From Military to Math Teacher to Voiceover Artist Talk about someone who has passion, dedication, and hustle! Andy has been in the Army National Guard and Army Reserve, he has been a teacher, and now a voiceover artist! He describes himself as a: “Warrior. Scholar. Pedagogue. Nerd. No ordinary voice actor, I’m a senior military

Transition from Teaching to Multimedia Developer/Instructor Designer If you want to talk about someone who has extensive background in education and technology use, Michele (who we call one-L) is who you want to talk to. The following are the questions I asked Michele and her exact responses are shown in quotes beneath each question. How did

Transition from Teaching to Multimedia Developer/Instructor Designer Melissa has over 15 years of experience in education. She  was a teacher, a coach, and thought she wanted to be an administrator in the public school system and has since became  a multimedia developer/instructional designer at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa. The following are

From Elementary Teacher to Trainer Liz was an elementary teacher for three years. She gave it her all, but quickly realized teaching was not for her. Liz left the classroom and found a job as a trainer that allows her to travel around the country and deliver trainings to employees in the banking industry. Liz’s

Transition From Teaching to Training and Development Science Teacher to Education Program Manager at the Supreme Court of Ohio Rick was a high school science teacher who used his networking skills and love of science to leave teaching and double his salary within one year in a chemical industry. After gaining a variety of other

Transition From Teaching to ID/Trainer From Elementary Teacher to Instructional Design/Trainer Elliott started his career as an elementary teacher then transitioned into training and instructional design roles. He has worked as instructional designer in military defense contractor and senior learning consultant for healthcare management organization environments. He has 10+ years of experience as a professional

Transition From Teaching to eLearning Education Specialist to eLearning Curriculum Developer in the Tech Industry I was lucky enough to connect with Matt in 2014 or 2015 on LinkedIn. Matt used Linkedin to find former teachers that work in a corporate setting and I was one that appeared. Matt asked to speak with me and

From Teaching to Instructional Design From Business Ed Teacher to Instructional Designer in Mining, Ag, & Heavy Equipment Industry Wait until you hear Mike’s story!  He was an innovative business education teacher in Wisconsin teaching graphic, web, and video design. Mike was also involved in starting eSports in Wisconsin. (Have you ever heard of eSports?)

From Teaching to Training At 26-years old, Aaron Horwath has had a pretty amazing journey from teaching to training so far in his career. He has weaved his way from Portland, as a fresh-faced college graduate with a degree in Education, to New York to Hong Kong before settling for the last three years in Vietnam

Instructional Designers as Natural Born Organizers Today I was speaking with another Instructional Designer at a conference. She was explaining how organized she is in her everyday life. This made me reflect on the curiosity that I have had many times recently. Does a connection exist between an Instructional Designer and the likelihood to be