Jamilah Spears Email & Phone Number

Abilene, Texas Area

Serve as a change agent for the good of our people, teams, and organization by identifying gaps and generating practical, scalable solutions.Create learning resources, both self-paced and experiential, that promote personal and professional development.Share deep knowledge, integrating facts and feelings with previous understandings and illustrating underlying meanings and principles. Train and reinforce best practices for leading and managing people.

Abilene, Texas Area

Manage and drive DIG’s overall learning and development objectives for home office staff to ensure collaboration and alignment of company objectives. Create, organize, plan, and present various forms of onboarding, orientation, and skills training for employeesPartner with internal staff on the design, creation, delivery, and measurement of innovative learning and performance solutions. Use sound instructional design principles to develop courses for classroom, online and blended or flipped learning formats.

Abilene, Texas Area

Prepare lectures, visual aids, and classroom application activities for introductory speech course (online and face-to-face) Assign grades for speeches based on course rubric, evaluating competencies including delivery and use of supporting material Tutor and provide writing feedback in Cisco College Writing Center

Abilene, Texas Area

Counsel students on CTE (Career and Technical Education) career paths such as in welding, electrical trades, industrial maintenance, aircraft mechanics, and nursing

Abilene, Texas Area

Facilitated the twice-weekly Center Orientation to inform job-seekers on Workforce Solutions services and programsFacilitated workshops in interviewing, goal setting, and overcoming barriers to employmentDeveloped center workshop content, complete with facilitator guides, customer work guides, and visual aids Created learning content using Canva, PowerPoint, and Camtasia screen capture softwareCreated print and digital media for distribution and social media outlets to engage the public and promote servicesOperated within Partner Relations Unit, attending resource fairs, establishing relationships with community partners, and educating the public on resources, services, and programs

Abilene, Texas Area

Taught undergraduate level public speaking course as an instructor of record and graduate teaching assistantPrepared lectures, visual aids, and classroom application activities to supplement student understanding of weekly reading and daily podcast listeningIntegrated new learning through Keynote softwareCommunicated with students about semester schedule, procedures for completing and submitting class workCommunicated through and utilized Canvas functions including Modules, Assignments, Quizzes, etc.Assisted students through one-on-one speech coaching in campus Speaking Center

Master'S Degree, Communication

Activities and Societies: Vice President of Graduate Students' Association; Presenter and panelist for Eastern Communication Association.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication

Activities and Societies: President of Virtuous Sisterhood; Executive Administrator for Students' Association, Member of Lambda Pi Eta