Experience

• University of Illinois at Springfield

  Online Coordinator, Teacher Education

  • Assist faculty with online and on campus course development and deployment
  • Member of the campus-wide Student Discipline committee (2008-2010)
  • Proficient at Banner, blackboard, DARS, Contribute, edocs, Microsoft Office
  • Use of Adobe, Camtasia, Banner and Elluminate
  • Participant in Eddie, DARS, EDocs, and Banner trainings
  • Supervise a Graduate Assistant
  • Coordinate and manage the Online Secondary Teacher Certification Program
  • Developed orientation program for online students
  • Recruit, retain, market, admit and advise online candidates of program requirements
  • Primary contact for online students in department
  • Setup a learning community for all students in Teacher Education
  • Develop Outlook templates to use to send out from inquiries received daily
  • Travel to various college fairs to recruit candidates
  • Review and interpret transcripts
  • Coordinate department efforts with key university offices including financial aid, international student, admissions, records, registration, diversity, and learning centers
  • Assist with transferring credits including understanding of Illinois Articulation Initiative
  • Setup “2+2” agreements with Kaskaskia Community College
  • Explain to faculty university graduation requirements
  • Assist students with petitions and other university forms
  • Demonstrated use of email merges with Excel to send feedback to students
  • Organize, coordinate, and facilitate on campus conferences each semester
  • Locate and secure pre-clinical (60+) & (40+) observation internship placements every semester
  • Locate and secure student teaching internship placements (12+) every semester
  • Chair and committee member on many hiring committees
  • Elected to serve on the Academic Professional Advisory Committee (APAC) and served as Recording Secretary
  • Facilitate professional development to UIS Faculty and Staff
  • Facilitate a seminar on Google Voice to faculty
  • UIS Employee of the Month March 2011

• University of Illinois System

  Instructional Designer, Office of Business and Financial Services (OBFS)

  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to identify learning needs, objectives, and appropriate instructional methodologies
  • Design and create high-quality, interactive online and instructor-led courses, job aids, and webinars
  • Facilitate various courses including Effective Training Techniques, Avoiding Death by PowerPoint, Plain Language, Microsoft Office Updates, and Microsoft Lync
  • Communicate with project collaborators and coworkers to ensure goals and objectives are met
  • Design courses, presentations, and educational materials using adult learning principles and interactive e-learning models
  • Ensure the instructional integrity of course development projects through systematic design and clear writing of scripts, narratives, and storyboards
  • Utilize instructional design software to create and update materials including Storyline Articulate, Adobe Captivate, Lectora Inspire, Camtasia Studio, and SnagIt
  • Serve as project lead on various training teams to assist with timelines to upgrade training for systems including iBuy and the Illinois Contract System
  • Travel to all three University of Illinois campuses frequently
  • Assist with purchasing of office supplies and materials to be used in workshops
  • Entrusted with university purchasing and travel cards (P-Card and T-Card) and processing those expenditures within TEM and Web-solutions
  • Create and manage a training academy for the Office of Business and Financial Services
  • Utilize Microsoft Lync and Citrix Go To Meeting to conduct conference calls and webinars
  • Serve on various hiring committees

• University of Illinois System

  Training Specialist, AITS/Pre-Award Grants & Contracts

  • Collaborate with Sponsored Project Research administrators at all University of Illinois locations to develop end user training on myProposals, a Kuali Research Software, myResearch Portal, myFCOI Checklist and other internal applications
  • Author, develop and implement instructor-led, web-based education, YouTube videos, demonstrations, and training while making all training products accessible
  • Utilize instructional design software to create a variety of materials, plan and devise the layout of text, photos, illustrations and other media as well as hands-on examples for presentations
  • Deliver developed courses regarding software functionality and its application in applicable scenarios to adult learners with varied skill & knowledge levels
  • Facilitate the coordination and scheduling of training resources and events related to AITS by working cooperatively with training delivery units throughout the University of Illinois
  • Travel to all campuses to provide training to campus and departmental offices and others to assist with data and business intelligence needs
  • Provide proactive customer support activities, such as electronic research education training user group sessions, practice labs, research support workshops
  • Oversee and manage student worker
  

• University of Illinois System

  Lead Instructional Designer, Office of Business and Financial Services (OBFS)

  1. Collaborate with Subject Matter Experts, and end-users to identify learning needs, objectives, and appropriate instructional methodologies to create high-quality, interactive, courses.
  2. Design and develop learning interventions, using face-to-face instructor-led, e-learning or web-based methodologies as appropriate.
  3. Communicate frequently and effectively with various project collaborators to ensure that goals and objectives are being met.
  4. Design courses, presentations and educational materials using adult learning principles and interactive e-learning models as appropriate.
  5. Ensure the instructional integrity of course development projects through systematic design and clear writing of scripts, narratives, and storyboards.
  6. Help establish instructional design and development standards for all existing and future programs and courses. Support the ongoing assessment of instructional effectiveness for all existing and future programs and courses.
  7. Utilize instructional design software to create and print a variety of materials. Plan and devise the layout of text, photos, illustrations and other media for presentation.
  8. Create media to support learning (e.g., visual aids for face-to-face, multimedia for e-learning or web-based).
  9. Coordinate testing and quality assurance processes to meet the highest standards of quality for training course design, materials and other instructional documentation.

• ADM

  Training/HR Coordinator

  • Hired, supervised and evaluated a network of trainers and consultants
  • Level 2/Tier 2 informational technology support
  • Facilitated computer training and soft skills training
  • Training on operating systems, Microsoft Office, Visual Basic for Applications, Mobius’ Document Direct and Analyzer, Microsoft MapPoint, Microsoft Streets and Trips, and Lotus Notes. Soft skills included team-working, interviewing, conflict resolution, supervisory, project management, and customer service skills.
  • Conducted and customized training to over 20 different ADM locations across the United States to facilitate curriculum and needs assessment
  • Obtained and negotiated contracts for computer training and soft skills training.
  • Assist with administration of recruitment, training and development, labor relations, and employee relations
  • Specific projects included meeting with various employee groups to discuss problems, solutions, and pitfalls
  • Created and managed a budget for human resource training within the contiguous United States
  • Strategically found and located centers to hold training to minimize travel of employees but maximize the number of potential employees that could attend.
  • Attended National Supplier Diversity Expos around the country and assisted with bringing the importance of diversity to employees and suppliers.
  • Reviewed policies and procedures within specific departments, made suggestions, and implemented change for a better working environment for supervisors and their subordinates. Spoke directly with supervisors to perform needs-assessments on employees and/or policies and procedures
  • Mentored and supervised graduate interns