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• Provide expertise for creating accessible digital content (Sections 504 and 508) through the California Community Colleges Accessibility Center for 116 community colleges (1.8 million students and 85,000 faculty and staff) for the California Community Colleges system (the largest higher education system in the nation) • Remediate digital content, including Word documents, PowerPoint spreadsheets and PDF files.• Evaluate and provide accessible solutions – audits, reporting, developing solutions, and testing.• Collaborate with and educate team members, faculty, and staff to create accessible experiences for students and colleagues.• Create training materials, conduct training courses, and mentor peers to achieve accessibility goals.• Provide virtual training for groups as large as 150 people.

• Lead and manage the accessibility consulting for Aetna Shop, Buy, and Enroll project teams.• Advise Product, Design and Engineering teams (iOS, Android and Web) to best accessibility practices and accessibility related decisions.• Collaborate with people with disabilities to learn how to remove barriers within our products.• Conduct usability studies involving people with disabilities to establish benchmarks and identify KPIs to improve products over time.• Ensure that every feature delivered through the design organization encapsulates all the information needed to build an accessible experience by acting as a coach for UX UI Designers, Design Systems, UX Research, Engineering and Product.• Research best practices & patterns, perform competitive evaluations, build concrete solutions to problems to ensure customer satisfaction.• Collaborate with internal and external teams to identify strategies and implement accessible solutions.• Establish and implement enterprise guidelines, best practices, and standards related to designing and maintaining our digital applications.• Assist in development of educational elements, focused on design needs for Content, UX / UI and Product.• Contribute to process refinement and provide a11y perspectives in design thinking.

• Manage learning design and accessibility projects for multiple, fast-moving university and corporate courses.• Create a trigger process for workflow that has improved on-time delivery of work.• Conduct needs analyses for projects.• Create accessible frameworks, learning paths, and blueprints for clients.• Assess curriculum needs and determine instructional goals.• Ensure the alignment of learning objectives, instructional strategies, and assessments. • Implement best learning design techniques using adult learning principles.• Apply innovative strategies to course design using Universal and Backward Design principles.• Design engaging and interactive learning experiences.• Train colleagues in digital accessibility.• Assure the accessibility and quality of courses for university and corporate clients.• Develop and conduct corporate wide accessibility training.• Perform accessibility audits for the company website and help desk.

• Tools used: Adobe Products, Any Flip; Articulate Storyline; Camtasia; Explain Everything; GoAnimate; Google Products; LMS: Moodle, Blackboard, Haiku, Canvas; Lucid Chart; Media Site; Microsoft Products: Word, PowerPoint, Excel; Movie Maker; PowToons, Webex; Zoom.• Conduct needs analysis for accessibility program.• Assist faculty in developing accessible online courses.• Develop accessibility curriculum for faculty and staff members.• Host accessibility accessible course design training webinars.• Design, deliver, and manage a digital accessibility program using the ADDIE model.• Design and develop organizational training materials and videos for faculty and staff (for online, face-to-face, and video training modules).• Coach faculty regarding digital accessibility, remediation of documents, and universal design.• Administrate and design remote instruction using Blackboard Collaborate.• Develop opportunities to connect Web Design students with accessibility tools.• Develop Online Readiness Course for students considering online courses.• Establish and implement a five-year plan for digital accessibility.• Create and implement an evaluation procedure for measuring effectiveness of initiative.• Assure legal compliance.• Create a Usability/Accessibility team for accessibility assessment. • Administrator of the College’s Blackboard Ally accessibility tool on the Learning Management System.• Assist in interviewing and hiring of new technology and disability services personnel.

• Developed and designed math, English, and College Transfer Success curriculum• Designed and developed the curriculum for Math 010, 020, 030, 040, 050, English, and College Transfer Success courses• Taught online, hybrid, and face-to-face, Math 010, 020, 030, 040, and 050, English, and College Transfer Success courses• Monitored instruction for learning outcomes and revised curriculum based on results• Developed the curriculum and designed an online math course for Lexington City Schools• Utilized Moodle Learning Management System to teach online courses• Lead professional development for College instructors to teach the implementation of contextualized lessons• Assisted students with special needs

• Assisted faculty members in developing curriculum across multiple grade levels• Worked to continuously improve curriculum using desired 21st century skills and Bloom’s taxonomy• Monitored instruction for learning outcomes• Communicated faculty performance expectations, evaluated faculty performance, and provided suggestions for improvement • Conducted professional development for faculty and staff• Organized large events and presentations school-wide and community-wide• Managed faculty and student disciplinary issues • Planned and coordinated orientation for both new faculty and new students • Assisted Admissions with the recruitment and retention of students, including the organization of admissions events • Managed and monitored Middle School budget and faculty expenditures

• Developed the K-12 French and Spanish curriculum• Taught French, Spanish, and math• Conducted professional development for faculty and staff

• Developed the curriculum for and taught: Database Design, Introduction to Computers, and Operating System Design

• Designed the computer facility for the Regulatory Services department• Selected and purchased equipment and trained all employees in the department• Performed financial analysis for potential corporate acquisitions• Assisted with analysis and documentation for rate increases