timac booklet 09

8/14/2019 TIMAC Booklet 09

1/34

Cohort 5

COHORT 5

Name: Martha Rankin

Agency: Newport-Mesa USD Adult Education

Administrator: Mike Murphy

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Marian Thacher

Describe your project Mentee(s)

GOAL:

Increase school-wide participation on our e-PLC blog!

OBJECTIVES:

Train mentee to be blog administrator

Train teachers on new blog page

RESULT:

Mentee Mandi achieved the following

o Designed, organized and built new blog page

o Collected teacher-created resources

o Uploaded docs and PPTs

o Authored new posts

Mandis mentees achieved one or more of the following

o Learned the inner workings of Wordpress

o Uploaded docs

o Created post

NMUSD Adult School achieved the following

o Gained new usable Teacher Resources page

o Viewed the password-protected page nearly 300 times in the last 30

days

o Opened colleagues posts and resource contributions

o Posted comments on Teacher Resource page

Increased average monthly views 55%

Mandi Spottsville

NOTES:


2/34

Cohort 5

Name: Mandi Spottsville

Agency: Newport-Mesa USD Adult Education

Administrator: Martha Rankin and Mike Murphy

Program Area: ESL



PROJECT GOAL:

Increase school-wide participation on our blog

Collect resources from teachers to include in project

Recruit a few other teachers to learn the inner-workings ofWordpress in order to be authors and contributors.

RESULT:

Developed, organized, and launched a new blog page, TeacherResources which includes PPTs, tests, activities and tech tips thatteachers have created

Trained teachers how to use the new page and how to post to thepage

Increased participation on the blog by 55%

Gained more interest from staff on how to contribute to the page andmore confidence in using the blog

More participation from staff

Rebecca SpohrSuzetteMascarenas

Megan BrownTony MaganaAlida Labiosa

NOTES:


3/34

Cohort 5

Name: Teresita Marchisello

Agency: Watsonville/Aptos Adult Education

Administrator: Cynthia Stark

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Tina Sander


Two ESL teachers and their students will post to a school blog. Elaine Boles

NOTES:

Name: Howard Adams

Agency: Bakersfield Adult School

Administrator: Susan Handy

Program Area: High School Diploma

Support Mentor: Penny Pearson


My project was to support two to three instructors at Bakersfield Adult Schoolwho had a strong desire to infuse their classroom curriculum with newtechnologies. I was able to locate these instructors by utilizing our schoolsite technology survey that our instructors completed for the BAS technologyplan. Bonnie Vaughn and I collaborated on a video PSA starring her ESL- 6class. Nancy and I worked together on an art lesson, deconstructingGuernica that she presented to her Diploma students using theSmartboard.

Bonnie Vaughn

Nancy Frazier


4/34

Cohort 5

NOTES:

Name: Victoria Jones

Agency: Simi Valley Adult School & Career Institute

Administrator: Diana Batista, Vice Principal

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Diana Batista


My TIMAC project included working directly with ESL staff members toincrease technology use throughout the department. For our aides and leadteachers, I provided training on the CASAS e-test system which has allowedour ESL and ABE programs to administer the CBT close to 90% of the time.

For our daytime ESL instructors, I assisted with troubleshooting hardware andsoftware issues, provided weekly Tech Tips to address problems or giveinstruction on the use of specific annotation and presentation tools on theelectronic whiteboards, and demonstrated using a document camera.

For my two mentee instructors, I provided consistent support and training toincrease their use of the whiteboard software, online Web sites for enhancinggrammar and vocabulary lessons, and use of the document camera duringclassroom instruction.Each interaction was very rewarding and inspiring for me. I hope to continueto support my colleagues in the future. I am very grateful for the opportunityTIMAC has provided for us to expand our horizons.

Arlene Schraer

Sylvia Hashemi

NOTES:


5/34

Cohort 5

Name: Annie Cho

Agency: The English Center

Administrator: Lynne Wilkins

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Branka Marceta


I set up a wikispace, ecteachers.wikispaces.com, so teachers andstaff could have an online, centralized place to reserve thecomputer lab and other rooms.

