QM IDA Leadership

Call for Leadership Nominations is Open

The QM IDA is accepting nominations* for leadership officer positions until June 27, 2023. You may nominate another person or self-nominate. Selection of officers will be made by QM IDA members in an open election.

The voting will open July 13 and new officers will be announced August 28, 2023.

See Open Positions at Right

*Current QM IDA members will receive email notification on May 25 with a link for submitting nominations. Please contact the QM IDA if you are a member and did not receive the email. You must be opted into email notifications with QM to have received the communication.

The QM IDA is led by a team of dedicated instructional design professionals. QM IDA members choose the leadership in elections held every three years. The current leadership team was elected in 2020.

QM IDA Chair

Stephen Kaufman

Steve is a Senior Instructional Designer at the University of Akron. Prior to joining UA, Steve served as the Associate Director of Online Learning at Ashland University. Currently, he serves as one of the Ohio QM Consortium’s State Leads and is the chair of their executive committee.

QM IDA Vice Chair

Dr. Rebecca Graetz

Dr. Rebecca Graetz is the Sr. Instructional Design Consultant at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh working for the Division of Online Learning and Continuing Education. She consults with faculty on quality course design with an emphasis on accessibility and inclusiveness for all students as well as coaching the instructional community on how to teach online.

QM IDA Secretary/Web Lead

Melissa Kaufman

Melissa Kaufman is the Director of Academic Innovation for the Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University (DSPH). There she oversees the schools online program working with faculty to develop online courses and programs. Ms. Kaufman received her MS in Human Resource Development with an Instructional Design and eLearning concentration in 2016. She is currently enrolled in the EdD Educational Leadership and Management program at Drexel’s School of Education with an expected completion date of Summer 2021.

QM IDA Professional Development Lead

Heidi Schroeder

Heidi Schroeder collaborates with faculty to design, develop, and review online courses as a Senior Instructional Designer at the George Washington University School of Nursing. Heidi is a Quality Matters certified Master Reviewer and Online APPQMR and IYOC workshop facilitator. She has presented at numerous regional and national conferences and served as a pre-conference speaker for the 2019 Quality Matters Connect conference. Heidi is an Adjunct Instructor at USF and has been recognized as an “Incredi-bull Critical Thinking” Faculty member.

QM IDA Webinar Lead

Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez

Nadia Jaramillo Cherrez is an enthusiastic instructional design specialist at Oregon State University Ecampus. She partners with instructors to develop online and hybrid courses that incorporate learner-centered approaches, educational technologies, and high-quality standards. With almost 20 years in education in Ecuador and the United States, she advocates for designing learning experiences that are meaningful and impactful not only for the learners’ academic growth, but also for their personal growth.

QM IDA Member at Large

Christie Hayes

Christie Hayes is currently the Instructional Design Manager at Georgia Tech Professional Education. In this role, she supports and manages a group of seven highly talented and skilled individuals, in the design and development of online/ at-scale degree and professional development programs. She works very closely with the stakeholders to create and deploy initiatives to help increase capacity, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of developing and delivering online courses across GTPE’s various program portfolios, with an unwavering commitment to quality.

Open Positions

These leadership positions require considerable time commitments, so nominees should be ready for the challenge. This is an opportunity to make ground-breaking contributions to the field of Instructional Design. All offices require a three-year term commitment. Newly elected officers will complete a Needs Assessment Survey to help establish goals and direction for their three-year term.

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QM IDA CHAIR

Limited to two consecutive, three-year terms.
Sets meeting dates and time for IDA as well as other meetings as needed (conferences, annual membership meeting, etc.).
Sets agenda for meetings within Basecamp.
Maintains regular communication with the appointed liaison from the Quality Matters leadership team.
Attends QM Academic Advisory Council virtual meetings and face-to-face retreats to represent members of the QM IDA to Quality Matters leadership.

QM IDA VICE CHAIR

Limited to two consecutive, three-year terms.
Leads QM IDA in the absence of the Chair.
Leads and manages communications from QM IDA through social media.

QM IDA WEB LEAD

Limited to two consecutive, three-year terms.
Manage the IDA Listserv (add members, provide technical support). Respond in 2-3 business days.
Manage IDA job postings, including monitoring the form for job submissions and posting them to the Listserv. Respond in 2-3 business days.
Post messages to the ListServ to promote IDA events and services.
Updates the QM IDA website.

QM IDA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAD

Limited to two consecutive, three-year terms.
Coordinate and support professional development sub-committees (appoints chairs, monitors efforts, assures alignment to QM IDA mission and principles).
Coordinate maintenance of existing and development of new content in the IDA Resource Site.
Manage professional development needs assessment survey(s).
Recruit and coordinate peer reviewers for IDA pre-conference workshop proposals process.

QM IDA WEBINAR LEAD

Limited to two consecutive, three-year terms.
Lead programming for monthly ID Learning Exchange webinars under direction of Professional Development Lead.
Recruit speakers, write communications, work with QM staff to schedule, promote, and archive events.
Work with Web Lead and Vice Chair to promote ID Learning Exchange events.
Fill designated needs as appointed by Chair or Professional Development Lead.

QM IDA MEMBER AT LARGE

Limited to two consecutive, three-year terms.
Lead Twitter Chat and other programming under direction of Professional Development Lead.
Recruit participants, compose questions, write communication, work with QM staff to schedule and promote professional development events
Work with Web Lead to promote and archive events.
Fill designated needs as appointed by Chair or Vice Chair.

Timeline:

May 24, 2023: Nominations formally open — All current QM IDA members signed up to receive emails received notification on May 25 with the link for submitting nominations. (Please contact the QM IDA if you are a member and did not receive the email.)
June 27, 2023: Nominations close
July 13, 2023: Voting opens
August 14, 2023: Voting closes
August 28, 2023: New officers announced