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New York

Kikori App is an award-winning, experiential education app founded by Kendra Bostick and Bryn Lottig. Through their work with leaders in the experiential learning community, their female-founded team has created an app that brings together activities that transform the learning experience in the classroom while aligning to all key teaching standards.We save educators time by making it easy to find and organize activities aligned with 21st Century Skills and Social Emotional Learning… Show more Kikori App is an award-winning, experiential education app founded by Kendra Bostick and Bryn Lottig. Through their work with leaders in the experiential learning community, their female-founded team has created an app that brings together activities that transform the learning experience in the classroom while aligning to all key teaching standards.We save educators time by making it easy to find and organize activities aligned with 21st Century Skills and Social Emotional Learning outcomes. We promote the work of the best experiential education practitioners and provide a space for facilitators and educators to connect, grow, and co-create.It's our conviction that the arena of education holds the potential to change the world. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Consult with education technology companies to:- establish implementation, account management, and professional development process- conceptualize, ideate, prototype, test, and iterate professional learning solutions- build professional services and learning organizationsClients: Knowledge Delivery Systems (KDSI), EDGE EdTech, Infolytx, The Energy Project, Beable, CT Region 1

Yonkers, New York

The Energy Project is a learning and development consultancy that helps people and companies design a better way of working. Science tells us that we perform at our best when we move regularly between expending and renewing energy. Rather than trying to get more out of people, the most sustainable companies invest in meeting their employees’ core needs so they’re freed, fueled and inspired to bring more of themselves to work every day.• Led Leadership Team through a design thinking… Show more The Energy Project is a learning and development consultancy that helps people and companies design a better way of working. Science tells us that we perform at our best when we move regularly between expending and renewing energy. Rather than trying to get more out of people, the most sustainable companies invest in meeting their employees’ core needs so they’re freed, fueled and inspired to bring more of themselves to work every day.• Led Leadership Team through a design thinking approach to establish a shared vision for company’s strategic direction to integrate B2B digital solutions to existing F2F catalog. • Collaborated with Leadership, Subject Matter Experts, and Sales, to articulate business requirements and learning outcomes by exploring company’s existing catalog, underlying research base, signature strengths, and gaps between current products and user needs.• Established Agile development practices to identify business requirements, establish a roadmap, define user stories, prioritize tasks, plan sprint activities, release MVP, adjust requirements based on feedback, and manage backlog to deliver company's first digital products.• Created instructional design and pedagogical approach for multi-modal, data-driven, self-paced, blended solution.• Built experiment-based beta release process to gather user insights to inform requirements modifications.• Facilitated cross-functional team of subject matter experts, business intelligence providers, researchers, and contract designers and developers to deliver timely releases.• Launched search and selection of 3rd party learning solution providers and subject matter experts. • Collaborated with Marketing and Sales to launch marketing campaign, support sales calls, and provide product demos. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Led a cross-functional team of K-12 district clients and Pearson Research and Sales executives to conceptualize a blended executive education program focused on building a shared vision for personalized learning.• Designed and delivered a series of F2F and virtual town hall meetings uniting urban K-12 district leaders, Pearson executives, industry and academic thought leaders, and education policy makers, to exchange best practices in building a systemic, personalized pedagogical… Show more • Led a cross-functional team of K-12 district clients and Pearson Research and Sales executives to conceptualize a blended executive education program focused on building a shared vision for personalized learning.• Designed and delivered a series of F2F and virtual town hall meetings uniting urban K-12 district leaders, Pearson executives, industry and academic thought leaders, and education policy makers, to exchange best practices in building a systemic, personalized pedagogical approach.• Directed marketing efforts to increase Pearson’s brand as a provider of personalized learning solutions to include a video and webinar series of K-12 district case studies, a position video, and social programming. Show less

New York, United States

• Built partnerships with school K-12 district administrators, external research partners, academics, and policy makers to facilitate academic studies focused on educator learning and effectiveness.• Collaborated with researchers to gather data in K-12 schools, and write academic reports on educator effectiveness.

New York, New York, United States

Member of Schoolnet’s first leadership team, contributing to company’s growth from start-up to 2011 acquisition by PearsonVice President of Innovation Programs 2007 - 2011• Built EduStat University, Schoolnet’s national innovation institute connecting academics, K-12 district administrators and teachers, to explore innovative technologies for improving teaching and learning. Consistently motivated late stage prospects to close. EduStat ran for 10 consecutive years.• Forged… Show more Member of Schoolnet’s first leadership team, contributing to company’s growth from start-up to 2011 acquisition by PearsonVice President of Innovation Programs 2007 - 2011• Built EduStat University, Schoolnet’s national innovation institute connecting academics, K-12 district administrators and teachers, to explore innovative technologies for improving teaching and learning. Consistently motivated late stage prospects to close. EduStat ran for 10 consecutive years.• Forged relationships with K-12 district executives and teachers to launch Schoolnet’s client insights groups including Product Advisory Council, Schoolnet Users Groups, and a theme-based webinar series starring K-12 district leaders. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Led team of education program managers, instructional designers and subject matter experts to develop, deliver, and productize all aspects of Schoolnet’s blended professional development catalog. Delivered to thousands of teachers and administrators from large urban to small rural K-12 districts.• Partnered with Sales Team to close deals and meet revenue targets by writing professional development programs and budgets for RFI/RFP responses, participating in oral presentations, and… Show more • Led team of education program managers, instructional designers and subject matter experts to develop, deliver, and productize all aspects of Schoolnet’s blended professional development catalog. Delivered to thousands of teachers and administrators from large urban to small rural K-12 districts.• Partnered with Sales Team to close deals and meet revenue targets by writing professional development programs and budgets for RFI/RFP responses, participating in oral presentations, and upselling existing contracts.• Led team of change management experts and workshop facilitators to develop and deliver The Roadmap, a consulting service designed to help districts build a systemic, data-informed practice. • Directed a team of external K-12 district executives and academics to create and deliver Data Coach, a professional development program focused on establishing system-wide data-informed professional learning communities.• Partnered with Sales and Marketing to build sales training and launch content marketing, digital, and social campaigns evangelizing Schoolnet’s professional services offerings. Show less

Greater New York City Area

• Led Schoolnet’s first client districts through pilot and system-wide software implementation processes.• Established client implementation and client satisfaction rating processes resulting in 95% renewal rate.• Led Schoolnet’s first large urban RFP process to close sale for $6MM to School District of Philadelphia.• Developed company’s first professional development workshops and institutes. Hired, trained and managed instructional designers and workshop facilitators. Selected and… Show more • Led Schoolnet’s first client districts through pilot and system-wide software implementation processes.• Established client implementation and client satisfaction rating processes resulting in 95% renewal rate.• Led Schoolnet’s first large urban RFP process to close sale for $6MM to School District of Philadelphia.• Developed company’s first professional development workshops and institutes. Hired, trained and managed instructional designers and workshop facilitators. Selected and trained third party providers to extend team capacity. Show less

Greater New York City Area

Top producer in early stage New York City branch of micro-lending bank.Conducted business and presentations in Spanish.

Cambridge, Ma

Established district partnerships for LabNet, an NSF funded project developing the first virtual teacher community of practice.

M.A., Applied Linguistics With A Concentration In Instructional Technology

B.A., English Writing