The Chicago Police Department in Chicago, Illinois, has an opening for a Director of Police Education and Training. The Director is responsible for formulating policies and strategies to ensure that recruit training programs, as well as in-service training programs, are run efficiently and effectively. The Director will be responsible for implementing new initiatives and measuring the success of all existing and new training programs. The minimum qualifications for this position are a master’s degree in education, organizational development or a related field from an accredited college or university. Extensive experience in training members of the law enforcement community is preferred.
I have the master’s degree in education, but lack the extensive experience in training members of the law enforcement community.
Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York, has an opening for an Instructional Designer. The Designer would develop blended online courses in collaboration with our faculty and other members of the instructional design team. The Designer would collaborate with subject matter experts and other members of the instructional design team to design, develop, evaluate, and refine blended online courses. The Designer would participate in required training and meetings in order to follow and refine established instructional design procedures and frameworks for course development as appropriate to project goals, timeline, and budget. The Designer would ensure the application of appropriate guidelines to blended online courses in areas such as assistive technologies, accessibility issues, and copyright laws. The required qualifications for this position are:
- Masters degree in instructional design, instructional technology, curriculum and instruction, or other relevant discipline areas
- Experience with the development of online courses in higher education settings
- Application level understanding of instructional design theories and models, online pedagogy, and adult learning theories
- Demonstrated proficiency with Web conferencing systems (e.g., Skype, WebEx) and Web/multimedia development tools (e.g., Dreamweaver, Flash, Photoshop, Captivate)
- Experience with and working knowledge of learning management systems, such as Moodle, Sakai, Blackboard, and Desire2Learn.
- Demonstrated ability to regularly collaborate with others in a team environment, and work independently on assigned duties with minimal supervision
- Excellent organization and project management skills and the ability to meet project deadlines
- Outstanding verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
I have six years of experience developing online courses at the collegiate level. I also have 2 years of experience working with the learning management system, Blackboard. I have much experience at working with others in a team environment; as well as, independently. I have excellent organizational skills and meet deadlines. While I hold a master’s degree, it is in business education.
Kohl’s Corporate Offices in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin is looking for an individual to be responsible for designing instructionally effective education/training environments using creative and compelling blended training solutions appropriate for the audience. This includes communicating and soliciting process improvements to/from other project team members and the organization, project management, building internal customer relationships, identifying and communicating potential delays, secondary lead role on project deliverables (on-time, within budget, given resources). The preferred qualifications for this individual are:
- Retail experience preferred
- Formal education and multiple years experience in adult education, curriculum development, instructor led and online (web-based, computer-based) training design and development
- using industry standards and instructional design principles.
- Experience in creating content for synchronous learning activities is a plus.
- Facilitation experience a plus.
I do have experience working retail; as well as, 20 years experience in adult education and curriculum development in both instructor led and online classes.
After completing the O*NET Ability Profiler, I feel like I have become a bit rusty in some basic skills. While my arithmetic reasoning and computation scores were good, my verbal ability and clerical perception scores were not as good as I would have hoped. The Profiler linked me to many mathematical fields such as accounting and computer related fields such as programming which are courses I enjoy teaching, but the Profiler did not link me a teaching profession, interesting.
The mission of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is “…to provide leadership in developing an educated, prepared, adaptable and competitive workforce.” A professional membership is available for $80, students may join for free. ACTE publishes the magazine, Techniques, and the newsletter, Career Tech Update. ACTE hosts an annual Convention and Career Tech Expo. Regional and state associations also host their own events. ACTE offers professional development through online classes (www.educatorcredits.com) and career skills development (delmarlearning.com/acte/)
The professional magazine Techniques, provides its members with “…news about legislation affecting career and technical education, in-depth features on issues and programs, profiles of educators and other newsmakers, notices of new products, ACTE events and more.” Submissions for Techniques can be submitted electronically, preferably in Word format and written from a journalistic approach. Graphics and photos should be at least 300 dpi. Techniques is a peer reviewed journal and issues are available online at http://www.acteonline.org/techniques.aspx.
As a student working on my technology applications certification in hopes of one day working in the career and technology field, I believe this organization and its publication will be very helpful to me in keeping up with the trends in CATE.
The mission of the National Business Education Association (NBEA) is to serve “…individuals and groups engaged in instruction, administration, research, and dissemination of information for and about business.” Memberships are available for $80, with students able to join at a reduced rate of $40. NBEA publishes a journal entitled, Business Education Forum, and a newsletter, Keying In. The NBEA holds annual conferences; as well as, international, regional, state and territory meetings. Professional development opportunities are available at the national convention.
The professional journal, Business Education Forum, “…keeps business educators abreast of the issues impacting their rapidly changing field.” Submissions for the Business Education Forum should be submitted in the form of two paper copies with a disk or CD. The writer should use an academic writing style and limited their manuscript to between 1,500 and 2,000 words. Photos and Graphics must be TIFF files. Only select editions are available online.
I am a former member of the NBEA and am aware of the Business Education Forum. Many articales in the Forum helped me to shape my curriculum.
The domains for a Performance Technologist that I would choose would be Development, Management and Performance. Competencies from the 2004 ISPI/ASTD that I like and would include would be:
1. Look at situations systemically, taking into consideration the larger context including competing pressures, resource constraints and anticipated change.
2. Add value in how you do the work and through the work itself.
3. Use partnerships and collaborate with clients and other experts as required.
And from the 1988 ibstpi associated tasks:
4. Establish, support and demonstrate results of performance that effect organizational outcomes.
I feel these are the core of performance technology.
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