Noah Bickford Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

Washington Dc

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Provides system administration support for the university's learning management system, and consults with faculty on best practices and effective uses of instructional technology in their courses. Designs training programs directed at faculty and staff, or those who use the university's technology services. Supports the instructional, research, and other mission-related computing activities of faculty and staff, their learning management needs, and the instructional and other business application training needs of the entire campus community.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Advises faculty and staff on technology needs and integrating media education into general pedagogy; including leading 6 podcasting workshops every year.- Manage enterprise software (WebCheckout), and work with university and vendor stakeholders to oversee functionality.- Serves as a member of the organizing committee for the Instruction Forum - a space to share best instruction practice, introduce staff to learning technologies, and support professional development.- Drives the development of the annual needs assessment and programmatic professional development offerings, as member of the Continuing Education Steering Committee.- Uses Tableau and Google Data Studio to track and analyze equipment and resource usage data.- Uses data analysis to drive decision-making around technology acquisition and staffing scheduling.- Manages recruitment and training for 15 student staff members, and provides daily supervision for customer service and equipment management.- Develops and delivers professional development training for student and full time staff members.- Participates in inter-departmental collaboration with internal and external university departments.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

- Coordinated and delivered IT onboarding training for new American Petroluem Institute employees.- Managed and reported on $700K departmental budget to CIO and VP, Admin and Finance.- Cultivated vendor relationships with 20+ external vendors providing operations support.

Austin, Tx

- Created and delivered 16 training opportunities per year for adult volunteers and educators, through online webinars and in-person training sessions.- Managed local and regional tournaments for up to 2,000 participants in collaboration with internal and third-party resources.- Executed target communications to educate and inform diverse audiences, which ensured 95% participation from program participants and a 10% increase in funder involvement.- Recruited and coordinated 600+ volunteers for events throughout the season, September to March. - Created and maintained event databases: inputting and confirming registrations, participant contact and billing information and producing post-event data as needed, streamlining the billing and communications processes.

- Successfully trained, coached and oversaw all functions of the direct service staff to guarantee a quality visitor experience on a daily basis. Senior leadership praised this accomplishment.- Improved staff retention rate and job satisfactionthrough trainings and evaluations.- Supervised 100+ staff responsible for science education, customer service, and museum admissions and store operations. - Oversaw recruitment and training of direct service staff, delivering materials to improve floor performance and more effectively meet science and technology educational goals.- Acted as a liaison for floor and administrative staff. Reported on a weekly basis to the Experience Department and monthly to the staff on changes, challenges, and accomplishments of the direct service staff.

- Provided coaching and assesment to a diverse team of 15 assistant teachers, and worked to draft and implement strategic planning, for the Technology Education program.- Partnered and coordinated with schoolteachers and after-school providers to plan classes, monitor student behavior and success, and assist with delivering STEAM lessons in the classroom.- Delivered staff trainings on curriculum content and classroom instruction, increasing staff effectiveness in delivering inquiry-based and project-based learning.

Led a teaching team to provide an exciting, week-long experience in a variety of STEAM topics for children in 3rd through 5th grade.

- Provided a friendly and engaging museum experience to visitors.- Led visitor programs such as Storytime and STEM activities.- Guided school tour groups through the museum in an entertaining and educational manner.

Assisted the lead teacher in managing week-long STEM summer camps for 35 children, including daily field trips and activities.Delivered science content in an engaging and fun way in order to expand children's understanding of the world.

- Planned and coordinated a competition for Film Festival attendees to practice pitching their ideas to panels of industry professionals.

Implemented literacy curriculum and developed lessons for 20 bilingual kindergarten students.Participated as a member of a 15-person team of tutors.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Educational Technology Leadership

Bachelor Of Arts, Anthropology And English, 3.89

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Society, OASIS - Organization for Anthropology and Sociology Interested.