Jessica Ferro

Learning Design Projects

• Assigned Lead Learning Designer on New Leaders' National Aspiring Principals Fellowship.
• Designed and delivered online courses for New Leaders' National Aspiring Principals Fellowship which achieved 100% student satisfaction rate.
• Designed and delivered Marketing Management, Global Business and Entrepreneurship MBA courses for Howard University, USA.

Learning Design Responsibilities

• Worked with subject experts, academic director, fellow learning designers, and production team to create engaging and effective learning content.
• Presented learning concepts and proof of concepts to subject matter experts and academic director.
• Involved in learning needs identification, analysis, design, development, and transitioning to delivery.
• Identified learning objectives for each learning experience component based on desired learning outcomes; aligning content to appropriate learning objectives.
• Implemented learning design in accordance with results of learning needs analysis.
• Applied Merrill's Principles of Instruction and active learning strategies during development and improvement of learning materials.
• Developed comprehensive design documentation, including course outlines, blueprints, and storyboards.
• Collaborated with learning technologists to build courses on Canvas LMS.
• Evaluated quality of learning experience(s) to durable learning according to internal quality assurance.
• Identified improvement areas based on student feedback.
• Educated subject matter experts on available technological tools including Yellowdig, Hypothes.is, Kaltura, Annoto, and H5P.
• Wrote scripts for person-to-camera videos and motion graphic videos.
• Mentored and coached junior learning designers in the principles of
  learning design.
• Reviewed and provided feedback on junior learning designers course outlines, blueprints and storyboards.

Relationship Management

• Developed meaningful, trusting relationships with over 100 international students from companies such as Deloitte, Netflix, KPMG, and IBM.

Lesson Preparation

• Prepared and implemented course material covering required course topics.
• Prepared personalized, comprehensive English curriculum for multiple students according to their learning needs.
• Planned dynamic lessons to increase student comprehension of materials.
• Utilized multimedia strategies and technology to convey information in fresh and interesting ways.
• Designed individual education plans to encourage student growth according to different learning abilities and needs.

Relationship Management and Leadership

• Observed, coached and mentored instructional staff to promote warm, structured and responsive classroom culture.
• Supported fellow and student teachers by mentoring on classroom management, lesson planning and activity organization.
• Evaluated performance continuously to identify areas in need of improvement and implement strategies to keep team on-track.

Teaching Responsibilities

• Prepared over 40 matriculants per year for matriculant examinations.
• Improved matriculant results by 5% - 10% respectively.
• Instructed over 100 students in core educational principles, concepts and in-depth subject matter.
• Planned and implemented integrated lessons to meet national standards of Independent Education Board.
• Designed dynamic lesson plans based on student interests to increase overall student learning and engagement.
• Reviewed curriculum and devised alternate approaches to presenting lessons to increase student understanding.
• Encouraged creative thinking and motivated students by addressing individual strengths and weaknesses based on testing results.
• Implemented creative ways to foster curiosity for complex principles through hands-on learning and planned activities.

Teaching Responsibilities

• Taught lessons to over eighty students throughout three grade levels.
• Developed overall yearly curriculum for teaching English-language learners based on school and national requirements.
• Delivered instruction in language arts encompassing reading, grammar, composition and literature, working with teachers in other subjects to integrate skills across curriculum.
• Designed exams to test fluency in reading, writing, speaking and comprehension of English language.
• Graded students work based on completion, timeliness and accuracy and kept detailed records of grades.
• Planned and implemented lessons to positively increase vocabulary and sentence structure skills.
• Authored tests and quizzes to evaluate student learning and comprehension.
• Developed teaching materials to supplement standard curriculum, enhancing learning concepts and promoting student engagement.
• Monitored comprehension of material among students and created re-teaching strategies to cover gaps in learning indicated by test scores and quizzes

Relationship Management

• Established positive classroom management boundaries to create safe, known environment for behavior among students.
• Worked one-on-one with students needing individualized attention and developed with special learning plans for struggling people.

• The Honors Programme included the following subjects:
• The Publishing Environment, Proofreading and Copy-editing in English, Sales and Marketing, Commissioning, Publishing Management & Finance, Design and Production.
  

• Majored in teaching English Home Language to FET and Senior Phase learners.
• Sub-majored in Senior Phase Life Orientation.
  

• Majored in Media Studies and English Literature. Completed Sociology (second year).
• Completed courses in: Economics, International Relations