1.3 Policies, Procedures, Programs & Funding
Candidates research, recommend, and implement policies, procedures, programs and funding strategies to support implementation of the shared vision represented in the school, district, state, and federal technology plans and guidelines. Funding strategies may include the development, submission, and evaluation of formal grant proposals. (PSC 1.3/ISTE 1c)
Candidates research, recommend, and implement policies, procedures, programs and funding strategies to support implementation of the shared vision represented in the school, district, state, and federal technology plans and guidelines. Funding strategies may include the development, submission, and evaluation of formal grant proposals. (PSC 1.3/ISTE 1c)
Reflection:
Standard 1.3 requires the candidate to show mastery of how to research, recommend, and implement policies, procedures, programs, and funding strategies to support implementation of the shared vision represented in the school, district, state, and federal technology plans and guidelines. I chose the Action Evaluation Plan for my artifact because it covers all the aspects of this standard. This project was completed in the Technology Leadership and Vision in Schools, ITEC 7410 class. After analyzing our school’s data in the SWOT plan, the Action Plan was created to help design strategies, a timeline, a budget, and assign a leader/person responsible for each goal.
Anyone visiting our school for very long would quickly see that technology is a weakness in our school. Walking through classrooms, you will rarely see students using technology. I have been a driving force in facilitating a change for the students at Timber Ridge since I have started this Instructional Technology Master’s Program. The shared vision of our school was for teachers to use technology resources and to support and enhance higher order thinking skills. A vision may have been set for our school but with little follow up to ensure our students were receiving technology advances that supported higher level thinking skills.
After analyzing the skills that our teachers have with technology, it was evident that an official needs assessment would benefit our staff. After researching the Wayfind Teacher Assessment for 21st Century Learning, I determined that this would be a great assessment to help define the abilities of the teachers at our school. It would also give us a breakdown of how we could group our teachers to best benefit them as far as professional development. The reason we have had such a negative attitude about professional development in the area of technology in the past is due to not all teachers needing the SAME level of professional development. Breaking our teachers down into a beginner, mid-level, and advanced grouping would benefit everyone. This Wayfind Teacher Assessment would have a cost. The hopes would be that writing a grant to our Foundation stating that this would benefit the teachers and students would ensure the funding.
This Action Plan also set other goals with strategies that did not require funding. One that I was particularly excited about was the starting of a project –based after school technology club for second and third graders. This project would be at no cost due to the technology already being available at the school and I was planning to be the volunteer to lead this group. After analyzing the steps needed to create an Action Plan, I realized the importance of setting priorities and planning for an upcoming school year while keeping the budget in mind.
This Action Plan impacted Timber Ridge when I shared it with my administrators and Lead Teacher. They especially liked my idea for the Wayfind Teacher Assessment to group our teachers in a needs based professional development instead of wasting time by putting all teachers in classes at the same level. By doing that, we realize that probably only the mid-level teachers would benefit as the beginner level would not be able to keep up and the advanced level would be bored and start working on something else. It also impacted our school when I shared information about the project-based technology club that I intended to start. That is still in the works today and I am excited to get that off the ground and running.
References
Retrieved from: http://www.learning.com/docs/wfta/WayFind-Teacher-Assessment-Overview.pdf
Standard 1.3 requires the candidate to show mastery of how to research, recommend, and implement policies, procedures, programs, and funding strategies to support implementation of the shared vision represented in the school, district, state, and federal technology plans and guidelines. I chose the Action Evaluation Plan for my artifact because it covers all the aspects of this standard. This project was completed in the Technology Leadership and Vision in Schools, ITEC 7410 class. After analyzing our school’s data in the SWOT plan, the Action Plan was created to help design strategies, a timeline, a budget, and assign a leader/person responsible for each goal.
Anyone visiting our school for very long would quickly see that technology is a weakness in our school. Walking through classrooms, you will rarely see students using technology. I have been a driving force in facilitating a change for the students at Timber Ridge since I have started this Instructional Technology Master’s Program. The shared vision of our school was for teachers to use technology resources and to support and enhance higher order thinking skills. A vision may have been set for our school but with little follow up to ensure our students were receiving technology advances that supported higher level thinking skills.
After analyzing the skills that our teachers have with technology, it was evident that an official needs assessment would benefit our staff. After researching the Wayfind Teacher Assessment for 21st Century Learning, I determined that this would be a great assessment to help define the abilities of the teachers at our school. It would also give us a breakdown of how we could group our teachers to best benefit them as far as professional development. The reason we have had such a negative attitude about professional development in the area of technology in the past is due to not all teachers needing the SAME level of professional development. Breaking our teachers down into a beginner, mid-level, and advanced grouping would benefit everyone. This Wayfind Teacher Assessment would have a cost. The hopes would be that writing a grant to our Foundation stating that this would benefit the teachers and students would ensure the funding.
This Action Plan also set other goals with strategies that did not require funding. One that I was particularly excited about was the starting of a project –based after school technology club for second and third graders. This project would be at no cost due to the technology already being available at the school and I was planning to be the volunteer to lead this group. After analyzing the steps needed to create an Action Plan, I realized the importance of setting priorities and planning for an upcoming school year while keeping the budget in mind.
This Action Plan impacted Timber Ridge when I shared it with my administrators and Lead Teacher. They especially liked my idea for the Wayfind Teacher Assessment to group our teachers in a needs based professional development instead of wasting time by putting all teachers in classes at the same level. By doing that, we realize that probably only the mid-level teachers would benefit as the beginner level would not be able to keep up and the advanced level would be bored and start working on something else. It also impacted our school when I shared information about the project-based technology club that I intended to start. That is still in the works today and I am excited to get that off the ground and running.
References
Retrieved from: http://www.learning.com/docs/wfta/WayFind-Teacher-Assessment-Overview.pdf