Experience

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  University of texas at austin

  Aug 1995 - May 2002

  Teaching assistant

  Developed and implemented supplementary lessons, study sessions, tests/exams, projects, and graded assessments, including exams, projects, and papers for an assigned professor. Created and conducted laboratory classes and follow-up assessments for some of these classes.·Taught classes that consistently scored 15%-20% higher on average than classes taught by other teaching assistants for the same course.·Conducted classes and labs in Ecology, Evolution, Limnology, Marine science/Oceanography, and Cell Biology Show less

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  Holt, rinehart and winston

  Aug 2004 - Jul 2007

  Editor

  Developed and managed program components that supported market-leading middle school science programs.·Redirected efforts on a troubled taskforce exploring Content Management, which resulted in a working set of business rules, schema, and recommendations to maximize portability and for increased and efficient content customization despite any prior knowledge or experience in the subject.·Managed in-house editors, managers, and vendors in successfully implementing approved revisions accurately to the Holt California 2007 program for delivery to the printer, compressing a process that typically requires several months into only a few weeks.·Represented the science department on a taskforce to develop the architecture for a linearized process and database to accommodate the correction needs of the entire company.·Took the initiative to design and implement a new process and modified a database to manage reprint information and post-publication reviews for the science department Show less

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  Holt mcdougal

  Jul 2007 - Dec 2008

  Senior editor

  Acquired, trained, and managed talent and collaboratively created and supported middle school science programs that commanded at least 33 % of market share. ·Developed and managed in-house and freelance editors through timely guidance, constructive feedback, and by providing opportunities for growth. ·Contributed to the conceptualization, testing, and development of a new middle school science program through various prototypes under changing higher management.·Reviewed and approved outlines, manuscript, art, photos, page layouts, and technology for content and grade level considerations, while incorporating a constantly changing prototype.·Directed work on project scope, created tables of content, reviewed standards alignment, customization, and content guidelines to simultaneously meet the needs of 16 states. ·Collaboratively created production workflows for all components of a project despite large pauses in a schedule in the face of an unchanging deadline Show less

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  Independent

  Jan 2009 - Jan 2011

  Freelance editor and science writer

  Created, developed, edited, and correlated content, ancillaries, assessment and other supporting materials for US and Canadian middle school and high school programs. Utilized various file formats, proprietary databases, collaborative web workspaces, and programs including InCopy (K4/SCEnt), and AdobePro.

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  Holt mcdougal

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Senior editor

  Acquired, trained, and managed talent and collaboratively created and supported middle school science programs that commanded at least 33 % of market share.·Developed and managed in-house and freelance editors through timely guidance, constructive feedback, and by providing opportunities for growth.·Reviewed and approved outlines, manuscript, art, photos, page layouts, and technology for content and grade level considerations.

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  Houghton mifflin harcourt

  May 2011 - Oct 2013

  Customization manager

  Train, manage, and grow talent in four major US cities, to produce customized content for nationwide customers, ranging from the state to the school-district level. Collaboratively create and support the production of customized science programs for grades 1-8 and social studies programs for grades 6-12; manage the development of K-12 custom assessment products. ·Direct work on project scope, workflows, review of standards alignment, and content development and customization for smaller custom orders, which range between $150,000-$1,175,000, as well as collaborate on and support the development of multimillion dollar programs for state-level needs. ·Develop and manage in-house customization specialists through professional development, opportunities for growth, as well as vendors and freelancers editors through timely guidance and constructive feedback.·Contribute to the development and enhancement of proprietary file and content management systems, to leverage efficiencies in production processes and schedules. Show less

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  Compass learning

  Jan 2014 - Oct 2015

  Manager, content alignments

  Manage the development and maintenance of alignments between state standards and a rich inventory of digital assets for core subjects in K-12, so that content is appropriately available for instructor browsing as well as personalized student experience by grade and subject. Utilize a variety of internal and external resources to complete alignment projects to meet company established budget and deadlines on aggressive release cycles.• Leads content migration of digital assets; collaborates with engineering to articulate relationships between major tasks and address and align interdependencies to support future content management.• Developed a flexible model for resourcing our work using a blend of freelancers and smaller development groups to nimbly adapt to widely fluctuating project volume.• Developed flat rate fee structure for alignment‐related work to provide greater cost control and greater accuracy in alignment cost projections.• Helped create tools that provide greater transparency into the alignments process and access to the alignments that we currently support to the company. Show less

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  Pearson

  Nov 2015 - Oct 2019

  Director, k-12 humanities and science digital content strategy, authoring, and production

  Manage the development and maintenance of rich digital K-12 Science and Humanities programs, including immersive, and innovative award winning programs. Complete projects to meet established customer requirements, budgets, and deadlines on aggressive release cycles.• Delivered an unprecedented 85+ courses with 1200-3200 assets and links on each course for Back-To-School 2018 adoption and open territory markets.• Award-Winning programs: myWorld Interactive Social Studies program - 2019 CODie Award winner for Best Social Studies Instructional Solution; Project Imagine US History - American Business Association (ABA) Gold Stevie for best Social Studies Solution 2019; People's choice award 2019.• Lead a team of instructional designers and digital producers working across the country as they manage the creation, production, delivery and support of several hundred courses. Show less

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  Savvas learning co (formerly pearson k12 learning)

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2025

  Director, science instructional design and digital content, savvas learning co

  Lead on Equity and Inclusion Editorial and Design Committee; developed student-centered, asset-based content development guidelines, and training for leadership, colleagues, and vendors to effectively implement these equitable pedagogies in all disciplines.Collaborate and manage the research, planning, development, and maintenance of rich digital K-12 Science programs, so that instructor and student experiences by grade and subject are exciting and meaningful. Complete projects to meet established customer requirements, budgets, and deadlines on aggressive and varied release cycles.Lead a team of instructional designers and digital producers from 6 cities as they manage the development, delivery and support of several hundred courses, components, and enhanced functionalities to meet customer and sales needs.Support and develop systems enhancements and product innovation in close collaboration with editorial, product management and marketing, research, sales, as well as technology and platform development.Scaled digital content support in response to sales and customer feedback. Show less