Become an IDOL 76: Strategic Assessment Learning with Tamara Schroer
Guest: Tamara Schroer, Vice President of Education & Development | Working Solutions
In this episode, I will be chatting with Tamara Schroer, the Vice President of Education and Development at Working Solutions and she is not you typical corporate executive. She is a born educator and putting her formal training and innate talents to work, helping Working Solutions to develop one of the world's most powerful and effective approaches to virtual corporate education. You will love the energy in this episode!
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Here's a little bit about Tamara:
Tamara Schroer, Vice President of Education and Development at Working Solutions, isn't your typical corporate executive. She's something better: a born educator. Armed with a degree in education and a passion for making a difference, she began her career helping the nonprofit Boys...
Leaving the Classroom Episode 3: 5 Things You Need to Know About Corporate
Leaving the Classroom: A Transitioning Teacher Podcast
5 Thing You Need to Know About Corporate
Today I am talking about one of the biggest fears I had when I began to consider leaving the classroom. Starting over.
According to a National Education Association survey in 2021, 37% of educators are considering leaving the classroom earlier than they had planned. That went up six months later to 55%. Teachers are leaving the profession and starting over. And if you are considering leaving the classroom and entering the corporate world, there are some things you need to know.
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Hello, welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva. Today I'm talking about one of the biggest fears I had when I began to consider leaving the classroom starting over. Now, according to a National Education Association survey in August of 2021 37% of educators are...
Leaving the Classroom Episode 2: The Myths of Summers Off
Leaving the Classroom: A Transitioning Teacher Podcast
The Myths of Summers Off Episode 2
Most teachers feel summers off is one of the best perks of teaching and can’t imagine giving it up. It is also quite nice to have the same schedule as your kids to be able to take family vacations together. This was one of my biggest worries too when I thought about leaving the classroom. In this episode, I talk about why I don’t miss summers off, or any other teacher ‘perk.’
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Hello, everyone. Welcome to leaving the classroom. I'm Kristi Oliva. Today I'm answering one of the top questions I get about leaving the classroom. Don't you miss having summers off?
Now, I don't know about you. But when I was teaching, I would literally have a countdown on my whiteboard stating how many days were left until the next holiday or even the next three day weekend. In fact, most...
Become an IDOL 73: Success Story with Marilyn Day former Career Coach
Guest: Marilyn Day, Instructional Designer | Google
In this episode, I will be chatting with Marilyn Day, an IDOL courses Academy member who transitioned into an Instructional Designer in about 6 months landing an ID role with IDOL Talent first and then Google shortly after. She worked previously as a career coach. The search of creating something to present instead of continuously verbally repeating the same information piqued her interest in the field of Instructional Design. Hear her story of how she was able to successfully transition into this field and also serve as a coach within IDOL courses Academy.
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Let me tell you a little bit about Marilyn:
Marilyn joined IDOL courses Academy in Fall of 2021. She worked full time with 2U where she helped students as a career coach. She learned about Instructional Design and was able to go...
A Guide to Planning and Goal Setting as an IDOL Academy Student
A Guide to Planning and Goal Setting as an IDOL Academy Student
You are looking for a career in instructional design. You look for ways to break into this industry. You look for ways to establish credibility as an instructional designer, and you come across IDOL Courses Academy. You take the leap of faith and enroll. You log into IDOL Courses that first day and you see the format of the #DoItMessy challenge.
For those of you new to IDOL Courses Academy, #DoItMessy is the first section of the academy. It is a 14-step program in which you dedicate one day to a particular asset of your portfolio. You can choose to complete the program in exactly 14 days to correspond with the number of steps, or you can pace it in a way that works for your schedule. This can be completed at a slow or accelerated rate. The way you choose to pace your #DoItMessy experience, or any of your IDOL courses is up to you. Remember, there is no such thing as behind in the academy!
Realistically, IDOL...
No Pain No Gain: An IDOLs Journey
No Pain No Gain
Learn to accept the pain for the gain when you:
- Search your mind
- Carve out time
- Reach out for help
- Work out the wrinkles
No Pain No Gain
This old saying implies that gain will only come through pain.
Did you ever . . .
- Search your mind and soul to find a gain worth the pain?
- Carve out time in your schedule as a commitment to the gain?
- Reach out for help when you were stuck and overwhelmed on a gainful journey?
- Work out the wrinkles when the first attempt failed to gain?
Recently, I traveled The Narrows of Utah’s Zion Park. This hike journey rating of “moderately strenuous” did not frighten me. Yet the journey of walking in water and stepping on unknown rocky surfaces did cause some angst. My instructional design journey presented me with unfamiliar terms and processes. To begin, the kickstart #DoItMessy assignments provided the path of pain to gain.
Because of the stunning views, I knew The...
Harnessing Your Personality Type to Reach Your IDOL Goals
We’ve all been there. You’re trying to get more work done or minimize the amount of time you spend working, so you look at how other people do it, right? You copy them by making lists, using the Pomodoro Technique, working first thing in the morning so you’re not interrupted, etc. And sometimes it works, but a lot of times it doesn’t, and you’re left wondering what’s wrong with you that you can’t get the same results.
Guess what? Nothing’s wrong with you! Everyone is different, and everyone’s work style and needs are different. One thing I have to learn over and over again is to work with, not against my personality and natural tendencies when it comes to being productive.
So how can you work with your personality type instead of feeling bad that you don’t have a different one? While there are several personality frameworks out there, I’m not going to go into Enneagram types or Myers-Briggs (though if you...
