spring Conference, “Oakland University PSA Application
Process,” Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI, March, 1997.
 SEHS Annual Retreat, “OU/SEHS-Pontiac Schools Partnership: Continuing Our
Commitment,” St. Clair, MI, May 1995.
 Michigan Education Association (MEA) Professional Development Conference,
“Restructuring the School Day for Teacher Planning,” Dearborn, MI, December 1994.
 MEA Professional Development Conference, “Equal Partnerships in Professional
Development Schools - Fact or Fiction,” Dearborn, MI, December 1994.
EDUCATION RESEARCH PROJECTS/DOCUMENTS
 “Privately Managed Charter Schools in Michigan: Innovative Governance & the Politics of
Accountability,” Ph.D. Dissertation, Oakland University, March 2002.
 “A Brief Policy Analysis on the History and Purpose of Michigan Charter Legislation,”
Oakland University, May 1999.
 “Systemic Change in Education: Meeting Individual Staff Concerns During the Change
Process,” Oakland University, August 1995.
 “Forming New Partnerships in Education for Urban School Reform,” A PDS Case Study,
Oakland University, December 1991.
 “Educating Urban Black Students: Policy and Choices,” Oakland University, April 1991.
 “Motivating Academic Performance in Urban Black Students,” Oakland University, August
1990.
OAKLAND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
 Coordinated and facilitated Total Quality Management (TQM) Assessment Workshops to
assist all OU authorized PSAs in a self-evaluation process during the 1998-1999 school year.
 Served as OU representative, and chaired, on the statewide PSA Authorizers Committee
during 1996- 1999.
 Appointed to serve on the General Education Advisory Group for the Balance of Oakland
County Workforce Development Board, 1996-1997.
 Served as the alternate (for OU/SEHS Dean) on Michigan Communities in Schools (MCIS)
Board of Directors, 1994-1998.
 Served as guest lecturer for various SEHS education courses (i.e., CIL 661, EED 310, FE
210), 1995-1999. Some team teaching with faculty members also included.
 Assisted in facilitation of the 1995 Elementary Education Symposium for school-university
partnerships - “Building a Community of Learners” - conducted by SEHS/Curriculum,
Instruction and Leadership (CIL) at Oakland University’s Meadowbrook Hall.
 Participated in Gender/Ethnic Equity training sponsored by Michigan Statewide Systemic
Initiative (MSSI) grant funds, 1995.