Cara Burdick, M.Ed. Email & Phone Number

Lead a team of 6+ instructional designers to guarantee the development of high-quality, engaging, and effective online courses. Develop templates and standards that ascertain consistency and quality across all courses. Collaborate with project managers, editors, and other stakeholders to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget. Use data and analytics to evaluate the effectiveness of online courses and make recommendations for improvements.

Remote

Work with with faculty and partner universities to guide the design, development, production, and evaluation of engaging and innovative online courses that target specified objectives.Consult with academics to generate innovative learning experiences that are guided by instructional design theory, models, and best practices.Conceptualize and storyboard instructionally sound, interactive, engaging, web-based interactive media opportunities through which student apply skills and content.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Offer a boutique of services centered around client needs including, but not limited to: education consulting, performance measurement, improvement planning, curriculum design (online, face-to-face, and blended), alignment, training, and professional development.Our branch, AKA Ed. Tutoring, provides academic assistance to students in the Greater Grand Rapids area. “Together, we can ensure AKAdemic Knowledge Achievement.”

Remote

Simultaneous development, revision, and/or revamping of online courses for higher education partners within multiple learning management systems (LMSs) that meet various client and organization preferences and procedures. Work directly with subject matter experts, internal branches, key stakeholders, and multimedia developers in the collaborative instructional design of online course development, interactivity, assessment, alignment, Quality Assurance, and ADA accessibility.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Worked collaboratively with the NPCS administration and instructors in the development and alignment of its curriculum and assessments. Analyzed and provided feedback on current practices, while offering professional and student growth opportunities.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Demonstrated content and data integration capabilities of the Edify learning management system to key stakeholders. Analyzed data to determine client needs and goals. Developed and provided targeted whole-group or individualized training via traditional settings or webinars to meet these benchmarks. Analyzed user feedback and metrics to determine instructional effectiveness and create appropriate support or self-service materials. A close partnership with the software development team was established to develop additional backend improvements within Edify.Provided project management to the instructional design team for the development, review, editing, and maintenance of all courses uploaded into Edify by Kickstand. As the project manager of these tasks, templates, procedures, and worklogs were created to ensure a timely workflow.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Head of science department for 6th–8th grade students. Taught and created curriculum maps and test alignments for all 7th and 8th-grade science units. Used data from high-stakes assessments to inform instruction, enabling students to consistently surpass their annual progress goals. Mentored coworkers, advised the school board, and taught staff best practices during small-group or faculty professional development opportunities.

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

Instructor of 6th–12th grade traditional and on-line courses for severely at-risk children. Developed relationships with community businesses and school personnel to acquire services for the students.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Curriculum developer and instructor of Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, Earth Science, Marine Ecology, and Astronomy. Taught both traditional and honor’s level courses to 9th – 12th grade students. At least 90% of all students were proficient on the End of Course (EOC) assessment for three consecutive years. Used technology in the classroom daily, including Blackboard, United Streaming, SPAN, clickers, audio-visual, SAS simulation, FLASH animations, Moodle, Turning Point, Question Point, and Study Island. Developed two units for the county’s master Honor’s Chemistry curriculum folder.

Master'S Degree, Education, 4.0

Thesis: Reading Comprehension in the Non-English-Language-Arts Classroom

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Biology And Chemistry

Activities and Societies: •Graduated Magna cum Laude from Hope College, May 2006 •Dean’s List, all semesters •Member of Phi Sigma Theta.