Task Analysis

Tasks

All information comes from our interviews and communications with Hannah Jaris, unless specified.

The following questions are from Brown & Green.

What is the subject matter and tasks that teachers need to be able to perform?

Implement and maintain hydroponic systems in classroom
Develop a better understanding of science, urban farms, and sustainability
Use and solve system problems with the materials and resources provided to them

Do we need to learn brand new content to design?

No. We're redesigning an existing course and have access to the learning foundation and NYSW's material.

Who are your subject matter experts?

Hannah (Director) and Kristen (Greenhouse Technician)

What are the key components of these task?

Understand and manage the hydroponic system
Understand sustainability, transplantation, pH, pruning, gardening
Effectively transfer the knowledge to students

What is the sequence of tasks to be taught and learned?

All initial 10 sessions are uniform for all grade levels. After that, there will be customized 1:1 sessions

How can you determine when a teacher has completed these tasks?

Successfully implement hydroponic systems into classroom
Identify technical problems, navigate the materials for troubleshooting, and implement solutions
Understand how to check and maintain the system
Incorporate the supplemental lesson plans in classroom

NY Sunworks Materials

Operations Manual - 2019 St. Matthias.pdf

Greenhouse Classroom Operations Manual

This is the ultimate operational manual that provides the learning foundation of the NYSW hydroponic lab information for teachers. Due to privacy restrictions, we cannot share the document on this site.

10 Training Sessions - Use this

Training Guide for Teachers

This is the 10-session training outline guide for teachers. Teachers are expected to learn how to grow food hydroponically and how to teach the NYSW curriculum.

NYSW K-5 Home Hydroponic Kits Lessons.pdf

K-5 Home Hydroponic Kit Information Packet

This hydroponic kit is aimed to introduce students to topics they would learn about in their Greenhouse Lab. It is designed to flexibly fit in with other content the teacher might be teaching during the school year.

NYSunWorks-FAQ-Fall-2020.pdf

NY SunWorks FAQ

This is the print-out FAQ that NYSW provides teachers, in order to help them troubleshoot in the classroom.

Reflections

We asked for clarification on what we should cover in this redesign project and were informed that they really wanted to keep the learning foundation.
It's always important to identify what can be realistically accomplished and make sure the objectives are measurable. We want to create a valuable learning goal that is easy to evaluate and able to tell when it's achieved.
We are thinking of providing different pathways (customization) to teachers so they don't have to spend extra time on reading things that don't apply to them.
Our design goal at this point would be making the training sessions accessible to teachers at their convenience, in other words, make the course scalable as it expands.

References

Brown, A. H., & Green, T. D. (2005). Chapter 4: Task Analysis. In The Essentials of Instructional Design: Connecting Fundamental Principles with Process and Practice. New York, NY: Routledge.

NY Sunworks (2019). St. Matthias Catholic Academy Greenhouse Classroom Operations Manual. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1IBz_TjRIBaHkXN5KA57D3itUA5XltBxd

NY Sunworks (Fall 2020). Frequently Asked Questions. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1IBz_TjRIBaHkXN5KA57D3itUA5XltBxd

NY Sunworks (2020). K-5 Home Hydroponic Kit Information Packet. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1IBz_TjRIBaHkXN5KA57D3itUA5XltBxd

NY Sunworks (2021). Teacher Training: Grow, Teach, Enrich, Join [edited by H. Jarvis, Training Guide for Partner Development]. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V2bQpZ2rlZnGkMiWKhNZ4ruXVlomWppYZiUP7O1gUeg/edit

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