Peter Mercier IV, Ed.S

Experience

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  Newport News Public Schools

  Aug 2006 - Dec 2021

  Teacher/Activities Director

  Teacher Responsibilities include Instruction, classroom management, concert planning and event coordination, discipline, assessment of student progressAD Responsibilities include master calendar updating/maintenance, parking, off campus privileges, building space reservation, schoolwide community service program, supervision of extra and co-curricular activities, event planning and coordination, supervision of building fundraisers, field trips and bus requests, graduation coordinator, teacher appreciation assistance, data entry, data analysis, student engagement, scheduling, data reporting, and other responsibilities Show less

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  University of Virginia

  May 2022 - May 2023

  Temp Instructional Design Intern

  Help develop online courses for UVA faculty. Create instructional videos, interactive learning activities, and analyze course requirements and objectives. Develop assessments with SMEs. Design graphics and video. Assist faculty and students with Canvas LMS as a Canvas admin. Plan and produce 6 "Designed for Online" podcast episodes.

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  Untold Content

  May 2022 - Dec 2022

  Contract Instructional Designer

  Designed and developed a video course entitled "Champions of Healing" for Wings Foundation about survivors of child sexual abuse. Used Camtasia to develop over 3 hours of video from 45 hours of interview footage. Course is intended to be a training for multiple stakeholder groups, including survivors, their friends and families, and for those who provide services to survivors.

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  Newport News Public Schools

  - Jun 2022

  Contract Instructional Designer and 16 year music teacher with a wealth of instructional design and leadership experience. 2-time Menchville High School Teacher of the Year with numerous accomplishments and extensive experience at numerous levels of public education. I love being creative, solving problems, working with others, and making special and successful outcomes. I hold a Masters of Arts in Teaching and Educational Specialist in Leadership and Administration degrees. I have extensive experience with curriculum development and instructional design, Microsoft Suite, most things Google, Canvas LMS, Sharepoint, audio/visual technologies, music notation and evaluation software, and much more thanks to the wealth of opportunities received after 16 years of teaching both live and in person and remotely. I've also taught a graduate class at Christopher Newport University and been a guest lecturer for a number of other courses at my alma mater. Show less

  • Lead Teacher

    Aug 2016 - Jun 2022

  • Teacher/Activities Director

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  University of Tennessee, Knoxville

  Apr 2022 - now

  Design and develop instructor led training (ILT), virtual instructor led training (vILT), and asynchronous eLearning. Design and create learner assessments, instructor guides, PowerPoint presentations, elearning using a variety of authoring tools, video scripts, and instructional videos. Designed and developed ILT and vILT for FEMA on Supply Chain Management. Developed course assessment and knowledge check questions. Helped design eLearning pre-requisite course using Articulate Storyline. Both the web-based course and ILT/vILT are certified. Began scripting an FDA Egg Farm Inspection simulation (continued once I was brought on full time in August 2022).

  • Instructional Designer

    Aug 2022 - now

  • Contract Instructional Designer

    Apr 2022 - Jul 2022