I conducted monthly trainings for teachers and staff on using thecomputer lab, using wikispaces, Internet resources and more.

I also sent out a bi-monthly Tech-Tuesday email with helpful Websites and tech tips.

I researched curriculum for teaching ESL students how to navigateWeb sites and created handouts and lessons, including ones onpbwikis, blogs and Twitter.

My advanced students maintained a personal blog for the entiresession, which can be seen onvoicesfromtheenglishcenter.blogspot.com

Lynne Wilkins

English Center Staff

English Center Teachers:Janice TollmanLucia KentRob Beckley

NOTES:


6/34

Cohort 5

Name: Brian Darby

Agency: Educational Options Independence Network

Administrator: Annabel Tomacder-Ruiz

Program Area: Adults with Disabilities



My project consisted of three strands. The first strand was to helpinstructional and support staff integrate PowerPoint presentations into theroutine operation and student achievement of Individual Program Plan (IPP)goals.

The second strand was the development of a Web-based application to helpstudents develop money management and shopping skills.

The third strand was the development of a variety of applications to helpstudents learn scheduling, communication skills, and recipe and shoppinglists. All three of these project objectives were met.

Yvonne Jasso

Trisha Young-Set

Jackie Chavez

Shirley Wong

Peggie Schubert

NOTES:


7/34

Cohort 5

Name: Michael Barnes

Agency: Mary Lind Recovery Center

Administrator: Ed Woodhull

Program Area: Vocational Education, GED



My project involved the creation of a social networking site(www.mlfbcasii.ning.com),designed specifically for adult education students,alumni, their families and friends, teachers and administrators. The purposeof this online community is three-fold:

First - Integrate and further enhance the use of technology in our classroomlearning centers through the daily use of email, hand-outs in the form of file-attachments and Power Point presentations through online group meetingsfor assigned class projects.

Second - To informally keep track of the students who have attended classesin our Adult Education Program, whether they graduated from the ComputerOperator Literacy curriculum or successfully completed/passed the CaliforniaG.E.D. Examination.

Third It serves as an unofficial measurement of real student outcomes,similar to the goals of the WIA CORE Performance Surveys, which is areporting requirement of the California Department of Education. However,through the MLF-BCAS site, student gains and outcomes are continuouslyupdated by the students, themselves, rather than a formal quarterly report.

To be able to make a formal announcement to Los Angeles Unified School

District and the Mary Lind Foundation that the Social Networking Site isoperable and available for uploads, i.e. videos, pictures, messages,announcements, discussions.

Kirin Naulls,InstructorComputer OperatorLiteracy

Kengee Bostic,InstructorG.E.D.

Michael McIntyre,Site Coordinator

Sonna Chavez,Site Coordinator

David Brown, SiteCoordinator

NOTES:


8/34

Cohort 5

Name: Melinda Simica

Agency: Vista Adult School

Administrator: Richard Crane

Program Area: CTE

Support Mentor: Blair Roy


Even with road bumps, I can happily say my project for the first year farexceeded the goals! My two mentees SHINED by completing their anticipatedgoals and reaching goals that went far beyond our expectations! DebraParker learned to teach an online DL Voc course with a Web site, and nowteaches three online DL courses! Lupe Villagrana created a Web site utilizingit in the classroom, and acted as mentor to other teachers who were not ableto attend my technology training sessions! I myself had never written anAnnual Technology Plan, or created online surveys to evaluate technologytraining.

CTE InstructorDebra Parker

CTE InstructorLupe Villagrana

NOTES:


9/34

Cohort 5

Name: Joann Miller

Agency: West Contra Cost Adult Education

Administrator: Raul Ramirez and Jim Trombley

Program Area: CTE



Getting information disseminated to teachers and staff has always been achallenge. Classes and staffing are located at a variety of sites.Oftentimes, staff and administrators cannot get information out fastenough. I researched the use of social networking via a blog to getinformation out. I built a blog site using WordPress. I started takinginformation that was being sent via email and posting the content on theblog. Staff liked going to one place to find information.

