SELECTED WORK

Turning complex challenges into practical experiences.

My work spans technical implementation, professional learning, instructional design, and education technology. These case studies show how I connect systems, people, and learning to move from implementation to confident, sustainable use.

FLAGSHIP CASE STUDY · END-TO-END IMPLEMENTATION

Large-Scale EdTech Implementation

Challenge

Launching education technology successfully requires much more than enabling a platform. District teams need technical readiness, accurate access, dependable processes, clear communication, and a path for resolving issues before they disrupt adoption.

My Role

I support district implementations at the point where technical requirements meet real-world school operations. My work includes launch preparation, rostering and user access, software readiness, troubleshooting, escalation, workflow preparation, and coordination across customer-facing and internal technical teams.

Approach

I translate technical requirements into practical next steps, surface risks early, clarify ownership, and connect implementation decisions to the educators and learners who will ultimately use the solution. My background in K–12 education helps me see both sides of the launch: what the system requires and what the district needs to make it work.

Implementation & Adoption Framework

I developed a structured 90-day action plan to move organizations from initial readiness through sustained adoption. The framework connects technical readiness with stakeholder responsibilities, professional learning, pilot support, feedback cycles, usage data, and long-term internal capacity.

Graphic showing the progression from Launch to Implementation to Nurture to Permanence

Developed through my adoption-consulting work, this framework reflects the implementation perspective I continue to bring to technology launches: deployment is only the beginning; successful implementation must lead to sustained use.

Results from One District Implementation:

5,000+

Learners onboarded through technology and learning-platform initiatives

200+

Educators supported through onboarding and adoption

60%

Reduction in human input allocation through process automation

Themes

Technical implementation • District readiness • Troubleshooting and escalation • Cross-functional coordination • Process improvement • Translating technical complexity

FLAGSHIP CASE STUDY · PROFESSIONAL LEARNING & ADOPTION

Professional Learning Designed for Adoption

Charles Maxwell facilitating professional learning with educators during an in-person workshop

Challenge

Product training can explain features without changing practice. Educators and leaders need learning experiences that connect a new solution to their responsibilities, students, workflows, and immediate implementation priorities.

My Role

I design and facilitate professional learning for educators, instructional leaders, and district teams, drawing on both product knowledge and more than two decades of K–12 experience.

Approach

I build district-specific experiences around realistic scenarios, guided practice, reflection, data, and action planning. Rather than treating training as a feature tour, I design for the decisions participants will need to make after the session and the behaviors required for sustained adoption.

Professional learning should create confidence, clarity, and action—not just transfer information.

Result

90%+

Positive customer ratings across facilitated professional learning experiences

Context-Specific Design

Learning experiences adapted to local priorities, implementation stage, learner needs, and instructional context.

Themes

Professional learning • Adult learning • Facilitation • Change and adoption • Scenario-based learning • District partnership

FLAGSHIP CASE STUDY · LEARNING DESIGN & ONBOARDING

New Student Onboarding Experience

New Student Orientation learning experience

Challenge

Students entering a virtual learning environment needed a clearer, more engaging path from enrollment to successful first-week participation. The onboarding experience had to reduce uncertainty while helping students understand the systems and expectations they would encounter.

My Role

I redesigned the onboarding experience, combining learning design, technology adoption, communication, and student-support practices into a more intentional digital orientation.

Approach

I organized the experience around what students needed to know and do first, then used branded visuals, narration, clear guidance, and digital resources to make the transition easier to follow. The design emphasized usability and action rather than simply presenting information.

Result

50% improvement

Increase in first-week login success following the redesigned onboarding process.

What This Demonstrates

Digital onboarding • Learning experience design • Technology adoption • Student-centered communication • Process redesign

ADDITIONAL WORK

Learning & Design in Practice

Additional examples show how I turn information into usable digital learning, AI-supported experiences, and asynchronous resources.

Phishing 101 eLearning course

Phishing 101

eLearning • Cybersecurity Awareness • Articulate Rise

A concise digital course designed to help learners recognize common phishing characteristics and make safer decisions when handling suspicious email.

AI learning experience

AI Learning Experiences

AI Adoption • Student Learning • Educator Enablement

Approachable learning experiences introducing students and educators to practical uses of AI, including mathematics support, writing exemplars, and instructional applications.

Presentation converted to narrated learning video

Presentation to Narrated Video

Content Transformation • AI-Assisted Design • Video Learning

Transformed a benchmark-assessment presentation into an asynchronous informational video using AI-supported scripting and video production.

Interested in the work behind the work?

If you’re working through an implementation, adoption, professional learning, or learning-design challenge, I’d be glad to connect.