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CAREER SWITCH

Teacher moving into instructional design

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Marcus Chen

Instructional Designer — curriculum & adult learning

Address

Portland, OR

E-mail

marcus.chen@example.com

Phone

+1 503 555 0123

01 PROFILE

Biology and chemistry teacher for nine years; now moving into corporate instructional design. Same work as lesson planning — storyboards, pilots, facilitator guides — for compliance and onboarding modules. Finished Oregon State's instructional design certificate in 2025; interning at Summit Learning Co.

02 EXPERIENCE

2025 — Now

Instructional Design Intern, Summit Learning Co.

Remote

Support e-learning modules for corporate compliance and onboarding programs.

  • Storyboarded 4 SCORM courses adopted by 2 enterprise clients (3,500+ learners in first rollout)
  • Ran pilot sessions with 40 learners; incorporated feedback that lifted post-course assessment scores 14%
  • Built facilitator guides and job aids used by client HR teams without designer support
  • Collaborated with SMEs to translate dense policy text into scenario-based interactions

2016 — 2025

High School Science Teacher, Riverside Unified School District

Portland

Taught biology and chemistry to grades 9–12 (180+ students per year across sections).

  • Designed project-based units aligned to state standards; student pass rates 8 points above district average in final two years
  • Mentored 4 new teachers on classroom technology and lesson planning
  • Led after-school STEM club; 60% of participants pursued science electives the following year
  • Created reusable slide decks and lab guides adopted by 6 teachers in the department

2014 — 2016

Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon — Chemistry Dept.

Eugene, OR

Led weekly lab sections and office hours for introductory chemistry.

  • Received outstanding TA evaluation 3 of 4 terms
  • Developed a review sheet template still used by the department

03 EDUCATION

2024 — 2025

Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design

Oregon State University (online)

Capstone: compliance training module for healthcare admins.

2014 — 2016

MEd Secondary Education

University of Oregon

2010 — 2014

BSc Biology

University of Oregon

04 SKILLS

Curriculum design

Adult learning theory

Instructional design

Articulate Storyline

LMS administration

Facilitation

Assessment design

SCORM

Learning objectives

SME interviews

E-learning development

Workshop design

Accessibility in learning

05 LANGUAGES

English — C2

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