Senior Curriculum & Training Systems Architect

Kory Pritchett

West Lafayette, Indiana 317-***-**** *************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/kory-pritchett-185772142 kpritche.github.io/portfolio

SUMMARY

Curriculum for approximately 2,600 first-year engineering students a semester runs on infrastructure I both design and maintain — four courses, 20+ sections, with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines that compile and deploy the course website. That work spans instructional design, Python/GitHub-based grading infrastructure, and collaboration with faculty and stakeholders to steer future course development. EXPERIENCE

Senior Curriculum Developer — Purdue University, First-Year Engineering (FYE) (October 2021 – present) Develops and delivers curriculum for approximately 2,600 students per semester across four first-year engineering courses and 20+ sections, for both in-person and virtual sections. Develops comprehensive multimedia curricula — videos, assignments, assessments, and modular projects — for Python and MATLAB courses with approximately 2,600 students per semester. Administers course content, learner access, and day-to-day LMS operations through D2L Brightspace, Gradescope, and GitHub.

Builds GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines that compile and deploy the ENGR 131 course website, so published material tracks the source content automatically.

Collaborates with Purdue faculty, instructors, and other stakeholders to review course materials and steer future instructional design development.

Coordinates operations for and mentors over 20 graduate teaching assistants staffing classrooms and help rooms each semester, holding instructional quality steady across them. Technology Lead — First United Methodist Church, West Lafayette, IN (2025 – Present) Owns the organization’s technology function: AV systems, audio mixing, presentation systems, and Microsoft 365 tenant administration.

Builds Python automation and API integrations that generate recurring weekly production documents, removing manual re-entry between platforms.

Math Teacher — West Lafayette Jr./Sr. High School (August 2017 – August 2021) Taught grades 7-12 to 100+ students per semester across in-person and virtual instruction. SKILLS

Curriculum & Instructional Design

Curriculum design and development for first-year engineering, with interactive content built on Jupyter, MyST, and GitHub Pages.

Technical communication that makes hard technical concepts legible to non-technical audiences at scale. Systems & Tooling

Python architectures and CLI tools, workflow automation, and REST API integration between platforms. Designs curriculum and grading infrastructure on GitHub, Codespaces, and autograders for the courses students learn on each semester.

EDUCATION

M.A. Science Education — Ball State University, Muncie, IN (May 2017) B.S. Physics — Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (May 2015)

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