collaborative leader
in the field

example 1: emergency action plan training reflection

Description
This paper is a reflection about my experience as member of a team who was responsible for creating two modules of instruction for a real-world client in an instructional media development course (IT 578).

Rationale
The reflection demonstrates how I perceived my ability to work with others collaboratively and reflectively. Our class worked together on a project for Roane State Community College where we developed, implemented, and evaluated instructional media in a real-world context. At the end of the semester I was able to step back and think about how those experiences of working with my peers helped me to grow in my instructional design practice.

Alignment to Career Goals and Professional Standards
  • ISTE Standard 6: Content Knowledge and Professional Growth
The collaborative skills I developed are hard to quantify but the reflection helps to  demonstrate how I want to be seen as someone who works well with others and who is not afraid to reflect on successes and failures of the collaborative process. By reflecting on my experiences with collaboration, I strengthened my ability to “regularly evaluate and reflect on their professional practice and dispositions to improve and strengthen their ability to effectively model and facilitate technology-enhanced learning experiences” (ISTE, 2011, standard 6.c).

Supporting document
Emergency Action Plan training table of contents

example 2: interview a professional in the field

Description
For this assignment for my first class in the instructional technology master’s program (IT 521), I conducted an interview with an instructional technology professional.

Rationale
By talking to my school’s building level technology coordinator (BLTC), I was able to gain insight into a part of the profession that I was interested in pursuing in the future. He gave me a clear picture of his responsibilities and a peek into his daily schedule. As I interviewed him in order to to understand his job better, I was able to see how I might one day work in a similar situation where strong collaboration skills would be a great asset.

Alignment to Career Goals and Professional Standards
  • ISTE Standard 6: Content Knowledge and Professional Growth
My experience in speaking with someone whose job duties may one day be similar to my own afforded me the opportunity to “engage in continuous learning to deepen professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in organizational change and leadership, project management, and adult learning to improve professional practice” (ISTE, 2011, 6.b).

Supporting document
Job description
Reference
International Society for Technology in Education (2011). ISTE Standards for Coaches. Retrieved from www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-coaches