Teachers in Need of a New Career Path: Think Instructional Design
Teachers in Need of a New Career Path: Think Instructional Design
Are you a teacher that seeks a new career? Are you unsure where your skill set will be valued? Have you considered Instructional Design? If you haven’t, I encourage you to do so for many reasons.
Hi there! I am Melissa. I am a learning designer and educator. I have been teaching for approximately 14 years but found I needed a new venture. I reflected on my teaching experience and discovered there were tasks I performed in my role as a teacher that I really enjoyed such as design and content development.
When I started researching careers for teachers outside of the classroom, I discovered the instructional design field and fell in love with it. Now I want to teach you what I have learned in this journey.
Why Instructional Design is a Good Fit
Instructional design is a good career path for teachers because teachers possess many transferable skills. Furthermore, the...
Kick Self-doubt to the Curb: Mindset Needed to Become an Instructional Designer & Online Learning Developer
The New Year has just passed yet again in the blink of an eye, or at least it feels like it. As a child, the years never seemed to move as fast as they do in adulthood. So here I am reflecting on where I have been in the last few years, and how I want to grow in 2020. Self-reflection is an essential part of growth and really assessing what we want out of life. So, what do you want to achieve in 2020?
I have been working on a personal ID project. It really has been a labor of love, but it isn't moving as fast as I would like, but it is moving forward, and, in the end, it will be completed. Luckily, I am not in this project alone. Through the IDOL Academy, I have met Molly Parsons, who has jumped on board to help with my project and has become my accountability and project partner.
Whether you are working on your portfolio or building your own LMS in my case, finding someone to hold you accountable keeps you on track.
I am excited to...
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