ACCESS is looking for teachers to serve as Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for course development. SME positions are limited to the following courses. If you are interested in applying for one of these SME positions, please visit the Subject Matter Experts page.
- Accounting
- Business Technology Applications
- Career Preparedness A
- Career Preparedness B
- Forestry
- Nutrition & Wellness
- Personal Finance
- Web Design I
- Web Design II
- Workforce Essentials
- Economics
- CTE Productivity Software Tutorials
Accounting
This is a minor revision project. The focus is on converting existing Flash presentations of accounting procedures to video screencasts. We will also pull data for directed edits. Estimated time for this project is 126 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position must submit a sample lesson.
Business Technology Applications
This is a minor revision project. The focus is on updating outdated resources, adding in-house developed software tutorials where appropriate, adjusting content for the appropriate reading level (including the addition of video resources where necessary), and data-driven improvements. Estimated time for this project is 96 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position may submit a sample lesson or a critique of a lesson.
Career Preparedness A
This is a minor revision project. The focus is on adding in-house developed software tutorials where appropriate, developing multimedia versions of some items currently in text, and data-driven improvements. Estimated time for this project is 75 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position may submit a sample lesson or a critique of a lesson.
Career Preparedness B
This is a minor revision project. The focus is on adding in-house developed software tutorials where appropriate, developing multimedia versions of some items currently in text, and data-driven improvements. Estimated time for this project is 66 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position may submit a sample lesson or a critique of a lesson.
Forestry
This is a course rewrite. While some materials from the current course may be used in the revision, we expect extensive reauthoring of content and assessments. We plan on working with outside partners to develop original video. The SME will be involved in the planning for video projects, but not necessarily the filming. Estimated time for this project is 208 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position must submit a sample lesson.
Nutrition & Wellness
This is a partial course rewrite. While some materials from the current course may be used in the revision, we expect extensive reauthoring of content and assessments due to changes in the food pyramid / MyPlate and the need for further instruction in menu planning. We plan on working with outside partners to develop original video. The SME will be involved in the planning for video projects, but not necessarily the filming. Estimated time for this project is 80 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position must submit a sample lesson.
Personal Finance
This is a minor revision project. The focus is on updating outdated resources, adding in-house developed software tutorials where appropriate, adjusting content for the appropriate reading level (including the addition of video resources where necessary), providing some tutorials on the math involved in calculations, and data-driven improvements. Estimated time for this project is 107 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position must submit a sample lesson.
Web Design I
This is a minor revision project with a limited scope. The focus is on replacing the existing course HTML editor and image editor with web-based editors and updating instructions as needed. We will also pull data for directed edits. Estimated time for this project is 55 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position may submit a sample lesson or a critique of a lesson.
Web Design II
This is a minor revision project with a limited scope. The focus is on replacing the existing course HTML editor, image editor, and FTP software with web-based editors and FTP clients and updating instructions as needed. We will also pull data for directed edits. Estimated time for this project is 56 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position may submit a sample lesson or a critique of a lesson.
Workforce Essentials
This is a minor revision project. The focus is on updating outdated resources, adding in-house developed software tutorials where appropriate, adjusting content for the appropriate reading level (including the addition of video resources where necessary), and data-driven improvements. In particular, we would like to revise complex projects to allow greater student success. Estimated time for this project is 163 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position must submit a sample lesson.
Economics
This is a minor revision project with a limited scope. The focus is on replacing the existing EconEdLink content with original internal content. We will also pull data for directed edits. Estimated time for this project is 82 hours, not including training.
Those applying for this position may submit a sample lesson or a critique of a lesson.
CTE Productivity Software Tutorials
This person will create screencasts for Microsoft Office and Google Suite productivity tools. The course development team will provide a list of needed screencasts. The SME will create short (preferably under 1 minute) tutorials on the tools that can be shared across CTE courses. We anticipate that this project will take 100 hours.
To apply for this position, you must submit a brief screencast "how-to" on a Microsoft Office or Google Suite project with voiceover. You must also submit text instructions for your how-to.
Feel free to distribute this information to anyone who may be interested. Applications are not limited to current ACCESS teachers.