How to Transition from Teaching into Instructional Design

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More and more teachers are landing great instructional design roles, but how are they doing it?

You already know it’s important to make your portfolio and resume the best they can be, but there’s more to it than that. What are the details that determine who finds success and who struggles when breaking into the field?

In this video, Scott Schmidt goes beyond the basics and shares what factors really mattered in his transition from teaching to instructional design.

He gives helpful insights about how to approach the entire process from planning to interviewing, and reveals how he was able to find an instructional design role that he loves.

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0:00 Intro
0:48 My Transition to ID
2:15 Your Transition to ID
3:25 Have a Plan
5:10 Your Portfolio is Key
7:18 Networking
10:14 Be Yourself in Interviews
13:50 My Current Role
16:01 Recap