Gina Olabuenaga, Ed.D
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Rich Dixon
I was fortunate to work closely with Gina on several projects including the development of face to face and online professional development for K12 educators and greatly respected her ability to take complicated concepts and distill them into meaningful and actionable outcomes. Her knowledge of adulting learning and the team she lead were crucially important to the success of several high stakes initiatives. In her role, Gina was tasked with leading new work and guiding the organization through the refresh of our signature service. Gina's commitment to high quality work always made the work of the collective team better.
Debra Hunter
I was lucky to work with Gina for nearly four years at PBLWorks. Gina is one of smartest most hard-working people I know, and her skills span both facilitation and PD development. At PBLWorks she led the team who creates our highly rated and highly valued professional development materials. She both created these materials herself and also led others, setting high standards of excellence and quality. As a former teacher and facilitator, Gina has an uncanny ability to understand the pace of adult learning, creating PD that is powerful and also fun and engaging. In the midst of the COVID crisis, Gina and her team did extraordinary work to move eighteen face-to-face workshops online, while keeping engagement, interactivity and standards high. The fact that our already high ratings increased when we went online is a credit to Gina's ability to both model good PD and to lead a team with high standards for instructional design. Gina is also a thoughtful planner and project manager, a strong communicator and collaborator, a trainer of trainers, an a leader with passion and vision.
Rich Dixon
I was fortunate to work closely with Gina on several projects including the development of face to face and online professional development for K12 educators and greatly respected her ability to take complicated concepts and distill them into meaningful and actionable outcomes. Her knowledge of adulting learning and the team she lead were crucially important to the success of several high stakes initiatives. In her role, Gina was tasked with leading new work and guiding the organization through the refresh of our signature service. Gina's commitment to high quality work always made the work of the collective team better.
Debra Hunter
I was lucky to work with Gina for nearly four years at PBLWorks. Gina is one of smartest most hard-working people I know, and her skills span both facilitation and PD development. At PBLWorks she led the team who creates our highly rated and highly valued professional development materials. She both created these materials herself and also led others, setting high standards of excellence and quality. As a former teacher and facilitator, Gina has an uncanny ability to understand the pace of adult learning, creating PD that is powerful and also fun and engaging. In the midst of the COVID crisis, Gina and her team did extraordinary work to move eighteen face-to-face workshops online, while keeping engagement, interactivity and standards high. The fact that our already high ratings increased when we went online is a credit to Gina's ability to both model good PD and to lead a team with high standards for instructional design. Gina is also a thoughtful planner and project manager, a strong communicator and collaborator, a trainer of trainers, an a leader with passion and vision.
Rich Dixon
I was fortunate to work closely with Gina on several projects including the development of face to face and online professional development for K12 educators and greatly respected her ability to take complicated concepts and distill them into meaningful and actionable outcomes. Her knowledge of adulting learning and the team she lead were crucially important to the success of several high stakes initiatives. In her role, Gina was tasked with leading new work and guiding the organization through the refresh of our signature service. Gina's commitment to high quality work always made the work of the collective team better.
Debra Hunter
I was lucky to work with Gina for nearly four years at PBLWorks. Gina is one of smartest most hard-working people I know, and her skills span both facilitation and PD development. At PBLWorks she led the team who creates our highly rated and highly valued professional development materials. She both created these materials herself and also led others, setting high standards of excellence and quality. As a former teacher and facilitator, Gina has an uncanny ability to understand the pace of adult learning, creating PD that is powerful and also fun and engaging. In the midst of the COVID crisis, Gina and her team did extraordinary work to move eighteen face-to-face workshops online, while keeping engagement, interactivity and standards high. The fact that our already high ratings increased when we went online is a credit to Gina's ability to both model good PD and to lead a team with high standards for instructional design. Gina is also a thoughtful planner and project manager, a strong communicator and collaborator, a trainer of trainers, an a leader with passion and vision.
Rich Dixon
I was fortunate to work closely with Gina on several projects including the development of face to face and online professional development for K12 educators and greatly respected her ability to take complicated concepts and distill them into meaningful and actionable outcomes. Her knowledge of adulting learning and the team she lead were crucially important to the success of several high stakes initiatives. In her role, Gina was tasked with leading new work and guiding the organization through the refresh of our signature service. Gina's commitment to high quality work always made the work of the collective team better.
Debra Hunter
I was lucky to work with Gina for nearly four years at PBLWorks. Gina is one of smartest most hard-working people I know, and her skills span both facilitation and PD development. At PBLWorks she led the team who creates our highly rated and highly valued professional development materials. She both created these materials herself and also led others, setting high standards of excellence and quality. As a former teacher and facilitator, Gina has an uncanny ability to understand the pace of adult learning, creating PD that is powerful and also fun and engaging. In the midst of the COVID crisis, Gina and her team did extraordinary work to move eighteen face-to-face workshops online, while keeping engagement, interactivity and standards high. The fact that our already high ratings increased when we went online is a credit to Gina's ability to both model good PD and to lead a team with high standards for instructional design. Gina is also a thoughtful planner and project manager, a strong communicator and collaborator, a trainer of trainers, an a leader with passion and vision.
Experience
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AdaptiveX
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United States
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E-Learning Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Professional Learning Consultant
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Aug 2020 - Present
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Applied Coaching for Projects
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United States
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Education Management
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Partner Consultant
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Jul 2020 - Present
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Self-employed
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Real Estate
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1 - 100 Employee
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Consultant
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Jul 2020 - Present
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Fellow
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2005 - Present
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reDesign
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Netherlands
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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Educational Designer
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Jan 2021 - Jan 2022
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PBLWorks
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United States
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Education Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Director of Curriculum
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Apr 2018 - Jul 2020
Formerly the Buck Institute for Education, PBLWorks builds the capacity of educators to lead PBL for all students, no matter their background or where they live.Key responsibilities included: Lead a team of content developers, providing quality standards, coaching, and professional development for the team. Develop new curriculum materials and services for in-person and online. Direct and support the continuous improvement of curriculum through the evaluation and revision of curriculum and supporting materials.Directing the development of new curriculum materials to serve BIE’s growth and theory of change, ensuring coherence across all curriculum.Deliver curriculum materials on budget, within brand standards, on time, and with high quality.Align with services team for planning of new services, refreshes of current services, and implementation of curriculum.Coordinate closely with the Director of Online Learning to ensure continuity across workshop and online content, and with the Editor-in-Chief on BIE’s thought leadership and underlying theory of change model. Coordinate closely with BIE’s National Faculty, Directors of District Leadership, and others who deliver services to learn from their on-the-ground experiences.Support systems and processes to monitor the quality and impact of services, closely study results, and adjust curriculum as needed to improve results.Manage effective beta-testing for new curriculum development. Lead training efforts to ensure high-quality delivery of curriculum materials. Champion the protection of BIE’s valuable intellectual property. Show less
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Senior Curriculum Manager
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May 2013 - Apr 2018
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National Faculty
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2011 - May 2013
Provided on-site facilitation and coaching on project based learning. Developed various professional learning materials for the organization and for BIE clients.
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LAUSD
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United States
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Medical Practices
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Teacher
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Sep 2004 - Jul 2012
5th grade teacher Founding teacher of Melrose Elementary Math/Science/Technology Magnet 5th grade teacher Founding teacher of Melrose Elementary Math/Science/Technology Magnet
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Education
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2007 - 2010
USC
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Teacher Education for Multicultural Societies -
2003 - 2004
UC Irvine
Master's degree, Elementary Education and Teaching -
1999 - 2003
UC Irvine
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), English
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