Instructional Design Job Description
Natalie Burr
EdTech 503
ID Job Description
Instructional Design Job Position in a K-6 Elementary School
I. Synthesis
An instructional designer (ID)’s duties are to collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to design, build lessons for, and create blended learning activities that will engage learners and encourage personal connection within a subject area. The designer will meet standards and provide ways to show measurable growth in the students’ knowledge of the content being taught in both face-to-face and online learning experiences. An instructional designer’s duties also include providing support to those who are implementing the ID’s work in their curriculum.
Minimum Candidate Qualifications:
· Have earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Instructional Design or related field
· Evidence of experience in curriculum development
· Elementary or Secondary Teaching experience
· Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
· Be flexible with technology
· Knowledge in and experience with standard software applications
· Have the ability to multi-task with little supervision
· Be able to simplify technical writing for challenged learners
· Proven research and writing skills
· Provide curriculum support for the teachers implementing curriculum
· Experience with managing multiple social media outlets
· An understanding of technology trends in online education
Preferred Candidate Qualifications:
· Have earned, or be working toward a graduate degree in Instructional Design or similar field, e.g. educational technology, education/curriculum development,
· Experience teaching online higher education courses
· Photo and video editing to implement different modalities of teaching and learning within the course design
II. Reflection
While looking at the differences between a classroom teacher and an instructional designer, the differences are few but clear. As an instructional designer, one would be creating courses and providing support to the teachers and staff using the designed courses. The ID would need to know and understand the standards that are to be met in order to create effective and engaging curriculum. The designer also works more with administration of design while the teacher is involved in the process of delivering the designed curriculum to the specified learners. The teacher would be involved in the day-to-day classroom responsibilities of daily classroom routines, management, grading papers, parent and student communications, and administrative aspects of a classroom. The teacher would implement the ID’s lessons and give feedback for ways to improve the Designer’s curriculum based on real-life application of the theories and principles in the design.
An instructional designer would be expected to listen to the suggestions and be willing to re-design their curriculum to improve the quality of the design, which would result in improved lesson structure in subsequent implementation. A teacher would not be expected to make permanent changes in curriculum, but to offer suggestions for improvement.
In summary, a designer’s job is to design and provide learning activities to others for implementation. They work with the administration and staff within their district, and make changes and improvements to the lessons they have created. Whereas a teacher implements the design, makes suggestions for improving the design, and fosters the relationships of his/her students in the classroom.
III. Job Posting URLs Reviewed:
· http://www.imaginelearning.com/company/careers/position/instructional-designer-3/
· http://uuhc.jibeapply.com/jobs/15170?mode=job&iis=Indeed&iisn=Indeed.com
· http://newton.newtonsoftware.com/career/JobIntroduction.action?id=8acf16914a7584e3014a97c674517f48&source=Indeed
· https://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1422157472859
· http://hrs.boisestate.edu/careers/searchcareers/ecampus-instructional-design-specialist-andor-consultant/
EdTech 503
ID Job Description
Instructional Design Job Position in a K-6 Elementary School
I. Synthesis
An instructional designer (ID)’s duties are to collaborate with Subject Matter Experts to design, build lessons for, and create blended learning activities that will engage learners and encourage personal connection within a subject area. The designer will meet standards and provide ways to show measurable growth in the students’ knowledge of the content being taught in both face-to-face and online learning experiences. An instructional designer’s duties also include providing support to those who are implementing the ID’s work in their curriculum.
Minimum Candidate Qualifications:
· Have earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Instructional Design or related field
· Evidence of experience in curriculum development
· Elementary or Secondary Teaching experience
· Excellent verbal and written communication and collaboration skills
· Be flexible with technology
· Knowledge in and experience with standard software applications
· Have the ability to multi-task with little supervision
· Be able to simplify technical writing for challenged learners
· Proven research and writing skills
· Provide curriculum support for the teachers implementing curriculum
· Experience with managing multiple social media outlets
· An understanding of technology trends in online education
Preferred Candidate Qualifications:
· Have earned, or be working toward a graduate degree in Instructional Design or similar field, e.g. educational technology, education/curriculum development,
· Experience teaching online higher education courses
· Photo and video editing to implement different modalities of teaching and learning within the course design
II. Reflection
While looking at the differences between a classroom teacher and an instructional designer, the differences are few but clear. As an instructional designer, one would be creating courses and providing support to the teachers and staff using the designed courses. The ID would need to know and understand the standards that are to be met in order to create effective and engaging curriculum. The designer also works more with administration of design while the teacher is involved in the process of delivering the designed curriculum to the specified learners. The teacher would be involved in the day-to-day classroom responsibilities of daily classroom routines, management, grading papers, parent and student communications, and administrative aspects of a classroom. The teacher would implement the ID’s lessons and give feedback for ways to improve the Designer’s curriculum based on real-life application of the theories and principles in the design.
An instructional designer would be expected to listen to the suggestions and be willing to re-design their curriculum to improve the quality of the design, which would result in improved lesson structure in subsequent implementation. A teacher would not be expected to make permanent changes in curriculum, but to offer suggestions for improvement.
In summary, a designer’s job is to design and provide learning activities to others for implementation. They work with the administration and staff within their district, and make changes and improvements to the lessons they have created. Whereas a teacher implements the design, makes suggestions for improving the design, and fosters the relationships of his/her students in the classroom.
III. Job Posting URLs Reviewed:
· http://www.imaginelearning.com/company/careers/position/instructional-designer-3/
· http://uuhc.jibeapply.com/jobs/15170?mode=job&iis=Indeed&iisn=Indeed.com
· http://newton.newtonsoftware.com/career/JobIntroduction.action?id=8acf16914a7584e3014a97c674517f48&source=Indeed
· https://jobs.usu.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time=1422157472859
· http://hrs.boisestate.edu/careers/searchcareers/ecampus-instructional-design-specialist-andor-consultant/