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West Hartford, Ct, Us

West Hartford, Ct, Us

Designs socially and intellectually engaging online courses in partnership with university faculty, as part of a cooperative course-development team. Leads faculty through the process of articulating learning outcomes, planning instructional content, and designing learning activities that boost engagement and build community for online courses delivered via Canvas and Blackboard Ultra.

Recreated highly complex graduate courses in Canvas as part of a planned, program-wide course-migration process. Created precise and readable user documentation designed to help student workers carry out complex course migration processes in the Canvas LMS. Provided technically expert and engaging support services for university faculty. The position ended when the project was cancelled.

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Worked with Deans, Faculty, and Program Directors to design and build Academic Programs and MA-level Courses in face-to-face, online, and synchronous formats. Facilitated workshops on the application of UDL principles. Redesigned the student-facing course quality survey for all university courses, with targeted surveys for specific academic programs. Coordinated closely with MSP to provide appropriate technical support services, while leading complex technical purchases. Served as a faculty trainer, system administrator, and troubleshooter for all Canvas courses.

Hartford, Connecticut Area

Served institution as Accreditation Liaison Officer, advising Dean and Program Directors in accreditation matters, preparing accreditation correspondence, reports, and a Substantive Change Proposal for a major institutional realignment. Guided Dean and Program Directors in designing academic programs, assessment plans, and learning assessments. Co-designed an MA Program in Peacebuilding. Mentored professors in effective instruction and use of instructional technologies across all teaching modalities. Administered and supported Zoom, Canvas, VoiceThread, UniCheck, and EvaluationKIT. Built and taught one online course per year in the History of Christianity. Designed and taught a course in Trauma Awareness for Peacebuilders.

United States

Sharply increased online course quality while achieving 300% growth in the number of courses offered online by a small graduate school. Provided excellent technical training, pedagogical mentoring, and support services to faculty. Led rapid, successful LMS search & adoption effort. Transformed IT services and infrastructure from an institutional weakness to an institutional strength. Improved employee productivity across the organization while cutting IT ticket response times by more than 50%. Built and taught one online course per year in the History of Christianity.

West Hartford, Ct

Provided pedagogical and technical training to High School Faculty. Served as a core member of the team that led HHNE’s initial application for NEASC accreditation. Met with faculty subject-matter accreditation groups to guide their writing processes, then gathered their draft reports and rewrote them into a coherent narrative. Led technical purchase decisions and provided direct IT support and services to school faculty. Provided assistive technology to students with learning disabilities.

West Hartford, Ct

Taught English Literature and Composition for all seniors not taking AP English. Provided individual mentoring for seniors, particularly in relation to navigating the college admissions process and related family expectations. Served as the principal writer of proposals for how to spend money earmarked to provide technology and training assistance for Jewish day schools.

Bloomfield, Ct

Provided pedagogical training & mentoring for kindergarten, elementary, and middle-school teachers, with a focus on support for educational innovation. Planned & implemented instructional technology makeovers, such as upgrades to classroom technology and a fuller use of Google tools in the classroom. Partnered with a special educator to provide assistive technology to young children with learning disabilities.

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Instructional Design

Ba, English

Phd, Religion: History Of Christianity

Mts, History Of Christianity