Action Plan

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

Persons Responsible- Roles and Responsibilities

Teachers- Teachers are responsible for planning and implementing technology in the classroom. They also ensure that our students are meeting technology standards as well as following technology policies.

Campus Technologist- Our campus technologist helps address campus technology issues and provides technology support of staff. He also makes sure that our teachers technology needs are met. He is in charge of planning and implementing technology standards to grades 6^th through 9^th.

Principals- Our principals are there to support and guide teachers in implementing technology in all classrooms. Our principals are also in charge of providing staff developments in technology to our teachers.

Campus IT- Our technician is assigned to a couple of campuses to support Mac users. He is Apple certified and works with equipment and resources that are used with Macs. The technician does weekly visits to make sure all systems are in working order.

District IT Director- The district director creates quotes for campuses when it comes to purchasing any technology for classroom use. This person is also responsible for the technicians and making sure they are supporting their assigned campuses.

Week 4 Assignment, Part 2: Professional Development Planning

· After reviewing my report from last week, we realized that we need several areas of improvement. We reviewed our campus STaR Chart and realized we are in need of improving our staff development in technology. Like I have mentioned before, our secondary and primary schools split this year, therefore leading me into our next improvement, infrastructure. Our primary campus has ordered some projectors and document cameras for our primary classrooms. This is not a lot, but it definitely is a start to staff development.

· A staff development designed to teach us about the new equipment lead by our campus technologist and possibly one of the secondary teachers would be very beneficial. Once we have our equipment and know how to use it, I proposed a follow up staff development that is like the first staff development I have held. It would be “Best Practices”, but with our new technology integration. I want my teachers to share the different ways and sites they use with the technology we do have. We don’t have very much, but our teacher computer, a projector, and a document camera, so this will be a great way to get “creative.”

· We have also contacted our District IT Director for quotes on computers for our classrooms. We will be talking to her about how to acquire the finances to purchase these computers for our classrooms in the near future.

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

To evaluate the staff development, we want our teachers to create goals for technology implementation in the classroom. We will then conduct an evaluation report for teachers to see if these goals are being met monthly. Our leadership team will also make sure we are implementing the technology during walk-throughs and observations. I believe it is also important to survey our parents and students. We want to hear their thoughts on what we will begin implementing in the classroom. We want to make sure that our students and parents know that we are doing our best with technology.