In this exploration of instructional projects, I will define and provide examples of each type of project. The district I will use to provide abstract information as evidence of the use of instructional design is the Charter School for Applied Technologies. This school is located at 2303 Kenmore Ave in the city of Buffalo, New York. The mission statement and vision of this school district are as follows: Mission Statement: The mission of the Charter School for Applied Technologies (“CSAT”) is to provide excellent academic education with skills relevant to careers in applied technologies. We will lay the foundations for: (i) industrial partnership; (ii) Family participation: and (iii) Pride and success through craftsmanship. Vision: Ultimately, our vision is to help rebuild Western New York's commercial and industrial economy by providing students in this region with a world-class education that will also give them the knowledge and skills needed to sustain and lead our region's industries into the 21st century. We will enrich the core curriculum with co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities so that students can be exposed to and aware of careers in our region's industrial, manufacturing and construction sectors. We will provide internships, mentorship and training opportunities for students who will be supervised on site through our connections with local business, industry and labor leaders. Instructional Design as a Process: A systematic way of developing instruction specifically designed to integrate learning and instructional theories that provides quality teaching. This is a systematic process that lends itself to analyzing the entire process aimed at meeting the needs of t...... half of the document ......Evaluate the progress of the participants and the effectiveness of the learning materials. At the Charter School for Applied Technologies all of the grade level teams monitor student performance, this is called Data Driven Decision Making (DDDM), we meet with the administration to discuss our findings and develop an action plan. Teams use the New York State Learning Standards as a reference point to plan the lesson to be taught. During a sharing time, teams generate ideas, materials and resources that would allow them to implement when teaching core subjects. We use a standards-based curriculum and are currently looking to transition to standards-based report cards. Many teachers are evaluating student performance and seeing if students are mastering specific New York State learning standards. This is a point where teachers need to differentiate instruction based on the needs of individual students.