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Career Reports 2

Seth Sorenson - Julie Burningham

Nebo School District - Educational Assessment

Visits with teachers, students

International Society for Technology in Education

Mike Johnson - Matt Guinn

Instructional Designer at BYU Center for Teaching and Learning

Works with clients ona wide variety of instructional projects

PhD would be required to be a director at the CTL

Masters is required to be an Instructional Designer

Rick Ott, Director of Research and evaluation at the MTC - Carrie and Sara

Does a lot with data, numbers, etc.

"It is fun to write assessments!"

Doesn't consider himself a manager. But he is. "He's not an administrator."

Lots of meetings, writing, etc.

Salary Range: between $40 and 90 K

Bachelor's in English
Master's in Linguistics
PhD in Instructional Psychology

Started working for MTC right at graduation, been there for 34 years

Mike Bush - Anneke Majors

Really liked his idea of keeping a journal about whatever you're learning.

Independent Studies Instructional Designers - Jana Chapman

Project Management
Organization
Research
Optimism
Problem-solving
Familiarty with Instructional Design principles
Ability to communicate with faculty, etc.

Salary Range - $45 - 65K per year

Dani Jorgensen

Trying to put instructional materials into the hands of everyone in the world using the connecting technologies that we have now.

Need the Spirit, revelation

Jason Mitchell - Manager of Training at the MTC - Daryl and Rob

Oversees the training of missionaries.
Has coordinators under him, who work with the teachers.
Does Large Group Meetings at the MTC.

3/4 of the day consists of meetings

Spends some time proselyting with missionaries.
Training seminars through BYU, some subscription services
American society of training and development

Skills:
Resource management
Curriculum development
TEaching experience

Steve Hume at IM Flash Technologies - Neil Bly

No real "typical" day at work.
Helping people use training curriculum that was developed by people with no real background in instructional technology.

Creating assessments
Auditing
Improving curriculum

$43 - 70K salary

Career Reports

Bryce Bunting, Brian Chantry - Larry Seawright, Evaluator Extraordinaire

Interesting to me that you can take an evaluation certificate course during a week-long seminar.
Do these certificate programs give that much credibility to someone who possesses a certificate? Will this really get you a better job?

Jon Spackman - Steve Gutke, Intrepid Instructional Designer

A lot of management work! Actually, I seem to remember somebody telling me that as an instructional designer, you will probably find your way into a management position (despite all your best efforts to avoid it.) When you are able to speak everybody else's language and understand what needs to be done to produce quality instructional materials, you are likely to become a manager.

Small sampling of requirements from some of the jobs:

Task / Project Management
Teamwork
Writing Skills
Oral Communication Skills
Will be conducting training
Critical Thinking
"Influence the culture of our company"

Salary Range - $45 - 65K

Shelley Keyser - Nigel Bristo, Expert Entrepreneur "Targeted Learning"

Salary Range - For someone who starts their own company? Yeah.

For instructional designers:
Listening Skills
Write, write, and rewrite
Stay abreast of new technologies
Gain new skills

Nigel had no formal background in instructional design. Business background with emphasis in organizational behavior.

Nicky Burgoyne - Steve Leatham, Professional Professor

Difficulties with getting a job as faculty in math education? Pretty easy. There is a shortage of people to fill these positions.

On-the-job training? At BYU, you get a faculty mentor for about a year. Writing circles, etc.

To be successful? Get tenure. But don't disappear.
30% doing service,
30% doing research
30% doing teaching
10% doing stuff
= 90%

Keep things balanced.