Getting CASAS test results out to teachers in a timely manner hasalways been a challenge. Placing the password protected reports on theblog proved to be a perfect solution.

Genea Alexander

Raul Ramirez

Jim Trombley

Inocencia Dacumos

NOTES:


10/34

Cohort 5

Name: Candace Lynch-Thompson

Agency: North Orange County Community College District

Administrator: Jorge Gamboa

Program Area: ESL



I worked with four ESL instructors, three at the Wilshire campus and one atthe Anaheim campus. The purpose of the mentoring was to show theteachers how to use technology to enhance their in-class lessons. Iconducted three PowerPoint workshops for the three Wilshire instructors.During each workshop, the teachers practiced using PowerPoint to createlesson activities. I had two one-on-one training sessions with the Anaheiminstructor. During these sessions we first looked at different ESL practiceWeb sites that could be used in a classroom environment and finally we wentthrough the steps to create a simple class wiki.

Elaine Gayley

Sheila Ozbolt

Jim Pilafas

Natalya Dollar

NOTES:


11/34

Cohort 5

Name: Wayne Miyahara

Agency: El Monte-Rosemead Adult School

Administrator: Sara Shapiro

Program Area: ESL

Support Mentor: Susan Gaer


Web attendance is will be required by all instructors within the coming year.The scope of my project was to mentor two ESL instructors in the use of aweb-attendance program. Initial instruction was as expected. One instructorwas a particular challenging, but she was not timid. It was necessary tounderstand her learning style and adjusting instruction with regular follow-ups. It became necessary to work with both instructors with the district e-mailsystem. Instruction was given in increments. One instructor required onlyher specific needs and any other instruction was not of interest.

Connie VillaruelMaricyl Rosewitz

NOTES:

Name: Donna Edwards-Brown

Agency: Evans Adult School

Administrator: Rosario Galvan

Program Area: ESL



My project was to mentor two colleagues as they created blogs for theirintermediate-level classes. We set up the blogs during a three-hourconference call. One teacher had her class blog during their allotted hour inour computer lab; the other asked her students to blog at home. Each menteeposted five or more comments and had some very enthusiastic responses.

Joann Craig

Penny Giacalone


12/34

Cohort 5

I believe that my mentees enjoyed this project and did a great job. A goodlesson for me was how quickly plans for learning technology can be deraileddue to life-altering events like budget cuts or family crises.

NOTES:

Name: Andria Keiser

Agency: Lompoc Adult School

Administrator: Susan Williams

Program Area: ESL



My colleagues and I are pioneering Chalkblog, a file depository, for our adultschool, offered to us through the Santa Barbara County Education Office. Inthis first year, we have yet to fully utilize its potential, but we have madestrides from where we first began. We meet monthly to collaborate andlesson share. These lessons are now uploaded in Chalkblog and stored forteacher use, including EL Civics curriculum. Teachers can post comments to

each other here and get access to ESL resources. We are beginning to seethe benefits this has on our teaching and ultimately, our students.

Lyn BeanPatricia LoCiceroMaria RodriguezBelinda Vaj


13/34

Cohort 5

NOTES:

Name: Kathleen Bywater

Agency: Riverside Adult School

Administrator: James Dawson

Program Area: ESL



In our first TIMAC year, we focused on three classroom technology

strands in ESL:

1. Using Power Points to deliver lessons2. Integrating Promethean Board use in (2) classrooms3. Using blogging at the Advanced level

Teachers used a prepared Power Point presentation on Goal Settingand First Aid/CPR to deliver instruction. These presentations wereused across levels. Promethean Boards were installed in two

Lois Anderson-Stevens

Megan Brown

Alison Vinande

Cynthia Whisner


14/34

Cohort 5

classrooms and teachers were trained and supported (through team-teaching) in their use of the boards. The Advanced ESL class hadthemed blogging sessions during their computer lab time for students tofree write and read.

