About Meg

I love designing engaging and impactful courses, resources, and graphic images to support educators and their students in online learning. I currently work as a Curriculum Specialist and Instructional Designer at K12 (Stride Inc.) remotely from Parker, CO.

Experience

K12 (Stride, Inc.)–Curriculum Specialist | October 2024–Current | Remote: Parker, CO

  • Refine and enhance the K–2 ELA curriculum to meet state standards by producing Science of Reading aligned content in an expedited timeline utilizing AI to support build expectations.

  • Developed the new ELA 3 curriculum, including lessons, activities, and assessments, through innovative AI initiatives ensuring strict adherence to state and national standards, objectives, and Science of Reading expectations while improving productivity by 30%.

  • Designed and developed the K–5 handwriting curriculum for online and print implementation while increasing student engagement by 40%.

  • Provided literacy expertise, supported, organized storyboards for course creation, and developed the grade 2 phonics course including scope, sequence, and instructional supports as a subject matter expert while optimizing team member’s skills by 50%.

K12 (Stride, Inc.)–Instructional Designer | Aug. 2022–September 2024 | Remote: Parker, CO

  • As a subject matter expert in literacy leading instructional decisions grounded in research—collaborated with SMEs, researched, and analyzed to develop courses aligned to the science of reading for professional development.

  • Developed and storyboarded new courses based on established adult learning theory instructional models as needed to support teaching and learning team initiatives.

  • Encouraged, promoted, and applied the science of reading best practices to all course developments.

  • Innovated new course developments and applied adult learning theory to courses; ensuring accessibility for diverse learners.

K12 (Stride, Inc.)–Curriculum Architect (ID, contractor) | August 2020–August 2022 | Remote: Parker, CO

  • As the phonics lead—developed engaging content for the phonics program aligned to explicit and systematic phonics progressions and decoding skills for students.

  • Storyboarded and applied science of reading principles across lesson components.

  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create interactive learning components.

  • Designed engaging graphics to support comprehension and usability.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt–Professional Learning Consultant | August 2017–February 2020 | Boston, MA

  • Collaborated with teachers and administrators providing implementation guidance and instructional feedback throughout the school year on best practices for reading remediation programs to increase student achievement.

  • Developed tailored presentations to meet district and school needs.

  • Provided superior service with a 92% evaluation rating from teachers and administrators. 

  • Led Professional Learning Communities focused on data-driven instruction.

Mission Hills Christian School–Elementary Teacher | August 2015–June 2017 | Rancho Santa Margarita, CA

  • Educated and differentiated based on students’ needs with enhanced technology practices.

  • Provided teacher coaching and support.

  • Applied best practices with literacy based on the science of reading’s five core elements.

Professional Summary

  • Proficient in assessing student and educator needs and translating into scalable course frameworks to improve productivity by 70%.

  • Advocate of the science of reading research and application to ensure evidence-based literacy practices are followed 100% of the time in daily lessons.

  • Accomplished leading curriculum development from planning to execution using advanced methods to optimize results and reduce workload by 20%.

  • Developed the Science of Reading courses and implementation plan for 3,000+ K12 teachers organization-wide.

Education

  • CSU Fresno | 2017 | Masters in Education

  • CalStateTeach | 2015 | California Teaching Credential

  • CSU Fullerton | 2013 | BS in Child and Adolescent Development 

Certifications

Skills

  • ELA curriculum development, instructional content authoring, assessment design, standards alignment, literacy, professional development, professional learning communities, universal design for learning, educational technology, science of reading, Canva, LMS, eLearning, learning design, course development, graphic design, AI integration, Artificial Intelligence, MindSmith, ChatGPT, Synthesia, CoPilot, Genially, MagicSchool AI, SCORM, Adobe suite, Microsoft suite, Google suite, WCAG alignment and adherence

  • Subject Matter Expert (SME) in literacy, including, the science of reading's big five: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.