Mentoring, Teaching, & Instructional Design Work
Teaching and mentoring are not merely about imparting knowledge but igniting the flame of curiosity, enabling critical thinking, and instilling confidence to push boundaries. In this reciprocal journey, I'm continuously enriched by the diverse perspectives and unique insights of those I teach.
I’ve taught, coached, and mentored adults and high-school-aged children in formal/professional and informal settings. I’m naturally drawn to teaching, but I honed my skills through my graduate education at Harvard, where I learned about adult development and the brain, how we think, learn, and remember, and instructional design techniques. I continue to learn all I can about neuroscience, psychology, culture, and all the other things that affect perception, learning, and our ability to change and grow.
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Top 1% ADPList Super Mentor
1:1 & groups
Coached & onboarded junior designers
Focus on their needs & goals
Employ active listening & open-ended questions
Share insights gained from experience, not opinions
Meet them where they are w/ patience & beginner’s mindset
Offer resources to further their understanding
Facilitate networking
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Adults & high school students
Online & in-person
Employ pedagogy or andragogy when appropriate
Love using flipped classrooms to engage in active learning
Give feedback w/ examples & resources
Create formative & summative assessments
Use projects from Harvard’s Project Zero to actively engage students
Love Backward Design for developing curriculum
Experience using ADDIE
Experience using Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Experience using the Kirkpatrick Model to measure learning
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Adult development
Robert Kegan’s Immunity to Change
John Medina’s Brain Rules
Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow
Neuroscience of perception, learning, memory, & creativity
Cognitive biases
Human intelligence vs. AI/ML
Identify & mitigate bias
Facilitate difficult conversations
Build psychological safety to improve learning, innovation, & inclusion
Experience using Gallup’s CliftonStregths to help others see and value their innate strengths
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Canvas
Degreed
SumTotal
Zoom
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft PowerPoint
Beautiful.ai
Powtoon
Microsoft SharePoint
Keynote
Mighty Networks
Sutra
Case studies coming soon…
Inspired: The Art & Science of Creativity, Adult Artistic Development Course at Maitland Art & History Museums
VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) Basics for Designers, Group Mentoring on ADPList
UX Design Basics, Onboarding for Non-Designers at Fidelity Investments
Information Architecture, Training for Designers & Writers at Fidelity Investments
Responsive Design & Development, Training for Designers & Writers at Fidelity Investments
Smithfield High School Design Masterclass
Student & mentee resources coming soon…
Books, videos, sites, podcasts, magazines, and experts to follow in design, content, psychology, neuroscience, creativity, art, communication, inclusion, leadership, and more.