NOTES:

COHORT 4

Name: Bethany Rich

Agency: Old Marshall Adult Education Center

Administrator: Mary Prather, Principal

Program Area: ESL/Citizenship


Describe your project in the first year Mentee(s)

A series of online multiple-choice quizzes were developed to help preparestudents for the history and government component of the U.S. citizenshiptest. To assist students with low-literacy skills, audio clips were created toaccompany each question and possible answer. Hot Potatoes, Audacityand Dreamweaver were used to create this project.

Marcella Torres,Citizenship Teacher

Describe your project in the second year Mentee(s)


15/34

Cohort 5

SMART Board interactive whiteboard training and classroom use were thefocus of this years project. Interactive whiteboard activities were developedto supplement existing EL Civics curriculum on accessing

healthcare/interacting with providers (Objective 28) and were used withbeginning-low students at Florin Technology Education Center inSacramento.

Ernestina Madriles,ESL Teacher

NOTES:

Name: Katalin Gyurindak

Agency: Mt. San Antonio Community College

Administrator: Liza Becker

Program Area: ESL



My first year project was to mentor an ESL instructor who needs assistanceto integrate technology (using the computer lab and PowerPoint) intoteaching during class time and assist instructors to be able to use differentsoftware programs to help students with their language development.Instructors will be able to take their class to the computer lab during thesemester (once a week).

My second technology project is to install Skype (a free program that allows

Abdel Belblidia


16/34

Cohort 5

you to make free phone calls over the Internet to anyone else who has theservice) in at least one computer lab and use it as part of a communicativeactivity and train my mentees to apply this technology in their teaching.


Continue to work with my mentee to integrate technology into teaching andprovide support when it is needed. My mentee was interested in setting up aWeb site for his class, therefore in the second year we started working on it. Itis still in progress.

My Skype project is completed. In one of our ESL computer labs, Skype issetup for use. My next goal is to download the new version of Skype.

Abdel Belblidia

NOTES:

Name: Shin Song

Agency: North Orange County Community College District

Administrator: Valentina Purtell and Jorge Gamboa

Program Area: ESL / EL Civics




17/34

Cohort 5

NOCCCD has implemented a pilot program of CASAS eTest at the

Anaheim campus to determine its reliability as an alternative

assessment tool to improve the gathering and evaluation of student

test data as compared to CASAS paper-based assessment. We

began the pilot in fall 2007 with three higher level ESL classes andnow we have increased it to 12 ESL classes for spring 2008. As the

TIMAC mentor for the ESL program, I have provided extensive

training and support to three lab instructors and two instructional

assistants in the administration and proctoring of computer-based

testing for our program.

Angela Alvarez Lab Instructor

Ngoc Luu Lab Instructor

Alice Niyondagara LabInstructor

Pati Mendia InstructionalAssistant

Elaine Loayza InstructionalAssistant


NOCCCD - ESL program finished implementing CASAS eTests

(computer-based testing) at all three campuses (Anaheim, Cypress,and Wilshire). Our program goal was to standardize assessment

practices at the three campuses. Staff was trained in utilizing CASAS

eTests as a tool to maximize funding for the program and to analyze

data to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our assessment

processes and procedures.

Robin Morgan Lab

Instructor / Test Proctor

Elaine Pearse InstructionalAssistant

Ngoc Luu Lab Instructor /Test Proctor

Violeta Aguilera-Valdes Instructional Assistant

NOTES:

Name: Martha Robles

Agency: Cerritos College

Administrator: Graciela Vasquez

Program Area: ESL



The plan was to assist teachers in integrating online computer technology


18/34

Cohort 5

into their teaching. For Mr. La Velle, a novice computer user, I introduced himto useful Internet sites such as www.webmd.com which introduces, illustrates,or otherwise supports his Vocational English as a Second Language (VESL)Health students and the content of the class.

For Mr. Furgason, who uses technology daily for personal use but sparingly

to teach, I assisted him in locating a set of useful and interesting Internet sitessuch as www.manythings.org to support his English as a Second Language(ESL) teaching and as supplemental work and/or independent/homework forhis students.

Fredrick La VelleDennis Furgason

Both gentlemenare adjunctinstructors for the

Adult EducationDepartment atCerritos College.


