Tracey DiPaola
Strasburg
Summary
Adept at fostering educational excellence, I leveraged instructional best practices at Navy Federal Credit Union to design engaging eLearning content, enhancing learner engagement. My approach blends critical thinking with relationship building, achieving significant improvements in instructional delivery and student outcomes.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Teacher
Students Are Inspired Learners (SAIL)
- Developed strong relationships with students, parents, and colleagues by maintaining open lines of communication and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Managed classroom behavior effectively by establishing clear expectations, modeling appropriate conduct, and consistently enforcing established rules and consequences.
- Enhanced classroom engagement through the use of interactive teaching methods, such as group projects and hands-on activities.
- Maintained accurate records of student progress, attendance, and behavior to facilitate ongoing communication with parents about their child''s educational journey.
Sales Associate
Cracker Barrel
- Organized racks and shelves to maintain store visual appeal, engage customers, and promote specific merchandise.
- Handled cash transactions efficiently while adhering to company cash handling policies, ensuring accuracy in all financial exchanges.
- Built relationships with customers to encourage repeat business.
- Managed returns, exchanges and refunds in accordance with store policy.
Instructional Designer (Volunteer)
ABCD
- Collaborated with subject matter experts to create accurate, relevant, and effective learning content.
- Contributed to development of comprehensive employee training courses.
Adjunct Faculty
Lord Fairfax Community College
- Advised and mentored students on academic progress, career goals, and personal development.
- Established positive relationships with students, fostering a supportive and inclusive learning environment.
- Facilitated group projects that promoted teamwork, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking abilities among students.
- Graded quizzes, tests, homework, and projects to provide students with timely academic progress information and feedback.
- Used exams, quizzes and assignments to assess student comprehension.
- Created excitement and enthusiasm in classroom by delivering engaging subject matter.
- Created positive and safe learning environment for students by setting and enforcing classroom code of conduct.
Environmental Health Specialist
Virginia Department of Health - Clarke County
- Enhanced environmental quality by enforcing air, water, and soil pollution control measures to safeguard public health.
- Evaluated and refined internal procedures within the department to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness, ensuring timely response to community concerns regarding environmental health risks.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to address complex environmental health concerns involving hazardous materials or waste disposal.
- Attended court cases and provided evidence in court.
- Investigated complaints and expediently resolved concerns.
- Protected public safety by conducting regular inspections of food facilities and ensuring compliance with local health regulations.
Instructional Designer
Navy Federal Credit Union
11.2021 - Current
- Enhanced eLearning experience by designing interactive and engaging instructional materials.
- Collaborated with subject matter experts to create accurate, relevant, and effective learning content.
- Contributed to development of comprehensive employee training courses.
- Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining high-quality deliverables under tight deadlines.
- Developed instructor-led training materials that supported face-to-face classroom instruction for blended learning environments.
- Implemented successful instructional design projects from concept to completion within budget and time constraints.
- Designed multimedia presentations that incorporated audio, video, and graphics for engaging online courses.
- Created curricula, research topics and conceptualized course format, subject matter and presentation.
- Assisted in the selection of appropriate tools and technologies for effective course development and delivery.
- Conducted comprehensive needs analysis to identify areas for instructional improvement and targeted training solutions.
- Facilitated team collaboration during design meetings, providing constructive feedback on proposed ideas and concepts.
- Collaborated with subject matter experts to ensure content accuracy and relevance, enhancing learner trust and engagement.
- Provided coaching and mentoring to employees.
- Developed and implemented successful onboarding program.
Instructional Designer (Part-Time Contractor)
Artisan ELearning
05.2012 - 05.2022
- Enhanced e-learning experience by designing interactive and engaging instructional materials.
- Contributed to development of comprehensive employee training courses.
Education
Master Of Science - Crop And Soil Environmental Sciences
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA06.1998
Bachelor Of Science - Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA05.1988
Skills
- Classroom management
- Relationship building
- Critical thinking
- Lesson planning
- Positive role model and mentor
- Growth mindset
- Public speaking
- Conflict resolution
- Curriculum development
- Community involvement
- Cultural sensitivity
- Instructional best practices
- Verbal and written communication
- Team building
- Task prioritization
- Effective listening
- Flexible and adaptive
Additional Information
Elder, Crossroads Community Church
Head Coach, Little North Mountain 4-H Shooting Education Club
Assistant Coach, Antietam Junior Rifle Club
United States Navy Mom
Timeline
Instructional Designer
Navy Federal Credit Union
11.2021 - Current
Instructional Designer (Part-Time Contractor)
Artisan ELearning
05.2012 - 05.2022
Teacher
Students Are Inspired Learners (SAIL)
Sales Associate
Cracker Barrel
Instructional Designer (Volunteer)
ABCD
Adjunct Faculty
Lord Fairfax Community College
Environmental Health Specialist
Virginia Department of Health - Clarke County
Master Of Science - Crop And Soil Environmental Sciences
Virginia Tech
Bachelor Of Science - Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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