Erika Massie

About Erika Massie

Extensive experience teaching, educating, facilitating, mentoring, advising, and…

Experience

1. Director & Head of Education Programs

   Scrum Alliance

   Aug 2015 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Scrum Alliance is a US-based 501(c)6 nonprofit trade association that provides education, resources, and support to agile practitioners around the globe. We offer advocacy, community engagement, research, networking, and a focus on organizational change. We guide and inspire individuals, leaders, and organizations with practices, principles, and values that create workplaces that are joyful, prosperous, and sustainable. We serve more than a million certificants worldwide.As Director & Head of Education Programs, I serve the community of aspiring and active elite Certified Scrum Trainers (CSTs) and Certified Scrum Alliance Trainers (CSATs) across 90+ countries to support their professional development journeys and strengthen their teaching and learning skills and approaches, including multicultural facilitation techniques. I lead the Trainer Approval Community (TAC) and work to champion intentional learning paths, grow and maintain educational quality and integrity, act as a steward to uphold a rigorous and credible quality bar, and expand focus to underserved global markets-specifically Latin America. As an engaged member of diverse subject matter expert community teams, I work across disciplines and geography to fortify and expand the global reach of gold-standard agile certifications and create unique and impactful international education programs & products.

Education

• I-to-I

  TOEFL, Teaching English as Foreign Language

  2004 — 2004

• University of Minnesota Duluth

  Master of Education (MEd) in Experiential, Adventure, and Outdoor Education

  1996 — 2007

• Bates College

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, Environmental Science, Spanish, Latin American studies

  1992 — 1996

• School for International Training

  Independent Study, Ecuador Ecology

  1995 — 1995

Skills

• Nonprofits
• Agile Project Management
• Teaching
• Professional Development Programs
• Spanish
• Public Speaking
• Agile Methodologies
• Program Development
• Management
• Apple Software
• Scrum
• Curriculum Development
• Event Planning
• Fundraising
• Train the Trainer Certification
• Accreditation
• Education Management
• Community Outreach
• Volunteer Management
• Training
• Editing
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Educational Leadership
• Staff Development
• Association Management
• Curriculum Design
• Non-Profits
• Multicultural Education
• Credentialing
• Microsoft Office
• Cultural Diversity
• Research