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United States

-Oversee the design and revision of online courses for partner universities. -Set development standards, which ensure online courses—are organized effectively and align learning objectives with assessment, practice, and instruction.—promote interaction, social presence, and community among students and between students/faculty.—incorporate authentic learning assignments and assessments that encourage critical thinking skills and self-directed learning.—are highly interactive and academically rigorous. -Assist faculty with design and redesign of courses for online delivery, including the story-boarding of interactive learning objects. -Serve as the primary point of contact between program leadership at the university partner and the Keypath course development team.-Ensure courses are designed on time, on budget, and according to specifics.-Develop faculty training and Student Orientation materials.-Oversee the process of continual improvement for partner programs.-Provide leadership, instructional design advice, and coaching to other instructional designers, faculty, and web developers. -Support the business units in the escalation and proactive resolution of course development issues.-Assist the Director of Instructional Design in the realizing of course development initiatives. -Support new program launches and attend Partner Course Development Workshops, as needed.-Assist in the creation and maintenance of materials for the Course Development Workshop.-Oversee the work of a small team of Instructional Designers.

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

-Utilize various formal and informal methods to monitor performance and provide timely feedback/coaching on the quality of consultation experiences, collaborative work opportunities, and cross-functional interactions.-Collaborate with the Instructional Design Management team to discuss topics relevant to performance and provide tools to promote performance improvement.-Assist in the research, development, implementation and alignment of department-wide initiatives and special projects.-Partner with the Director of Instructional Design and Course Development Leadership team to create department-wide training, policies and procedures documentation.-Provided mentoring and training for the Associate Instructional Design team.-Organize and co-lead Internship opportunities within Course Development.-Manage and lead onboarding processes of new employees within Course Development.-Oversee Course Development initiatives and processes in the area of ADA (A11y) Guidelines.-Assist with process creation and implementation of the Lead-In-Training program.

Elk Grove Village, Illinois

-Academic Partners--Manages assigned relationships for instructional design needs and across functional departments.--Develops and maintains consistent course models, standards, multimedia guidelines, and templates.--Works with AP's in creating cross-functional processes for various needs.--Interfaces directly to set initiatives, escalate faculty-related course development issues, and proactively address partner needs.--Mediates when courses are upgraded unexpectedly from Revision to Revamp.--Assists with accreditation and curriculum planning/development initiatives.--Researches, implements, and leads emerging technology initiatives.-University Instructional Design Teams/Course Development Team--Leads teams in the development of new, revision, and revamp courses according to a common set of university standards and partner needs.--Runs team meetings on partner course development initiatives.--Handles escalations.--Confirms faculty assignments and introduces Pearson Embanet Instructional Designers in course kick-off calls.--Works with Project Managers to confirm schedules, timelines, Wrike, and ID status reports.--Co-leads team on development and implementation of Course Development Initiatives.--Assisting with development and launch of the Course Development Mentor Program.-Cross-Functional Team/Business Units--Works with Enrollment Advisors, Student Support Services, and the Help Desk to participate in and lead projects with the goal of assisting in continuing the positive relationship with AP's.--Leads course hand-off meetings with the Student Support Services and Help Desk teams, ensuring that appropriate documentation and training has been provided to support courses.

Schaumburg, Illinois

-Designed and developed online masters programs for multiple universities.-Conceptualized and storyboarded instructionally sound, interactive, engaging web-based course components into learning management systems.-Responsible for the development and revision of curricular products for Embanet Knowledge Partners.-Worked directly with Subject Matter Experts.-Worked as an integral part of a collaborative instructional development team responsible for the assessment, design, development, and evaluation of online courses.

Chicago, Illinois

-Delivered Kaplan Higher Education Curriculum programs.-Interacted with Senior Instructional Designers, Program Directors, and Subject Matter Experts to appropriately create and document curriculum assets.-Conducted initial research on required programs.-Managed course development projects.-Created and edited curriculum documents.

Farmington Hills, Michigan

-Co-organized and implemented new strategies for fourth grade curriculum;-Taught multiple subjects to fourth graders; worked one-on-one with resource room and school counselor to create and implement individualized student curriculum for students at all levels. -Implemented new strategies for the middle school social studies program;-Taught social studies to middle school students

Teaching Certification, Elementary And Middle School (Social Studies)

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Curriculum And Teaching

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Social Relations