Ready to Become an Instructional Designer?
Accelerate your instructional design skill development and ID job hunt with these resources and tools!
Signature Courses
Instructional Design & Tech Accelerator System
& Certificate Program
Get LIFETIME ACCESS to a ROBUST CURRICULUM designed to get you skilled in all the essential areas of instructional design in as little as 12 weeks!!
ID Get Hired Launchpad & Toolkit
Craft a winning resume and cover, makeover your Linkedin profile, build your portfolio, and prep for interviews.
How to Freelance as an Instructional Designer
Work from ANYWHERE as a Freelance
Instructional Designer.
Instructional Designer.
Everyone is a Project Manager
You may not think of yourself as a project manager, but you are! We'll walk you through the steps to manage your workload, how to establish priorities, push back on unreasonable timelines, all while breaking down the basics of effective project management so that you can manage any project that lands on your desk!
Learner Engagement Blueprint
Discover 7 learning strategies to get adult learners engaged, keep them engaged throughout the learning process, and reduce cognitive overload. Applies to instructor-led, virtual instructor-led and eLearning!
Free Downloadable Resources + Courses
Top 20 Questions [For Teachers]
You have questions. We have answers! Download this free source to help ease your mind and make the switch from Teacher to Instructional Designer.
Convert Your Existing Resume to an Instructional Designer Resume
Convert Your existing resume to an
Instructional Designer resume using this
step-by-step process to target your dream instructional design job
Instructional Designer resume using this
step-by-step process to target your dream instructional design job
The New Instructional Designer's Guide
This highly impactful and detailed guide will help you determine what kind of ID you want to be, what sector you want to work in as well as educate about instructional design. It includes numerous strategies, easy-to-follow templates, tips, and video lessons to help you build your instructional design knowledge!
Record Instructional Videos
Like a Pro
Get a copy of my BEST recording tips and tool suggestions.
90-Day Instructional
Design Plan
This free (& highly impactful)
90 Day Action Plan Guide + FREE Masterclass will help you identify the steps you can take to begin developing your ID skills!
90 Day Action Plan Guide + FREE Masterclass will help you identify the steps you can take to begin developing your ID skills!
DoneTeaching.com
Ready to leave the classroom? See how you can make the career transition to ID using your existing skillset.
Free Communities
The Hangout: A Private Facebook Group
Join our fun online community:
The Instructional Design Hangoutfor Aspiring IDs
Meet and connect with others who are inspiring to become Instructional Designers! This is a great community to join where you can get real-time feedback and network with others.
Instructional Design Company YouTube
Prefer to watch tutorials on your own? Check out our YouTube channel where we share tutorials from video editing to Canva presentations to help you further develop the skills
to create courses.
to create courses.
New Episodes Every Other Wednesday!
Instructional Design Coaching with Our Team of Experts!
Looking for more personalized training? These tailored sessions are driven by YOUR needs and YOUR goals.
You'll get personalized guidance, support, structure, accountability, and cheerleading!
You'll get personalized guidance, support, structure, accountability, and cheerleading!
SHIFT Forward
Coach: Shawntay Skjoldager
2 x 1-Hour Coaching Sessions with
Chief Trainologist, Shawntay
Chief Trainologist, Shawntay
Resumes, Cover Letters, & LinkedIn Coaching
Coach: Marissa Lessman
30-Minute Session with Professional Resume Writer with the PARWCC
Portfolio Coaching and Guidance
Coach: Darlene Dalgleish
30-Minute Session with 20+ Year
Instructional Designer
Instructional Designer
Storyline 360 and Rise Coaching
Coach: Stephen Seebaran
60-Minute Session with
Top Rated Upwork Contractor
Top Rated Upwork Contractor
All coaching packages include unlimited email communications and text messages.
Hi Future Badass Instructional Designer!
My name is Shawntay Skjoldager, a Trainologist and an Instructional Designer. I understand what it takes to become an ID -- without having a related degree in the field.
There are tons of free and paid resources here to help you on your journey!
I'm a former 5th Grade Teacher who successfully transitioned to an Instructional Designer and now Agency Owner by simply learning to apply my classroom skills to the corporate world.
If you already know how to teach and build learning plans, then you're already on the path to becoming an ID.
There are tons of free and paid resources here to help you on your journey!
Good luck! And yes, you can really become an Instructional Designer.
DO NOT take my words for it; let the words of others work the magic
DO NOT take my words for it; let the words of others work the magic
A Tremendous Asset to the Project Team!
"Working with Shawntay and the Instructional Design Company has allowed our university to meet the growing demands of our programs. Shawntay’s expertise allowed for the course development to be completed on time and met all of the university requirements. Shawntay’s project management skills were phenomenal and allowed my team to work on other areas while she completed this project for us. Her work is of high quality and her professionalism and willingness to help made her a tremendous asset to the project team."
Amanda Buckley
Academic Quality Assurance Specialist, Abilene Christian University
Made my life so much easier!
“I am new to the training design and development world and I was SO excited to get in there, but I lacked real-world knowledge that would set me apart from my peers. And, then Shawntay Skjoldager walked into my life with an outstretched hand and a seemingly endless list of ways to knock every training out of the park. From Training Analysis Form to the Tay Tay tips, this course made my life so much easier and even ironed out the review process that I had been struggling with for months."
Katie Carter
Training Specialist, LegalShield
A Tremendous Asset to the Project Team!
"Working with Shawntay and the Instructional Design Company has allowed our university to meet the growing demands of our programs. Shawntay’s expertise allowed for the course development to be completed on time and met all of the university requirements. Shawntay’s project management skills were phenomenal and allowed my team to work on other areas while she completed this project for us. Her work is of high quality and her professionalism and willingness to help made her a tremendous asset to the project team."
Amanda Buckley
Academic Quality Assurance Specialist, Abilene Christian University
eLearning Development
“I have had many opportunities to work with Shawntay—mainly in the support of implementing new eLearning initiatives. I have been very impressed by her ability to quickly learn how to use rapid eLearning development tools and effectively use them to create multiple courses within a short timeframe. Shawntay’s enthusiastic nature, attention to detail, and dedication to her work make her a pleasure to work with and a great asset to both Texas A&M University-Commerce and the broader training community within the Texas A&M University System.”
Ashley Christian
Director of Learning Strategy, Caveo Learning
