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Spangle, WA, US

New York, New York, US

Senior instructional designer for the group benefit solutions team. Responsible for virtual, VILT and hybrid training, course design, and creating transformative learning experiences. Delivers Client Service Operations General New Hire onboarding and training.Delivers Client Service Operations Role Specific training.Delivers Client Service Operations gap.

• I have worked as a business, EdTech and Training consultant for several years and enjoyed working with businesses in many different sectors. We collaborate in training, corporate education, e-learning, and.
• Manage strategic relationships relating instructional technology integration and professional development
• Consult with Executive Level policy and decision-makers
• Self-motivated, plan-oriented, energetic with a deep understanding of how to build relationships in established and new accounts
• Strong verbal and problem-solving ability with the organization and presence to present the best solution
• Intelligent, fast learner with a high level of verbal, spatial, and numerical capabilities

• I manage a staff of 60+ including 35 direct reports. Provide mentoring to educators and future leaders at all levels of the organization.
• I am directly responsible for curriculum and course development strategy and this is the work that I love. During my tenure, I have implemented systems and program development that resulted in measurable gains.
• I have also decreased staff turnover to an all-time low, even during the pandemic when many districts were experiencing record losses. I do this by recruiting exceptional faculty and staff, then investing appropriate.
• I took the lead on successful implementation of fully online curriculum utilizing appropriate educational technology including ongoing training of all staff. Success looked like 100% of staff engaging with students in.
• I continue to lead a successful transition to hybrid learning. I am the facilitator for all staff training to implement new technology and adopt new course material, ensuring that the best user experience for our.

Salem, OR, US

• I was part of the item development team for the digital Smarter Balanced assessment.
• In just over 4 months, our small team created and quality tested more than two hundred assessment items.
• I worked with a team of talented assessment developers to both design items and review items designed by other team members.
• We held ourselves to the highest standards for things like clarity, standards alignment, scope and sequence, technology integration, and accessibility.

• Curriculum and course development.
• Virtual instruction in the math department.
• I helped some of the students with the greatest challenges make progress, including one student with significant disabilities who had previously worked with two differnt instructors and not made progress. After he and.

I was part of the inaugural leadership team. This involved the development and design of all instructional practices, including initial and ongoing training of faculty and staff. I co-managed a team of 50+ staff members including 20 direct reports. Our success was such that we had almost zero staff turnover the first two years of operation, compared to.

Hanford, CA, US

Curriculum development and intensive instructional design including two complete curriclum adoptions over the course of my tenure. These adoptions included horizontal and vertical alignment K-14 to ensure that students experienced consistency as they came to us from various feeder schools and were prepared to continue to the higher education system..

Hanford, CA, US

I was a highly effective secondary mathematics educator. My students achieved the highest passing rates in my courses every year of my tenure except one, and graduated at the highest rate compared to students in other math courses in the district. Also, I saw a 32% increase in the number of students who chose to advance beyond the required sequence of math.

I was a member of a team that reviewed software and online educational resources for standards alignment, accessibility and user experience for the California Department of Education.

This was my first full time teaching job and where I started to fall in love with the relationship between good instructional design, user experience and authentic learning.

Doctor Of Education (Ed.D.), Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Administrative Credential, Educational Leadership And Administration, General

Master Of Education - Med, Education: Curriculum And Instructional Design

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Social Sciences