Technology Action Plan

• School Board – Elected by the community, they work with the superintendent on deciding the direction the district should go.
• Superintendent – Manages the district according to the wishes of the school board, directs the daily operation of the school board.
• Curriculum Director - Implements the curriculum designed by the State of Texas and the ISD school board.
• Technology Director – Decides where the district needs for technology are, assist in the operation of the technology.
• Principals – Runs the operation of the campus, In charge of teachers and staff making sure technology is used properly
• Campus Technology Coordinator – Coordinates technology for the campus, maintains operation of the technology on campus, monitors technology usage.
• Teachers – Decides how the technology is used in the classroom according to the TEKS for that subject and grade level.



Part 2

Based upon the technology surveys from the week 3 assignment and the campus STaR chart, Liberty Hill high school needs to improve upon teacher technology usage in the classroom. The school lacks adequate technology usage for each individual classroom, but they are improving that problem each year by purchasing more technology and more teacher development. To assist in the teacher development, I have designed a staff development cycle to assist teachers to become more technology savvy.

A Year of Technology Training:
I would propose that Liberty Hill ISD develop a professional development series for technology training that would be stretched out over a year period. The purpose of the year long training would be to properly develop technology skills that would develop a lasting impression.

Phase 1
Beginning in the spring inservice date, the entire district would conduct technology training on basic computer usage. The district would divide the teachers into 3 groups based upon a technology survey that was completed in December. The three groups would be beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The district would train each upon:
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microspoft Powerpoint
• Groupewise e-mail manager
• Skyward gradebook

Each would do certain projects related to the skill development of the learner.

Phase 2
This phase would be conducted in the late spring or summer time.
The advanced tech groups would then attend any professional decvelopment courses that would pertain to their grade level or subject matter. These PD’s could be conducted by the regional education service center or any independent source. The purpose of this is to find/develop technology that would assist the teachers individual classrooms.
The intermediate and beginning groups would attend district sponsered training over the basic skills that were covered in the spring inservice. The purpose of this training would be to bring the beginning and intermediate groups closer to the skill level of the advanced groups. If it is over the summer, the courses would be offered at various times with a stipend beinng attached to those that participate.

Phase 3
The inservice days at the beginning of the school district would be divided into different segments.
The first segment would be a follow up to the spring and summer inservice training. Reenforcing skills that were learned in prior training. In a perfect world, at this time each teacher would be issued a laptop computer and wireless access would be established at each campus.
The second segment would be time for the “advanced” group to share the knowledge that was gained attending the PD’s over technology. The advanced group would be the leaders in a professional development session within their campus, grade level, or subject matter. Each teacher would be allowed time to test and try each of the new programs, projects, etc that were obtained in the PD’s attended by the advanced people.

Phase 4
To ensure that more technology is integrated into the classrooms, teachers would be encouraged to invite administrators into their rooms when technology is being used. Also, teachers would be required to have students turn in at least one assignment by e-mail per six weeks.


Ways to evaluate the Technology plan:

The district would have several methods to evaluate how technology is being implemented in the classrooms.
1. After the initial staff development, survey the teachers to see how helpful the professional development was to them as a technology “novice”. Did your skills improve from the in-service?
2. STaR Charts would be another way to show improvement. Will the campus stay stagnant or will the district improve its scores? Do the teachers feel more confident with technology?
3. AEIS. How does the campus improve its scores? Do the students show improvement?
4. Administration could also check bandwidth usage and login times by teachers and students.
5. As part of my plan, administration is required to visit the classrooms and witness technology usage in the classrooms first hand.
6. Another part of my plan requires that teacher have the students turning at least one assignment per six weeks though e-mail. Students could also save their work n the shared drive