Randi Anderson
EDLD 5352
Action Plan
Technology Personnel/ Stakeholders | Roles and Responsibilities |
Classroom Teacher | Responsible for educating students on the use of technology for educational purposes and also educates students on the proper use of school district technology systems. |
Campus Technology Coordinator | Educates teachers on the use of technology in the classroom. Troubleshoots all technical problems at the designated campus. Responsible for ordering all replacement items for campus teachers. Reports all problems to technology director. |
Principal/Campus Administrator | Responsible for campus professional development concerning the use of technology in the classroom. Makes sure that teachers are properly using the technology in the classroom. Defines clear goal and objectives for the campus concerning the use of technology. |
District Technology Director | Responsible for ordering all new computers for the campus. Schedules all summer workshops covering the use of technology in the classroom. Meets with campus technology coordinators to discuss ongoing problems at each campus. Reports to central office administrators concerning the budgeting issues for the technology department. Reviews technology grant request from personnel in the district. |
Superintendent | Oversees the use of technology across the district. Receives monthly reports from campus technology coordinators concerning the use of technology at each campus. Reviews technology grant requests from personnel in the district. |
Professional Development Plan
Within our district there is a need for greater education on troubleshooting problems that plague teachers on a daily basis. Many times teachers have activities planned using the technology within their classrooms and cannot do the planned lesson because there are some technical problems. Sometimes the fix is quick and easy and can be done by any individual who is educated on how to fix it. Often the campus technology coordinator cannot be reached quickly and there is usually a long line of requests for fixes. With a professional development training on simple computer problems that can be fixed quickly and easily, teaches will no longer be so dependent on the campus coordinator and will allow teachers to go on with their planned lesson and activity for class. Additional professional development for each campus will be covering the use of the Edusoft program. The secondary campuses are using Edusoft to go over results from benchmark exams throughout the year. With the use of this technology, teachers and administrators can find what objectives students are not mastering and focus their classroom time reviewing these objectives.
Evaluation Plan
Many times, new programs are put into place and there is no way of evaluating the effectiveness of the program. With each professional development workshop concerning technology advancement throughout the district, there will be follow up workshops to discuss the use and effectiveness of the workshop. Teachers will be given a chance to ask follow up questions that were not clear when they tried to use them in the classroom, and any topic that was not clear can get clarification. In regards to the district improvement plan, a reevaluation of the goals for the year will be done the last week of school. Campus principals and administrators will meet to discuss yearly progress reports covering the use of technology in the classroom. Campus principals and administrators will also meet with each campus technology coordinator to discuss the upgrading of technology at the campus and what other technology would be beneficial to district. Afterwards, the technology director for the district will discuss the new needs of the district with the principals and superintendent.