The goal was to provide basic computer skills to a few adult educationdepartment teachers. A departmental move to a more electronic-basedoffice, revealed a few teachers unable to manage their college emailaccounts. The training will include skills necessary to accomplish tasks such

as email logon and management.

Lourdes Chen, ESLTeacher

Ralph Casas, ESL

Teacher

NOTES:

Name: Kathleen Edel

Agency: Elk Grove Adult & Community Education

Administrator: Kathy Hamilton

Program Area: ESL




19/34

Cohort 5

Connie Bateman, a visually challenged HB ESL teacher, faced manychallenges as our school moved forward with technology. Withsupport from the administration, a new classroom aide, and helpfrom students, Connie has experienced a new freedom and regularlyintegrates technology into the classroom.

Connie Bateman,HB ESL teacher

Stacey Westlake,LB ESL teacher


Renee Collins has utilized the A+ Accreditation Plus web 2.0 WASCcollaborative resource for our WASC evaluation process.

Linda Boice has developed a computer class forGED/ABE/ASE/ESL/CTE students using several software programs.

Connie has continued integrating technology into the classroom.

Teachers and students have developed Web 2.0 resources.

Renee Collins,Resource TeacherLI ESL TeacherWASC Coordinator

Linda Boice,Advanced ESL TeacherHI ESL Teacher

Computer TechnologyTeacher

Connie Bateman,HB ESL Teacher

NOTES:

Name: Sybil Cartwright

Agency: Grossmont Union High School District

Administrator: Phyllis Ruth

Program Area: ESL




20/34

Cohort 5

My project was to write a Power Point program for EL Civics 7.5,Safeguarding Families and Homes.

Assist one or two teachers at my site in using the program in their classroom.

Determine if the program was successful by a written test of the students

involved.47 of 57 students passed in Danielle Griffiths class, and 40 of 46 students ofmine passed.

Danielle Griffith


My project was to implement the use of new technology installed at the ElCajon Adult Schools ESL Complex.

The ESL Complex has five classrooms. The following equipment wasinstalled in September 2008:

5 Document Cameras (ELMO)5 Projectors (Epson)24 Laptops (Dell)5 DVD/VCRs

My four mentees use the document camera every day. They agree with methat it is so much better than the old overhead projector.Karin likes to use PowerPoint in her classroom. Tawnya is excited to be ableto show DVDs. Toni said that the document camera saved her life. Nancyenjoys using the document camera - its an excellent tool.

It has been a very successful year, because, all of the teachers at the ESLcomplex are using the technology available to them.

Karin Anderson

Tawnya Richards

Nancy Taylor

Toni Gagliardi

NOTES:

Name: Justin Loh

Agency: Shasta Adult School

Administrator: Jim Newell, Principal

Program Area: High School



21/34

Cohort 5


1. To establish a technology integration and mentorshipacademy within the Shasta Union High School District(SUHSD) using the states own TIMAC as a framework.

2. To create a Moodle-based website for Shasta AdultSchool enabling the staff to become more efficient incommunicating and delivering curriculum.

Susan McGrath, Matt Clarke,Len Massaro, Amy Garrett,Laura Carlisle, Doug Roberts,Tara Meyer, Louinda McLean,

Chris Dell, Hillari Freeman,Dave Peek, Susan Hanifl,Jim Jordan, Robin Jack,Leslie Ellingson, Justin Jordan,Sierra Ruiz, Tracy Goschke,Monica Havelka, Lisa Pullen,Teresa Alexander


1. To finish the second year of the inaugural cohortgroup for the SUHSD TIMAC.

2. To continue using Moodle at Shasta Adult Schooland to further integrate it into the staffs daily tasks.

Laura Carlisle, Matt Clarke,Doug Roberts, Hillari Freeman,

Dave Peek, Jim Jordan,Leslie Ellingson, Sierra Ruiz,Tracy Goschke, Monica Havelka,Teresa Alexander, Michelle Saelee,Louinda McLean

NOTES:

Name: Cindy Wislofsky

Agency: Continuing Education, San Diego Community

College District

Administrator: Gretchen Bitterlin

Program Area: ESL



22/34

Cohort 5


My first year project took me in three directions:

1. Mentor one teacher in creating a class Web page.

2. Mentor another teacher on how to create a class syllabuson the computer.

3. In collaboration with a colleague, disseminate short weeklytechnology tips over our Continuing Education emaildistribution list.

