Star Boe
Summary
Instructional Designer and educational technologist with over a decade of experience enabling student, faculty, and staff performance through technology and superior content design and delivery. Exceptional communicator and solver of complex problems with creative, win-win solutions. Learning materials accessibility expert with Universal Design for Learning utilization to address learner variability for learning success.
Professional Experience
Volunteer State Community College, Gallatin, TN 1/2014 – Present
Instructional Design Specialist 11/2016 – Present
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Guides development and quality assurance of 10-15 online courses per semester and collaborates with subject matter experts to improve online course content, design, and overall effectiveness.
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Develops and delivers classroom, online and webinar training to students, faculty, and staff on a variety of topics including using the learning management system, online teaching best practices, using educational tech tools, and content accessibility.
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Ensures all students regardless of ability level have access to the tools and learning methods to be successful in the classroom.
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Managed the school-wide learning management system (Brightspace by Desire to Learn) and provides user support for both faculty and students.
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Leads a team of faculty and instructional designers in developing student orientation courses.
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Authors and maintains dozens of knowledge articles for students, faculty, and staff.
Accommodation/Adaptive Technology Specialist 1/2014 – 11/2016
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Developed, implemented, and monitored assistive technology services; identified student’s assistive and adaptive technology needs and matched those needs with hardware and software resources and adaptive textbooks; served as the central source of accessible materials for students with vision impairments.
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Collaborated with faculty, students, and parents; trained students on specific hardware and software as an accommodation for their disability.
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Led faculty and staff training in creating documents and course materials that were WCAG 2.0 compliant; served on the campus Accessibility Task Force.
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Redesigned the Disability Services Office student handbook, faculty handbook, brochure, and other outward-facing office documents to be more accessible; maintained accommodation documentation.
Park Christian School, Moorhead, MN 1/2000 – 6/2004 & 2/2006 – 5/2013
Library Media Specialist 2/2006 – 5/2013
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Administered a K-12 school library by selecting, acquiring, cataloging, repairing and weeding all library materials for students and faculty; tracked materials thorough check-in, check-out, and periodic whole library inventory scans; increased media center capabilities from one lab to three.
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Instructed Kindergarten through 6th-grade students in weekly library sessions; worked with junior high and high school students on research, citation and paper formatting; collaborated with teachers to reinforce classroom learning with online activities for students.
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Delivered technology support for 150 devices (computers, iPads, and smartphones) and trained all new teachers, staff, students and parents on RenWeb, the school’s student information software; point person to research, recommend and implement new Student Information System.
Salem Evangelical Free Church, Fargo, ND 10/2005 – 6/2006
Children’s Discipleship Assistant
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Prepared curriculum and assisted the Children's pastor for weekly programs.
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Recruited and trained volunteers and organized office communication between staff, volunteers, and the main office.
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Created flyers and materials for event promotion and parent education programs.
Park Christian School, Moorhead, MN 1/2000 – 6/2004 & 2/2006 – 5/2013
School Receptionist 9/2002 – 6/2004
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Managed front office, school calendar and website, answered phone calls and directed visitors to the school; coordinated substitute teachers and administered bell system; maintained office equipment.
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Served as assistant to the registrar in preparing files for transferring students.
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Achieved appropriate balance between the needs of students, teachers, staff, parents, and vendors.
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Redesigned the student cumulative record card from a typed sheet to a form merged from the school database.
Development Secretary 1/2000 – 9/2002
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Received, recorded and generated thank you letters and receipts for all gifts given to the school.
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Coordinated fundraising mailings by generating donor lists based on past giving criteria; assisted in writing the appeal; oversaw the folding, stuffing and mailing of the donor appeal.
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Led event planning for three large annual banquets; organized student fundraising activities such as coupon book sales, frozen pizza sales, walk-a-thons, and gift card sales; tracked individual participation in fundraising activities and placed orders with vendor companies to fill fundraising orders.
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Generated reports to the school board on the status of the yearly fundraising goals.
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Computerized student fundraising activities and results tracking.
EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS
University of Memphis - Master of Science in Instructional Design and Technology
Indiana State University - Library Media Services Certificate
Moorhead State University - Bachelor of Arts in American Studies
Colorado Christian University - Coursework Transferred to Moorhead
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ADVANCED PROFICIENCY
Microsoft Office Suite; Screencast-O-Matic; Zoom; Brightspace; Trello; Textbook Publisher Portals connected to LMS; MS Forms; Web 2.0 tools; 508/WCAG 2.0 Document and Audio/Video Compliance
INTERMEDIATE PROFICIENCY
HTML; CSS; Camtasia; MS Flow; Database design; JAWS screen reader for the visually impaired
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Planning for Learner Variability: Universal Design for Learning” Workshop presented at the Online Learning Consortium November 2019 National Convention, Orlando, Florida.
“Creating Universally Designed Course Goals & Objectives” Workshop Co-presented with Rhonda Gregory at the Tennessee Board of Regents’ Universal Design for Learning Conference October 2017, Nashville, Tennessee.