Edld 5352 Week 4 Assignment

EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership: The Technology Link

Week 4 Assignment: Due at the end of Week 4.
Overview
Last week, you engaged in an analysis and wrote a report describing the use of technology and information
systems to enrich campus curriculum, enhance teaching and learning, and generally integrate technology into
our campus improvement plans to effectively integrate technology and instructional leadership. Your analysis
and report should provide the necessary background for the Week 4 major assignment – developing an action
plan for gathering, analyzing, and using data from a variety of sources for informed campus decision making
focusing on integrating technology, instructional leadership, professional development and organizational
leadership.
As a result of this week’s assignments, you will be able to:
• Examine and assess procedures for gathering, analyzing, and using data from a variety of sources for
informed decision making regarding the integration of technology, instructional and organizational
leadership (SBEC Principal Competency 7 indicator);
• Design and apply skills for monitoring and evaluating change and making needed adjustments to
achieve the campus vision and goals, including the integration of technology as described above
(SBEC Principal Competency 7 indicator).
Both of these outcomes are elements of Domain II, Instructional Leadership.
In writing your Week 4 action plan, use your interviews, your readings, including campus and district
improvement plans as well as any technology plans, and your Week 3 report to make sure the action plan:
• Identifies data gathering sources;
• Provides a description of an organizational chart describing decision making responsibilities regarding
the integration of technology from central office personnel to campus leadership and staff;
• Describes comprehensive professional development activities to achieve your action plan (this may
utilize information from the previous three weeks of readings and activities);
• Includes an evaluation plan to assess the progress and success of the action plan.
Students will be asked to post their action plan on the Discussion Board and each student must review and
comment on at least one other action plan focusing on organizational leadership designed to maximize the use
of technology in data gathering and decision making.
Submit your assignment by 11:59 PM on the seventh day of Week 4.

Kara Petty, Week 4, EDLD 5352

Rubric
Use the following Rubric to guide your work on the Week 4 Assignment.

Tasks Not Meeting
Accomplished Proficient Progressing
 Expectations

Action plan Student completes the Student completes Student provides a Student does not
includes an organizational flow the organizational partial organizational complete the
organizational chart identifying key chart with some chart that does not organizational chart or
chart identifying personnel from the identification of include all key description of roles and
key stakeholders in district administration district and stakeholders, and responsibilities.
integrating through campus campus does not describe the (0 points)
technology and implementation personnel, but roles and
district and responsible for does not address responsibilities of key
campus integrating technology the roles and personnel.
organizational and instructional and responsibilities of (1 point)e
leadership organizational personnel in
leadership. Chart must integrating and
identify personnel titles implementing
responsible for this technology,
integration and instructional and
implementation, and a organizational
brief description of the leadership.
role and responsibilities (2 points)
of all personnel.
(Maximum 3 points)

Comprehensive Student describes a Student provides a Student provides a Student fails to develop
professional professional professional professional a professional
development development plan or development development plan(s) development plan(s).
plan(s) designed to activities designed to plan(s) that that addresses only
one of the three (0 points)
achieve the action achieve the action plan address two of the
plan of integrating of integrating three bulleted bulleted items from the
technology with technology with items from the Accomplished column.
instructional and instructional and Accomplished
organizational organizational column. (1 points)
leadership. leadership. To achieve (2 points)
maximum credit, the
professional
development plan(s)
must:
• 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.
(Maximum 3 points)

Evaluation plan to The action plan must Student provides Student provides an Student fails to include
assess the also include an an evaluation plan evaluation plan that an evaluation plan in
progress and evaluation plan that that addresses addresses only one of the Week 4 action
success of the provides measurable two of the bulleted the bulleted items from plan.
action plan. outcomes designed to items from the the Accomplished (0 points)
address the following: Accomplished column.
column.
• Uses data and (1 point)
other analysis from (2 points)
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.
.
(Maximum 3 points)

Posting action plan Student posts their Student posts their Student posts their Student does not post
on the Discussion action plan on the action plan on the action plan on the on the Discussion
Board and on their Discussion Board and Discussion Board Discussion Board and Board or on their blog.
blog, and provides on their blog and and on their blog on their blog but does
evidence of provides evidence, and provides not provide any
reviewing and through written evidence, through comments or (0 points)
commenting on comments, of reviewing written comments, reflections on the
action plans of and reflecting on at of reviewing and action plans of other
other students. least two other reflecting on one students.
student’s action plan. other student’s
(Maximum 3 points) action plan.
(1 point)

(2 points)

