Eugene Williams, Sr.

Dr. Eugene Williams, Sr. is a nationally recognized author, educator, and inventor who was born on November 23, 1942 in Orange County, Virginia. He is the father of author, educator, and motivational speaker, Eugene Williams, Jr.

Education

Williams was a product of segregated schooling as a child in central Virginia. As an adult, he received a Bachelor's degree in English from Saint Paul's College in 1964, a Master's degree in Administration and Supervision from The University of Virginia in 1968, and a Doctorate degree in Curriculum and Instruction from The University of Miami in 1972. He became a member of Alpha Phi Alpha while attending Saint Paul's College.

Career

In 1964, Williams began his career in Education as an English teacher at Jackson P. Burley High School in Charlottesville, Virginia. After receiving his Doctorate degree, he became the Coordinator of Secondary Education at Howard University from 1972 to 1978. In 1978, he served as a Senior Research Scientist and Curriculum Designer for Lawrence Johnson & Associates, Inc. In 1980, he served briefly as a Supervisor of Instruction for the D.C. Public School System, and later became the Dean of Soujourner-Douglass College in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1983, he became the Assistant Principal at Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.

In 1989, Williams was chosen to be the Director of Test Improvement for the D.C. Public School System. His brainchild, The D.C. Potential National Merit Scholars Program, helped to produce the first perfect SAT score achieved by a minority D.C. public school student, Skylar Bird. In 1999, Williams developed and coordinated a vocational training program for the University of the District of Columbia. After several years of retirement, he has chosen to return to the classroom, and is currently teaching English, in the Prince George's County (MD) School System, and writing courses at Southeastern University in Washington, D.C.

Williams is also the President and founder of Academic Resources Unlimited Inc., a 501C3 tax-exempt organization that provides tutoring in Reading, Math, SAT Prep along with publishing opportunities for teachers, students, and administrators.

Inventor

In 1979, Williams invented The Audiovisual Portfolio, and received the patent for it on March 27, 1981. In 1980, The Audiovisual Portfolio was billed by The Washington Post as a "videotaped resume for teachers" that included a "notebook of lesson plans, a slide program of student-teaching experiences, audio-cassette tapes of lessons taught, and a brief videotape of the teacher working with a class". Many educators believe that The Audiovisual Portfolio was ahead of its time and was the precursor to the process and documentation that is required for teachers to achieve National Board Certification.

Publications

* "Getting the Job You Want with the Audiovisual Portfolio: A Practical Guide for Job Hunters and Career Changers" Comptex Associates, 1981

* "Keys to Quick Writing Skills: Sentence Combining and Text Reconstruction" (w/ Dr. Myra Linden and Dr. Arthur Whimbey) The Right Combination, 1992

* "Blueprint for Educational Change: Improving Reasoning, Literacies, and Science Achievement with Cooperative Learning" (w/ Dr. Mary Johnson, Dr. Myra Linden, and Dr. Arthur Whimbey) Ebsco Curriculum Material, 1992.

* "It's A Reading Thing...Help Your Child Understand: A Parent's Guide to Improving Students' Verbal Performance on Standardized Examinations Like the PSAT and SAT" (w/ Robin Bennefield and Eugene Williams, Jr.) Comptex Associates, 1992

* "Grounded In The Word: A Guide to Mastering Standardized Test Vocabulary and Biblical Comprehension" (w/ Eugene Williams, Jr.) Comptex Associates, 1997

* "The Secret: His Word Impacting Our Lives" Academic Resources Unlimited, Inc., 2007