Write, edit, design, manage non-fiction and fiction articles, instructional materials, teachers’ manuals, test items, and online courses for Pre-K through adult education, aligned to requirements, for clients including McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Sesame Workshop, IFAW, NWEA.

* Collaborate with internal team, vendors, clients, publishers, and innovators to develop custom digital and print learning materials.* Develop project managers and company growth.

* Promoted innovation in new product development for pre-K-8 and family curricula.* Proposed, designed and developed, performed QA, and managed iterative development of 3000+ educational multimedia activities.* Managed curriculum staff and collaborated with internal partners and vendors in development ofdiverse digital products, including videos and interactive learning experiences.* Designed, developed, and managed content and product development of Wanderlight, an online and app-based K-6 adventure game.* Built capacity of a print company in formulating and executing strategic plans to develop and selldigital media.* Collaborated with Director and editorial, design, production, and business operation managers to launch digital projects.

* Led projects and collaborated with internal teams and vendors in development of online learningactivities for Gr. 3-8 children, including an online, interactive science center.* Created foundational documents for research-based curriculum and assessment in science, ELA, and social studies including the ReadingIQ digital, leveled reader library.*Led development of spec’ing PBL, NGSS-aligned, STEM scenarios/simulations for Gr. 3-5.* Developed content and creative concepts for R&D in cutting edge, online learning products.

Led a multi-faceted Academic Services team responsible for online program, course development, and faculty support for more than twenty universities and colleges, dozens of graduate programs, and hundreds of courses per term. Played key role in expanding Academic Services to new partners in the UK and Ireland, while staffing new office in UK. Areas of focus included:* School and Program Strategy* Team Leadership* Project and Operational Management* Client Relations* Innovation

* Managed a rapidly growing team of Instructional Designers for a premier learning company that transforms Master’s Degree programs to an online environment, in consultation with faculty at the top 200 universities in the U.S.* Hired, onboarded, and trained new Course Development staff and provided ongoing professional development and support to team. * Managed course development component within large, complex initiatives involving development, recruiting, marketing, student support services, course delivery, retention, and ongoing program improvement. * Collaborated with management team to plan staffing of instructional designers for over 1,400 courses per year on a rolling basis. * Continuously learned new technology platforms and tools (multiple LMSs and third party tools) for development of high quality, engaging, interactive learning experiences.

Provided research-based curriculum and instructional design guidance for multimedia producers of a K-6 online education resource; wrote, edited, and reviewed language arts, ESOL, science, and math scripts, specs, and online activities; contributed to long-range development plans that meet education market demands.

Consulting work included: Chicago New Teacher Center: K-12 Induction years teacher Coach; K-6 textbook and standardized test editor; pre-K-6 substitute teacher (Forest Park Public Schools); 9-12 grade English and Humanities teacher (Proviso High School District); tutor.

Developed and delivered training for Program Managers and provided training to Instructors for a Chicago-based Supplementary Educational Services provider.

* Served as founding Instructional Leader for ELA/Humanities and Science Departments at a new, charter high school on the South Side of Chicago.* Coached and supervised staff; provided individual and departmental professional development; evaluated teachers; built professional team and departmental culture.* Developed interim assessments and coordinated other building-wide and departmental assessments.* Led numerous school-wide initiatives, including literacy initiative, nonfiction reading and writing across the curriculum, and advancement of inquiry teaching and learning.* Provided school-wide and network-wide professional development in curriculum, assessment, and reading and writing strategies* Taught and co-taught English, literacy, social studies, and biology as needed.

Served as a contract member of the curriculum writing team for Proof of Concept of Teacher materials to accompany the newly developed Electric Company educational television program.

* Served as a manager in the Editorial Department of a K-12 book development company, and worked toward continuous development of department resources to build more efficient and effective performance.* Managed development of multi-component high school literature series, K-5 reading programs, Grades 1-6 ELL products, and test preparation books for major publishers, including Hampton-Brown, Glencoe, Houghton Mifflin, and Scott Foresman.* Served as content and educational technology expert in the company's efforts to expand its technology-based/online product services.

* Developed concept, content and design of new, research-based language arts software for grades 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12.* Scoped and developed plan for new science product line, including defining specs. of new products to develop.* Developed plan for new vocabulary product for grades 1-6.* Reviewed and made recommendations for improvements in entire K-12 Orchard product line (96 language arts and science programs).* Provided technology support and served as branch office network administrator.

* Co-developed concept and content coverage for The Zula Patrol, a pre-K-2, animated, educational television program, currently airing nationally on PBS, NBC, Telemundo, ion, and qubo.* Defined and wrote The Zula Patrol Education Plan for television and ancillary components.* Defined scope and sequence of 52 developmentally-appropriate television series topics, based on National Science Education Standards.* Served as science and education subject matter expert as part of development team, which included producers, script writers, and creative staff.* Co-developed museum exhibit concept and content.* Designed concept for interactive DVDs and wrote numerous scripts for animated educational content.

* Contract position* Worked with school principal and staff to develop systemic educational technology plans in a school attended primarily by refugee children.* Taught computer use and integrated technology-assisted learning into curriculum for all students in all subject areas in pre-K through grade 5 school.* Provided technical training and professional development in technology integration for all teachers.

* Collaborated with education and astronomy colleagues and other non-profit institutions to build Education Department and deliver formal educational programs, inside and outside the museum, to the public, teachers, and school children.*Supervised Formal Education staff, including Educators, Assistant Educators, and Registrar, in the development and delivery of programs delivered through published materials, live facilitation, and technology.* Developed teacher professional development programs and curriculum guides for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12.* Developed and taught graduate level teacher professional development programs as a Cooperating Academic Partner with Aurora University.* Developed and maintained partnerships with other museums and City of Chicago initiatives.* Wrote numerous, funded grants for NASA and NSF education and public outreach projects.

Served as education/teacher professional development expert during development of Essential Science, a science education professional development video and online series.

Taught English as a Second Language (ESL) to adult learners from a variety of language and cultural backgrounds.

* Worked collaboratively with partners, schools, districts, intermediate agencies, and state agencies throughout the north central region and the country to assist educators in the integration of technologies to improve K-16 student learning.* Served as instrument development manager and co-developer of a comprehensive teaching and learning with technology print and Web-based evaluation suite to be used nationwide.* Co-coordinated and co-developed Tech Check Illinois, a statewide initiative to measure progress toward effective integration of learning technologies in K-12 schools. Work included developing measurement instruments, providing professional development to novice evaluators across the state in the process of managing a school district evaluation project, using the instruments to collect quantitative and qualitative data, analyzing and interpreting data collected, formally reporting results to stakeholders and making data-based recommendations for districts' next steps.

* Planned and supervised company-wide initiative toward Whole Product Solution strategies. * Worked with clients to customize plans and create supporting materials for successful design, integration, implementation, and evaluation of combined live and multimedia training systems.

* Incorporated field research and client training objectives into interactive, multimedia simulations using proprietary software developed by the Institute for the Learning Sciences at Northwestern University.* Supervised content teams.* Acted as liaison between content team and programmers.* Managed timelines and alpha and beta testing.

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