Jennifer Rider

170 W 29th St
Durango, CO 81301
970-404-1588
Email: jrider@fortlewis.edu
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jen-rider/

Qualifications Summary

Twenty years of combined education and professional experience focusing on curriculum development,
instructional technology, critical pedagogy, teacher education, and Spanish language instruction, including
teaching at secondary and higher education institutions, course and curricular design, blended learning
strategies, professional translations, and capacity building at various levels with several age groups.

Education

Ph.D. Curriculum and Instruction 2017

New Mexico State University

M.A. Spanish 2012

New Mexico State University

M.A. Linguistically Diverse Education 2008

Adams State College

B.A. Spanish Language and Culture 1999

University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Educational Certifications

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education – CO

K-12 Spanish - CO

Areas of Expertise

 Online course & program design

 Educational learning technologies
 Professional development courses and workshops
 Digital accessibility & ADA compliance
 Learning management systems
 Teacher leadership
 Pre-service teacher preparation and education
 Spanish language and culture
 Spanish translation
 Culturally and linguistically diverse education & bilingual education
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Current Employment

DIRECTOR OF TEACHING & LEARNING SERVICES

Fort Lewis College
(July 2018 – Present)

 Manage a team of three colleagues in the office of Teaching & Learning Services
 Collaborate with faculty and instructors to design high-quality online and hybrid course
curriculum
 Deliver faculty training courses for online course design
 Teach ED 603: Instructional Technology in Schools (online)
 Served as research advisor for MAE-Teacher Leadership student
 Collaborated with a team to write a $1.15million USDA grant application for distance learning
 Led institutional application and review for accrediting agency’s (HLC) approval to offer multiple
online programs
 Served on strategic plan committee for growth of regional academic programs
 Coordinated the Advisory Committee on Accessibility of Information Technology and Digital
Content
 Lead campus-wide trainings, workshops and professional development to faculty and staff
 Co-chair the Teaching and Learning Team (a permanent college committee)
 Led multiple searches for new positions
 Participated in application for CDHE Open Educational Resources grant ($43,000 in 2019) and
supported program for faculty OER development
 Redesigned New Faculty Orientation program
 Co-designed new faculty teaching development training course
 Collaborated on writing and received $950,000 USDA Distance Learning grant to support HyFlex
classroom technology and rural connectivity for students
 Served as member of planning committee for Colorado Collaboration of Higher Education
Teaching and Learning Professionals; organized inaugural annual event

Professional Experience

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER
Fort Lewis College
(August 2017 – June 2018)

 Developed comprehensive faculty training course for online course design

 Collaborate with faculty and instructors to design high-quality online and hybrid course
curriculum
 Participated in a Teaching Empowerment Team grant with a focus in remote video observation of
student teachers
 Teach ED 630: Emerging Technology in Education (hybrid and hyflex using Zoom)
 Coordinate the Advisory Committee on Accessibility of Information Technology and Digital
Content
 Developed an institutional Distance Education Policy
 Lead campus-wide trainings, workshops and professional development to faculty and staff

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mountain Middle School
(July 2017 – July 2020)

 Served as Board President from June 2019 – November 2019

 Served on School Accountability Committee and led Head of School evaluations
 Facilitated Hour of Code event for community partnership grant
 Founding family member (30+ hours of volunteer work)
 Translated school documents to Spanish
 Community outreach for enrolment awareness

INSTRUCTOR - TEACHER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Fort Lewis College
(August 2012 – Present)

 Taught ED 222 Global Perspectives, ED 341 Foundations of Education, ED 333 Southwest

Language Immersion, ED 434 Methods of Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse
Learners, ED 322 Methods of Bilingual Education, ED 479 Emerging Technology in the P-12
Classroom, and ED 630 Instructional Technology
 Designed course curriculum using blended learning strategies and Canvas LMS
 Advised Elementary Education students
 Supervised, observed and mentored student teachers in local schools
 Facilitated students’ professional exhibitions at the end of their student teaching semester
 Served as member and chair of the Professional Education Review Committee
 Taught courses through the FLC Outreach program to teachers on the Navajo Reservation
 Served as member of the Native American Education Outreach Program Committee
 Wrote proposal to Colorado Department of Education for authorization of Bilingual Specialist
Endorsement (CLD-S) in Spanish and Navajo
 Worked collaboratively with CDHE to review education, CLD, and bilingual programs at other
Colorado institutions
 Participated in a TET grant team with a focus in blended learning and tablet integration
 Served as a senator on the college-wide Faculty Senate (3 yrs.)
 Served as Coordinator for the Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement (2 yrs.)
 Collected, analyzed and reported on data regarding student PLACE and PRAXIS scores in regard
to program development and success
 Coordinated cooperating teacher and college supervisor responsibilities and reimbursement

