Emeritus Faculty: Victoria "Vikki" Bentz

B.S., Black Hills State University

MBA, Regis University

Graduate Certificate in Online Teaching, California State University, Hayward

M.Ed., California State U-East Bay

Certificate in Advanced Graduate Studies, Accounting, Northcentral University

Doctoral Candidate, Northcentral University

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The following is from Victoria "Vikki" Bentz's Emeritus nomination letter:

Evidence of Vikki’s almost three decades of superior teaching, contributions to the Yavapai College community, and contributions to the communities of Yavapai County follows:

• 1995-1997: Adjunct Faculty. Microcomputer Applications and Accounting. Traveled with the Mobile Computer Lab teaching computer classes to the various communities in the county. I also assisted the Business Training Center with corporate computer training at Allied Signal as well as seminar-type classes for YC employees.
• 01/97 - 07/97: Temporary full-time Faculty, BuCS Division. Discipline: Computer Applications and Accounting. Held the position of “lead instructor” for the Prescott Valley computer lab during the summer of 1997. Duties included development and implementation of the OE/OE classes, as well as scheduling and supervision of instructors/lab monitors. 
• 2000-2002: Director, YC College of Innovation. Duties include strategic planning, policy standardization, program development/improvement including internal marketing and promotion, proposal and payment tracking, project outcomes tracking and assessment, coordination of committee meetings, and reporting to administrative bodies/District Governing Board.
• 07/1997-8/4/2023: Full-time Faculty, Business and Computer Science. Accounting, computer applications and business classes.

SIGNIFICANT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

2022: BSB, Accounting concentration. Prof. Bentz was the only full-time accounting faculty member at the time the BSB was developed.

2019: Wrote proposals and received curriculum approval for 5 accounting program updates, including new IRS Enrolled Agent Cert and updated 4 courses and created one new (Enrolled Agent Review).

2018: Integrated Internships with external VITA and AARP tax preparation programs in the community.

2018: Wrote the application that placed all YC accounting classes/programs on the list of eligible workforce development classes funded by the State of Hawaii Workforce Development Council in Oahu County.

2017: Received Quality Matters certification for ACC 131, the first course certification received at YC.

2004: Facilitated a new degree partnership with NAU (B.S. - Computer Systems).

2001: Creation and implementation of Online Teaching Certificate for YC faculty. Included creation of three new online classes.

2000: Created the first fully online program for YC: Microsoft Office User Specialist certificate, which included implementation and management of MOUS (MS Office User Specialist) testing center.

2000: Development and delivery of EDU 298B: Introduction to Online Teaching using LearningSpace.

1998: Developed and taught YC’s first online class (in LotusNotes LearningSpace platform).

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS

• NISOD Award for Teaching Excellence, 2020.
• Ph.D., ABD: NorthCentral University, research topic: Community College Entrepreneurship. 2010.
• Awarded Graduate Certificate in Advanced Accounting, NorthCentral University, 2009.
• Barbara McClurg Award for Innovation and Creativity, 2000.
• Completed 2nd master’s degree: Online Teaching and Learning, Cal State, Hayward, 1999.

COLLEGE SERVICE

• Lead faculty/Program Director – Accounting Department (list of responsibilities/duties appended)
• Faculty Association Senator/Officer since 2002 (President in 2006-07 and 2014-15) also served as Secretary/Treasurer many years. Authored YC Statement of Understanding on Shared Governance, facilitated Senate committee reorganization at various times throughout the decades.
• Chair, Faculty Association Budget & Compensation Committee. Facilitated original faculty workload calculator, workload committees, course capacity/class caps/tiers policy and procedure, lab loading.
• Chair, Peer Faculty Review committee for new faculty members. Developed policy/procedures, assigned mentors/mentee, oversaw process.
• Chair, Professional Growth Committee. Developed policy and rubric to evaluate sabbatical apps.
• Chair, Shared Governance Committee (prior to the Blue Ribbon Commission)
• Chair, Accounting Program Review (2005-2006)
• Other, non-Senate committee membership: Dual Credit, LMS RFP, Strategic Planning, Blue Ribbon shared governance committee.
• Participated in Yavapai College’s first Leadership Development program • Participated in and provided feedback for Master Teacher Retreat
• Provide leadership for YC online teaching faculty
• Chair, Business Division Scholarship Committee
• Team Leader, NCA Distributed Learning Task Force
• Team Leader, online course delivery software platform committee
• Phi Beta Lambda Advisor – two years. 

Victoria "Vikki" Bentz retired in 2023.

The College Seal was adopted in Sept. 1969. 

President, Humboldt Unified School District Governing Board (2003-2007)

President, GHMS Parent Teacher Student Organization (PTSO) (3 years)

Secretary, GHMS SITE (School Improvement Team for Excellence) Council

Member, SITE Council, Mt. View Elementary School

Member SITE Council, Bradshaw Mountain High School

HUSD Prop 301 Design Committee, performance-based teacher pay

Assistant Spirit Line Coach, Bradshaw Mountain High School