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Implementation Plan:
Professional Development for Oaks Christian School
Mary Kay Altizer
Azusa Pacific University
EDTC520

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Implementation Plan:
Professional Development for Oaks Christian School
Technology is an ever-growing topic in the conversation regarding the future of
education at Oaks Christian School and how we can move forward harnessing its benefits and
potential. This conversation, however, cannot be conducted only within the confines of the
school site. All stakeholders, from administration to parents must be fully involved in the
discussion, fully invested in the process, and fully informed and trained in areas related to
educational technology. The investment in technology is one that will surely reap great returns
in not only how our teachers teach, but in how our students learn. Shelley Kinash (2012)
submits that, Students who graduate from technology-infused classrooms have increased
application, satisfaction and retention. But the question remains, how will we at Oaks Christian
proceed on this trajectory, all the while taking all stakeholders along for the ride? I would
contend that the departure point should be with the administration that would initiate the rollout
after carefully reviewing the schools infrastructure and financial considerations.
Finally, the most important part, I believe, will be teacher training and buy-in.
BYOD
There are so many aspects of technology that can be applied to student learning that it can
make ones head spin. I have chosen to concentrate on introducing the faculty at Oaks Christian
School (OCS) to a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) plan. The timeline of this training and
professional development process would take place during the upcoming 2015-2016 school year,
with the hopes of a full rollout for in the fall of the 2016 school year. Strategic and ongoing
professional development will be essential in order to facilitate the implementation of this new
program. This plan that follows will outline my blueprint to help in the implementation for this

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BYOD program and hopefully ensure its success by supplying professional development to my
colleagues at OCS.
Action Plan
In an article from the Center for Implementing Technology in Education (n.d.), it is
stressed that, Ongoing professional development offered on site, especially when supplemented
with a community of practice or inquiry group, was found to be effective at changing teachers
attitudes and self-reports of technology proficiency. In order to aid my colleagues in their quest
for this technology proficiency, my action plan would include three professional development
days. It would be my hope that these development sessions could be in close proximity to one
another time-wise, but the timing and schedule would need to be approved through the
administrative process. Since OCS is a private school and does not have a district to which we
report, the approval process should not prove to be too time intensive.
The first of the professional development days would be focused on the need for
technology in the classroom as well as some introductory ideas for technology integration. I
cannot assume that all teachers at Oaks Christian see the benefit of the use of technology in the
classroom, and even more, understand what effective use of technology entails and how it can
transform their teaching and impact student learning. Topics that would be covered at this
professional development day would be:
Philosophy of educational technology
The flipped classroom
Student learning styles
Technology ideas to augment classroom learning
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Student blogging

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Webquest

Global learning project

Class webpage

Create a podcast

Class wiki

The second professional development day would be based around proper use of devices
in the classroom and ensuring that the misuse of technology was kept to a minimum. Often there
is a reluctance to proceed with a BYOD out of fear that there will be negligence and exploitation
of the device use. In discussing these types of pitfalls, Emma Chadband (2012) warns, When
students bring their own devices, cyberbullying and other problems associated with social media
may come with them. Chadband (2012) goes on to explain, Many students, for example, dont
understand how much they should share online, and they could end up posting information that
could jeopardize their academic, or even professional, futures. This professional development
day would hope to ease the paralysis many feel in delving into such a program, and dispel the
fear of moving forward by investigating the following topics:
What is the definition of a device?
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iPad, tablet or Chromebook

iPhone or Android

Mac and PC laptops

Identifying cyber-bullying
Digital etiquette, or netiquette
Digtal citizenship
Cyber safety

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The third and final professional development day would revolve around demonstrations
by eight chosen faculty members at Oaks Christian who have successfully been using technology
in their classrooms by helping students implement their devices in the learning process. Each
teacher will be asked to identify the concept and which application they are using, and provide a
full demonstration to the teachers. They will be requested to report on what both the success and
the downfall of the app and/or process have been as well as the response by the students.
Teachers attending the professional development session would be required to bring a device of
their choice and to participate in each teaching example using their device as if they were a
student.
The Measure of Success
Each teacher will work with their supervisor who conducts their annual reviews. After
the professional development training days, preferably towards the beginning of the year,
teachers will meet with their reviewer for a goal-setting session. Teachers will be requested to
write down three lessons in which they are going to utilize technology and devices in a new way
during the upcoming school year. Teachers will be required to report on the topic of the learning
task, what technology was used, and what the student-learning outcome was. At the culmination
of the school year, teachers will report these results to their supervisor who will create a report of
the findings and submit the results to the headmaster and principal for review.
Rolling out a BYOD is a scary proposition. There is so much at stake; fears run high,
budgets run low. Teacher education must take place. I hope that through these professional
development days, OCS will boldly, but carefully move forward into the future of educational
technology so that we can ignite our students imaginations and give them a hunger for
knowledge and learning.

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References
Chadband, E. (2012, July 19). Should Schools Embrace "Bring Your Own Device"? - NEA
Today. Retrieved from http://neatoday.org/2012/07/19/should-schools-embrace-bringyour-own-device/
Haynes, K. (n.d.). 12 Easy Ways to Use Technology in the Classroom, Even for Technophobic
Teachers | TeachHUB. Retrieved from http://www.teachhub.com/12-easy-ways-usetechnology-your-classroom-even-technophobic-teachers
Kinash, S. (2012, July 24). Professional Development: Whose Responsibility Should It Be?
etsmagazine. Retrieved from
http://educationtechnologysolutions.com.au/2012/07/24/professional-developmentwhose-responsibility-should-it-be/
PLB Blogger. (n.d.). BYOD in Schools [Web log post]. Retrieved from
https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/byod-in-schools/
Strategies for Successful Professional Development. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.cited.org/index.aspx?page_id=100