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Malaika Samples
Leadership in
Instructional Design and Training
ABOUT
Highly motivated, multilingual professional with 10 years of experience designing, delivering, and evaluating learning solutions that accelerate learning and align with strategic goals. Proven ability to transform learning and development goals from strategy to reality, manage client relationships, create, and evaluate engaging course products, and mentor junior colleagues.
SKILLS & EXPERTISE
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Client engagement
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Instructional design project management
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Program evaluation strategies
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Staff training
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Curriculum development strategy
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Coaching junior colleagues
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Adult learning methodologies
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Director, Academic Innovation Program
Florida Institute for Child Welfare
Tallahassee, FL
2024 - Present
2020 - 2024
Associate Director, Learning Design and Innovation
American Society of Addiction Medicine
Rockville, MD
2012 - 2020
Academic Program Coordinator/Adjunct Instructor
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
2009 - 2012
Course Designer, Online Mentor & Research Assistant
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
2009 - 2011
E-Learning Instructor - German Language
Georgia Virtual School
Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION
2013 - 2018
Florida State University
Doctor of Education, Ed. Leadership and Policy Studies
Focus: Educational Program Evaluation
Tallahassee, FL
2009 - 2011
Florida State University
Master, Public Administration
Focus: Human Resources Management
Tallahassee, FL
2002 - 2005
Florida State University
Bachelor of Arts, Multicultural/Multilingual Education
Focus: Foreign Languages, Teaching Diverse Populations
Tallahassee, FL
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
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Spearheading the development of a 6,000 square foot experiential learning lab and managing the procurement of simulation training packages to modernize instruction and expand faculty training capacity for problem-based learning.
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Designing, developing, and evaluating specialty education course products for a membership of 7,000 professionals.
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Coaching junior instructional designers on project management and course development strategies.
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Pivoting 54 conference sessions to virtual, on-demand sessions in 3 weeks due to COVID-19 impacts.
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Developing online classes that drove a 2x increase in three years in enrollment in a self-funded academic program.
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Earning the Excellence in Online Mentoring award from the Office of Distance Learning at Florida State University.
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Launching the first German-language program in a Title 1 magnet school recruiting 50+ students to join.