1. EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership: The Technology Link
Brenda Hill EDLD 5352 March 20, 2011
Technology Integration
Personnel Roles and Responsibilities
SCHOOL BOARD
• The School Board works with Superintendent, Asst.
Superintendent of Curriculum, and Director of
Instructional Technology to ensure financial support and
technology goals are aligned with national, state, and
district standards and goals. Provides support for
technology infrastructure, applications, and programs
that is needed.
SUPERINTENDENT
• The Superintendent is responsible for overseeing daily
operations of the school district and works towards
achieving implementation of policy and goals for the
district including budgeting for new and existing
technology applications and programs
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF
CURRICULUM
• Responsible for aligning professional development
with national, state, district and campus technology
goals.
• Collaborates with Director of Technology to support
infrastructure.
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DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY
• Evaluates and recommends technology needs of the
district.
• Coordinates the purchase, installation, and access of
technology to meet all national, state, district, and
campus goals.
PRINCIPAL AND ASST. PRINCIPAL
• Instructional leaders for the campus.
• Makes sure that technology goals are being met by all
stakeholders on campus.
• Helps develop the CIP that includes technology goals.
• Budgets campus money to support the goals of the CIP
based on technology needs of the campus.
CAMPUS LEADERSHIP TEAM
• Develops Campus Improvement Plan that includes the
technology goals that are aligned with state and district
goals.
• Budgets campus money to support the goals of the CIP
based on technology needs of the campus.
CAMPUS TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST
• Provides hardware and applications support for assigned
campus.
• Provides technical support for teachers.
• Installs programs and applications for campus.
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MASTER TEACHER FOR TECHNOLOGY
• Provides campus staff development for technology.
• Supports teachers and staff with integrating technology
and instruction.
MEDIA SPECIALIST
• Supports teachers with implementing and integrating
media retrieval, research tools, and web based services
provided by the district including: distance learning and
video streaming.
• Implements lessons that support technology applications.
CLASSROOM TEACHERS/STAFF
• Implements technology in the classroom according to
campus and district technology goals and CIP.
• Implements technology TEKS for grade level including
monitoring the safe use of technology by students.
• Participates in technology staff development to support
integrating technology.
• Completes STaR Chart.
STUDENTS AND PARENTS
• Complies with district policy and guidelines for using
technology.
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The roles and responsibilities of technology integration are linear, but may also be
circular in implementation. For example, there are times when curriculum
specialist will work directly with the campus technology master teacher or the
media specialist may provide direct instruction to the parents and students. The
chart may flow in a different order if needed. The role of the principal and assistant
principal is to lead by example as well as monitoring the implementation of the
organizational chart. The principal must be a good manager of allocating resources
through budgeting for technology infrastructure needs and staff development based
on the Campus Improvement Plan. The campus administrators should model the
use of technology for all stakeholders. The administrators of each campus should
monitor the results of the STaR chart data and teacher evaluation tools assure that
national, state, district, and campus goals are being met and to assure that their
students our 21st Century learners.
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Brenda Hill EDLD 5352 EA 1191 March 20, 2011
Below is a chart of the professional development that would help provide the
needed technology support based on the results of our school’s STaR Chart, our
district’s technology goals, our Campus Improvement Plan, and Texas Long
Range Plan for technology. Based on the data our infrastructure is supported,
but the area of concern was in Teaching and Learning, and Education and
Preparation. I felt it was most important for our staff to understand the areas of
need for our campus as well as their own personal needs. That is why it is
important to start with understanding the STaR Chart results. In the past, our
campus has just completed the chart and the results have never been shared. I
am not even sure that our administration even looks at the results since these
results have never been analyzed for our CIP or any other purpose. Allowing
teachers to work with this data in a PLC setting will allow them to have their
needs be more personally met. Together as a team they can create lessons to
integrate technology and then will have a buddy to team up with to support their
learning as well as that of their students. Assessing the success of each activity
will allow for better planning of needs in the future, with the STaR Chart for
2012 to be a good measure of the success of the implementation of these
activities. Although our district has supplied the support and external needs, the
needs of the teachers are not being met at this time. Integrating technology is an
area that needs support. Only one staff development day is planned each year to
support technology for teachers. This day is optional and not mandated by the
district. It appears that the teachers that our already integrating technology are
ones that participate. Therefore there is no new growth in this area. This plan
will allow for professional growth and support for all teachers during the year.
