Section 6: Getting and IDT Position and Succeeding at It (Part I)

I collected the following jobs from http://jobs.atrd.org/; some of the information has been edited for brevity.

POSITION: Learning and Development Manager for Estee Lauder Companies
SALARY: $75,000.00 to $90,000.00
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES: Apply knowledge of instructional design and adult learning theory to the strategy, design, and delivery methods of learning programs or exempt and non-exempt audiences. Apply a systematic instructional design and development model to the design of learning solutions including methods, media and resources (internal/external) as required Consult with SMEs and others to design and develop instructor led, self study, and online instructional content that effectively engages the learner. Develop instructional plan/design document for review and approval Adhere to project plans and timelines Write instructional content and assessments Conduct learning needs assessments, identify learning solutions and present to business partners for approval Deliver and/or facilitate learning to exempt and non-exempt audiences Update and maintain learning programs to ensure continued effectiveness Establish and manage external training partnerships as appropriate Administer training metrics, program evaluation, ROI and tracking training programs Perform all other duties as assigned which may become necessary to support departmental/organizational objectives.
REQUIRMENTS: Minimum five years experience Excellent interpersonal skills including oral and written skills; Demonstrated instructional design and development experience Ability to interface with employees at all levels Experience using group facilitation skills Must demonstrate proficient computer skills in MS Office (PPT, Word, Excel) Demonstrated learning process and content mastery Must be able to work all shifts and all ELC locations as needed Certificate in Adult Learning and/or Instructional Design preferred.
PERSONAL REACTION: I feel confident that I could apply to this job in the future. I think that my five years in a corporate management and my degree would give me a powerful advantage as I have seen what it takes to be a corporate trainer and instructional designer.

POSTION: Training & Curriculum Developer for Education Northwest
SALARY: $44,178.00 to $75,654.00
KEY RESPONSIBLITIES: Education Northwest improves educational results for children, youth, and adults by providing research and development assistance in delivering equitable, high-quality educational programs. Education Northwest is a private, nonprofit corporation which has served the Northwest region since 1966 as its Regional Educational Laboratory under contract with the U. S. Department of Education, as well as other federal, state, and local
agencies and organizations. This position is within the Volunteer Leadership Center, which provides training and technical assistance to National Service programs and participants. This work is funded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. DUTIES • Develop and write a variety of National Service training and online learning products developed from effective practices, including training curricula, case studies, web-based modules, online tutorials, and blended learning courses. • Coordinate and facilitate online learning activities among National Service participants, program sponsors and program sites. • Participate effectively in teams comprised of onsite and at a distance members, including consultations with other Technical Assistance providers to National Service and other project partners. • Work effectively as a distance with subject matter experts, evaluators, and others to develop effective learning opportunities that support National Service programs to enhance their effectiveness and efficiency of services. • Perform other related duties as assigned.
Requirements Education/Training: Bachelor’s degree in Education or related field required. Masters’ degree in Education or related field preferred.
EXPERENCE: The successful applicant should have the following skills, knowledge, and abilities • Superior writing skills, including demonstrated experience to develop high quality training and online learning materials in a variety of formats and under tight deadlines. • Excellent understanding of adult learning modes. • Demonstrated ability to develop innovative designs appropriate for face-to-face trainings, online learning, and blended learning. • Five years experience designing and delivering curriculum that includes classroom-based (K-12 and post secondary), training (e.g. adult learners), and/or online learning formats. • Excellent human relations, teambuilding, and project organization & coordination skills. • Two years experience in designing and facilitating online learning (e.g. college/university online courses or equivalent) preferred. • Three years experience in National Service (AmeriCorps/Senior Corps) member recruitment, development, training and supervision preferred. • Expert understanding of National Service (AmeriCorps/Senior Corps) program structures, priorities, requirements, and practices preferred • Experience working collaboratively at a distance including using a variety of web-based tools (e.g. WebEx or other webinar platform, Google Apps, etc.) preferred • Knowledge of Federal programs preferred • Experience as an instructional designer preferred Problem Solving: • Self-directed • Prioritize personal work to meet deadline requirements, including due dates for multiple, time-sensitive reports. • Selecting data and information resources to use in daily work and team contributions. • Dividing personal time as a resource between multiple team efforts with different needs and schedules. • Structure reports and presentation to meet educator and community audiences. • Deciding how to collaborate with Program staff and Directors for the completion of projects.
PERSONAL REACTION: Here again is a job that I can apply for as my degree and teacher certification has trained me for the field.

