Technology Action Planning

Professional Development Planning

As I did the Week 3 campus technology report, and reviewed it for this current assignment, it became evident that the main issue on my campus, and on campuses all over Texas, was the lack of staff readiness to use the technology that has been provided. Many of our teachers are becoming more and more familiar with certain individual programs and pieces of equipment, but those that are implementing those things are the younger teachers who are more recently graduated from college and were already more familiar with the simple and basic operations of technology. Our campus is in need of varying degrees of technology aimed staff developments to assist both our experienced and our new teachers in both implementing technology and also understanding the varied and different uses of the different software and resources that are available to them and the students on campus. To assist in doing these things, the district and its campuses are training certain individuals and have also created a new position to more thoroughly prepare all of its teachers to work with its current and future technology resources. The following bullets will name and give a brief explanation of the various courses of action that have recently been taken and are planned to occur in the near future in order to provide adequate and quality technology professional development.

District Level

· Provide and train a technology specialist and a librarian on each campus to train and assist teachers in technology implementation and usage in all curriculum areas

· Provide a “District Master Technology Trainer” and make classes available to all faculty and staff

· Provide funding for training – a minimum of 30% of the amount of money spent on technology hardware and software

· Provide technology training for all new teachers through the New Teacher Induction Academy

· Provide online database of lesson plans, activities, resources, and best practice videos for teachers

· In addition to campus and district professional developments, provide online staff developments to supplement and support other sessions

· Encourage participation in educational technology organizations and training opportunities offered by these same organizations as well

· Require participation in the SBEC Master Technology Teacher program

Campus Level

· Share information and allot funds for staff development opportunities “on campus” and “off campus”

· Monitor and post staff development at district and campus level

· Survey staff for staff development needs each semester

· Provide staff development on using and understanding the Texas STaR chart program

· Provide staff development on the uses of district online database TRIAND

Evaluation Planning for Action Plan

A review of the Week 3 assignment and the campus and district technology and improvement plans have given us a direction and goals to head towards. The remainder of this plan will be to outline the various methods which will help us to measure the efficacy of the technology professional developments and the gathering and analysis of data that is gathered and utilized throughout. Following a summary of those methods we will also examine the desired physical outcomes and results of the efforts put into the goals of the technology and improvement plans analyzed.

Measurable Evaluation Methods –

· Texas STaR Chart – yearly participation and year-to-year comparisons to determine improvements and/or areas of need

· Teacher surveys that are filled out following professional development sessions to assess what was learned and its considered level of usefulness in the classroom and to the teachers and students

· Teacher survey put out by the technology specialist to gather information and evaluate the technology needs and support needs of the faculty and staff on campus

· Student survey to evaluate level of student satisfaction as to the quality and quantity of technology usage and implementation

· PDAS evaluations

· CWT’s performed by AP’s and Principal

Desired outcomes and results of the actions taken in the district and campus action plans and technology improvement plans –

· Each campus will have a technology specialist

· All teachers integrate technology into their curriculum and instruction

· STaR Chart indicates increased integration of technology in all curriculum areas

· At least 1,000 technology training classes offered per year through the District Master Technology Trainer

· At least 30% of district technology budget is set aside for training

· STaR Chart shows training takes place and is effective

· New teachers receive training in the use of online administrative tools

· Online database is available and dynamic

· Online training is planned, available, and carried out, along with a catalog of course offerings

· Educator memberships in TCEA, ISTE, CoSN, CTO, and/or NECC

· By 2012, 100% of technology specialists, 50% of department chairs, and 10% of other educators will be SBEC certified in the Master Technology Teacher program