Action Plan

After reviewing our Campus Improvement Plan, District Instructional Improvement Council (DIIC) Plan, Campus Instructional Improvement Council (CIIC) Plan, Star Chart, and Net Day’s Speak up Event Data, the technology area we need to address is Educator Preparation and Development. This is also the area that our Technology Integration Specialist (TIS) and our Dean of Instruction noted was an area we needed to continue to improve upon. We also need to increase the infrastructure and the equipment at our campus.

The Campus STaR Chart showed consistent scores across all years in educator preparation and development. In most recent years professional development experiences increased. 60% of staff met SBEC Tech. standards, and 29% of tech. budget is used for professional development. Level of understanding and use however decreased from 2008 to 2009.

Our lowest scoring areas within the Advanced Tech classifications were Online Learning, and Professional development for Online Learning. In previous years, there have been no online learning opportunities available for teachers. Some have opened up this year, but this is a first for our district. Another area of weakness was found in Classroom Technology and Technical Support in the Infrastructure classification. As there is an increase in the number of teachers using technology, there is an increased need to support to help with problems that occur with the hardware. Also, when there are more teachers learning to use the technology, the equipment must be available. There is not enough equipment for every teacher in the building to use.
We clearly have areas that need improvement. My action plan is divided into three parts.

Part 1
1.Teachers will do a pre-assessment as a survey, done before the day of the professional development about technology on campus that measures our current needs.
2.Teachers will also review the district long range plan on technology. This will be done to better understand teachers’ knowledge level of technology needs for our campus.

3.Teachers will divide by department or grade level. We will provide STAR chart, Long Range Plan (LRP), CIP, DIP, Speak Up challenge data.

4.The teachers will note the most important areas of the Long range plan .Teachers will than compare the CIP with the district Long Range Plan.
5.Brainstorm ideas to incorporate technology into their content areas.
6.Share these ideas with the larger group, through posting findings on campus discussion board, divided into content areas.

Part 2:
1.Take the data from what teachers have come up with in part 1 of the action plan and change the CIP.

2.The entire CIIC (SBDM at our campus) meets to evaluate discussion board findings, and restructure the CIP to reflect the actual campus instructional technology needs.

3.The CIIC members will be divided into collaborative groups, to include parents, students, and district level members. The CIP will be divided into objectives; each group to take two objectives on current CIP, and incorporate as many new instructional technology needs assessed from the discussion boards as possible.
4.The CIIC will approve the new and improved CIP.
5.To evaluate the professional development activities outlined, the CIIC members will share the new CIP with each content department to ensure incorporation of their departments’ specific technology needs. Each department will turn in to the Administration three written goals of how technology will be integrated into the content areas.


Part 3 Evaluation:

1.STaR Chart Survey reports
2.Net Day's Speak up Event data.
3.Ongoing informal interviews conducted by campus technology specialists and campus technicians.
4.Feedback from monthly campus technology specialist and campus technician meetings.
5.Records of participation in technology professional development, including, but not limited to, sign-in sheets, records of time
6.Online/completion for online training, and certificates of completion for out of district training.
7.Workshop evaluations for all district and campus training conducted by Instructional Technology staff, which include sections for participants to indicate topics they would like to see covered in the future.
8.Monitoring and documentation of technology proficiencies for all staff.
9.Number of staff completed with each of the four levels in the Technology Staff Development Plan( TSDP)