Jane Uhle

Valerie Long

Continuing EducationsFaculty/Staff/Administrators


1. Train two teachers on how to use Googles onlinepresentation program in their classrooms for student

projects.

2. Continue to disseminate weekly technology tips over emailto our Continuing Education family.

3. Conduct several faculty training workshops on using Word,PowerPoint, and our districts online recordkeeping system.

Steve Gwynne

Beth Bogage

Continuing EducationsFaculty/Staff/Administrators

NOTES:

Name: Hongyan Zheng

Agency: Milpitas Adult Education Center

Administrator: Dan Kreuzer

Program Area: ESL



23/34

Cohort 5


Using online surveys (i.e. www.suveymonkey.com) and Web 2.0 technologies(i.e. wiki pages and audio/video Podcasting), six teachers developedteaching/assessing materials for EL Civics objective on employment, which

were successfully used in actual teaching/assessing.

Ann Taguchi

Reva Larson

Judy Connell

Thao Nguyen

Lisa Lau

Eiko PenaDiaz


Two ESL teachers created their own official Web pages for their classes

using SchoolLoop, an online Web site hosting software that has been usedby schools in Milpitas Unified School District. They learned how to create andmaintain the following segments on their pages: rich text boxes with picturesand hyperlinks, slideshows, news, and calendars

Ann Taguchi

Reva Larson

NOTES:

Name: Myrna Montenegro

Agency: North Hollywood Polytechnic Education & Career Center

Administrator: Bea Zavala

Program Area: ESL



24/34

Cohort 5


Collaborate with one ESL Teacher who attends the ESL computer lab to helphim use one to three computers, CD players and headphones in theclassroom to extend what the students are learning in the lab.

Provide comprehensive hands-on training including the implementation of"centers" as a classroom management strategy. Training will includemeetings, preparation of materials, classroom setup, team teaching,continued facilitation, and model the project to the administration and otherteachers in a presentation at a meeting by video taping the project in motionin the classroom.

Michael Gurule


Collaborated with one ESL Teacher who attends the ESL computer lab to

help him use twelve computers and six CD players with headphones in theclassroom to extend what the students are learning in the lab, and tointegrate technology in a class project.

The technology integrated in the class project were computers, CD playerswith headphones, a digital camera, a digital video camera, projector andscreen, online video clips, Internet Web sites, as well Microsoft Office Word,Audacity, and Record Now software programs.

Provided comprehensive hands-on training including the use of the hardwareand software as well as the implementation of centers as a classroommanagement strategy. Training included meetings, preparation of materials,

classroom setup, team teaching, continued facilitation, and modeling theclass project with all its components to the administration and teachers in aPowerPoint presentation.

Grady Miller

NOTES:

Name: Peter Hubbard

Agency: Berkeley Adult School

Administrator: Joan Lehman

Program Area: ESL



25/34

Cohort 5


The initial project was to learn the use of interactive whiteboards but theproject morphed into several areas:

Establishment of QUIA pages for teachers

Help teachers to:o Qualify for independent use of ESL computer lab and use

laptop/LCD carts in their teachingo Use Picasa

Advocating for and researching and writing requisitions for

technology purchases this year when a substantial amount of ELCivics money became available

Purchases included:

o four laptop/projector carts

o four document cameras

o one audio card reader

o

one digital camerao two Smart Boards

o 10 teacher subscriptions to QUIA pages

o Subscriptions to Discovery Education Streaming & Project

Connect

Participation in the establishment of distance learning

The crown jewel of the project is the establishment of my classroom as acenter for teacher technology training, with 10 computers, a documentcamera, flatbed scanner, Smart Board, overhead projector, and audio cardreaders.

