PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT CENTER

THE PROJECT
I. Rationale

The Commission on Higher Education has mandated higher education

institutions, particularly Centers of Excellence, to uphold the quality of instruction.
One of the ways by which this can be attained is through exceptional instructional
materials.
The College of Education is privileged to have been designated as a Center of
Excellence in Teacher Education. Hence the prerequisite to retain this status in line
with the breakthrough goals of the Tarlac Agricultural University to provide
innovative teaching methodologies.
One of the attempts to provide an avenue for the enhancement of instructional
materials is the Book Writing Workshop held at and sponsored by the University.
Since then teachers of the said college have been encouraged to revitalize their
materials for instruction. Upon closer scrutiny it was deemed probable that there must
be a center for the development of instructional materials to sustain the momentum of
the teachers.
The development of instructional materials involves most of the teachers in the
university who have been finding ways to improve their instructional materials to suit
their students’ ever-changing needs. Some have even published their own materials
with the support of the University IMD Committee. This is proof that our teachers in
the university can publish and more so, willing to share their original work in their
field of expertise with their students.
For the longest time the University has been forging linkages with publishing
companies that provide the necessary and appropriate instructional materials for a
price. These linkages may be utilized to harness the inclination of the teachers to
produce their own instructional materials which may be a potential income generating
project. The benefits will be two-fold such that students will be able to avail of
quality yet affordable materials for their studies published by their professors who can
have their work duly copyrighted.
Thus, as part of its commitment to offer quality education, the College of
Education is proposing that a Center for Instructional Materials Development be

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 established to promote accessibility to provide both the teachers and the students with
the best instructional materials at an affordable rate.

II. Importance of the Project

Each year students are required to have reference materials on hand that will aid
them in their coursework. Most of the time these are outsourced as the materials are
made available by publishing companies.
The establishment of an Instructional Materials Development Center will pave the
way for internal production of resource materials. Instead of depending on outside
sources to provide these resource materials, the University can offer the more viable
option of quality yet affordable resource materials. These will undergo assessment by
the University IMD Committee in coordination with CHED to guarantee that the said
materials are publishable and will be copyrighted.
When the production of quality resource materials is made available in the
University, both the students and the teachers will be benefitted. The former will be
able to save on their expenses while the latter will be encouraged to come up with
their own resource materials in their field of expertise which will be passed for
evaluation and copyrighted with the support of the University. This will then become
over time a potential income generating project of the University.

III. Project Objectives

Generally, the project aims to support the establishment of an Instructional

Materials Development Center at the Tarlac Agricultural University and its objective
of giving quality yet affordable source of reference materials for the students while
providing an avenue for teachers to publish their own resource materials.
Specifically, the project has the following objectives:
1. identify the existing instructional materials for recommendation to the University
IMD Committee;
2. collaborate with the University IMD Committee regarding its designated function
per college;
3. conduct continuous instructional materials development training for faculty
members aligned with their field of specialization;
4. develop instructional materials for usage within the University with corresponding
copyright through the faculty development program;
5. team up with select publishing companies to produce quality instructional
materials.

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 IV. Project Components

The project shall have the following components:

1. Identify the existing instructional materials for recommendation to the

University IMD Committee.

The main priority of this project is to ensure that there is a designated office that
can assess existing instructional materials by faculty members and consequently
produce these for students’ use. These will be submitted to the University IMD
Committee for evaluation.

2. Collaborate with the University IMD Committee regarding its designated

function per college.

Each college has the IMD Chair whose role is to ensure that the faculty members
are providing their students with relevant and up-to-date resource materials. The
college coordinators will work closely with the University IMD Committee to
promote the production of quality instructional materials.

3. Conduct continuous instructional materials development training for faculty

members aligned with their field of specialization.

With the support of the administration for the faculty development program, there
will be an initiative to hold training programs to enhance their skills in crafting
resource materials pertinent to the course offerings in the University.

4. Develop instructional materials for usage within the University with

corresponding copyright through the faculty development program.

The output of the training programs will be the instructional materials per area of
specialization made by the teachers. These will be processed with the support of
the University Committee to enable the teachers to obtain the copyright of their
publications.

5. Team up with select publishing companies to produce quality instructional

materials.

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 Linkages with well-known publishing companies will be done to come up with
quality resource materials that will benefit both the instructors and the students.
These will undergo appraisal to validate its usage for widespread dissemination in
the University.
V. Beneficiaries and Expected Benefits

The implementation of the said project will benefit both the students and the teachers
alike. Students will have access to less costly yet first-rate resource materials
produced by their own teachers with the support of the University. Furthermore, this
will become a potential income generating project for years to come.

VI. Implementation Schedule

The project shall be supported by the University through the IMD Committee. This
will be an ongoing project in collaboration with each college as well as select
publishing companies.
To sustain the project, the development program for the teachers will be utilized on a
per semester basis.

VII. Budgetary Requirements (Per Semester)

Particulars Quantity Amount Total

Personnel 1 8,000 8,000
Laptop 1 20,000 20,000
Printer 1 2, 500 2,500
Folders 50 20 1,000
Bond paper 10 200 2,000
Ink 5 1,000 5,000
Publication Materials 10 500 5,000
TOTAL 43,500

Prepared by:

FAITH G. SANTOS
College Chair, IMD

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