SPANISH TEACHER
Durango High School, Durango 9R School District
(August 2010 – August 2012)

 Taught Spanish 1 and 3

 Advised students
 Served on the proposal writing committee for the International Baccalaureate small learning
community
 Completed level 1 of International Baccalaureate training
 Supervised a Fort Lewis College practicum student
SPANISH TEACHER
Glenwood Springs High School, Roaring Fork School District
(August 2003 – August 2010)

 Taught Spanish 1, 2 and 3 to all ages of high school students

 Developed curriculum for and taught Spanish for Heritage Speakers classes (levels 1 and 2)
 Transitioned to standards-based education and assessment
 Planned, coordinated and chaperoned trips to Peru and Ecuador for two weeks with a group of 18
Spanish 3 and 4 students
 Taught 2 years of Spanish for teachers in the district
 Supervised a student teacher for one semester

FULBRIGHT TEACHER EXCHANGE PARTICIPANT

Fulbright, Mexico
(September 2008 – June 2009)

 Taught various levels of English at a community college in rural Mexico – Tecnológico de

Estudios Superiores de Jilotepec

INTERNATIONAL TRIP LEADER AND COORDINATOR

Global Works
(July 2004 – July 2007)

 Language immersion, adventure travel, and community service with groups of 18 students, ages
16-18, for one month
 Organized trip-logistics as well as managed the group budget

PROGRAM DEVELOPER AND RECRUITER FOR MIGRANT FAMILIES

Migrant Education Program
(December 2002 – April 2004)

 Recruiter of primarily Latino families into the program which consisted of meetings with the
school administrators and community leaders as well as individual home visits with the families
 Liaison between families and community organizations to receive support educationally,
financially, and medically

FIELD INSTRUCTOR AND BASE CAMP COUNSELOR

Trailhead Wilderness School
(May 2002 – December 2002)

 Field instructor to a group of adjudicated teenage boys living in the wilderness, helping students
examine their behavior by providing challenges and opportunities to use effective and respectful
communication, healthy competition/teamwork and conflict resolution
 Base camp counselor in a residential treatment center to groups of at-risk youth, providing
structure for students and supportive transition from the wilderness back into the community and
their families

AGRICULTURE EXTENSIONIST
Peace Corps - Honduras
(September 2000 – March 2002)

 Organized women’s groups in six communities to train in vegetable production and nutrition
 Conducted a community analysis to determine agricultural needs for hillside farming
 Reforestation techniques and natural resource management
 Elementary education in various subjects, including school gardens, adolescence and AIDS
awareness
 Presentations

Rider, J. & Moore, A. (2021). Scaling HyFlex for the Post-COVID Campus. Presented at Educause Learning
Initiative Annual Meeting, online.

Moore, A. & Rider, J. & (2021). Making a No-Cost Teaching Toolkit. Presented at eLearning Consortium of
Colorado Virtual Conference.

Rider, J. & Ryter, D. (2020). Humanizing Digital Mentorship: Using Video-based Remote Supervision for
Student-teachers Abroad. Presented at SITE 2020 Conference, online.

Rider, J. (2017). Examining Ethics of Care in Our Online Discourse with Students. Presented Teaching of
Ethics Conference, Durango, Colorado.

Rider, J. (2017). Re-Imagining Online Interactions: Building Ethics of Care. Presented at College of Education
Inaugural Symposium: Re-Imagining the Future of Learning. New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New
Mexico.

Rider, J. (2017). Humanizing Digital Mentorship for Student Teachers Abroad. Accepted at CIEE Annual
Conference, Austin, Texas.