Judith BuistLinda HsuModupe Omalayu


Increase sophistication of Smart Board skills Linda Hsu

NOTES:


26/34

Cohort 5

Name: Rebecca DHarlingue

Agency: Castro Valley Adult School

Administrator: Jerry Green

Program Area: ESL



The major focus was on familiarizing teachers with someof the new equipment that the school had purchased,such as the LCD projector, the document camera andthe wireless tablet. In addition, one mentee learnedPower Point, and another created a wikispace for herclasses.

Elisa Correira-Dasala (Medical Billing)Elizabeth Gibb (ESL)Emilia Olroyd (Spanish)Rebecca Wiebe (ESL)


Some mentees learned how to use the documentcamera, and some of them then shared that knowledgewith other teachers. Some mentees created PowerPointor Excel documents. Three teachers learned how tocreate podcasts using drop.io, and five createdwikispaces for their classes.

Signe Barry (ADP, Art)Cynthia Eaton (Older Adults)Elizabeth Gibb (ESL)Shawna Hamilton (ESL)Lynn Hollfelder (Older Adults)Rebecca Wiebe (ESL)

NOTES:


27/34

Cohort 5

Name: Rebecca Ring

Agency: Monterey Adult School

Administrator: Ann Kilty

Program Area: ESL, ABE, GED, CTE



My basic project was to enable ESL teachers to use the computer lab withtheir students. I arranged to have teachers go to the computer lab either withAngelica Diaz-Roman or me. First, we presented the lessons while theyassisted us or watched. As the teachers felt able to, they began doing the labtime with our assistance.

Sarah Perkins

Angelica Diaz-Roman

Hope Tolleson

Leslie Savelberg


Original plan was set aside in order to set up and run a blended learningprogram in the ESL classes.

All the ESLteachers.

NOTES:


28/34

Cohort 5

Name: Sally Peckenham

Agency: Mt. Diablo Adult School

Administrator: Paige Endo

Program Area: ESL



My project was bringing teachers who were inexperienced with technology toa more functional level in both knowledge and application. I first surveyedthe teachers and selected mentees according to need. As I was a technologynovice myself, I first had to learn the technology before I mentored others.The technologies I mentored ranged from MSWord and EXCEL to computerprojector units called Smart Carts and digital cameras.

Susan RauschCindy MolanderCindy PetersonJean Bernstein


This years project started as a continuation from last year but took on adifferent shape. My new survey found the needs different due to newequipment and new Web 2.0 technologies. Therefore, in addition tomentoring teachers in existing technologies, I also began working with aWIKI. My mentoring ranged from document cameras to embedding videosinto PowerPoint and building WIKI pages.

Linda ReyderBetsy LongmanMai PerezJennifer LewMary MahonJoanne LedermanJosie PascalJean Bernstein

NOTES:


29/34

Cohort 5

Name: Suzanne Ludlum

Agency: Oakland Adult and Career Education

Administrator: Jacques LaCour and Sue Pon

Program Area: ESL, CBET, ABE/GED, CTE



Building a Professional Learning Community Through Multi-Dimensional Technology Professional Development

This project was designed to provide ongoing technology integrationtraining and mentoring to teachers in OACE. Using a multi-dimensional approach (based on research of best practices), Ifacilitated over 20 technology-learning circles from October-April. In

these circles, faculty worked together to learn new technologyintegration strategies and shared their successes and challenges.

25 teachers


Building a Professional Learning Community Through Multi-Dimensional Technology Professional Development(continued)

This project is designed to provide ongoing technology integrationtraining and mentoring to teachers in OACE. This years focus is ongrowing the learning circle model by identifying additional

facilitators and providing direct feedback to teachers as theyexperiment with new technology practices. So far this year I havework with four new facilitators and over 50 teachers in our learningcircle model.

4 Facilitators

50 Teachers

2 IAs

NOTES:


30/34

Cohort 5

Name: Sylvia Bullock

Agency: Merced Adult School

Administrator: Debra Glass, Principal; Kristin Blanchard, Vice Principal

Program Area: Career Technical Education



My actual project was pretty seamless as my administration was on boardfrom the beginning and very supportive.

