What My Teaching Resources Say About My Design Approach

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My Teachers Pay Teachers store offers a view into my education work. The published resources include materials around fractions and measurement. They reflect a principle I carry into other kinds of training: make an idea visible, give the learner a way to use it, and leave them with something practical to revisit.

A classroom resource has to work in the hands of someone other than its creator. Directions should be clear enough for a teacher to use, and the activity should help a student engage with the concept rather than only see an explanation.

The audience changes when I design workplace learning, but the same questions remain useful. What should a person be able to do afterward? Where are they likely to get stuck? What kind of example will help them make a decision independently?

You can explore the actual education resources through my Teachers Pay Teachers store. The site’s microlearning demonstration uses a fictional scenario to show how I approach instruction for a different audience.

General information and personal perspective. Examples, names and demo data are fictional.

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