Assignment Responses are relevant Responses are Responses are Responses do not
Mechanics to course content; relevant to course relevant to course reflect knowledge of
student uses correct content; one or content; more than course content, lack
APA writing mechanics; two errors in three errors in clarity and depth,
no errors in grammar, grammar, spelling, grammar, spelling, or and/or include multiple
spelling, or punctuation. or punctuation, punctuation including errors in grammar,
including APA APA writing spelling, and
(Maximum 3 points) mechanics Needs
writing mechanics. punctuation, including
(2 points) (1 APA errors.
point)Improvement (0 points)


The following four parts to the Week 4 assignments should help you complete an action plan
that incorporates all four elements of the assignment, including posting your action plan and
commenting and reflecting on the action plans shared by fellow students.


Week 4 Assignment, Part 1: Development of an organization chart integrating technology
Using the campus and district improvement plans, and any suggested technology improvements, develop an
organization chart that includes the following:

• Identify by title or job description all personnel/stakeholders responsible for integrating technology and
instructional and organization leadership from the district office to the campus and classroom;
• Provide a brief description of the role and responsibilities of all identified personnel in your
organizational chart;
• Discuss the role of the principal in making sure the organizational chart is implemented and monitored.

Executive Director
Instructional
Technology

Director, Network
Instructional Administrators
Technology

District Campus Data
specialist Technology
instructional administrato
specialists
specialists r

Campus
technology
specialists

Teachers Students



Job Title/ job Role and Role of the principal
description responsibility of in implementation
personnel and monitoring
Executive Director The executive director of Principal serve on an advisory
Instructional Technology instructional technology is board with the Executive
responsible for the overall Director of Instructional
management of technology Technology.
for the district. This
position oversees
technology related to: data
management, networking,
technical services, and
technology instruction.

Director, Instructional Directors are responsible The principal meets with
Technology for one of three areas of technology directors to ensure
technology in the district. their campus is aligned with
Their responsibility is to the district goals and the long
work with support staff to range technology plan.
ensure implementation of
the technology goals for the
district. They are
responsible for ensuring
resources. We have
director positions in the
area of data and
management systems,
technical applications, and
instructional services.

Network Administrators Responsible for the The principal is responsible
management of the for ensuring that these
information systems systems remain operational
including web master, on campus and reporting to
intranet, email, rportal, star the network administrators
student. when systems need support.

Data specialist Responsible for the The principal is responsible
management of district for ensuring that assessments
data and data management take place in a timely manner
systems. This includes on campus and the
collecting data, input into information is submitted to
management systems, and the data specialist. The
creation of reports for principal is also responsible

district and campus use. for analyzing the data
provided by the data
specialists.

Technology specialists Technical support for Report technologies that need
maintenance of campus technical support to the
technologies. Support the technology specialists.
district help-desk.

District instructional Design and present Ensure that teachers attend
specialists professional development professional development
sessions at the PDC and sessions through the district.
individual campuses. Request additional trainings
on campus when needed.

Campus administrators Responsible for ensuring Support a vision of technology
the support and resources use on campus. Model the
on campus for use of technology for teachers
implementation of and students. Provide
technology. Monitor its use support for needed
on campus and evaluate the improvements on campus.
programming in place. Allocate resources to support
full implementation of the
district Long Range Plan.

Campus technology Technology instruction Supervise campus technology
specialists support on each campus. specialists. Ensure time for
This includes support of proper training of campus
programs, teacher training, personnel.
and student support. These
are the first responders on
campus to any issue related
to technology.

Teachers Responsible for Supervise teachers and
incorporating technology evaluate the use of technology
into instruction and in the classroom.
classroom. Complete Communicate your vision for
lesson plans that utilize technology use.
available technologies.

Students Utilize available technology Ensure that students have
on campus. Demonstrate access to technology on
the proficiencies of the TA campus and monitor their
TEKS. attainment of the TA TEKS.


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.

Professional development needs are determined after the evaluation of many sources of data. To
begin with, the data from the yearly STaR chart provides the initial assessment of areas of weakness.
In addition, the district conducts an annual comprehensive needs assessment. Part of this needs
assessment is used to determine professional development needs. This assessment includes surveys
of teachers and students, interviews, and focus group sessions. Once the data is collected, a team
reviews the data and determines areas of needed improvement. These areas are used to design
professional development sessions. According to the Long Range Plan for our district and the District
Improvement Plan, we are currently providing professional development session on
videoconferencing in the classroom and using data to improve instructional strategies.

