Leaving the Classroom: A Transitioning Teacher Podcast

A Day in the Life of a Government Instructional Designer with Monica Garcia 

In this episode, Kristi talks to Monica Garcia. Monica works as a supervisor for a team of instructional designers in the government sector, specifically the Air Force Career Development Academy. She discusses how she upskilled using IDOL courses Academy and how a career in government ID is an untapped resource.

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Kristi Oliva  Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva. I'm so glad you're here. Today's topic is a day in the life of a government ID and I have a special guest here to talk about it. So today I have with me Monica Garcia, member of IDOL Courses Academy and a government ID welcome Monica.

Monica Garcia  Hi, thank you so much for having me.

Kristi Oliva  Oh, no...

Guest: Theresa Francomacaro 

In this episode, I am chatting with Theresa Francomacaro, the owner of Why Story Works. She helps others who want to get unstuck, sell their ideas, clarify their message and attract more clients. Tune in to hear her three golden rules for storytelling and so much more. You will feel Theresa's energy in this episode! 

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Robin Sargent  I have here with me today, Theresa Francomacaro, and she is the founder of Why Story Works and she focuses specifically on instructional design story telling, but Theresa do you do a better job of introducing yourself and telling us who you are and what it is that you do?

Theresa Francomacaro  Absolutely. Thank you so much, Dr. Robin. And thank you for inviting...

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How to Interview for an Instructional Design Position 

In this episode, I talk about what you need to expect when entering into the instructional design interview process. When I began interviewing for ID positions, I was so naïve. I literally had never interviewed for a position that I did not get. So when I started putting my resume out there, I never really knew what I was getting myself into. I went on at least 10 interviews in the beginning, and many of them I never even made it past the first round. I had no clue what I was doing wrong.

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva, and I'm so glad you are here. Today I'm talking about the interview process for instructional design. It is so different than interviewing to be a teacher.  

Honestly, this doesn't...

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What to Include in Your Instructional Design Portfolio

In this episode, I’m going to talk about what you should have in your portfolio, what tools to use, and how long it may take to build a portfolio.

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva, and I'm so glad you are here. Today's topic is instructional design portfolios. I'm going to talk about what you should have in your portfolio, what tools to use, and how long it may take to build a portfolio.

And those things are really good indicators that you would be a great fit for instructional design, you may even be able to use some of those things in your instructional design portfolio. But that isn't all you need. A really big part of an instructional design portfolio is demonstrating that you know how to use the technology and tools in the ID...

Guest: Sarah Cannistra

In this episode, I'll be chatting with Sarah Cannistra who has an L&D Career, Executive and Business coach, and the founder of The Overnight Trainer, a coaching practice that helps purpose-driven people find, land, create, grow, and LOVE the L&D career of their dreams, so that they can live a life of fulfillment, inspiration, and freedom. Sarah utilizes her past experience as a modern learning leader and hiring manager to coach and consult her clients to ultimate career success. This is one you don't want to miss! Tune in to hear more now. 

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Robin Sargent I have here with me today Sarah Cannistra and she is the overnight trainer. You've probably seen her on LinkedIn. And if not, Sarah, will you please do a...

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How to Revise Your Teacher Resume

In this episode, I give you a list of the 10 instructional design technologies that are most used, as well as some more cost-effective alternatives!

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva, I'm so glad you are here. Today I'm talking about how to revise your resume to pursue a career in instructional design. You need a resume, I need a resume. We all need to have a resume to apply for the roles we want. Now when I decided to leave the classroom, revising my resume was one of the things I put off for as long as I possibly could. It was difficult. It was tedious. It was just not fun. I hadn't even looked at my resume for several years, then I didn't know how to not make my resume scream teacher. Finally I dusted it off and got to work. And it was hard. It took me...

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Instructional Design Technologies You Need to Know 

In this episode, I give you a list of the 10 instructional design technologies that are most used, as well as some more cost-effective alternatives!

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva. Thank you so much for being here. Today, I'm talking about the technology you need to know to leave the classroom and pursue a career in instructional design. I've mentioned before that I mainly worked for low income schools during my teaching career. So technology never really became my forte. That's not to say I didn't know about some technology. I even worked in an online school for the last three years in my teaching career.

So let's get started. The first one I'm going to talk about is called Audacity. Audacity is a free, easy to use, multitrack,...

Guest: John Reynolds

In this episode, I'll be chatting with John Reynolds, an Instructional Designer with Activision Blizzard,  and a lifelong nerd. He strives to blur the line between creative training content creator and quest-giver. As an insatiable learner, he hopes to continuously connect with new people and gather fresh and exciting ways to change the game and keep training fun! Tune in to hear his full story and what its like to work for a video game company! 

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Robin Sargent  I have here with me today, John Martin Reynolds. And I met John through LinkedIn. And he is an instructional designer at Activision Blizzard. But John, would you please do a better job of introducing yourself and given us a little background?...

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5 Instructional Design Acronyms You Need to Know 

There is a whole new language to learn in the instructional design world. In this episode, learn 5 of the terms you need to know for instructional design, and they all happen to be acronyms.

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Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva. And I'm so glad you are here. Today I'm talking about the terminology, specifically acronyms you need to know to leave the classroom and pursue a career in instructional design. Now acronyms when you enter the corporate world, and you know this happens, even in teaching, that is just acronym city, there are so many acronyms you need to get to know in order to feel comfortable. And to be honest, there's always new ones, always new ones being added. But there are some staples that you need to know, to understand...

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Struggling with Confidence

In this episode, I am addressing on of the top teacher concerns about transitioning to Instructional Design! "I’m really struggling with feeling confident in the project management side of things. I am nervous about not knowing how to properly interview SMEs, having no clue about how to set up a budget or project timeline, and even deciding whether a training is needed. Am I the only one?? I’m just terrified I’ll get a job and have zero clue what is going on."

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Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva. And I am so excited you are here.
Today I'm talking about one of the biggest struggles teachers deal with when thinking about leaving the classroom. And that is their competence. But before we get to that, I just want to take a minute to talk to you about why this...