Kaitlin Koehler Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Builds relationships with leaders to proactively coach around and evaluate employee development needs, designs solutions to maximize employee performance, effectively supports change management and communication strategies, and maximizes systems and processes to accelerate employee learning, development, and performance.

Remote

Built a new, dual enrollment program and accompanying training and development curricula to increase access to higher education for underrepresented high school students in Wisconsin. 🏆Nominated and awarded Academic Staff Program Excellence Award (2023) for program development and leadership 🔸Designed and facilitated training and development events, workshops, and materials for 14 staff members and 75+ partners🔸Developed educational materials and coursework using Canvas LMS platform and human-centered design strategies🔸Recruited students and school district partners to participate, doubling program size during tenure and managing the entire recruitment lifecycle🔸 Constructed and implemented assessment and interpreted results to inform training and development needs of staff and future projects that aligned with organizational and department goals.🔸 Presented data analysis and findings to stakeholders and shared actionable recommendations for enhancing program effectiveness, resource allocation, and learning; Managed budget, MOUs, communications and billing for school districts 🔸Collaboratively worked with other campus units (Admissions, Student Billing, Bookstore, Dean of Students, Academic Advising, and IT) to develop effective program policies and guidelines

Remote

Designed first-year seminar course curriculum and instructor training curriculum, building learning modules in Canvas LMS for 20 hybrid and virtual course sections. First-year seminar is a required course for all 600+ students participating in the Rising Phoenix Program.🔸Used adult learning theory, student development theory, and instructional design principles to craft unit themes and learning objectives🔸Developed weekly lesson plans, course learning materials, and assessments for in-person, hybrid and virtual learning environments.

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

🔸Managed and consulted on skill development through design, implementation, and evaluation of learning experiences and materials. 🔸Provided coaching and feedback around instructional strategies and curriculum.

Madison, Wisconsin

Crafted and led a comprehensive learning program for 5,000+ multilingual students and staff, including online training resources, micro credentialing, workshops, courses, and events. 🏆Nominated and awarded Early Career Award (2021) for program development and advocacy🔸Trained campus advisors and faculty on language program policies and how to coach students with global experiences like language skills and study/internships abroad 🔸 Partnered with 12+ academic departments to train instructors on global career development, recruit students to language courses, and build multilingual learning programs. 🔸Managed and executed communications and marketing plan, leveraging social media, website and e-newsletters

Madison, Wisconsin

Facilitated student recruitment for UW-Richland and UW-Rock County, following students through the entire recruitment lifecycle. 🔸Organized and facilitated 30 monthly recruitment events such as college and career planning presentations, fairs, school visits in partnership with 65 high schools in Southwest Wisconsin🔸 Developed culturally responsive and multilingual marketing plan to connect with Spanish-speaking students and promote language learning in higher education🔸Counseled around 400 students per month in college and career planning through individual and small group advising appointments, helping students identify community, campus, and the Universities of Wisconsin resources

Letters & Science Career Services

Coached and facilitated workshops for domestic and international students interested in pursuing a career in the non-profit/education sector or with a global focus. 🔸Designed, instructed, and assessed learning outcomes for five student workshops and created web-based supplementary materials to support student and staff career exploration and development 🔸Created web-based resources for career communities to assist students and professional staff in navigating career exploration and development 🔸Enhanced student career development through individualized, one-on-one advising, with 100% of students strongly agreeing that the advisor was knowledgeable and information

University Of Wisconsin-Madison International Student Services

Graduate assistantship advising 70 international student daily about internships, visa status, academic course load 🔸Managed in-take, issuing and record maintenance of immigration and academic documents for over 4,000 international students 🔸Tracked and evaluated immigration data to ensure compliance with United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Graduate student fellowship managing the planning and operations for a symposium of international education institutions. 🔸Collaborated with 12 international faculty and deans from 9 countries to organize 6 symposium presentations via email, phone and in-person communication 🔸Coordinated symposium logistics involving presentation schedules, faculty and dean registration, room reservations and set-up to ensure quality programming🔸Assessed symposium outcomes by compiling and analyzing output data and qualitative feedback from attendees and presenters

Universidad Pedagógica Nacional De Tlalpan (Mexico City, Mexico)

Awarded a one-year Fulbright grant to teach and develop English curricula in Mexico City. 🔸 Developed an online, interactive English curriculum for students and faculty at public, 25 Mexican universities🔸Assessed learner understanding of English and created educational materials to advance language development

Chicago

Educator, advocate and systems change leader charged with developing and cultivating teachers' leadership skills and mindsets to foster educational equity and excellence🔸Constructed and implemented a strategic plan aligned to teacher development goals for 21 teachers across 19 schools and coached the teachers in developing and implementing curriculum across K-12 grade levels🔸Coached teachers utilizing observation-debrief cycle and led school site operations during summer training institute

Chicago, Il

🔸Completed Illinois Alternative K-12 Foreign Language Teaching Certification🔸Designed and taught K-12 world language as a Spanish teacher for grades 4-8 and 11-12

Chicago Talent Development Charter High School

🔸Built Spanish curriculum, incorporating soft skills and social justice issues 🔸Counseled students to ensure 90% of graduates enroll in post-secondary education 🔸Collaborated with grade-level team to create and execute action plans for students on early warning indicators 🔸Implemented class-wide and individual data tracking to achieve 80% student mastery on unit objectives 🔸Structured a curriculum for a Senior Capstone Project centered around social justice issues

Jospeh Kellman Corporate Community Elementary School

🔸 Surpassed 80% mastery for each grade level on all unit assessments🔸 Developed long-term plans based on Illinois curriculum standards and language proficiency guidelines 🔸Created daily lesson plans based on long-term curricular goals🔸Engineered and executed classroom and individual management systems and procedures

Masters, Global Higher Education

Masters, Education

Ba, Strategic Communication And Spanish