Technology Action Plan
Positions and Responsibilities of District and Campus Personnel Responsible for Technology
Director of Technology: Writes and maintains technology grants; ensures that technology is available for use throughout the district; implements new programs, hardware and/or software; educates staff and students on appropriate uses of technology; coordinates and researches meaningful staff development; and organizes technology upgrades for the district.
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Network Administrator: Keeps network updated and running; maintains network security, and informs staff and students when network will not be working.
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Computer Technician: Responsible for general maintenance and up keep of equipment on all campuses in the district.
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District/Campus Technology Committee: Responsible for distributing information to school personnel on all campuses; making technology decisions with technology teacher leaders; serves as a liaison between district administrators and campus leaders.
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Technology Teacher Leader on Campus: Responsible for ensuring campus staff has appropriate and working technology; distributes key websites that are useful in classroom curriculum; keeps staff up-to-date on technology professional development sessions; and teaches all technology classes on campus.
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Classroom Teacher: Uses technology appropriately to enrich curriculum and instruction; mentors students on appropriate uses of technology; gives administration and technology teacher feedback on staff development and ideas on technology integration into the classroom.
The district and campus improvement plans are vague in outlining technology integration into curriculum and instruction within various departments. The district goal is to continue to support staff development that will bring technology integration into our classrooms. The STaR Chart and the technology personnel listed above will provide a starting point for the integration of technology into curriculum and instruction. After interviewing the various individuals for the week 3 assignment, it became clear that my district will be begin to phase in mandatory professional development hours in technology in the coming years.
If funds became available, it would be ideal for staff to attend ongoing technology professional development for each curriculum. Technology workshops can be provided to teachers in-house in the usage of Elmo’s, LCD’s, Smart Board’s, Inter-Write Pads, and I-Touches, using interactive software and creating multi-media power points. It would be designed by a content-specific consultant to help teachers, in their own classroom, practice integrating technology. Teachers on my campus and within my district will continue to use data disaggregation software such as AEIS-IT, using excel spreadsheet charts and graphs, Discovery Education United Streaming, various math and reading mini-games, and online databases.
Technology integration in our district can be evaluated annually using the STaR chart, looking for continued improvement. It could also be evaluated in lesson plans and classroom observations on a daily or weekly basis. The district can also assign technology mentors to assess and plan for technology integration in curriculum, instruction and assessment. Together with the mentors, teachers can design their own instruction and assessments. The mentors and technology committee can also create surveys to monitor how teachers are using technology and which areas are still areas of weakness. Based on the areas of weakness, the technology committee can evaluate the data and create meaningful staff development.
Ultimately, it is the role of the principal to meet the needs of the faculty in the area of technology. They need to challenge their teachers to continually implement technology in their curriculum so that all staff members become users of technology. A principal has to ensure that the teachers understood the staff development and the information is incorporated in their classrooms.
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