Brendan O'Rourke Email & Phone Number

Denver, Co, Us

- Conduct high-touch consultations and onboarding support to professors and instructors in online degree programs, executive education, and digital bootcamps.- Conduct faculty enrichment in the forms of seminars, articles and resources. - Iterate on current processes to better align user and learning experiences with business goals and overall efficiency.

United States

- Led a time of talented educational consultants who prepare educators for online learning.- Constantly iterated on learning plans and processes for online professors.- Promoted the faculty experience for online educators with all applicable stakeholders.- Collaborated with learning designers, program management, and academic department heads, in order to provide optimal learning experiences for our online educators

United States

- Collaborated with, developed, and managed an amazing, diverse team of faculty trainers.- Created and implemented processes that situated faculty for successful and impactful online education experiences.

Denver, Colorado, United States

- Provided white glove instruction on digital pedagogy, one-on-one and in group settings, to professors of graduate programs in global, top tier universities.- Collaborated and designed curriculum and user-based learning experiences which are utilized by a myriad of learners.- Helped to iterate the continual enhancement of services provided by my department for all of our partners.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

- Continued to work on a national, grant-funded project in a curriculum development, program coordination, and educational outreach capacity.- Focused on design thinking, bringing this innovative, and strategic thought process to students and teachers in high-needs high schools around the country.- Designed curriculum around design thinking, collaborating with colleagues to weave entrepreneurial and emerging technology themes to create engaging student outcomes.

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

- Worked on a grant-funded program to help bring innovative technology to low-income high schools across the United States.- Actively engaged with teachers and students, in a number of high schools, located in five different regions across the country.- Developed virtual technology lessons, modules, and trainings for the full gamut of public education students.- Created and conducted data-driven technology-based training for teachers during professional developments.- Consistently worked to help support coworkers’ programs, focused on students at Arizona State University, community colleges, middle schools, as well as community members.- Work to connect partnerships in public schools, higher education, and corporate philanthropy.

Denver, Co

- Planned and implemented rigorous, student-centered, culturally relevant, and engaging academic units and lessons. Analyzed multiple forms of data in order to drive instruction.- Differentiated instruction for a range of academic, cultural, and personal needs.- Collaborated with the school’s administration and specialists on a range of school-wide tasks.- Experienced continuous evaluation and feedback, via the school district.- Worked with University of Colorado Denver’s NxtGEN program in advising and supporting college students’ paraprofessional internships.- Was a member of several school committees, influencing school policy, hiring, resource allocation, etc.

Seocho-Gu, Seoul, Korea

- Conducted instruction as one of two homeroom teachers in an English-immersion setting, collaboratively working alongside a Korean co-teacher.- Worked with a variety of students of varying English language development. Conducted supplementary, after-school classes in a variety of subjects.- Collaborated with administration in all elements of instruction and school functionality. Maintained regular contact with students’ parents.- Facilitated new, foreign teachers' transition to living in South Korea by creating and implementing an introduction to the school, country, city, language, transportation, etc.

Tucson, Arizona, United States

- Created advertisements for a weekly, alternative newspaper, with customer and marketing collaboration.- Worked on page layout and overall presentation of several different newspapers on a variety of computer systems / programs. Worked with sales representatives and customers to create visual marketing campaigns.- Created company brand identity.- Created visual marketing campaigns for company events.

Master Of Arts (Ma), Curriculum, Instruction, & Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Studio Arts: Graphic Design & Photography

Activities and Societies: Arizona Wildcat Rugby