Featured Projects
Projects
A selection of instructional design work spanning workforce development, online higher education, and emerging executive education for the public sector. Each project is presented with the audience, challenge, design approach, and accessibility considerations that shaped it.
Selected projects represent ongoing work in workforce training, online course development, leadership education, and instructional design practice. This portfolio will continue evolving throughout graduate study and professional development.
Workforce Development · Public Sector
Sergeant Promotional Preparation Course
Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, asynchronous leadership preparation for first-line supervisors.
Project Overview
A real-world workforce development and leadership preparation initiative built for adult learners in a large public sector law enforcement agency. The course was designed to be completed asynchronously, around demanding rotating shift schedules, on whatever device a deputy had available.
- Learner Audience
- Deputies preparing for the first-line supervisor (Sergeant) role within a large county agency, working rotating patrol, detention, and investigative schedules.
- Instructional Challenge
- Provide consistent, equitable, exam-relevant leadership preparation across a workforce that cannot reliably attend in-person training together. Reduce informal coaching gaps while honoring adult learners' time and prior experience.
- Design Approach
- A modular, asynchronous course structured around clear module overviews, learning objectives, lectures, knowledge checks, scenario-based exercises, and policy review. The structure was repeated across modules so learners always knew where they were and what came next.
From the Course
This project reinforced the importance of designing learning environments that are flexible, accessible, operationally realistic, and grounded in practical application for adult learners. Strong supervisors are built through preparation, not promotion alone.
Higher Education · Online Course Design
CJ 3338, Introduction to Police Personnel Management
Sam Houston State University, university-level online course development in police personnel administration.
Project Overview
An online university course focused on organizational leadership, police management, supervision, and workforce administration. The course supports adult learners who balance studies with full-time work, and was built so students always know what they are learning, why it matters, and where it fits.
- Learner Audience
- Undergraduate criminal justice students, many of whom are working professionals or aspiring practitioners pursuing the degree online.
- Instructional Challenge
- Translate a complex, practice-driven topic into an online experience that is easy to navigate, intellectually rigorous, and connected to the realities of public sector workforce management.
- Design Approach
- A modular structure with consistent lesson scaffolding, clear lesson titles, written learning objectives, lecture content, knowledge checks, exercises, and exams. The repeating pattern reduces cognitive load and lets students focus on the content, not the container.
Emerging Initiative · Executive Education
GovLeaders Academy
A developing professional development initiative for local governments and special-purpose districts.
Project Overview
GovLeaders Academy is an emerging initiative focused on workforce education, leadership development, and governance training for local governments and special-purpose districts. It is presented here as a developing instructional design and leadership education project rather than a launched program.
- Learner Audience
- Elected officials, appointed board members, and staff serving in municipalities, utility districts, emergency services districts, and other special-purpose local entities.
- Instructional Challenge
- Provide credible, scalable governance and leadership training to public servants who often hold complex responsibilities with limited formal preparation, across geographically distributed and resource-constrained organizations.
- Design Approach
- A scalable online learning model with short, focused modules; practical scenarios drawn from local government work; and an emphasis on plain-language fundamentals over jargon. The early focus is on instructional structure, accessibility, and trust-building before scale.
Designing for governance learners has reinforced how much instructional clarity matters when the audience is balancing public responsibility with limited time. The work is intentionally being built slowly so the foundation is sound.