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Alayna Day

@alaynaday

Over 10 years’ L&D expertise designing and delivering coaching-led training that measurably improves performance and culture.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for an L&D role where I can design coaching-led training, use data-informed evaluation to improve outcomes, and partner with people leaders to build equitable, measurable performance change through real-time facilitation.

I’m a Learning & Development Facilitator and Instructional Coach with over 10 years of experience designing, delivering, and evaluating training and development programmes across diverse organisational settings. I bring instructional expertise, behavioural science, and facilitation craft to make learning shift performance—not just fill a room.

I’m known for creating learning environments where participants with different backgrounds, learning styles, and abilities can engage and succeed. I read group dynamics in real time, adjust pacing and strategies on the spot, and use participant feedback, engagement signals, and assessment data to continuously improve learning outcomes.

Highlights include designing and facilitating ongoing professional development programmes, coaching staff through structured feedback cycles and tailored development planning, and leading a cross-functional People & Culture committee that reduced escalations by over 50% through a behaviour change programme. I also delivered equity and inclusion training, reduced staff turnover significantly through structured supervision and development reviews, and led a Big Buddy Program that reduced turnover by 70%—all while being a two-time Teacher of the Year (awarded 2022-23 and 2024-25, nominated annually since 2018-19).

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Learning & Development Facilitator

Secondary Education Settings

Jan 2018 - Jan 2025 (7 years)

Designed and facilitated ongoing professional development, adapting delivery in real time to meet learners’ varied backgrounds and needs. Coached staff through feedback and goal-setting cycles, led a behaviour change program that reduced escalations by over 50%, and used learning data and engagement signals to improve outcomes.

Instructional Coaching Facilitation Data Informed Decision Making DE&I Stakeholder Management Behavioural Change Group Dynamics

Program Director (Big Buddy)

Big Buddy Program

Designed and led structured mentoring and enrichment programs for diverse young people, driving strong completion and engagement outcomes. Recruited, trained, and supervised staff and volunteers, implementing a performance development framework that reduced turnover by 70%, and supported federal grant applications to demonstrate program impact.

Volunteer Management Training And Supervision Talent Development

People & Culture Associate Lead

High Point University

Oversaw staff wellbeing, conduct, and community operations, advising on policy and managing complex people cases with discretion. Delivered equity and inclusion training, supervised and coached student-facing staff to reduce turnover, and led investigations into discrimination and harassment with fair process and confidential record-keeping.

Staff Supervision Coaching and Mentoring Community Operations

Community Development Coordinator

UNC School of the Arts

Provided frontline wellbeing support and coaching within a dual secondary/university residential environment, managing complex cases with care. Designed inclusion-focused community programs and coordinated crisis response, inter-agency liaison, and safeguarding escalations with detailed documentation.

Wellbeing Coaching Crisis Response Case Documentation Community Development