Susan Victoria Watson, M. A. Email & Phone Number

Paramus, New Jersey

Provide consultation in instructional innovation design, implementation and evaluation processes, skills assessment including: *the use of standardized patients/clients, *self-paced learning programs, *adaptive learning models, *problem-based/problem-focused learning, *team learning, *competency and mastery programs; *collaborative teaching/learning;I specialize in fostering a formative learning culture where skills are constantly revisited and developed with… Show more Provide consultation in instructional innovation design, implementation and evaluation processes, skills assessment including: *the use of standardized patients/clients, *self-paced learning programs, *adaptive learning models, *problem-based/problem-focused learning, *team learning, *competency and mastery programs; *collaborative teaching/learning;I specialize in fostering a formative learning culture where skills are constantly revisited and developed with solid benchmarks and learning strategies.INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN: To include needs assessment, delineation of objectives, selection of a best-fit instructional strategy, and the design of both formative and summative evaluation strategies.STRATEGIC PLANNING: Organizational planning, assessment of internal strengths and weaknesses, as well as external threats and opportunities. Implementation of participatory planning and formative assessment. Development of strategy for robust summative evaluation.TEAM DEVELOPMENT: I'm skilled at introducing experiential learning - taking your team out of the classroom and into the field. I work with your team on transition of conflict – from interpersonal to conceptual conflict. "let’s grapple with ideas and challenge each other and leave interpersonal squabbling out of it"Self-assessment of decision making – learn to break down problem solving to identify assumptions, evidence, pattern recognition, outcome.Team reliance – how to delegate, how to accept a task, how to ask for help, how to offer help.Team leadership and team member engagement. Clients have included:People’s Republic of China Ministry of Education/Public Health University of Witwatersrand, South AfricaKaltenback and Voigt, Leutkirch, GermanyThe Sophic B. Davis School of Medicine, CUNYNew York Medical CollegeWeMove: Education and Awareness for Movement DisordersStarbucks Corporation Show less

Multi-unit trainer for product expertise and customer discovery. Top performer and coach in company KPIs. Nationally ranked seller. Deployment team for concept store training and implementation.

The Mall At Short Hills

Responsible for the design and implementation of a centralized comprehensive curriculum and programmatic evaluation process including web-based evaluation data collection, qualitative data collection (focus groups, participant observation), and data presentation (reports, professional meetings). Consulted on educational research protocols, produced accreditation progress reports on curriculum issues, prepared presentation materials for Senior Associate Deans. Developed budgets and monitored… Show more Responsible for the design and implementation of a centralized comprehensive curriculum and programmatic evaluation process including web-based evaluation data collection, qualitative data collection (focus groups, participant observation), and data presentation (reports, professional meetings). Consulted on educational research protocols, produced accreditation progress reports on curriculum issues, prepared presentation materials for Senior Associate Deans. Developed budgets and monitored expenditures. Show less

Directed a unit responsible for evaluating the educational programs of the medical school , including the MD curriculum, graduate training and special programs. Introduced and provided support to faculty in the documentation of teaching/Educator's Portfolio. Offered various workshops on Assessing Learners, Teaching by Objectives, Providing Feedback. Provided consultation to various units of the medical school on processes to support formative as well as long range outcomes assessment;… Show more Directed a unit responsible for evaluating the educational programs of the medical school , including the MD curriculum, graduate training and special programs. Introduced and provided support to faculty in the documentation of teaching/Educator's Portfolio. Offered various workshops on Assessing Learners, Teaching by Objectives, Providing Feedback. Provided consultation to various units of the medical school on processes to support formative as well as long range outcomes assessment; survey design, data collection and summary. Provided grant support on educational initiatives including evaluation approaches, including budget development. Facilitated the development of and designed an evaluation program for an inter-institutional Masters of Public Health program partnering with Rutgers Newark, New Jersey Institute of Technology and New Jersey Medical School. Show less

Directed a Center designed to provide support to faculty/administration in the areas of curriculum and institutional innovation. Performed needs assessment, developed instructional design and programmatic planning teams, facilitated team process, performed programmatic evaluation. Designed and implemented a long-range outcomes assessment program. Supervised an instructional design staff. Developed/monitored budgets. Sat on weekly Dean's Committee for Strategic Planning.

Masters, Sociomedical Sciences

The program in Sociomedical Sciences was a unique interdisciplinary graduate program jointly offered by the Graduate School of Arts.

Ba, History And Philosophy Of Science

Activities and Societies: Philosophy Club, Honors College I was an honors student in an award winning History and Philosophy of Science.