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Mastering Work Plans for Education | Work Plan Development Strategies

Explore the importance of work plans in education, linking individual and institutional goals, instructional design models, and key learning domains. Learn to create effective work plans and assess performance.

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Mastering Work Plans for Education | Work Plan Development Strategies

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  1. University of CrawfordBurg UNIT 2: Development of Work Plans Programme: • Masters Degree in Education Tazh. Craw. January, 2013

  2. Objectives • To demonstrate an understanding of work plan • To develop an example of a work plan at the end of the module. • To be able to link an individual’s (teacher) work plan with that of the institution. • To note the Instructional Design Models of Development as a key component for developing work plan to execute course deliveries. • To identify the key domain of learning how to develop a work plan, and the approaches and theories that are most applicable.

  3. Questions • What is your understanding of Work Plan? • What is the relevance or purpose of a work plan to an individual and his/her organization • What are some of the tenets or principles of a Work Plan? • What (if any) is the difference between a work plan and a job description?

  4. What is Work Plan? • This is similar to carrying out your daily activities in a structured manner. • Set your goals/objectives • Prioritize your work load • Put matters in place to meet the goals/objectives and targets within or before the stipulated time-frame. • Note your expected outcome (purchase groceries, do laundry, etc.) Eg Planning your weekend: going to the supermarket, the market, other stores, house chores, etc.

  5. What is Work Plan? Cont’d… • Organisational and individual • A plan of action • Informs the Operational Plan (macro perspective) • Informs needs assessment and analysis, and gap analysis • Enables Evaluation of performance, monitoring and Implementation and placement decisions • Kirkpatrick Model would be best assessing performance of individual and organization • Annual/Fiscal targets (Education Sector – GoJ) • The breakdown of a job description

  6. What is a Work Plan? con’t…. • Consonant with the organisation’s modus operandi • Mission • Vision • Values • Core competencies • Priorities • Roll-over activities (justification for non-achievement required)

  7. Steps to Creating a Work Plan • Describe key issues • Set goals/objectives • Identify key strategies • Note key players • Note resources required • State who is responsible for what task • Note timeline • Note performance indicators Source: Government of Nova Scotial. http://novascotia.ca/psc/pdf/employeeCentre/recognition/toolkit/step4/Create_a_Work_Plan.pdf

  8. Key domain of learning and the approaches and theories re development of work plan • Convergent • Benjamin Bloom’s Influential Toxonomy (Cognitive and Affective Domains) • Michael Knowles Adult Learning Theory (Self-concept and motivation, experience, readiness, orientation) • Constructivism Theory (given its problem-solving technique) • Pragmatism (links practice with theory) • Scaffolding (building concepts pre and during review) • Brainstorming. • Deductive

  9. THANK YOU DISCUSSION/QUESTIONS?

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