Michael is an experienced operations consultant, SalesForce administrator, instructor, and designer with experience in education, nonprofits, training, startups, and marketing. Skilled in web design, content creation, media editing, and graphic design for a variety of industries and nonprofits. Certified Apple and Google Educator.

Assist with the development of online and internal systems and processes. Consult on operations, internal communications, project management, marketing, and website design.

While looking looking to provide graduate credit opportunities for overseas teachers, I decided to create courses with Heritage Online Learning. Teachers may sign up at anytime for a variety of courses including two that I designed: Web 2.0: Powering up with the latest technology or Going visual: Spice up your curriculum with video production

EducationInternational school teacher (Asia region) teaching coding, web design, and social science. Technology coach assisting students and adults with technology integration and the curriculum.Training and Instructional DesignArchitect and build instructional training curriculum to support training objectives. Full package solutions include lesson development, voice-overs, videos, assignments, and platform generation.Technical Writer and EditorDocument and communicate company systems and processes. Communicate and break down complex information into digestible and relatable prose. Develop and articulate subject matter content.Media and Graphic Design Content CreatorWork independently or alongside business professionals to develop content that communicates and tells a story. Deliverables include audio, video, graphics, text, copywriting, and imagery. Small Business ConsultantAssist small business startups to come online and improve systems and processes. Consult on operations, internal communications, project management, marketing, and website design.

This position is an opportunity to fulfill an exciting mission to: "Recognize Educational Leaders and Share Their Knowledge. " My role is to take the lead in developing the 21clRadio.com and blogging platform to share the stories and knowledge of excellent educational leaders in international schools. In addition, I am will be developing the 21CL online course platform. Educators will soon be able to choose from a variety of university accredited courses taught by university instructors and peers.We are actively recruiting online instructors at this very moment.

A Technology Coach at Concordia is charged with designing and implementing opportunities and systems to enhance the use of technology in the curriculumCurrently plan, create and run professional growth opportunities for teachers and students. Look to assist teachers and students with ideas and resources to implement effective use of technology in the classroom.Continue to seek and develop systems that both ease and increase the use of web, image, collaboration and video in the classroom.Create and deliver presentations and day long workshops on a variety of topics including visual literacy, 1:1 laptop program implementation, technology tools, web development, collaboration and assisting students with unique learning needs.

Innovative Professional Development (IPD) is a community of educators focused on providing high quality, interesting and entertaining professional development to educators, parents and students. IPD facilitates professional development opportunities both in person and online. All online content is free to access.

Having a son with autism in Shanghai required my wife and I to find a creative solution for his education. Lori and I, along with four other founders, started SHINE Academy. Drawing from the best international educational practices, SHINE Academy offers a unique, caring, and valuable instructional program for all children. Because our staff is experienced in facilitating a group of children with varied abilities, each child experiences personalized learning in a team setting.Choosing SHINE for your child’s learning offers enduring benefits.Individualized LearningAll children develop at different rates. Every SHINE learner benefits from an individualized learning program (ILP). This program creates and monitors goals that match your child’s strengths and areas of growth. Communication to parents is provided through a daily communication book, weekly class plan, and parent meetings.Social ConfidenceSocial skill development positively impacts a child’s long-term success. SHINE’s core values program, “The 5 C’s,” emphasize social development with a focus on community, compassion, curiosity, creativity and confidence. Daily practice of “The 5 C’s” with people of all abilities allows children to develop and refine skills that last a lifetime.International Team and StandardsSHINE team members are energetic, reflective individuals who know how to make learning fun. Each learning facilitator has been trained to personalize learning strategies for a wide range of abilities. SHINE follows the US Common Core Curriculum, which is based on rigorous, internationally benchmarked standards that prepare students to be global citizens. This standardized curriculum also helps children with the inevitable transitions that are part of international living.

2005-Present University of Phoenix Online. University Instructor, TrainerResponsibilities:Taught Introduction to Technology, Multi-Cultural Issues and Introduction to World Cultures classes. Interfaced and assisted students via newsgroups, email and phoneAssessed and provided feedback of student generated projects and assignmentsSupervised new faculty via the school’s internship program

Provided editing and writing assistance for documentation in support of Hitachi's enterprise storage solution products. Assisted Hitachi engineers in Japan with English localization of documents. Part time position.

Worked with faculty to enhance and encourage the use of technology in the classroom Taught various seminars to faculty on a variety of topics such as web page design, efficient use of email, discussion technologies, digital portfolios and scheduling software Designed and developed a school-wide website for internal use by students and faculty (http://sparky.kentdenver.org) to allow for both teacher and student created websitesTaught Web Page Design and Introduction to Programming to studentsWorked with the school’s curriculum panel to add an Introduction to Programming class Initiated a trouble ticket systemCreated literature and web-based videos to assist staff with common technology questionsAdvised and led the school’s student-staffed technology teamDeveloped a technology plan for the 2004-2005 school yearDesigned and maintained student grading and comments softwareInvestigated various student management software such as PowerSchool and SASIManaged faculty laptop program

Working in teaching teams, planned, evaluated and created integrated social science lesson plans. Area of concentration included Roman, Greek, and ancient Egyptian civilizations. Managed student generated website and content (www.lcfour.com) thanks to an innovative technology grant.

Middle school teacher, department head, programming teacher.

Taught US History and World Geography to a diverse population from all over Micronesia. Sophomore class sponsor, chair of facilities accreditation committee.