My project was to implement the usage of Smart Board technology in theclassroom. I also wanted to implement the usage of technology that iscurrently available to our teachers and staff.

Sarah Root,ESL III Teacher

Gary Curro,GED Teacher

MAS staff


To continue the usage of the Smart Board and projectors in the ESL,

ABE and ASE departments.

Train and implement the usage of the Mimio.

Encourage instructional staff with the utilization of technology for fun

while learning with their students www.freerice.com

Continue technology mentoring/support to all staff at MAS

Sarah RootGary Curro

ChristopherRodriguez

Roque BerlangaTammy Astorino

MAS Staff

NOTES:


31/34

Cohort 5

SUPPORT MENTORS

Name: Diana Batista

Agency: Simi Valley Adult School & Career Institute

PROFILE

Diana Batista is an Assistant Principal at Simi Valley Adult School & Career Institute. Before thispost, she had worked as a Technology Coordinator/Instructor for the ESL technology lab since2003. Diana has been a participant in the Technology Integration Mentor Academy program for five

years. She enjoys working with professional development support programs, such as OTAN,CALPRO and Beginning Teacher Support Advocacy. Diana is a technology enthusiast working withteachers at Simi Valley and beyond with the goal of meaningful and effective technology integrationin adult education classes.Through TIMAC Diana has mentored 10 teachers who have extendedthe mentoring throughout their own agencies.

Name: Tina Sander

Agency: Santa Cruz Adult School

PROFILE

Tina Sander is the EL Civics Coordinator and the Technology Coordinator at Santa Cruz AdultSchool. In 2004, she immersed herself in technology with the creation of a computer lab and atechnology-based EL Civics program at her adult school. Designing and implementing newcurriculum and developing classes on a range of topics from Basic Computer Literacy to MicrosoftExcel, and Using Cameras to Blogging and Skyping, resulted not only in empowering the studentsand teachers in the Santa Cruz community, but also in the publication of her books Out and Aboutin the World of Computers and the Computer Instructions Resource Bookpublished by Alta BookCenter Publishers. Furthermore, Tina has enjoyed and valued the opportunity to be a participantwith the Technology Integration Mentor Academy program.


32/34


33/34

Cohort 5

Name: Branka Marceta

Agency: Outreach and Technical Assistance Network

PROFILE

Branka Marceta has held the position of Coordinator of Technology Projects at OTAN since April2006. Branka came to OTAN from Milpitas Adult School, where she taught ESL and officeoccupations both at the adult school program and in the local correctional facility. She earned herMasters Degree in Instructional Technology from California State University, San Jose. At Milpitas,Branka practiced integrating technology into her daily instruction. In addition to teaching, sheassumed a number of other roles, including technology team leader and technology mentor, CBETand EL Civics teacher, and curriculum and assessment developer. She also offered numerous

professional development workshops at her agency, was a CALPRO, calpro-online.org, trainer, andis active in the technology interest section of CATESOL, catesol.org. At OTAN, Branka has beeninvolved with the Technology Integration Mentor Academy, video production, and technologyplanning, as well as conducting conference workshops and technology training sessions.

Name: Penny Pearson

Agency: Outreach and Technical Assistance Network

PROFILE

Penny Pearson came to OTAN in June 2007 from Winterstein Adult Center in the San Juan UnifiedSchool District. For over 10 years, she taught computer skills, digital photography and storytelling inthe Career Technical Education Department. She implemented staff development projects to helpteachers at the school integrate technology into their teaching practices. In addition, she is anadjunct professor at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) where she teaches a class forvocational adult students on how to integrate technology in the classroom. She has a B.A. inCommunication Studies and a M.A. in Instructional Communication from CSUS. She frequentlypresents at CBEA, CCAE, and other conferences. Prior to entering into the education field, Ms.

Pearson worked within the legislative and executive branches of Alaska state government. Herresponsibilities included video and audio production and distribution, staff training, and press andconstituency relations.


34/34

timac booklet 09

Documents