2006-present: INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER & TRAINING FACILITATOR.

Wildfire Wellness Seminars (Minneapolis, MN) partnering with Nutri-Dyn (Maple Plain, MN).

Key competencies and experience: 

 

• Collaborating with SMEs and corporate stakeholders to design and implement a series of deliverable learning products. The primary project objective and outcome: leverage SME content knowledge to develop yearly seminars and supplemental education curriculum and training manuals

• Combining ADDIE, the Gradual Release Model, and adult learning theories to meet the needs of mid-career professionals and integrate information and scientific research from the rapidly growing field of functional and alternative medicine

• Ongoing collaboration with seminar host and partner, Nutrition Dynamics (a large nutritional product distributor and CEU coordinator in Maple Plain, MN) in order to:

  • integrate rapidly growing nutri-ceutical product catalog into strategic clinical training for health professionals

  • develop continuing micro-learning units to deliver to seminar alumni, Nutri-Dyn's larger professional network of functional medicine professionals, and Nutrition Dynamics sales representatives

• Designing seminar presentation materials (Microsoft Power Point, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Suite Products)

• Writing job aids to provide on-demand learning resources for clinical problems

• Assisting and acting as adjunct facilitator for synchronous, instructor-led training

 

 

2014-2016. INSTRUCTOR AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPER. Advanced Placement Human Geography, World Geography, World Civilizations. YEAH Academy (MN).

 

Key competencies and experience (2-3 years):

• Instruction and teaching

• Leading large group facilitation

• Creating scenario-based activities for diverse learners and learning styles

• Managing multiple stakeholder demands and learning standards

• Multimedia curation

• Digital skills training

• Designed and implemented proprietary online curriculum (without textbooks) for two full year courses.

• Adapted standard Advanced Placement curriculum for a blended learning model

• Developed and implemented a flipped classroom, blended-learning model

• LMS management

• Leveraging Google Suite for participant/learner organization, communication, feedback

Note: Each class was also designed to encourage inquiry-based learning, digital literacy, media analysis, social learning activities, and with a further emphasis on Global South history, geography, media, and politics.

2014. PARTICIPANT FIELD LOCATOR: NATIONAL TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION STUDY. Decision Information Resources (TX) for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Key competencies and experience:

• Technical and logistical communication with participants

• Customer service and participant retention

• Evaluation of participant experience

• Rapid technical troubleshooting (computer problems, web-survey bugs) without onsite IT support

• Interpersonal, empathetic, persuasive skills

• Maintaining confidentiality and professionalism in a highly personal, charged area of health research (sexual health, history, and decision-making) when interacting with high-risk youth

 

 

2012-2013: GROUP FACILITATOR AND OPERATIONS ASSISTANT. Project Footsteps (MN).

 

Key competencies and experience:
 

External organizational responsibilities:

• Instructional program design, implementation, training, evaluation, analysis. The educational programs and training included:

• Anti-bullying leadership development

• Racial and ethnic integration

• Student council leadership development

• Diversity training

• EB student empowerment and leadership training

• Leadership and facilitation of multiple day, weekly, weekend, and evening programs. Our partners included: Highview Middle School (MN), Dunwoody College of Technology (MN), The Nobles County Integration Collaborative (MN), and Mason City Middle School (IA).

Internal Responsibilities:

• Leadership of employee training (onboarding and offboarding of seasonal internship team)

• Leading operational logistics (analyzing programmatic costs/benefits, identifying marketing and outreach strategies, designing event logistics and designing event schedules)

• Managing the inventory of office resources: curricular, material, etc.

• Engaging in regular community outreach for program support (donations and volunteers)