Brandy Evans
Instructional Design Manager
Brandy Evans is an instructional designer, educator, and learning strategist with more than 11 years of experience coaching, training, and creating impactful educational content for children, families, educators, and adult learners. Her work bridges research, policy, and practice to create learning experiences that are practical, inclusive, and designed for real-world impact.
Brandy has developed large-scale professional learning solutions for the Indiana Department of Education, the Indiana Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning, and national initiatives including with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Learn the Signs. Act Early. Program and the National Head Start Association.
Her portfolio includes high-impact trainings and resources on serving students and families experiencing homelessness under the McKinney-Vento Education for Homeless Children and Youth Act, Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention, and inclusive trainings supporting Children and Adults with Dis/abilities. Brandy designs these learning experiences across multiple formats, including statewide in-person trainings, microlearning campaigns, professional toolkits, video learning series, and interactive computer-based modules.
She also led the development and launch of the first Spanish-translated video microlearning series for education professionals in Indiana, expanding access to professional learning for multilingual educators and the communities they serve.
Several of Brandy’s courses are approved to award Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credits through the University of Southern Indiana, supporting professionals in meeting licensing and higher education requirements. Her learning programs reach more than 8,000 educators and service providers each year and are recognized for being engaging, culturally responsive, accessible, and immediately applicable in real-world settings.
With a background in education systems, Brandy brings a strong system-level perspective to instructional design, specializing in transforming complex policies and research into clear, engaging learning experiences that strengthen outcomes for all learners.
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