Senior Manager Learning Strategy & Instructional Design
Resume:
DANIEL J. THORNHILL
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QUALIFICATIONS:
Instructional designer and training developer for 16 years.
Program manager and program management mentor for 14 years.
Designed and developed more than 50 different courses varying in length from 10 to 700 instructional hours using ADDIE and other methods.
Have designed and developed face-to-face, hybrid, and fully online courses.
Believe in design thinking and evidence-based decision making.
Have conducted research on training design and instructional methodology.
Have advocated for sound training policy in both governmental and academic contexts.
EXPERIENCE:
Technical Training Lead Associate, September 2024 to present. Peraton, Space and Intelligence Division, Landover, Maryland
Teach and develop the face-to-face basic Apple Operating System Users’ Course.
Teach and develop the face-to-face Graphical User Interface Course.
Develop the student guide for both courses.
Develop and maintain the online versions of both courses.
Senior Instructional Methodology Subject Matter Expert, July 2009 to September 2024. Special Operations Forces Language Office, MacDill AFB, Florida
Assisted in the building of a custom learning management system that featured content creation and enrollment tracking functions linked via an application programming interface.
Led instructional-design teams for major projects ranging from 130 to 700 hours of seat time.
Developed conceptual frameworks, needs analysis processes, scope-and-sequence documents, syllabuses, and evaluation rubrics used in 14 courses.
Designed and taught modules on program management dealing with Dept. of Defense policy, budget management, curriculum development, training evaluation, and trainee advising.
Designed metrics for course placement, the evaluation of trainee progress, and return on training investment including a custom database for learner performance tracking.
Trained and mentored over 200 program managers.
Regularly updated curricula and materials for 25 different 60-hour courses.
Observed and evaluated hundreds of hours of classroom instruction.
Trained and mentored over 150 instructors.
Represented Special Operations Forces interests at Dept. of Defense and US government interagency policy meetings and working groups.
Contributed to briefs and papers used to make Special Operations and Dept. of Defense training and education policy decisions.
Coordinator of Basic Spanish Language Instruction, August 2007 to June 2009. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Oriented the Spanish curriculum to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages Proficiency Guidelines.
Developed the curriculum for all Spanish courses at the beginning and intermediate levels (including assessments and grading rubrics).
Designed and taught instructional methodology and design courses, including Teaching Methods for Spanish as a Second Language, the Foreign Language Teaching Practicum, and Applied Second Language Acquisition.
Taught Spanish courses, including The Structure of Modern Spanish, Advanced Spanish Grammar, and Beginning Spanish Language and Culture 1 and 2.
Trained and mentored instructors.
Observed and evaluated language classes.
Instructor, August 1998 to July 2007.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
Designed and taught the Spanish for Business course.
Taught Spanish courses, including Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Grammar, Conversational Spanish, and Spanish Composition.
EDUCATION:
M.A., Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.A., Spanish and French, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio
TOOLS: Articulate 360, H5P, Camtasia, Adobe Creative, Canvas, LearnUpon, Blackboard, Flip, Microsoft Office 365, Zoom
SECURITY CLEARANCE: Cleared for Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmented Information by the United States Office of Personnel Management via continuous monitoring begun in 2021.
LANGUAGES: English (ACTFL Distinguished), Spanish (ACTFL Superior), French (ACTFL Advanced)
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