Many non-profits engage in educational programs to engage the community, build awareness of key aspects of their mission, and close knowledge gaps within their target stakeholder groups. Educational programs are often time- and resource-intensive, so strategic program design (and redesign!) is critical to ensure that programs are both impactful and sustainable. Learners of all ages have unique learning interests, needs, and abilities. Effective education programs are designed to leverage these unique characteristics to achieve specific learning outcomes.

What I provide

• Needs assessment to identify key learning outcomes, target learners, organizational capacity, and program design constraints

• Co-development of program learning outcomes and measures

• Consultation on appropriate learning methods, environments, and scale of time commitment/target learner participation

• Curriculum development and pedagogical coaching for educational program staff and volunteers

What you provide

• Commitment to strategic design process

• Understanding of organizational context for education program

• Access to program staff and target learners as necessary

Key Components

Define the program goals and measurable outcomes

Target audience analysis leading to cultural and contextual sensitivity throughout program design

Curriculum development for impactful and easy delivery

Identifying and building capacity for appropriate instructional methods

Planning for evaluation, iterative improvement, sustainability, and scaling

Previous Educational Program Design

• 2022-2024 Developed broadly accessible UNITAR/NSF certificate courses for adults: GIS for Sustainability & Resilience, Foundations & Advanced
• 2022-2024 Managed creation and implementation of 6 sustainability-related UNITAR/NSF certificate courses for adults for the UN CIFAL Honolulu at Chaminade University of Honolulu
• 2017-2017 Redesigned University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Linguistics courses; LING 101: Introduction to Language and LING 150C: Language in Hawaiʻi and the Pacific to incorporate student’s personal experiences and WikiEd citizen archivist projects
• 2012-2013 Counselors’ secretary and on-site substitute teacher at Hutchinson Middle School
• 2004-2008 Created and managed outdoor skills workshop series, designed and instructed multiple workshops on outdoor cooking, knot skills, and backpack packing at Texas Tech University Outdoor Pursuits Center