Benjamin Gabbard

Experience

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  Campbell’s Drug

  Jan 1998 - Jul 2010

  Lead Pharmacy Technician

  ● Communicated with physicians and other stakeholders to meet the needs of the customer. ● Coordinated hiring, onboarding, and training for new employees.● Supervised and evaluated work activities of coworkers. ● Managed accounts and receivables. ● Counseled patients on medication use and side effects.● Assembled new and refill prescriptions for patients.● Analyzed data to determine safe medication practices for patients. ● Counseled patients on herbal remedies. ● Completed inventory tasks for the company. ● Performed ratio and proportional mathematics to administer proper medication dosage.● Navigated the McKesson Pharmacy System to upload, cross check, and fill customer prescriptions. ● Communicated with physicians to address customer issues such as allergic reactions, medical duplications, and insurance rejections. Show less

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  Laurel county board of ed

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2022

  Education Specialist

  ● Collaborated with team members to write curriculum, develop content, and assess learner needs, leading to an increase in learning from 30% to 90%.● Applied problem-solving skills to design and develop visual, auditory, and tactile learning materials that met the needs of all learners. ● Created compelling courses for in-person and virtual learners while illustrating adaptability in a rapidly-changing environment.● Maintained progress checks for 100+ learners on a daily basis, in a time sensitive environment.● Conducted needs analysis to identify achievement gaps within targeted audience in a fast-pace environment. ● Fluently applied instructional design frameworks such as ADDIE, SAM, and Action Mapping to create engaging learning materials, while maintaining attention to details. ● Used Bloom’s Taxonomy to create meaningful and measurable learning objectives. ● Created formative and summative assessments that addressed learning objectives.● Managed learning management systems (LMS) such as Google Classroom and Savvas Realize to monitor student growth and development. ● Demonstrated excellent communication and interpersonal skills with learners, parents, administrators, staff members, and members of the community concerning educational goals and achievements. ● Created and uploaded course materials (Slide decks, lab guides, assessments, job aids, etc.) in Google Drive for use by staff members and learners. ● Displayed strong oral and written communication skills while collaborating with team members as curriculum writer for the 6th and 8th grade science department. ● Coordinated in onboarding practices and training for new staff members. ● Upskilled in contemporary educational tools such as PowerPoint, iSpring Suite, Articulate Storyline, Adobe, Camtasia, etc. Show less

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  Benjamin Gabbard

  Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  Instructional Designer

  I use the full potential of authoring tools to make learning materials that are fun and engaging.

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  General Dynamics Information Technology

  Jun 2022 - now

  Senior Instructional Developer