POSITION: Learning Solutions Specialist II
Job Description: Currently, Schwan's Global Supply Chain, Inc (Schwan’s), a subsidiary of The Schwan Food Company, is expanding our Human Resources and Training and Development department supporting our Houston manufacturing plants and distribution center. If you’re a professional with interests in creatively designing, developing, and delivering learning and reference materials on an assortment of topics pursuant to the business needs and objectives, ensuring program consistency and quality, take a look at career opportunities at Schwan’s.
At Schwan’s, you’ll get a competitive pay and benefits package. If you’re interested in joining a global, privately owned company on the move, this is your opportunity. To find out more and to apply for these opportunities at Schwan’s, visit our website at: www.schwansjobs.com. Facilitate live classes to a variety of audience on a variety of topics Design operator manuals in conjunction with plant subject matter experts Creates new and/or updates existing learning and reference material and delivers training using such material in addition to other reference works and multimedia visual aids, etc. Tests students to measure their learning progress and evaluates effectiveness of instructional material guides and the course itself. Creates and enhances learning measurement tools to measure training effectiveness Analyzes learning measurements and calculates learning ratios Identifies and assesses learning objectives and designs, delivers, and develops cost-effective learning options that measurably develop and improve the performance of employees and completes the learning objectives Works with development teams on a comprehensive plan to optimize talent. Helps manage the identification, development, and deployment of leadership learning across the operation Promotes collaboration, partnerships and relationships among internal customers Creates and maintains statistical information using databases QUALIFICATIONS Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent; Master's degree preferred Years of related experience: 2-4 years related experience. Knowledge/Skills/Abilities: Intermediate ability to effectively create learning tools and environments; intermediate ability to effectively develop, design, and deliver learning solutions to a wide variety of audiences; intermediate ability to effectively evaluate learning effectiveness and adjust as necessary; intermediate interpersonal skills; demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, written and verbally, and establish and maintain credibility with customers, subject matter experts, peers, and leadership; basic presentation skills; basic proficiency in the operation of a personal computer in a Windows environment to include the Microsoft Office Suite and Outlook; ability to test and assess the usability and effectiveness of products and training delivery; demonstrated ability to work as part of a team; demonstrated ability to meet deadlines. Let us tell you about The Schwan Food Company. We are the largest, branded frozen-food company in the United States. Schwan's® offers home delivery to customers throughout the 48 contiguous United States as well as operating with a large presence in the foodservice channel and high visibility in the retail frozen food aisle. The company has 19 brands including Tony's®, Red Baron®, Freschetta®, Edwards®, Mrs. Smith's and the Schwan's® brand. SALARY: $45,000.00 to $60,000.00
PERSONAL REACTION: I am most well trained for and assignment like this one. I have five years of food service experience, I am familiar with the business model and product, and my training will translate well.

Self Assessment:
I did not take much away from the self assessment, mainly because I feel that I had already used these types of tools to pick my current training. I felt that

The following is a list of organizations and publications worth mention:

The Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE)
This group is a society in the Association for the Advancement of Computer Education (AACE). Their mission is to “seek to promote research, scholarship, collaboration, exchange, and support among its membership, and to actively foster the development of new national organizations where a need emerges. SITE is the only organization that has as its sole focus the integration of instructional technologies into teacher education programs.” Students may join and renew membership for $35 and professionals pay $115 in the U.S.
SITE is the peer-reviewed Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, while the on-line publication is Contemporary Issues in Teacher Education. They host an annual conference, SITE International Conference in March of 2011. SITE uses Special Interest Groups or SIGs to offer professional development to educators these groups are focused on promoting some aspect of IDT.

