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Identifying Multimedia Production Competencies and Skills of Instructional Design and Technology Professionals: An Analysis of Recent Job Postings
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Sugar, William; Hoard, Brent; Brown, Abbie; Daniels, Lee – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2012
In an effort to document necessary multimedia production competencies of Instructional Design and Technology graduates, a recent analysis of over 7 months' worth of Instructional Design and Technology job advertisements (n = 615) were conducted. Specific job skills from these postings were categorized and analyzed. The data set includes three job…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Design, Job Skills, Competence
Role and Essential Competencies of the Frontline Supervisors of Direct Support Professionals in Community Services
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Hewitt, Amy S.; Larson, Sheryl A.; Lakin, K. Charlie; Sauer, John; O'Nell, Susan; Sedlezky, Lori – Mental Retardation: A Journal of Practices, Policy and Perspectives, 2004
Although frontline supervisors are responsible for on-site management, supervision, and training of direct support professionals, research on the nature, content, and skills of the frontline supervisor role is rare. In this paper we describe results of 12 job analysis and three validation focus groups constituted to describe core competencies for…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Competence, Job Analysis, Focus Groups
Training Needs of Special Education Paraprofessionals.
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Frank, Alan R.; And Others – Exceptional Children, 1988
A survey of 245 special education teacher/paraprofessional pairs found that teachers viewed clerical and supervision skills as more important than paraprofessionals' other skills. Teachers and paraprofessionals showed considerable agreement in rating the importance of skills. It appeared that paraprofessionals require different competencies…
Descriptors: Competence, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Identification of a Core of Important Enabling Skills for the NTE Successor Stage I Examination.
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Rosenfeld, Michael; Tannenbaum, Richard J. – 1991
The Educational Testing Service has initiated the development of a new series of tests to be used as part of the process states use to license or certify their teachers. Stage I of this new generation of tests will determine whether teachers possess an acceptable level of competence in the enabling skills the beginning teacher requires. This…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Competence, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Measurement of Workforce Readiness: Review of Theoretical Frameworks.
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O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; And Others – 1992
Two prototypes to categories of necessary workforce skills in five studies are related: (1) "What Work Requires of Schools" by the Secretary's Commission of Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS); (2) "Workplace Basics: The Essential Skills Employers Want" by the American Society of Training and Development (ASTD); (3)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Potential
Measurement of Workforce Readiness Competencies: Design of Prototype Measures.
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O'Neil, Harold F., Jr.; And Others – 1992
A general methodology approach is suggested for measurement of workforce readiness competencies in the context of overall work by the National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing on the domain-independent measurement of workforce readiness skills. The methodology consists of 14 steps, from the initial selection of a…
Descriptors: Adults, Classification, Cognitive Psychology, Competence