Experience

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  Pittsfield elementary school nh state certified educator 2002-2007

  Sept 2002 - Aug 2007

  Teacher

  Developed a dynamic, resourceful curriculum to create an engaging and challenging learning environment. Work closely with colleagues and administrations to facilitate each child’s social and intellectual growth, including workshops with Pat Cunningham and Linda Mueller. Encourage regular communication with parents in a variety of ways from public presentations to emails and phone calls. Promote the use of multimedia within the classroom curriculum, with student created brochures, dictionaries, and power point presentations.Key strengths include:• Creating multilevel lessons using the Understanding by Design Method• Proficient in Everyday Math Instruction, including adaptations to students with special needs• Proficient in Four Blocks Literacy Instruction, including adaptations to students with special needs• Successful incorporation and natural extensions of Ellin Keene’s Comprehension Strategies throughout the curriculum• Creating a positive respectful classroom environment through Responsive Classroom Management• Facilitate character building through morning meeting, peer mediations, and appreciation circles Show less

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  Olk12, llc

  Jun 2008 - Mar 2020

  Educational consultant/founder

  Mrs. Syed founded OLK12 to work on finding solutions for gaps in the quality of global education. By attended many conferences and projects as Speaker/Delegate/Coordinator, she was able to promote OLK12’s unique Open Source initiative to encourage global education internationally.Professional Development:As Educational Director she has worked on the ground with teachers in Pakistan creating Professional Development Programs to meet current teacher needs, assisted with the development of content and strategies for implementation and roll-out of a Course and Learning Management System. She has worked with local Pakistani teachers to develop strategies for assessment and achieving outcome based education within their schools as this was found to be the greatest Professional Development need across multiple grades. Provided solutions and assisted in developing career/college readiness courses, including extended learning opportunities in various fields which gave the teachers a path to which they could lead students from all walks of life, including those attending medical and engineering school, to those students who would enter into the economy within their home town right after graduation. Since 2008 in the state of New Hampshire, I have been a Professional Development trainer, assisting K-12 teachers in the implementation of Course Learning Managements Systems. This also includes how to effectively engage and assess students, using competency-model and then showcasing student work via portfolios for other academic institutions or employers to view. Working with teachers around the common core state standards, to build and integrate the technology available (LMS) at their school to increase student success was an integral part of all trainings. Show less

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  Southern new hampshire university

  Aug 2011 - Dec 2015

  Instructional designer, team lead for business programs

  Design online curriculum, more recently, for business programs, facilitator led, for both graduate and undergraduate courses. Ensure that instructional methods and design techniques engage participants and result in achieving curricular objectives. Set, promote, and model standards for instructional design and development. Leverage technology/media to deliver content effectively and efficiently, employing multi-modal instructional strategies. Work collaboratively with Executive Directors, Deans, Subject Experts, IT department, and faculty to design and develop media rich educational opportunities. Conduct research to maintain a working knowledge of industry standards and best practices in instructional design, and communicate those trends of peers and faculty within the ID department. Worked closely with nursing faculty seeking national accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Present to various peer-groups within the university as well as offsite conferences on trends and industry best practices.• Adjunct Educational Faculty (Sample of courses)Differentiating Instruction EDU440Teach students how to maximize learning by creating different learning experiences in response to students' varied needs. Special Education, English Language Learning, and cultural and linguistic diversity are considered. The importance of formative and summative testing is discussed. Students are able to discover their own learning style as both students and teachers.Curriculum Instruction and Assessment EDU420Teach students techniques for curriculum, instruction and assessment for teaching content in grades 4-8. Using social studies education as a context, the class examines differing perspectives throughout history. Using creative eye witness strategies, such as on-line diaries, scrap books, quests, and similar projects, students created to assist with learning and assessment. Show less

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  Merrimack college

  Dec 2015 - now

  Leads the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning to support all faculty face to face and online (500+) in pedagogical strategies and best practices.Instructional Design and Faculty Development Strategic Change - Adaptive Technologies Mobile Integration and First Year Experience PedagogiesLeads/trains/supervises Student Mobile Mentor Group.

  • Director of Online Teaching and Learning

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Associate Director/Lead Instructional Designer

    Dec 2015 - Jul 2023