Work Samples

ADULT LEARNING

Adult Learning Philosophy:

  1. Identify the problem:

    • Ask questions

    • Challenge assumptions

  2. Target the audience:

    • Establish the "why"

    • Create context, relate to experiences

  3. Encourage implementation:

    • Relevant application

    • Support resources

  4. Evaluate Outcomes:

    • Measurable growth

    • Iterate for effectiveness

Professional Learning Plan

Dallas ISD PL Plan

  1. Identify the problem: The account executive wanted a document that clearly outlined a customized training plan for one of his school districts.

  2. Target the audience: Encourage existing users 'Teachers' to use the solutions, different levels of experience, and competing external initiatives

  3. Encourage implementation: Supported "work time", recorded sessions, and knowledge base resources

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Usage data, task completion, training retrospectives, evaluation surveys

This highlights my ability to:

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues

  • Learn new presentations tools

  • Produce effective professional development plans

  • Create aesthetically pleasing content from an outline

Action Item Checklist

  1. Identify the problem: After our "Total Solution" training, some teachers identified feeling overwhelmed and it was decided that a checklist of action items would be helpful.

  2. Target the audience: Existing users 'Teachers' needed clear directions on how to get started

  3. Encourage implementation: Supported "work time" during the training to work on their task list, follow up support from customer success

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Usage data, task completion, evaluation surveys

This highlights my ability to:

  • Iterate based on customer feedback

  • Condense complex tasks into manageable checklists

  • Provide "on brand" job aids that promote implementation

Total Solution One Page CTA.pdf

Sample lesson videos for teachers, when COVID 19 shut down schools

(This is a short clip)

  1. Identify the problem: Teachers wanted to see what it "looked" like to conduct eLearning with our solutions. They were familiar with classroom use but were struggling with synchronous and asynchronous learning.

  2. Target the audience: We were providing a framework for possibilities. Classroom content can be modified for online use.

  3. Encourage implementation: Teachers were encouraged to adapt the material to meet their needs. Each class of students responds uniquely.

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Usage data, experiential data, customer stories, teacher surveys

This highlights my ability to:

  • Produce effective learning experiences with minimal guidance

  • Conduct asynchronous learning sessions

  • Learn new presentation tools

  • Work within a tight turnaround time

Total Solution Proposal

Total Solution Proposal.pdf

  1. Identify the problem: "Total Solution" training needed an update because we had 3 new solutions to add.

  2. Target the audience: Members of leadership, focus on what is possible and how will it be carried out

  3. Encourage implementation: Proposal addressed pain points for customers and educational consultants, also outlined follow up webinars to target specific needs

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Usage data, task completion, evaluation surveys

This highlights my ability to:

  • Present to leadership

  • Design a program to address pain points for multiple audiences

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues

  • Speak from a place of honesty

Senior Project Curriculum

  1. Identify the problem: The school district needed a curriculum for a required culminating activity for Seniors.

  2. Target the audience: Teachers would mentor seniors through this activity.

  3. Encourage implementation: Monthly support meetings, open office hours for specific trouble shooting

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Teacher, parent, student surveys, community feedback and Senior Project retrospectives

This project involved many hours of creative thinking and even more organization and planning.

We had several hundred students that would present their projects over 3 days.

This spreadsheet is one example of the level of organization and detail-oriented thinking that this project required.


Example Website Senior Project Presentation
Senior Project Staff Presentation

We created presentations for:

  • Senior Students

  • Staff

  • Parents

  • Advisors (Supervising teachers)

These presentations had to be:

  • clear,

  • concise, and

  • engaging

Even though we developed content specific to the audience, these principles remained the same.

This highlights my ability to:

  • Develop content from scratch

  • Manage a project from start to finish

  • Work collaboratively with students, parents, colleagues, and support staff

  • Think creatively

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Presenting at conferences is one of my favorite things to do. Sharing information to make a participant's life easier is especially rewarding. I've presented at:

  • Christa McAuliffe (4 times)

  • New Hampshire Society for Technology in Education

  • Closing the Gap (2 times)

  • Mashantucket Pequot Museum Autism Education Conference

  • University of Dayton (Special Education Student Teachers)

  • Ӓdelbrook Behavioral and Developmental Service

  • CODiE Awards (2 times)

Utilizing Google Tools to Implement Senior Project Curriculum

  1. Identify the problem: We had successfully implemented a new curriculum and wanted to show others how we did this and they could to!

  2. Target the audience: Teachers and administration interested in implementing something new at their school.

  3. Encourage implementation: Resource material for using google tools, website access explaining exactly what we did with the tools to be successful.

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Teacher and administrative feedback and presentation survey

This highlights my ability to:

  • Present to an audience of my peers

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues

  • Build a program that meets stakeholders' needs

Set for L.I.F.E. (Learn, Interact, Function, Engage)

  1. Identify the problem: The Life Skills students (special education) struggled with learning, social interactions, job skills, and leisure activities. We successfully utilized iPads to address these areas for our students.

  2. Target the audience: Teachers and Technology Specialists who were interested in bringing these types of support to their students.

  3. Encourage implementation: Job aids, specific applications for the iPads, checklists, and resources for obtaining funding for this technology

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Evaluation surveys, email follow-ups with participants

This highlights my ability to:

  • Present to an audience of my peers

  • Work collaboratively with colleagues

  • Use technology to solve problems

Google Tools in the Classroom

NHSTE 2015_ It’s Not Just for Checking Email_ Make.pptx

This highlights my ability to:

  • Present to an audience of my peers

  • Create engaging, interactive presentations

  • Think outside the box when utilizing tools

  1. Identify the problem: There are an unlimited number of ways to use google tools creatively in the classroom. They can be great learning tools that save time and increase teacher effectiveness but are also fun, engaging, and inspiring.

  2. Target the audience: Teachers and Technology Specialists who were interested in bringing these types of support to their students.

  3. Encourage implementation: Presentation materials made available, resources for follow up including webinars and workshops utilizing google tools

  4. Evaluate Outcomes: Evaluation surveys, email follow-ups with teachers and technology specialists

SPECIAL EDUCATION

My roles as a Academic Support teacher and Life Skills teacher required me to interpret data, implement programs while monitoring progress, manage multiple stakeholders and subject matter experts, target needs and design individualized solutions, and explain complex concepts to be easily understood. Each student was a "project" in themselves.

Inclusion was a fundamental part of our Life Skills program. We made it a point to access the community whenever we could. We went to The Palace Theater to see plays, the grocery store for shopping and running a school "breakfast shop", yearly apple picking, and local sports arenas.

Light It Up Blue

I collaborated to bring to Bedford HS its annual Light It Up Blue day, a Life Skill's (peer buddy) Bulldog Club, coached the Unified Sports Basketball team and created a book club for teachers to learn about Students with Disabilities.

My Goal: Bring awareness to social interactions between students with and without disabilities. Provide opportunities for interactions to occur, break down barriers preventing authentic interactions, and empower all students to soar.

My Strategy: Activities aimed at open conversation, inclusion, and acceptance.

If there is something specific you are interested in that I have not posted, please let me know!