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT)
The mission of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology is to provide international leadership by promoting scholarship and best practices in the creation, use, and management of technologies for effective teaching and learning in a wide range of settings. Their membership fees are varied and changing, but for a basic regular membership you are looking at paying $125.00 per year.
They publish the general audience peer-reviewed Tech Trends and the more scholarly Educational Technology Research and Development. They also publish many other works. AECT hosts a conference in Nov. and also hosts a conference in Second Life. Like SITE, AECT subgroups into divisions that are formed to study and promote some aspect of professional development.

International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
ISTE advances excellence in learning and teaching through innovative and effective uses of technology. ISTE is globally recognized as the premier partner in advancing educational excellence through innovative learning, teaching, and leadership. We are a diverse worldwide community of educational leaders actively creating a world in which all learners can achieve their creative and intellectual potential (as taken from their website). The membership fees are $90.00 per year.
They publish the following journals: Journal of Research on Technology in Education, Journal for Computing Teachers, & the Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education. They also publish many books and pamphlets. The area of professional development is very strong they divide twice, once by professional position held and then once into SIGs.

I would think that we could use a system much like the Deployable Learning Resource Center; since electronic access is not always available it might be advantageous to issue military grade mobile phones or PDAs. These devices could network together and a commanding officer or personnel charged with administering the Unit’s Private network would carry an external hard drive. Since, new generations of smart phones are capable of broadcasting Wi-Fi and 3G/4G networks the company of military personnel would find that they could access the technologies via their fellow soldiers’ broadcasts. Even in deployed in the field, and combat situations soldiers could continue to stay in contact. I think that I would want to pay special attention to security and power supply if I intended something like this.

To introduce the concepts of Step-Up-To-Excellence and GSTE programs I would run a meeting by these steps Explain, Demonstrate, Guide, Practice, and Review. Teaching my colleagues the methodologies would be useful, but I also want to create motivation for the methodologies to be used in our district so I would present the information in a “simulation” and use summative assessments.

Planning for Our Future: The Case of Hokum ISD
Explain: We would start by providing explicit explanation of the scope and sequence, as well as purpose of the methodologies. Then I would explain the method for teaching today. I will use a simulated case study to teach.
Demonstrate: I would work on the Pre-Launch Preparation. By thinking aloud, and offering visual aids the audience will see what is needed to apply the methodology and how the product might be applied for us.
Guide: Next the audience would be divided into “Teams” to set up the first steps of the method; the instructor would walk through the room and monitor, guide, and redirect as nessacary.
Practice: The teams would continue along on their own and handouts might be designed for self-assessments.
Review: Most assessment would be summative and help the teams look at how the program and methodologies in their own districts.

Three Universities’ Faculty Development Programs

• What are the different names used for faculty development?
o Texas Christian University Koehler Center
o Hardin Simmons University Employee Blackboard Community
o San Angelo State University Center for Innovation in Teaching & Research
• What division is it under?
o Koehler Center is a group that is like a Teacher/Professors Booster Club.
o This is jointly under Technology Department & Human Resources.
o Employee Services Human Resources Training Development
• What services does it offer?
o Koehler Center offers workshops and events; lots of handouts, worksheets/documents that help a instructors develop rationales for classroom management and integration of technologies.
o This site allows the staff to enroll in classes to develop themselves.
o The Center for Innovation in Teaching & Research offers several on-line programs and workshops, most interestingly they include a syllabus development tool and a self-directed faculty development plan.
• How often are programs given and what specifically are they?
o Koehler Center offers a Train the Trainer conference that will focus on technologies, best practices, and professional development.
o The HSU eCommunity does not offer any programs.
o ASU maintains links to several Web 2.0 programs, a scheduled new faculty orientation, and on-line training classes.