Ryan De La Garza Email & Phone Number

San Antonio, Tx, Us

Remote

Key Accomplishments:Virginia Math Adoption Lead: Led the content creation for the Virginia Math Adoption, completing the project 25% faster than typical timelines for similar initiatives. Delivered a high-quality product that achieved a 100% adoption rate. Coordinated cross-functional teams to meet all deliverables, ensuring compliance with state requirements and supporting back-to-school '24 sales initiatives.Developed standardized processes and procedures for state adoption initiatives, now implemented company-wide, to ensure consistency, efficiency, and alignment with state requirements in future projects.AI Tools Advisory: Advised AI development teams on content-related aspects of internal and external tools, including the Practice Generator, Lesson Clipper, Auto-feedback, Lesson Generator, and The Cheatsheet Podcast. Increased Lesson Generator’s output quality by 30%, driving greater adoption and efficiency.Spearheaded the development of The Cheatsheet Podcast, which became a standard feature across all curriculum products, enhancing the value offered to educators and families.Efficiency Innovation: Developed a narrative generation model that streamlined content creation across 96 units (VA K-HS), saving 144 hours of contractual work and achieving $4,464 in cost savings for the company.

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* Led a team of 8 employees in achieving 4 internal promotions in 1 year through personal growth and career development initiatives.* Developed and implemented our interview process and new hire training program reducing onboarding and training time from 6 to 4 weeks.* Designed a scalable learning strategy that boosted effectiveness and employee engagement and, in 2 months, enabled our team to raise our pitch approval rate by 50%.* Built strong relationships with cross-functional team leaders to align product strategy with business priorities and ensure an inclusive approach to K-5 education.* Leveraged data from internal surveys to adjust communication and managerial practices and improve our employee satisfaction rate from 60% to 95% in 8 months

San Antonio, Texas, United States

* Initiated and led weekly meetings to disseminate updates on events and organizational performance, gather input on challenges, and ensure effective communication with leadership.* Established a weekly set of exercises for improving creativity that, in 4 months, lead to a 20% increase in the number of ideas generated for digital lessons.* Pioneered our department's lesson development program by streamlining our planning process, making it more transparent, and including cross-functional team members.

* Managed complex projects to achieve organizational objectives, and leveraged technology to improve customer experience.* Partnered with cross-functional teams to revise product ideas and formats which, in 2 months, allowed the time for digital translation to be reduced by as much as 60%.

San Antonio, Texas Area

* Sourced, assessed, compiled, and designed learning programs for a selection of digital resources increasing the usage of digital tools by 20% in 1 year.* Coached teams of educators, providing actionable recommendations to elevate their teaching practices in order to reach individual goals and KPIs set by their campus.

San Antonio, Texas Area

* Facilitated training sessions on campus for teams to begin using EDPuzzle as a method of reengaging students who did not pass unit assessments.* Incorporated technology to engage students and implemented self-paced lessons to differentiate learning.

Houston, Texas Area

I implemented comprehensive teaching strategies to tailor curriculum for all students, with special focus on gifted students through a real-world application-oriented approach. I developed a paperless digital curriculum for struggling learners using iPads, led a team in a "Paperless Classroom" pilot program, and served as an integration specialist for a Flipped Classroom pilot program. I also participated in a district-wide Google Classroom pilot program to further student collaboration and performance tracking.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Secondary Education And Teaching

source: www.depts.ttu.edu/education

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