Barbara Hockstader Email & Phone Number

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.

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.

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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Created instructional design and pedagogical approach for multi-modal, data-driven, self-paced, blended solution.

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.
• 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.
• 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..

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.
• 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
• 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.

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.
• 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
• 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
• 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.

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