Hi, I’m Beth.

This is my consultancy site.

If you’re interested in contracting me for a project or for fractional work, welcome and continue on!

About me

My name is Beth Salyers. I have a PhD. in Curriculum & Instruction and I’m a learning experience design and implementation nerd.

For over two decades, my career has explored and bridged the gap between the potential and the reality of organized learning.

This has led me to discover and apply three key levers of the science of learning and development: 1) the multiple factors that influence how people learn, 2) the power of technology and the arts to enhance learning experiences, and 3) the lived experience of engagement and personal agency.

I am Ohio born, NC raised, and living in New Orleans.

Still with me?

Let’s groove as you scroll.

Advice: set to shuffle.

Yes. There are explicit lyrics. Make a good decision for yourself to hit play or not.

How this works

  • Connect & Fit Check

    Email me at Beth@customlearningatelier.com to inquire about my availability and to see if I’m a fit for your project/company.

  • Learning Design Work

    I’ve got 20+ years of experience designing curriculum, creating learning strategies, and facilitating for diverse audiences across industries and various organizational structures. My approach is human-centered, justice-oriented, and informed by the art & science of how people learn.

  • Design Delivered

    Curriculum Design: Via Google Drive and Zoom call - all your goods will be turned over to you, with a walk through, and one follow-up call (1 hr of edits on deliverables included).

    Learning Strategies: Series of collaboration calls and a blueprint of your learning strategies delivered to you via Drive & Zoom.

    Fractional CLO: Book hours/retainer fee.

    Facilitation: in-person or online.

    Workshop & Panel Design: Coordinate, organize, structure, guide, and support the workshop/panel to be effective, clear, meaningful, and impactful for the audience.

Testimonials

Industry: Higher Education

Industry: Education Technology

Industry: Certified B Corp/Social Impact

Industry: pK12 Public Education

a note on the generic sounding titles/industry descriptors:

I sign a lot of NDAs.

How I work

The 4 Questions I Start With:

  • What do you want people to feel?

  • What do you want people to think?

  • What do you want people to know?

  • What do you want people to be able to do?

My Formula:

  • I don’t have a formula. Formulas assume you know every relevant variable ahead of time. But I work with people. People are dynamic, nuanced, and deserve to be met where they are.

  • I listen. I trust. I lead through dialogue. I observe. I co-create. I co-design.

  • My approach can best be described as human-centered circular design and systems thinking.

My Positionality:

  • I hang out and play in the intersection of the Arts, Sciences, and Learning.

  • This position helps align me to impact that is sustainable, focused, engaged, and inquiry-drive.

  • In an Admin-focused doctoral-level elective course, I was once referred to as, that social justice girl.

  • I’ve found that unless we concern ourselves with the lived experience of learning, unlearning and relearning, most typical (and fast and shiny) learning design ends up as distracting, extractive, silencing, or reinforcing that which we don’t want reinforced.

About you

‘Cause I’m not for everyone.

  1. You are passionate in your purpose.

  2. You believe in the positive impact of human potential and advocate for its prerequisite of protected human rights.

  3. You know that there’s not a scarcity issue on the planet, but a distribution-access-respect-humanity issue.

  4. You’re in a space where you can engage with alternative ways of doing learning and development.

Connect

Values.

  • Curiosity.

  • Art.

  • Science.