Experience

Glendale Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor

  • Aug 2001 - Present

  Design, develop, and teach multimedia curriculum for ENG 101 Composition I, ENG 102 Research Composition, ENH 110 Introduction to Literature, ENH 241 American Literature before 1865, ENH 245 American Literature: 1865 to present, and ENH 291 Children’s Literature. • Designed, developed, and presented five all day learn-shops on effective teaching strategies, assessment, student learning, and motivation for approximately 100+ adjunct and residential faculty in the English Department. • Taught an 18-hour learn-shop, “Engaging Students in Active Learning,” to residential faculty on behalf of the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI).



University of Phoenix

• Curriculum Designer

  • Mar 1999 - Aug 2001

  Instructional Designer March 2001 to August 2001 Designed, developed, evaluated, and revised new and existing multimedia curriculum for the Colleges of General & Professional Studies, Education, and Counseling degree programs and non-degree curriculum, which are delivered in a classroom and an online environment. • Conducted formative and summative evaluations of the School’s programs, and make recommendations and work plans for revisions. • Created multimedia curriculum, assessment tools, rubrics, and resources for the School’s programs. • Created a web-based Faculty Resource Guide/Center for Faculty across all Colleges, campuses, and delivery methods. • Created a web-based Course Builder based on Bloom’s Taxonomy for Faculty, Curriculum Development Managers, and Developers across all Colleges, campuses, and delivery methods. Curriculum Development Manager – College of Education March 1999 to March 2001 Designed, developed, evaluated, and revised multimedia curriculum for the College of Education's Post Baccalaureate, Master’s in Education, and Continuing Education programs delivered in a classroom and an online environment. Specifically, I was responsible for developing curriculum for the following programs: E-Education, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Counseling, Administration & Supervision, Mathematics, Science, and Research. • Ensured the curriculum conformed to standards for internal consistency, instructional alignment, and leveling of objectives, content, assignments, and assessment. • Conducted needs assessments to determine which new programs and courses to develop. • Created multimedia curriculum, assessment tools, rubrics, and resources for the College’s programs. • Edited, evaluated, and rewrote curriculum for clarity, and consistency • Designed and managed work plans, budgets, and contracted staff for curriculum development projects. • Worked with publishers, subject matter experts, Apollo Press, and UOP Staff to produce curriculum.



Simon & Schuster

• Writer / Editor

  • Dec 1996 - Mar 1999

  Designed, developed, evaluated, and taught curriculum, including instructional programming for live interactive television, video, Internet services, software, and print support, which met McRel’s K-12 national standards in Reading/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and Mathematics. • Worked with other instructional designers and management to create and implement Planet Think, a new line of EMG Networks products and services. • Designed, developed, and edited 2600 instructional documents, lesson plans, and activities; 600 standards-based assessment documents; 200 educational video scripts; 17 Teacher’s Guides; nine Student Guides; and four instructional magazines. • Evaluated and revised educational software for K-12 and Professional Development. • Performed pre-production tasks related to video production, including acquiring talent, writing scripts, designing graphics, scheduling the shoot, and directing the crew.



Arizona State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructional Designer/Writer

  • Jun 1995 - Dec 1996

  Designed, developed, and delivered professional development multimedia that utilized the NCTM teaching and curriculum standards to improve the skills of elementary teachers in monolingual and bilingual classrooms. • Worked with subject matter experts, videographers, programmers, and consultants to produce professional development multimedia. • Trained teachers to use interactive multimedia. • Managed the progress of research and development. • Evaluated educational software and wrote corresponding articles. • Wrote and edited all publications, presentations, reports, marketing materials, and grant proposals.