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This podcast is for teachers ready to transition out of the classroom and into a new career. Each week, I will share stories about what I have learned moving from education to the corporate world. I will answer the most common questions and share my best tips to help you get started! If you are considering leaving the classroom, this show is for you! Kristi Oliva is a Learning Program Manager for Worldwide Customer Service Assessment Strategy at Amazon. She drives a global program to design high-quality assessment methods that correlate with performance-based business solutions. A successfully transitioned teacher, Kristi is also a Guest Faculty Member and Mentor for IDOL courses, where she has helped hundreds of professionals enter the instructional design field by providing group mentoring and one-on-one coaching.
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Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
In this episode, I talk to Gretchen Johanson. Gretchen is a former teacher, guest faculty, and member of IDOL courses Academy. She now works as an instructional designer for Zillow. She discusses how she transitioned from teaching to her current role.
- Gretchen discussed her journey from being a teacher for 9 years to transitioning to various instructional design roles, including freelancing, contracting, and corporate jobs, with the help of IDOL courses Academy
- She explained that a typical day as an instructional designer involves project management, working on various projects and stages simultaneously, and meetings with teams
- Gretchen highlighted three key skills she brought from teaching - creating lessons, flexibility to pivot easily, and creativity/ingenuity in designing engaging learning experiences
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