SHEILA K. AMMONS
ACCOUNTING PROFESSOR
AUSTIN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
LICENSES
AND CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified
Public Accountant (1984 - present)
Certified
Management Accountant (1995 present)
Certified
Government Financial Manager (1991 present)
EDUCATION:
M'Acy
-- Masters of Accountancy -- Texas State University -- May 1995 - 4.0 GPA (18
graduate hours of accounting)
BS
-- Business and Public Administration -- University of Texas at Dallas - May
1983 -- 3.9 GPA - major - accounting
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
Austin
Community College -- adjunct accounting faculty (1/85 - 8/87) -- full-time
faculty (8/87 - present) -- purchasing department computer training to all
employees (8/97 - 1/98)
Texas
Department of Transportation -- accounting training for small businesses (9/03
- 8/04)
Courses Taught: Principles of Financial Accounting, Principles of Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Advanced Cost Accounting, Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting, Advanced Governmental Accounting and Auditing, Advanced Accounting, Advanced Theory and Problems in Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Individual Income Tax, Corporate and Partnership Taxation
Internal
Revenue Service -- certified as a classroom instructor -- taught numerous 2 - 6
week technical courses to Taxpayer Service Representatives and Tax Auditors --
taught instructor training courses to all employees -- taught short continuing
education courses to employees and taxpayers -- taught taxpayer education
classes
TECHNOLOGY
ACTIVITIES:
Blackboard
Integration of Blackboard into Financial Accounting Online Course, Managerial
Accounting In-Class Course, Hybrid Capstone Course, and Faculty Resource Site;
Presentations on how to use Blackboard to Accounting and Computer Science
faculty
Sharing
What Works Blackboard Presentation: Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year
Colleges (May 2001)
Changing
CPA Exam/Online Accounting Database Research Presentation: Teachers of
Accounting at Two-Year Colleges (May 2002)
Hybrid
Learning Presentation: Teachers of Accounting at Two-Year Colleges (May
2005)
Austin
Community College Innovation Grant Award Online and lab activities; teaching
tips; and course information have been developed and delivered via departmental
web site (academic year 2001/2002)
Austin
Community College Summer Institute training for development of online
activities with an emphasis on activity learning (Summer 2001 and Summer 2002)
Streaming
Video Grant developed two streaming videos for integration into Financial
Accounting; led workshops on development of streaming videos (academic year
2001/2002)
Accounting
Coordinator for John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Faculty Resource Network duties
include making presentations (live and virtual) and providing support on using
Blackboard and integrating technology into the curriculum. (March 2002 to
September 2005)
Co-creator
of Accounting
Toolbox for Success (along with ACC colleague Tracie Nobles) which helps
students with financial and managerial accounting topics (2008)
Member
of the ACC College-Wide and Business Studies Department Best Practices in
Distance Learning committee (2006 - 2008)
Member
of ACC College-Wide Achieving Excellence Committee (2008 - present)
OTHER
ACC ACTIVITIES:
Accounting
Department Head for Ridgeview and Northridge Campuses -- Fall 1988 Fall 1998
Accounting
Department Chair Fall 1998 Summer 2005
Assistant
Accounting Department Chair Fall 2005 Summer 2010 (primary duties: providing support to accounting faculty for
Blackboard and online homework systems, assisting adjunct faculty members, and
coordinating the ACC Accounting Advisory Committee activities).
PREVIOUS
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Merrill
Lynch -- Dealer-Cashier (5/72 - 12/73)
Internal
Revenue Service -- Secretary (12/73 - 10/75), Taxpayer Service Representative
(10/75 - 6/79), Tax Auditor (6/79 - 5/81), Internal Revenue Agent (5/81 -
10/87)
AWARDS:
Recipient
of the American Accounting Association 2009 Two Year Educator of the Year (June
2009)
Nominee for Outstanding Community College Instructor - Texas Society of CPA's (June 2003)
Nominee for David R. Pierce Faculty Technology Award Nomination (Nov 2001 and Nov 2003)
NISOD
Excellence Award (May 1997)
Southwest Texas State University -- Master of Accountancy Achievement Award (April 1995)
Texas
State Board of Public Accountancy -- Top Ten Award (March 1985) Award was given
for passing all four parts of the Uniform CPA Exam in November 1984 and scoring
in the top ten of all individuals who took that exam.
Internal
Revenue Service -- 2 outstanding performance awards-- several certificates of
appreciation
OTHER
ACTIVITIES:
Board
Member for Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges (Fall 2004 May 2010)
Faculty
Advisor for Campus Crusade for Christ (1999 2004)
Volunteer
Income Tax Assistance Program Site Coordinator for e-filing site (2001 -
2004) The site is at one of the Austin Community College's campuses and
involves accounting faculty and students.
Committee:
Whos Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges (1997 present)
Reviewer
for Teachers of Accounting at Two Year Colleges scholarship applications
(March 2002 to May 2005)
Reviewer
for financial and managerial textbooks, author of test banks for accounting
texts and financial accounting instructor manuals, author of instructions that help
students with textbook problems
PERSONAL:
Married
Hobbies
include my Shih Tzu and Dachshund, gardening, and music
Updated:
7/9/10