I partner with organizations to diagnose root causes of performance gaps — and design solutions that actually move the needle. Because a course is only worth building if it solves the right problem.
Training is valuable when it's the right solution — not the default one.
Before a single slide is built, I ask the hard questions: Is training actually the answer? What's the gap between current and expected performance? What environmental or motivational factors are at play? The ADDIE process isn't just a framework — it's a discipline that protects organizations from wasting resources on solutions that don't fit the problem.
With over a decade in instructional design, I've worked with federal agencies, healthcare organizations, and fire service leadership to build training that changes what people actually do on the job — not just what they know when they exit a course.
My background spans complex compliance-driven curricula, technical skills training, and leadership development. I bring the same rigorous front-end analysis to a 2-hour e-learning module as I do to a 96-hour instructor-led curriculum.
I'm currently based in Grand Rapids, MI and open to remote full-time roles with organizations that value thoughtful, evidence-based learning design.
Michelle doesn't just build courses — she asks the right questions before anyone opens a tool. That front-end discipline has saved us time and budget more than once.
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Her ability to translate complex technical and regulatory content into accessible, learner-centered training is genuinely rare. Our SMEs trust her process.
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Before designing a single learning objective, smart IDs ask: is this actually a training problem? Here's the analysis that changes everything.
Front-end analysis isn't overhead. It's the single investment that determines whether everything downstream will matter.
After earning my Trusted Tester certification, accessibility changed how I approach every design decision, not just compliance reviews.
Open to full-time remote opportunities with organizations that take learning seriously. Let's talk about what you're trying to solve.
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