Instructional Design eJournal

Using my ID, I plan on all of the ACE programs, on seven campuses, to be able to utilize a valuable resource so that our staff will gain the proper training for the development of the program and ultimately the children. All staff members have been trained in the child abuse spotting class which gave me the idea to utilize a program that could benefit everyone. Our staff consists of many undergraduate students that aspire to be in the education field. The training they receive, which is tracked on Euphoria can be put on their resumes when they choose to further their career. Euphoria offers credit hours for the completion of the class so it will not seem as we are making up certificates for completion. I would like my staff to develop critical thinking skills along with leadership skills. Expecting them to develop this skill I will offer training which will help the employees to learn those skills. The training will be weekly so the repetition of the program will train the mind to ...

The demographics of the staff vary widely. Age, ethnicities, economics, education levels, and experience differ within the staff. The great thing about the staff is that everyone appears to share the same interest, and that is to maximize the intellectual and personal potential of the children within the program. The staff consists of certified teachers waiting for full time employment, older teachers that have been laid off from other districts awaiting a job opportunity at Greenville ISD, young college students seeking experience because they are aspiring to be a teacher and people just working a second job for the paycheck. Some attitudes may reflect feelings of being insulted due to having years of experience and still being required to take this training on a weekly basis. Also certified teachers who may feel they have taken classroom management classes and are certified may not see the value or point of having to undergo training for something in which they are certified.   ...

The ID project I intend to design is relevant   to all of the ACE sites and staff because not only is it familiarizing the staff with a new form of technology it is also educating staff members on techniques and information needed for the position they hold with in the program. Also it will be a new form of training/learning for the staff. Once a month all campuses meet for a group training at a specific location. In these meeting the project director which is my boss teaches us different methods to maintain control in the classroom, get participation from students that may not be interested, deal with behavior and create lesson planning. All of our trainings go in a website used by the district called euphoria which has different workshops and training within the district. The project director places those on there for a paper trail of the training that each employee has undergone so it will help in future career advancement. The problem that has arisen is that some staff members...