EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership: The Technology Link

Week 4 Assignment, Part 1: Development of an organization chart integrating technology. District Director of Technology
Plan and coordinate a technology plan for the entire district. Provides support for District Instructional Technology Specialists.

Instructional Technology Coordinator

Provides training and support to campus technology instructional specialists

Principal
Provide training opportunities for all staff members to meet required technology proficiencies.

Campus Technology Instructional Specialist

Train staff in technology programs and the use of equipment that will improve learning for all students while also improving communication and scheduling with staff.

Teacher
Provide students opportunities to interact with current technology to enhance learning.

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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.

After reviewing the campus and district improvement plans, I came to the conclusion that my campus needs to improve technology staff development to better facilitate learning for the faculty and students. The teachers need to become familiar with the district program Eduphoria. The district has adopted this program to encompass everything for the teachers from lesson plans to district assessment tests and scores. The professional development for teachers on Eduphoria can be broken into several different sessions. Eduphoria consists of five different areas that teachers need to be familiar with: Forethought, Aware, Helpdesk, Workshop, and PDAS. These trainings should be conducted by the Campus Technology Instructional Specialist and Campus Instructional Specialist. This five week training should be held consecutively on Mondays afterschool starting in March once we return from Spring Break. Session #1 Forethought Teachers will learn how to use Forethought to submit lesson plans online. They will become familiar with how to find their subject/grade level scope and sequence and how to plug in the TEKS objectives. Upon completion of the training, teachers will be expected to submit their lesson plans online in Eduphoria. The principal will check lesson plans weekly. Session #2 Aware Teachers will be shown how to use Aware to get the most out of the program. The Campus Instructional Specialist will show the teachers how to upload district assessment scores by class, school and district. The teachers will be shown how to look up individual student scores, and even how to look up a test for a student and break down the test to show which specific objective the student is struggling with. After Aware
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training, each teacher should be able to create a data chart for each student with his/her test scores. This chart will be shared in grade level meetings with the campus instructional specialist following district assessments. Session #3 Workshop The campus technology instructional specialist will review Workshop with the teachers. Teachers will update their profile during the training. The TIS will share various ways to locate trainings and workshops that are relevant to the needs of the teachers. He will review the proper way to register for workshops and complete surveys after workshops. Once Session #3 is complete, teachers will register for Session #4 and #5 and also complete the survey for Session #3. Session #4 PDAS The campus technology instructional specialist will introduce the PDAS section of Eduphoria. He will set up each teacher to be able to view their walkthroughs and evaluations from the principal or assistant principal. He will walk the teachers through how to sign an evaluation electronically. Eduphoria. Session #5 Helpdesk Helpdesk has many different sections that a teacher has to navigate through. The campus technology instructional specialist will need to walk the teachers/staff through the appropriate sections to complete if a teacher needs technology assistance. Technology assistance can be anything from printer cartridge to a CPU tower not working. After a teacher submits a ticket for help, the Campus TIS or even a District TIS will come to assist the teacher with whatever they may need. Once Session #5 is complete, any assistance the teacher may need with technology will have to be submitted to the Helpdesk. After these trainings are complete, the faculty should have a better understanding of Eduphoria. Once a teacher knows Eduphoria and how to use the program, it should help them focus more on the students and particular needs. After the PDAS session, teachers will electronically sign any and all walk-throughs and/or evaluations in the PDAS section of

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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.

Teachers will be expected to attend trainings on Eduphoria. In effort to evaluate the Eduphoria training, the following will be expected from teachers upon completion of each training: Session #1 - Upon completion of the training, teachers will be expected to submit their lesson plans online in Eduphoria. The principal will check lesson plans weekly. Session #2 - After Aware training, each teacher should be able to create a data chart for each student with his/her tests scores. This chart will be shared in grade level meetings with the campus instructional specialist following district assessments. Session #3 - Once Session #3 is complete, teachers will register for Session #4 and #5 and also complete the survey for Session #3. Session #4 - After the PDAS session, teachers will electronically sign any and all walkthroughs and/or evaluations in the PDAS section of Eduphoria.

Session #5 - Once Session #5 is complete, any assistance the teacher may need with technology will have to be submitted to the Helpdesk.

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Week 4 Assignment, Part 4: Posting your Action Report and Responding to Other Students action plans

The Action Report can also be accessed through the following blog:

Your Blogs Name Blogging for Better Practice

Your Blogs URL http://dustinmcgee.blogspot.com/

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