Creating responsive pathways for the what, why, and how of education

Education’s what is about designing curriculum and content that engages students, connects to their world, and prepares them for what’s ahead.

The why focuses on assessment that shows teachers and students the purpose of learning, and how it builds and applies in different contexts over time. 

The how of education brings the what and why together by varying how teachers teach and students learn, making education purposeful and lasting.

Hi, I’m Ryan

Educator | Learning Designer | Teacher Coach

Education should spark curiosity and encourage students to explore ideas deeply, ask big questions, take some risks, and connect the dots to help make sense of the world around them. When learners can create something meaningful from what they’ve discovered — by letting them do their own learning — that’s when teaching and learning flow. My passion is to support students and teachers as they turn their discoveries into stories worth sharing and lessons worth teaching.

Ryan Bates, PhD

Educator

K-12 | Higher Ed | Adult Learning: Education, History-Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Learning

Learning Designer

Inquiry-Based, Constructivist: Curriculum, Assessment, and Instructional Development

Teacher Coach

Contextually Responsive, Iterative: Teaching & Learning, Design Thinking, Technology Integration

Teaching Portfolio

Education

Ferrum College

Graduate
  • EDU 501 Practitioner Inquiry into Design Thinking of Curriculum and Instruction (MEd)
  • EDU 513 Aligning Creativity with Standards and Authentic Assessment (MEd)
  • EDU 514 Designing Content Area Curriculum for Meaningful Student Learning (MEd)
  • EDU 515 Designing Content Area Instruction for 21st-Century Learning (MEd)
  • EDU 516 Differentiating Curriculum and Instruction for Diverse Learning Communities (MEd)
  • EDU 518 Teacher Practitioners as Informed Curriculum Design Makers (MEd)
  • EDU 520 MEd Practitioner Inquiry Capstone Project and e-Portfolio (MEd)
  • EDU 601 Leading the Future of Education (EdS)
  • EDU 610 Introduction to Research Design in Education (EdS)
  • EDU 611 Curriculum Design for Social Change (EdS)
  • EDU 612 Data-Driven Instruction and Assessment (EdS)
  • EDU 614 Transforming Practice Through Coaching (EdS)
  • EDU 615 Instructional Leadership, Coaching, and Evaluation (EdS)
  • EDU 616 School, Family, and Community Engagement (EdS)
  • EDU 617 Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies (EdS)
  • EDU 618 Evidence-Based Action Research for School Improvement (EdS)
  • EDU 620 Capstone Field Experience and Electronic Portfolio (EdS)

Undergraduate
  • EDU 203 Foundations & Trends in Education
  • EDU 330 The Middle School
  • EDU 350 Elementary Science and Social Studies Methods
  • EDU 357/360 Secondary/All-Level Classroom Management and Differentiated Instruction

University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC) | Graduate

  • ECI 601 Introduction to Curriculum and Instruction: The Science of Learning and Teaching
  • ECI 615 Intentional Approaches to Intervention
  • ECI 630 Authentic Technology Integration in the Classroom
  • ECI 680 Collaborative Approaches to Curriculum Alignment and Design
  • ECI 685 Transforming Curriculum and Instruction Through Empowering Leadership
  • EDU 650 Teaching, Learning, and Leading in the 21st Century
  • EDU 8260 Technology Integration in Education (PhD)

DePaul University

  • SEC 382/TCH 482 Teaching History and the Social Sciences in the High School 2 (undergraduate/graduate)
History & Social Studies

Chicago Public Schools (Lane Tech College Prep HS, Excel Academy)

Advanced Placement (AP)
  • European History (12th grade)
  • U.S. Government & Politics (12th grade)
  • U.S. History (10th grade)
Honors
  • U.S. History (10-11th grades)
  • World Studies (9th grade)
On-Level/Inclusion
  • General Music/Music History (10-12th grades)
  • U.S. History (10-11th grades)
  • World Studies (9th grade)

Schiller Gymnasium | Staatliche Europa Schule

  • Year 7 Geography (Focus: Europe)
  • Year 7 History (Focus: Europe)
  • Year 8 Geography (Focus: Eastern Europe, Russia, North America, & Japan)
  • Year 8 History (Focus: North America)
  • Year 9 Geography (Focus: Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East)
  • Year 9 History (Focus: National States and World War)
  • Year 10 Geography (Focus: Germany and the World)
Interdisciplinary Learning

University of Arizona Global Campus (UAGC) | Undergraduate

  • GEN 103 Information Literacy
  • GEN 499 General Education Capstone

Chicago Public Schools (Lane Tech College Prep HS)

Advanced Placement (AP)
  • Capstone: Seminar (11th grade) and Research (12th grade)

Schiller Gymnasium | Staatliche Europa Schule

  • Year 12 English (Focus: Politics, the U.S., and the World)