There would be weekly support through technology tips, monthly support
during web conferences or faculty meetings, and daily support if needed
through Technology Teaming. It will be important through all of this that the
administration models the use of technology and support teachers as they begin
to try new things. They must allow for teachers the chance to grow without the
fear of being judge should lesson not always be successful. As I discovered
through this class, teachers must meet the needs of the digital natives in their
classrooms and teachers must be given the support and resources to allow this
goal to be achieved.
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Activity Purpose Resources Person(s) Timeline Assessment
Responsible
STaR Chart To determine STaR Chart Campus August Create a an area of needs
Evaluation the Texas Administrators 2011 chart to use for future staff
technology Education development
needs of Agency
campus based
on the STaR
Chart Results
STaR Chart To train STaR Chart Campus August 2011 Eduphoria survey and results
Evaluation campus on Texas Administrators of activity
Training for how to Education Team Leaders These results will be used to
Campus evaluate the Agency plan the following activity.
STaR Chart
Needs based To develop a Results from Team Leaders September Results from STaR chart and
evaluation of plan to meet former of Professional 2011 PLC plan
STaR Chart the needs of training and Learning Observations of
Training the results on STaR Chart Communities administrators during PLC
STaR Chart Texas
Education
Agency
AWARE Training To train AWARE Master September The use of AWARE by
teachers in program Teacher for 2011 teachers and during PLC
using AWARE Technology- Ongoing if Observations and RTI
program Mr. Davis and needed meetings
Asst. Principal
Technology To STaR Chart Master January Teachers will integrate 3
Round Table differentiate Texas Teacher for 2012 lessons that they learned
technology Education Technology- during Technology Round
integration Agency Mr. Davis, Table.
based on Teacher Self- Campus Self-evaluation
teacher needs evaluation Technology
and levels. Specialist, Eduphoria survey and results
Media of activity
Teachers will
select their Specialist,
staff Administration,
development and
in the area of Technology
their personal mentor
need. teachers
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Activity Purpose Resources Person(s) Timeline Assessment
Responsible
Technology To team up STaR Chart Administrators Ongoing Teacher self reflection of
Teaming teachers with Teacher self- Master lessons used in the
technology evaluation Technology classroom
experience to teacher Observations
mentor those
that are digital PLC discussion and
immigrants evaluation
SMART Board To integrate SMART Master October Teacher lesson plans
Training the use of the Board Technology 2011 Observations – walk
SMART Board Webcast Teacher, throughs
in daily Media
lessons Specialist
Weekly To give Using data Principal, Asst. Ongoing Lesson plans and teacher
Technology Tip teachers a from several Principal, monthly survey as well as
Monthly weekly update sources such Instructional observations
Technology Each grade as CIP, Leaders
integration level present District Grade level
during faculty Improvement teams
meeting or on Plan and
web STaR chart
conference
how they are
integrating
technology
Complete STaR Analyze and Texas Campus Spring 2012 Completion of survey
chart survey compare Education Teachers and
results from Agency staff
2011 to 2012 STaR chart
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Texas Education Agency, (2010). 2010 Progress report on the long-range plan for
technology, 2006-2020: A report to the 82nd Texas Legislature. Retrieved from
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=5082&menu_id=2147483665
Texas Education Association. (2006). Texas star chart: Campus chart. Instructional
Materials and Educational Technology Division. Retrieved from
www.tea.state.us/starchart
Denton ISD. (2010-2011). Denton ISD District Improvement Plan, 2010-2011. Denton,
Texas: Denton ISD.
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