week 4 action plan

EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership: The Technology Link

Week 4 Assignment, Part 1: Development of an organization chart integrating technology

Using the campus and district improvement plans, and any suggested technology improvements, develop an organization chart that includes the following:

Identify by title or job description all personnel/stakeholders responsible for integrating technology and instructional and organization leadership from the district office to the campus and classroom;

Provide a brief description of the role and responsibilities of all identified personnel in your organizational chart;

Discuss the role of the principal in making sure the organizational chart is implemented and monitored.

– Revised October 2009

District Superintendent

Area Superintendent

Director of Technology Services

Technology Service Division

IT Specialists Department Coordinators

Campus Administrators

Campus IT Specialist Campus Staff


Title ResponsibilitiesDistrict Superintnedent Communicates with district employees through

e-mails.

Communicates with district employees through video conferencing.

Responsible for ensuring that the district uses the latest in technology resources.

Responsible for budgeting, acquisition, and implementation of technology resources.

Area Superintendent Ensures the usage of technology on their assigned campus, by requiring campus administrators to submit CIPs for their approval that indicate ways technology will be implemented into instruction.

Approve campus budgets which include funds for the acquisition and implementation of technology.

Approves the professional developments which campuses use.

Director of Technology Services Provide over-all leadership and guidance for the implementation of technology in the district.

Technology Service Division Responsible for the expansion and protection of the basic information system.

Use sound management practices to implement change in a way that minimizes risk to the ongoing use of the system.

Provide support to departments and individual users throughout the district, in both administrative and instructional applications and functions.



IT SpecialistsResponsible for helping to increase productivity by training teachers, administrators and students in the proper use of technology available to them.

Department Coordinators/Data Liason Responsible for sending instructional links to teachers and campus coaches.

Communicates through e-mail instructions and reflections relevant to their department area.

Updates DBA results and policies.

Coordinates data that is gathered from the DBA and reports this data on the intranet.

Campus IT Specialist Increase productivity by training teachers, administrators and students in the proper use of technology available to them.

Responsible for conducting technology audits and maintaining records of equipment and licensed software.

Campus Administrators Responsible for modeling technology use and setting expectations and visions for technology integration in instruction.

Monitors lesson plans for this integration and communicates with staff and other stakeholders using e-mail.

Teacher/Staff Members Responsible for maintaining a staff webpage.

Models technology for students, and communicates with parents and other district employees through e-mail.

Maintains grade book and lesson plans on the staff common drive.

Utilizes and incorporates technology into instruction.



Week 4 Assignment, Part 2: Professional Development Planning

Using the campus and district improvement plans, and any suggested technology improvements, develop professional development activities that include the following:

Reference analysis and lessons learned about the technology needs from the Week 3 report;

Addresses professional development designed to improve the gathering, analysis and use of data from a variety of sources;

Includes professional development to improve decision making in the integration of technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

Goal:

The Campus Improvement Plan states that we will use technology as a resource to assist in differentiating instruction. We will use DBA scores, administrative walk throughs, lesson plan check, and student class assessments in core subjects to evaluate and monitor implementation and effectiveness of utilization.

STaR Chart Summary

Our two lowest averages over the 3 year period were Teaching and Learning and Educator Preparation. Although these were our lowest scores they still fell in the Advanced Tech range. In the Statewide summary it states that technology is integrated in core curriculum instruction. I would agree with this to a certain degree. Most of the technology we use is integrated with the core curriculum, but it is not done often enough. Administrators do recognize technology usage in the building. However, there is not time allotted for on-going professional development.

Based on the above references I have planned the following professional development activities:

1. PLC teams will generate ideas by grade level to integrate technology into instruction for core subjects to incorporate methods of instruction which meet the needs of different levels of learners.

2. Instruction on utilizing programs that can be used in the classroom for meeting the needs of differentiated learning styles.

3. IT Specialist and Instructional Coaches will develop a list and share with classroom teachers, of websites and accessible software programs that help differentiate instruction through the integration of technology.

4. Instructional Coaches will instruct and model the format that will be used in campus lesson plans to exhibit differentiated instruction utilizing technology into the instruction of core subjects.



Summerwood Elementary

Action Plan 2011-2012

Goal: To utilize technology as a resource to assist in differentiating instruction in core subject areas.

Action Person(s) Responsible

Monitoring Method

Resources

IT Specialist will instruct the staff on how to use the STaR chart data to determine campus technology needs and areas of improvement.

IT Specialist Attendance by staff members/sign in sheet

STaR Chart slide show and STaR Chart website

Staff evaluation and reflection sheet

Pencils

Computers

Develop a list and share with classroom teachers, websites and software that aide in differentiating instruction through technology.

IT Specialist

Instructional Coaches


Attendance of staff members in PLC

Utilization of at least one program or site on the list and a reflection on how it was implemented into core instruction to differentiate instruction.

List of sites and software programs

Reflection sheet

Computers

Teacher lesson plans

Staff members will be given one type of technology proven to meet

IT Specialist

Classroom teachers

Staff members presentation on various methods of technology useful in differentiating

Software programs and access to the internet/intranet.



the needs of different learning styles and become familiar enough with the technology to present a staff development to the remaining staff members.

Administrators instruction and meeting the needs of various learning levels and styles.

Computers

Paper

Pencils

Equipment necessary for staff presentations

Development of a uniformed lesson plan format that highlights the usage of technology into core subject instruction.



Attendance of PLC in which format wil be presented and discussed.

Computers

District approved lesson plan software



Week 4 Assignment, Part 3: Evaluation Planning for Action Plan

The technology action plan integrating instructional an organizational leadership must include evaluation components that provide measurable outcomes designed to address the following:

Uses data and other analysis from the Week 3 report, including using the campus and district improvement plans, and local or state technology plans;

Provides assessments and/or monitoring reports measuring professional development designed to use technology to improve the gathering, analysis and use of data from a variety of sources;

Provides assessments and/or monitoring evaluating professional development to improve decision making in the integration of technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

Summerwood Elementary

Assessment Components 2011-2012

Goal: To utilize technology as a resource to assist in differentiating instruction in core subject areas.




Action Person(s) Responsible

Resources Assessment

IT Specialist will instruct the staff on how to use the STaR chart data to determine campus technology needs and areas of improvement.

IT Specialist STaR Chart slide show and STaR Chart website

Staff evaluation and reflection sheet

Pencils

Computers

Teachers will be asked to reflect on one area of need indicated by the STaR chart that they would like to see be made a priority in the CIP.

Develop a list and share with classroom teachers, websites and software that aide in differentiating instruction through technology.

IT Specialist



List of sites and software programs

Reflection sheet

Computers

Teacher lesson plans

Administrators will review reflection sheet and lesson plans for demonstration of utiliztion.

Administrators will conduct walk through to find evidence of implementation.

During the walk through administrators will observe differnentiated instruction through the implentation of a resource from the list provided.

Staff members will be given one type of technology proven to meet the needs of different learning styles and become familiar enough with the technology to present a staff development to the remaining staff members.

IT Specialist

Classroom teachers

Administrators

Software programs and access to the internet/intranet.

Computers

Paper

Pencils

Equipment necessary for staff presentations

Staff presentation and peer evaluation

Implentation of programs evident in lesson plans and teacher instruction

Increase in DBA and other student assessment

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