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Instructional Design Paper

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Instructional systems design has been implemented within our school district and our school for many years. Although the system we used was not discussed explicitly by name, the system we have implemented is the Dick and Carey model of instructional design. The course goals and objectives are set by the Alabama State Department of Education and the district. The school level instructional systems design focuses on the instructional design of the course and its learning situations. Certainly, the district has implemented instructional systems design while developing course curriculum and the curriculum guides, however, I did not participate at that level of the design process. The district could have used generalized A.D.D.I.E model and promote …show more content…

The district and the state have set the standards and objectives of the courses offered at our high school; moreover, the district has implemented a curriculum pacing guide for all courses to help make the instructional gains equal at each quarter. Within the quarter, teachers have the freedom to analyze instruction, identify goals and desired behaviors. The professional learning communities meet to conduct the analysis, both as a department and as a subgroup of teachers when similar courses are taught. The end results are a focus of curriculum analysis; for example, in a recent math department meeting, the discussion turned to the analyzing the gaps in prior knowledge and the effects of aligning with the pacing chart at the end of the first quarter. The teachers actively analyzed a problem, thus beginning the Instructional Design process. The upper-level course teachers were quick to point out how the deficiency amplified when the students arrived in their courses. Although the formal discussion of the analysis of instructional design was never mentioned, the process was taking …show more content…

The teachers meet monthly within their department professional learning community to discuss instruction, student progress, and share ideas. The district provides support to teachers by providing professional learning community staff development, for example, U.S. History I teachers met in January in our library to discuss the standards, curriculum guide, and resources used to cover the materials. This is also evidence of revision of the instructional design as well as support for teachers implementing the instruction. There is not substantial evidence of marketing of materials created, adopted or provided by the district. However, the marketing would not be directed specifically to librarians, therefore, it is possible classroom teachers are receiving electronic communications about the materials available. Marketing materials part of the instructional design would be a great opportunity for our district to use the library media specialists to acquire and market materials to support

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