Rider, J. & Schuldt, L. (2016). Choosing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Literature and Facilitating
Text-Based Discussions. Presented at La Cosecha annual conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Rider, J. & Schuldt, L. (2014). Early Literacy in a Digital World. Interactive workshop presented at Southwest
Colorado Association for the Education of Young Children (CAEYC) Conference, Durango, Colorado.

Rider, J. (2015). e-Collaboration: Challenges, Successes, and Tips for Co-Teaching in Higher Education.
Paper presented at University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Publications

Rider, J. & Moore, A. (2021. Scaling HyFlex for the Post-Pandemic Campus. Educause Review.
https://er.educause.edu/articles/2021/8/scaling-hyflex-for-the-post-pandemic-campus

Rider, J. & Ryter, D. (2020). Humanizing Digital Mentorship: Using Video-based Remote Supervision for
Student-teachers Abroad. In D. Schmidt-Crawford (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology
& Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 300-309). Online: Association for the Advancement of
Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved November 19, 2020 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/215765.

Rider, J. (2018). e-Relationships: Using Computer-Mediated Discourse Analysis to Build Ethics of Care in
Digital Spaces. In Kyei-Blankson, L., Blankson, J., & Ntuli, E. (Eds.), Care and culturally responsive
pedagogy in online settings. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Rider, J. (2017). The Use of Digital Communication to Build Care and Relationships into the Post-Secondary
Classroom: A Self-Analysis of Discourse. Journal of Advances in Education Research, 2(3).

Rider, J. (2017). E-relationships: Faculty use of ethics of care in computer mediated discourse. New Mexico
State University.

Honors & Awards

 Received Fort Lewis College Achievement Award (2020). The Achievement Award is given to a faculty,
staff, or administrator with a superior record of competence, resourcefulness, and dedication; noteworthy
involvement in activities that serve to advance academic, athletic, intercultural, Honors, or intramural
programs; evidence of creative achievement, significant research, technical training, or professional
growth; significant, innovative work that has broadened the College’s service to the students and
community; and demonstrated leadership in education, social and professional programs.
 Nominated for Wellborn Outstanding Teaching Award (2017). The Kathy Wellborn Outstanding
Teaching Award recognizes non-tenure track faculty and their contributions to the College as lecturers and
part-time instructors for multiple semesters.
 Received SkyHawk Award from student athlete (2016)
 Recipient of Colorado Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) Presidential Award (2015):
Wrote the successful application for a bilingual Navajo and Spanish endorsement.  Fort Lewis is the first
institution in the state of Colorado to receive a Navajo bilingual endorsement and we were honored for this
work with the Colorado Association of Bilingual Education Presidential Award.
 Academic Honors (4.0) from New Mexico State University
 Academic Honors (4.0) from Adams State College

Professional Development, Experience and Digital Credentials

 Learning Lab: Meaningful Online Learning (2021)

 Designing HyFlex Courses to Support Multimodal Learning Environments, Educause Learning Lab (2021)
 Creative Commons Certificate course, certificate earned (2020)
 Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course, certificate earned (2019)
 ID2ID Peer Mentoring Program, Penn State and Educause (2019)
 Proposal reviewer for 2017 Teaching of Ethics Conference (Fort Lewis College)
 Proposal reviewer for 2017 Educause Learning Initiative Annual Meeting
 ELI Course: Humanizing Online Teaching & Learning (2017)
 ELI Course: Evaluating Online Teaching (2017)

References

Dr. Richard Fulton – Former Dean of School of Education - Fort Lewis College
Former Supervisor
970-799-0106
fulton_r@fortlewis.edu

Dr. Lorien Schuldt - Assistant Professor - Fort Lewis College

Colleague
970-247-7274
licschuldt@fortlewis.edu

Tod Lokey - Superintendent & Principal - Ouray School District

Former Colleague
970-318-6896
tlokey@ouray.k12.co.us

Courses Taught

 ED 222 Global Perspectives in Education

 ED 332 Materials and Methods of Bilingual Education
 ED 333 Southwest Language Immersion
 ED 341 Foundations of Teaching
 ED 342 Foundations of Teaching School-Based Field Experience (partnered with Mountain
Middle School)
 ED 434 Teaching English as Second Language
 ED 479 Emerging Technology in P-12 Schools
 ED 630 Emerging Technology in Education (hybrid)
 ED 603 Instructional Technology (online)