{"id":9239,"date":"2025-10-20T08:00:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T13:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/?p=9239"},"modified":"2025-10-21T22:05:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:05:38","slug":"career-and-education-experience-influence-transform-learning-intern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everylearnereverywhere.org\/es\/blog\/career-and-education-experience-influence-transform-learning-intern\/","title":{"rendered":"Career and Education Experience Influence Transform Learning Intern"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fox Williams has been an associate degree student in engineering, a trade school student in construction, a construction professional, an educator for underrepresented populations in the trades, and now an undergraduate student. Each of these education experiences have shown her the importance of making digital instruction relatable and relevant.<\/p>\n

For example, she has encountered training and tools that didn\u2019t account for differences between men\u2019s and women\u2019s body types, and she has been in the dark when instruction relied on cultural references she didn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

\u201cOften I was the only woman,\u201d Williams says of her education in engineering technology, and her training and on-the-job experience in construction.<\/p>\n

She recalls an example of feeling excluded during her construction apprentice training: \u201cIn an effort to relate to the class, they would compare a part of a machine to something called a Heisman Trophy,\u201d Williams says of the college football award. \u201cI wouldn\u2019t know. I don\u2019t watch sports.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s using this background to fuel her current endeavors, including her work as a fall 2025 Every Learner Everywhere\u00ae intern<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Sharing EBT practices<\/h2>\n

Williams holds an associate degree in electrical engineering technology and currently is a junior at Baruch College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Williams provides construction training through the nonprofit organization Nontraditional Employment for Women. As a math and electrical theory instructor, she works to present the inclusive instruction that she has come to recognize is so valuable.<\/p>\n

Her background makes the Queens, N.Y., resident the perfect fit for the Every Learner internship, where Williams is assigned to work with Transform Learning<\/a>. She is sharing information about practices she uses to make her training courses relatable and relevant, adding those descriptions to the examples of digitally enabled evidence-based teaching practices (DE-EBTs)<\/a> available on the Transform Learning website.<\/p>\n

Her work with Transform Learning also includes participation in its EBT community of practice<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Williams has always employed instructional techniques such as describing the practical importance of material she\u2019s presenting and breaking classes into small groups for problem solving. Now she recognizes her efforts as encouraging a sense of belonging<\/a>, using instructional transparency<\/a>, and facilitating active learning<\/a>. All of these practices are DE-EBTs.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to see everything I actually do put into words,\u201d she says of the examples on the Transform Learning site.<\/p>\n

Building instructional skills<\/h2>\n

Williams learned about the Every Learner internship opportunity as she conducted online research about digital tools she could use to improve her own instruction. That search led her to the Every Learner website, whose articles center on the organization\u2019s support for innovation that improves learning outcomes for every student.<\/p>\n

She also learned that this group, whose focus so closely matched her own, had internship opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had to apply for it,\u201d Williams says. \u201cI have a lot of ideas, but I don\u2019t have the skills yet to execute them. I know Every Learner is going to give me those skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now she\u2019s one of five fall 2025 interns who are adding their voices to the digital learning resources<\/a> Every Learner provides. They\u2019re learning about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and discussing the approaches their institutions are taking to implement \u2014 or not implement \u2014 this technology in instruction and learning.<\/p>\n

And Williams is using her role as an Every Learner intern to advocate for the value of both trade school instruction and higher education, encouraging examples of DE-EBTs from each type of postsecondary training.<\/p>\n

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