Most of my background is in education and therefore I have a huge amount of knowledge in the development of curriculum.  Many of my graduate courses were directed to this topic (curriculum and instruction).  One of my major graduate projects was to design the curriculum for the SLCC course of Human Relations and Career Development.  I did this as an adjunct but back then it was allowed to be adopted.  Even as an adjunct I trained full-time and part-time faculty in the subject.  I brought in my job experience at Westminster College where I was employed as the Assistant Director of Career and Cooperated Education.

 

Soon after being hired full-time at SLCC, I was directed to design the professional development program for SkillsUSA. (a national organization).  The curriculum I designed was for their first online course offering.  I attended their launch of the class at their national conference.  There were over 20,000 people attending the conference and the highlight was the establishment of the course I developed.

 

Along with the Professional Development Course for SkillsUSA, I continued to build curriculum for the what is now the online version of LE 1220-Human Relations for Career Development.  The course has been updated year after year to incorporate the most recent research in the field

 

Another major accomplishment was working closely with a full-time faculty member in designing one of the first diversity courses offered at Salt Lake Community College.  I took the course outline approved by the curriculum committee and created daily lesson plans and materials to challenge students into seeing the perspective of white privilege and the history of discrimination.  One of my favorite parts of the class was when we explored how certain racial groups ended up in Utah. 

 

I was also on the forefront of active learning strategies in the classroom.  I was able to incorporate the pedagogy of building knowledge on previous experiences and background.  I believe students have much of the knowledge inside already but need to bring it to the surface through using prompts in the classroom. As a faculty member we can build on a student's frameworks and background experiences.

 

I have designed courses in many different modalities, always keeping in mind learning outcomes. I lean towards  the Socratic method of teaching. Philosophies through other historical contexts contribute to  how I define learning.  I have been able to use a variety of methods to grab the attention of all types of students and  learners.  I have created online coursework, face-to-face, and hybrid models. I participate in any training I can get my hands on which focus on using a multiplicity of learning situations.

 

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