I started teaching TK–8 music in Fresno Unified School District in 2013, and what sounds like a teaching career has actually been 13+ years of hardcore instructional design work: analyzing what learners already know, identifying the gap, designing the path between those two points, building the content, delivering it, watching what doesn't land, and iterating until it does. That's ADDIE. That's what I've been doing for every kid who walked into my classroom.
Along the way I picked up a Master of Science degree in Curriculum and Instruction (because I apparently enjoy being in school), built curriculum from scratch with zero template and zero budget, learned my way around 3D printers and Silhouette Cameos, and maintained a deep and somewhat embarrassing love of technology that dates back to a Commodore 64 and parents who let me take things apart to see how they worked.
Before I found myself in the classroom, I educated thousands of Apple Retail customers on their products—both the ones they already owned and the ones they hoped to someday. From introductory-level group workshops to individual technical deep dives about music composition on the Mac Pro, I met them where they were. Every single time.
A genuine obsession with making complex things simple and boring things engaging.
Deep experience differentiating content for diverse learners (IEPs, ELL students, gifted learners—I've designed for all of them simultaneously).
Strong writing. Like, genuinely strong writing.
Fast, self-directed learning—I pick up new tools quickly and without hand-holding.
A total lack of ego about feedback. I want the learning to work. If it doesn't, tell me.
Articulate Rise 360, Articulate Storyline, Camtasia, Loom, and Descript.
I'm based in Fresno, CA and looking for fully remote roles.