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Instructional Design Plan Betty Hustead June 7, 2011
Dakota Ridge High School (DRHS) Vision Statement: Dakota Ridge High School continually strives for a school based upon an exceptional community that promotes extraordinary learning, expanded opportunities, and above all, success for all students. DRHS Mission Statement: Dakota Ridge High School aspires to help all members of its community develop a balance between and synergy from four basic human needs: the need to live, the need to love, the need to learn and the need to leave a legacy. Therefore, we consciously commit ourselves to demonstrating: The physical need "To Live" in an environment that is clean, safe and business-like; a vibrant place which inspires a healthy attitude in its community of learners. The social need "To Love" self and others with respect, high expectations, trust and decency; to belong to and work as a responsible member of the community. The mental need "To Learn" by continuously seeking and accepting challenging opportunities that expand our abilities and motivate others to make full use of their abilities. The spiritual need "To Leave a Legacy" by establishing a sense of meaning and purpose to our existence through contributions to our community and to the lives of others. International Baccalaureate program requirements Creativity, action, service (CAS) The CAS requirement is a fundamental part of the program and takes seriously the importance of life outside the world of scholarship, providing a refreshing counterbalance to academic studies. The above statements are a very large reason why I chose the Relay for Life communication issue for my instructional design plan. Our school and community try to expand the students’ learning experiences outside of the school. We encourage them to learn as much about themselves as they learn educationally. Allowing the students to become caring, empathetic,
respectful, leaders and life-long learners, make well-rounded individuals. A student that is well rounded will succeed in life. Relay for Life is an event held annually for the American Cancer Society. A small number of students and staff began the tradition of supporting this event in 2009 – 2010. A larger group participated in 2011, but due to the process of learning how to set up and promote this event for the entire school to choose to participate, a major problem was identified: how to communicate the information quickly and easily. During review of the completed process this year, the need for change was very apparent. The first step was to ask for feedback, both positive and negative, from students and staff. Nearly everything I was feeling about the communication process was duplicated in the comments made by the participants. It was suggested by several to create a website for easy access to all of the forms and information needed for this event. This would be a great place to communicate with everyone involved. The time to update for the owner of the site should be minor once it is created. The team captains and teachers would have access to help add additional agenda items, calendar items, pictures and other information. The set up for the site is outlined below. Overall, it will have pages set up by category: information, students, parents, teachers, community members, volunteers, and fundraising. Forms and some other items that overlap categories will be found on each site or will have a link to the appropriate page. This will be a never ending site, because information, forms, calendars, scheduling events and other parts will always be changing. Implementation will begin when school starts up in the fall of 2011. During a staff meeting, teachers will be given training by observing a demonstration of how to navigate the site. Teachers that will be sponsors will be able to meet in a small group or individually if they have questions. They will also be responsible for sharing this information with their students. The process should be simple enough to not need any more training, but feedback, questions, ideas, or concerns the teachers have throughout the year, will be answered, evaluated and addressed promptly. The ultimate objective is to have communication work well enough, that each year we will have an increase in participation and funds raised for the Relay for Life event. This will be evaluated by tracking and charting the number of hits to the new site (per category), the number of participants, and the amount of money donated. Since this is the first year for the site, the May 2012 numbers will be used as a baseline for future years. Participation and the money raised over the past two events will be added to the statistics for May 2012 to see if the website was effective for communication this first year. If you are interested in seeing how this plan will come together in more detail, please read the outline below.
Relay for Life Instructional Design Plan I. Analyze - How do I make the information regarding the Relay for Life Event (RFL) easier to access by the community, staff, students and parents in a timely manner so everyone knows what is going on, what is required to attend, what deadlines will be followed, allowing more participation and the ability to raise the most money possible? A. Identify Instructional Goal
Instructional goal Website will create an easy access point for communicating RFL information Reason for importance
The website is the most important goal, because without it, there will be no place to put the new forms, checklists and calendar to Website will include forms, checklists, create open communication with the DRHS calendars, and links to allow ease of access community.
to the DRHS community, enabling more organization, participation, and donations
B. Instructional Analysis – Surveyed participants from 2010 – 2011 year for input C. Audience – Students, parents, teachers, community members 1. Write to the students’ ability II. Design A. Objective - To organize the Relay for Life information into one easily accessible place, a website, for all DRHS community members to access with ease; creating more interest and earning more money than the past year’s event. B. Instructional strategy – to create a website for easy access to information III. Develop A. Design and create instructional materials
1. Website a. Information page (I) 1) Calendar a) Dates for deadlines and events b) How to sign up for events 2) Pictures, videos 3) Link to Relay for Life site 4) Previous participants and money chart 5) Previous highest fundraiser 6) Most creative fundraising event 7) Current fundraising challenge/contest b. Student page (S) 1) Forms needed 2) Pictures 3) Quotes and comments (discussion or blog posts possibly) 4) Challenge of the Month 5) Highest Fundraising Team of the Month 6) Highest Fundraising Student of the Month 7) Survivor sign up 8) Links to Relay for Life site c. Parent page (P) 1) Forms needed 2) Expectations 3) Contact information 4) Chaperone forms
5) Survivor sign up 6) Links to Relay for Life site 7) Pictures 8) Quotes d. Teacher page (T) 1) Sponsor information 2) How to schedule event dates 3) Links to Relay for Life site e. Community page (C) 1) Pictures 2) How to form a team 3) How to donate a) Tax Donation Information b) Neighborhood letter 4) How to volunteer 5) Chaperone Forms 6) Survivor sign up 7) Links to Relay for Life site f. Volunteer page (V) 1) Ways to help with the event 2) Links to Relay for Life site 3) Contact information 4) Pictures g. Fundraising page (F) 1) Ideas for fundraising
2) How to schedule events 3) Publicity 4) Challenge of the Month 5) Highest Fundraising Team of the Month 6) Highest Fundraising Student of the Month 7) Links to Relay for Life site 8) Letters and information brochures 2. Forms a. Student DRHS sign up (S) b. Student permission form (S, P) c. Team captain information form (S, T, C) d. Chaperone information and form (S, T, C, V) e. Master checklist participant form (S, T, C) f. Captain’s team roster (S, T, C) g. Team and captain meeting schedule (I, S, P, T, C) h. List of deadlines (I, S, P, T, C, V, F) i. Calendar directions for events (I, T) j. Thank you letter (tax donation) (C, F) k. Schedule for Relay for Life event (I, C, V) l. Luminaria Forms (F) m. Neighborhood letter (F) n. Business letter (F) B. Design and create evaluation 1. Track hits to website pages 2. Track and chart history of participant count
3. Track and chart history of donations 4. Survey people that participated last two years to evaluate effectiveness of site IV. Implement A. Use website for 2011 – 2012 year B. Make changes and additions as needed C. Train teachers on site during staff meeting D. Teachers train students on site V. Evaluate – Growth in participation and money means success! A. Continuous evaluation 1. Evaluate and change as needed throughout implementation B. Create a chart of the number of hits per page to use as a baseline for future events C. Create a chart to show the growth in participants over the years D. Create a chart to show the growth in fundraising dollars over the years E. As participants and dollars increase, the communication is likely to have increased. 1. Survey participants 2. How many hits to the website 3. Input from staff, community members, parents and students