Whitney Harper5352 Instructional Leadership-Technology LinkSection EA 1208March 17, 2011Action Plan Purpose:To provide teachers, librarians, and specials teachers Smart Board training and classroom implementation that can be used to promote the overall digital learning environment that will focus on student growth and success across curriculum. Participants will post their lessons to our district’s public folder in order for other teachers to access. Additionally, participants will work toward improving their overall teaching and learning proficiencies on the Texas STaR Chart.

Learning Objective to Be Addressed: CIP-Identified Objectives

District Strategic Goal 1:Focus on student growth and successCampus Objective 2: Promote a strong digital learning environment

Action Step 1.2C: Monitor staff use of Smart Boards to improve staff proficiencies to “Advanced” on the Texas STaR Chart.

Action Steps(Preparation)

Person Responsible Resources Timeline

Meet with campus Principal to address the need to train and monitor Smart Board use in the classroom.

W. Harper (intern)H. Lancarte(Principal)

Meeting time; office with computer access and Smart Board software and access to district’s public lesson plan folder

April 2011

Create staff survey to determine learning levels of Smart Board software (beginner, intermediate, advanced)

W. Harper(intern)H. Lancarte(Principal)S. Amon(Inst. Technologist)

Office with computer and access to internet in order to develop survey on www.surveymonkey.com

May 2011-beginning of month

Develop staff development for Smart Board software for all three levels of learners

W. Harper(intern)S. Amon(Inst. Technologist)H. Coles(Outside consultant)

Computer with internet access to Smart Board software, Word processor, Power Point

May 2011-mid month

Meeting to determine when staff development will take place: over summer or when teachers return to duty

W. Harper (intern)H. Lancarte(Principal)

Office May 2011-end of month

Action Steps Person Resources Timeline

Whitney Harper5352 Instructional Leadership-Technology LinkSection EA 1208March 17, 2011

(Professional Development) Responsible

Provide professional development session to beginning teachers. This will be a basic session to allow teachers to become familiar with software and determine what core subject they will integrate technology into.

W. Harper (intern)

Computer lab with access to Smart Board software; possibly to be held at the district’s technology building

August 2011

Provide professional development session to continue learning for beginners as well as adding information for intermediate level learners. Newcomers to the session will come with a predetermined core subject idea to prepare technology lesson.

W. Harper (intern)

Computer lab with access to Smart Board software; possibly to be held at the district’s technology building

Sept. 2011

Continue professional development, but on a higher level. This class will only be offered to our advanced staff members that would like to build on activities that will integrate the Smart Board software into their core content. In addition to this, these teachers who complete this course will take their developed lessons back to their grade level and present them at a grade level meeting. The best overall project will present at a faculty meeting.

H. Coles (outside consultant)W. Harper(intern to assist)

Computer lab with access to Smart Board software; possibly to be held at the district’s technology building

October 2011

Action Steps(Evaluation Tools)

Person Responsible Resources Timeline

Teachers will complete a survey through www.surveymonkey.com that will evaluate the professional development sessions(s) that were provided.

Teacher attending professional development

Computer with internet access

October 2011, immediately following final session

Teachers will provide a detailed lesson plan of their technology

Teacher attending

Computer with word processing software;

November

Whitney Harper5352 Instructional Leadership-Technology LinkSection EA 1208March 17, 2011integrated lesson to the presenter and the principal. Teacher will ensure that the TEKs of the core subject and the technology TEKs are addressed.

professional development;H. Lancarte(Principal),W. Harper(intern, presenter)

Form will be filled out post PD session to evaluate validity of learning.

2011

Teachers will present their technology based lesson to their grade level or quad. One teacher will also be asked to present to the entire faculty to show an example of what technology integration looks like. This will also allow educators to work toward our CIP of moving to Advanced Tech on the STaR Chart

Teachers attending professional development;Team Leaders will report on lesson taught to grade level; Principal will follow up with lessons

Classroom or Computer lab with Smart Board and software

by December 2011, would like all to be completed by the Holiday break

Final Evaluation will be the data gathered from STaR Chart the following year when teachers have had a chance to implement and use the technology in their classroom

H. Lancarte(Principal)

STaR Chart campus information

May 2011