Raen | Syracuse University
Raen (myself) during the SOE Convocation at the Goldstein Auditorium, Schine Student Center in Syracuse University .
Raenalyn Loomis
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Personal Statement
Hi, I'm Raen. I am one of the ones who "stumbled" into the ID world. I was unaware that this career even existed until I started looking for a Master's program.
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After spending 5 years as an ESL/ EFL instructor to improve students' English conversation skills in Japan, I decided to embark on a new adventure and moved to the US. I worked as a part-time remote College Instructor to undergraduate students, and I've accumulated a total of 7 years of experience as an educator. I'm adept in all aspects of activities in the four areas of language teaching and combined with a passion for helping students to achieve proficiency in a foreign/second language. I believe that the communication and interpersonal skills I acquired from my teaching experience and the knowledge and skills I acquired from IDD&E program will aid me in transitioning to the Instructional Design field.
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My main goal for the program is discovering how I can incorporate IDD&E principles in my future workplace and contribute to aspects of language teaching. My Instructional Designer career plans are currently to apply the theories behind Instructional Design, utilize more educational technologies, and learn to create effective eLearning courses. There are a lot of former teachers who have pivoted to instructional design, and I think it’s becoming more of a common career move among teachers like me, since there's a lot of transferable skills, I believe, I can bring into the ID field.
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In the next one to two years, I plan to look for an ID related job so that I can apply the best practices and other strategies/ techniques I learned into future course creations as I aspire to create online courses.
Work Experience
January 2024 - Present
February 2022 - July 2023
February 2022 - November 2022
May 2019 - November 2021
October 2016 - April 2019
Instructional Designer, Empire State University - Full-time (Saratoga Springs, NY)
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Provide instructional design and technology consultation, guidance, and support to faculty using current research-driven learning design principles and best practices for online learning .
College Instructor, San Pablo Colleges - Remote, Part-time (Philippines)
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Created course content and managed an LMS, Brightspace by D2L, for students to meet learning needs, adhere to curriculum standards, and build interest in learning the Japanese language, culture, and the country itself.
​Data Entry Associate, MetLife - Remote, Temporary (Southfield, MI)
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Completed data entry tasks with accuracy and efficiency, monitored database updates, and verified for correctness, as well as verified data files prior to entry to maintain high data accuracy.
​English Instructor, iTTTi - Full-time (Kanagawa, Japan)
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Worked independently at each classroom location responsible for teaching and the welfare of the students and prepared educational materials, while taking account of students' interests and cultural backgrounds.
​English Instructor Nichii Gakkan - Full-time (Gunma, Japan)
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Taught English test preparation courses to young and Business English to adult learners, and utilized multimedia strategies to introduce English to nursery and kindergarten students.
