Experience

Quality of Life Plus Program (QL+)

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Program Manager

  • Jun 2022 - Present

  • Client support: identify potential Challengers (veterans and others who have served our country with injuries that present challenges related to improving quality of life), work with Challengers through project vetting and university team assignment, coordinate travel for Challengers to meet with student teams as/when necessary •Project and university support: work with faculty advisors and students to understand assigned projects; assist students with material and equipment purchases; attend all project presentations (preliminary, conceptual, critical design, manufacturing, testing, and others) and provide feedback as requested by students, advisors, and universities; collect metrics regarding projects • Program awareness/Communications: provide input to communications team for QL+ website, press releases, and social media; present to various groups and conferences to raise awareness of QL+ and recruit Challengers • Budget management: monitor university partner and student team budgets to determine variance and recommend adjustments as necessary; assist with project material procurement to ensure partners stay within budget • Fundraising and partnership development: identify and engage potential donors and sponsors and assist with QL+ fundraisers • Project documentation: complete/update necessary forms and agreements required by universities; submit monthly reports, pictures, documents, videos to Program Director Show less



Colorado State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Instructor | Curriculum & Training Specialist

  • Aug 2012 - Jun 2022

  • Designed, implemented, and evaluated the common curriculum used by instructors of college composition classes (used in over 30 classes each semester)• Designed and implemented training for first and second-year graduate teaching assistants as instructors of record (worked with 20-30 graduate teaching assistants each year)• Individually mentored 4 -5 graduate teaching assistants each year through bi-weekly meetings • Developed and presented course material related to effective communication based on rhetorical writing strategies• Delivered instructional material in face-to-face, synchronous online, and asynchronous online formats• Edited two course readers used in over 100 college composition classes Show less

• New Instructor Mentor

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2021

  • Mentored new English department instructors through department policies and expectations• Facilitated new instructor goal setting to meet department requirements• Met one-on-one with one new instructor a year

• Summer Community Sustainability Workshop Co-founder/Instructor/Project Manager

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2020

  • Designed and implemented a 6-credit experiential learning course that combined sustainability, communication, project management, and career skills for incoming first-generation college students• Partnered with over 15 community organizations for real-life student projects related to community sustainability issues• Coordinated and guided students through project management for sustainability projects

• CSU Visiting Instructor in Vietnam

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2016

  • Represented CSU and the CSU English Department as part of a teacher exchange with Vietnam National University of Forestry. • Developed and presented course material for an intermediate college composition class and an upper-division writing workshop for English Language Learners • Two of my students were chosen for competitive study abroad opportunities in the US, partly based on the work they completed in my class.



ETS

• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Language Exam Rater

  • Sep 2014 - May 2022

  Score the speaking portions TOEIC (Test of English as International Communication) through an online interface.

• AP English Language and Literature Exam Rater

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2021



Lincoln Intermediate Unit 12 Franklin County Literacy Council

• Program Assistant

  • Sep 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Matched tutors with adult learners to improve their literacy skills• Used standardized tests to evaluate adult learner literacy levels

• English Instructor/Tutor

  • Aug 2010 - Jun 2012

  • Designed and implemented an ESL course for adult learners at a variety of English literacy levels. • Awarded $20,000 grant for 8 week health literacy program



Brytania School of English

• Subcarpathian District, Debica County, Poland

• English Instructor

  • Aug 2008 - Jul 2010

  As a native speaker of English, I presented and developed course material for intermediate through proficient learners of English (teenage and adult students). I also facilitated weekly "Discussion Club" meetings for intermediate and advanced level learners. As a native speaker of English, I presented and developed course material for intermediate through proficient learners of English (teenage and adult students). I also facilitated weekly "Discussion Club" meetings for intermediate and advanced level learners.