Kathleen Mary “Kathy” Eich is a Christian American educator and communicator with expertise in eLearning curriculum design. Kathy brings enthusiasm, intelligence, and encouragement to every professional situation. Her gift for storytelling and her infectious laughter can add light to any room. Her greatest joy is helping others to realize their own value and potential.
Florida Atlantic University Center for Online and Continuing Education (COCE)
Lead Instructional Designer, 2016-2020
- Collaborated with subject matter experts to design, build, and support 45 new fully-online undergraduate & graduate-level courses, and redesign dozens of existing courses
- Instituted and coordinated the FAU Excellence in eLearning Awards for four years
- Led 33 statewide professional development webinars
- Supported the adoption of Canvas LMS (See: Letter from Provost)
- Established COCE digital badging system
- Collaborated with Executive Director to produce COCE in-house knowledge base
- Co-designed COCE employee onboarding course
Palm Beach County School District
- Howell L. Watkins Middle School, Gr 8 English Language Arts (ELA) Teacher, 2021-Present
- John I Leonard High School, Reading Dept. Chair, ESOL Teacher, 2010-2015
- Served as JILHS administrator for Reading Plus and Achieve 3000
- Co-created & facilitated Reading Department instructional focus calendar, mini-assessments, mid-term exams, and final exams, FY2015 & FY2016
- South Intensive Transition School: MS ELA Dept. Chair, Gr 6-8 ELA Teacher, Gr 6-8 Intensive Reading Teacher, 2008-2010
- Won Citibank grant for student newspaper and published 18 issues
- Delray Full-Service Center: Gr 6-8 ELA Teacher, 2007
- Started a student newspaper and published several issues
- State of Florida Professional Educator
- Quality Matters
- Addressing Accessibility and Usability
- Applying the QM Rubric
- Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessments
- Designing Your Online Course
- Peer Reviewer Course
- QM Rubric Update Sixth Edition
- LinkedIn Learning (31 completed courses)
- Palm Beach County School District Professional Development/Training Certificates
- Online Learning Consortium: Designing a Flipped Classroom
- Nova Southeastern University, M.S. Education: Curriculum, Instruction, Technology, 2015
- North Shore Community College, Journalism Internship at Saugus Observer, 1990
- Sacred Heart University, Education certification coursework, 1992
- Gordon College, B.A. English Literature, 1990
From 2016 to 2020, I led 33 statewide professional development webinars with Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Online and Continuing Education. Here are a few of my favorites:
March 30, 2020 [0:43:40]
December 9, 2019 [0:38:38]
June 17, 2019 [0:41:11]
For more, please see my YouTube playlist: Kathy Taliau FAU PD Webinars.