I am currently working on a professional development session for district teachers related to using
benchmark data to improve instruction. The need for this professional development session came
from the curriculum directors. They determined that teachers needed a session on accessing their
own data and reviewing their data against campus and district scores. Teacher will receive training on
utilizing the DARS tools to evaluate benchmark data. The DARS tool sorts data from benchmark
scores to produce many different reports that can be used to drive instruction. The focus of this staff
development is to provide instruction on accessing data and using it for item analysis to identify areas
of weakness in their instruction. When completing a data analysis professional development session,
I usually incorporate other sources of data, such as AEIS data and TAKS scores.

In addition to instruction related to accessing data, we determined a need for instruction on using the
data to improve classroom instruction. As part of this piece, teachers will use the data to make
instructional decisions. They will determine the areas of need in their classroom. This will include:
identifying concepts that need to be re-taught, identifying students needing to attend tutoring, and
determine resources need to improve instruction. This is generally when this professional
development session would end. In order to meet the goals of the Long Range Plan for the district, we
are adding an additional piece. Teachers will now identify which technologies can be used to support
the identified goals. We have not conducted this professional development session yet. We are


scheduled to present in January after all benchmarks have been given. We are focusing on the core
content areas at this time.

Additional sessions will be provided by the technology department related to providing up-to-date
instruction on the uses of campus technologies. Part of this plan is to move toward campus
professional development instead of district professional development. This decision was made to
address the technology needs on campus. For example, a goal listed on the district Long Range Plan
deals with exploring the use of personal computing devices for students. A few campuses this year
issued notebook computers to their students as part of a grant. The professional development needs
on this campus are different that those on other campuses. We also have campuses where the staff
needs additional training on the basic use of technology in the classroom and campuses that need
more advance professional development. This is the first year we will be providing the majority of our
sessions on individual campuses. It will be interesting to determine if these major changes in
professional development will impact the alignment of technology on campus with the Long Range
Plan for the district.


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.

Activities Resources Needed Responsibility Completion
Timeline

Teachers will input Computer with Principal monitors, January 15, 2010
data online to send online access. teachers responsible
to the state for the for inputting data
STaR charts.

Teacher created Teacher lesson plan, Teacher creates February 10, 2009
lesson plan Classroom lesson plan.
incorporating technologies Administrator
technology into compiles and
instruction. evaluates

Professional Technology for Administrator, On-going
Development presentation. Cost campus technology
sessions on campus. of presentation specialist, and
materials. district technology
support

Data Analysis of Cost of professional Administrator, One session after
benchmark data materials. Cost of Program specialist, each benchmark,
running reports for campus technology not to exceed four
campus. specialist, sessions a year, in
curriculum each curriculum
specialists area.

Evaluation will take place at every step of this plan. The Star chart data will be used to assess the
needs on campus. It will be used to assess individual teachers who can provide support for other

teachers on campus. It will also be used to determine professional development needs on campus.
Teacher lesson plans will be evaluated to assess the implementation of technology into the classroom.
These lessons plans will also be used to identify teachers who need additional support from the
technology department. Evaluations from professional development sessions will be used to evaluate
the effectiveness of the session. Teachers will also be able to identify self assessed areas of need that
may be able to be addressed on the campus. Administrative support in the data analysis session will
give administrators several sources of evaluation. They will be able to identify the teachers actively
engaged in the data analysis. They will be able to participate in the planning of instructional
improvements identified from the data analysis. Administrators can then assess their
implementation through walk-throughs and teacher evaluations. Lastly, teachers will complete a
technology assessment aligned with the campus goals. This data will be used to evaluate progress
with the campus goals and used to identify continued areas of need. All sources of data will be used to
evaluate this year’s goals as well as identify goals for the following year. It will also be used to ensure
alignment with the district Long Range Plan and the District Improvement Plan.


Week 4 Assignment, Part 4: Posting your Action Report and Responding to Other Students’
action plans
Using the discussion board and the blog that you have developed, please write and post your action plan,
and be sure to:

• Read and review at least two other action plans

• Respond to other action plans by posting your comments and reflections

The purpose of the action report is to provide you with recommended procedures for gathering, analyzing,
and using data from a variety of sources for informed campus decision making focusing on the effective
integration of technology in curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional development. Students
may wish to use this action plan as one of your school improvement projects for your Electronic Portfolio.
You may also use the Week 3 and Week 4 assignments as campus supervised hours for your internship
logs. As indicated these two weeks fall under Domain II, Instructional Leadership, and address elements of
Competencies 4, 5 and 7.


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