The professional development plan outlines a session to motivate teachers to incorporate technology into their math lesson plans through a puzzle activity, storytelling exercise using props and timers, prezi presentation on STAAR scores, and group discussion on integrating everyday technology into math lessons, with an evaluation through an online blog. The plan addresses improving data analysis and decision making around technology integration and includes activities centered on contextual and intrinsic learning.

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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.
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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 (16 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 (18 points)
of all personnel.
(Maximum 20 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. (16 points)
leadership. leadership. To achieve (18 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
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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 20 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 (16 point)
other analysis from (18 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
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assessments
and/or monitoring
evaluating
professional
development to
improve decision
making in the
integration of
technology with
instructional and
organizational
leadership.
.
(Maximum 20 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 20 points) action plan.
(16 point)
(18 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 10 points) mechanics Needs
writing mechanics. punctuation, including
(8 points) (6 APA errors.
point)Improvement (0 points)
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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.
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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.
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• Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction- Reports directly to
Superintendent of Schools. Responsibilities include all aspects of technology integration
including budget, capital outlay, personnel, etc.
• Director of Technology- Reports to Associate Superintendent for Technology and School
Services. Primary focus is to work with curriculum and campus staffs to integrate
technology in such a way as to engage and motivate students to become productive 21st
century citizens and to find the best technological tools for our students and teachers to
utilize in the classroom.
• Campus Principal- Educational leader of a campus. Ensures campus goals and
objectives are the focus of the educational day. Regularly consult with the campus-level
committee in the planning, operation, supervision, and evaluation of the campus
educational program.
• Network Engineer- Oversees the network infrastructure for district.
• Computer Services Manager- Oversees the Computer Repair and Support department
which is responsible for the installation, maintenance, and support of the district's
computing systems, networks, and data communications technologies, including
hardware and software
• Computer Technicians, provide Level 3 support, as well as network administration,
supervision of CTAs and TAs, applications deployment, hardware repair, and on-site
Administration Building tech support. Computer Technicians rely upon Network
Engineers to help with unresolved issues.
• Technician Assistants (TA), provide Level 2 support, normally dividing their time
between one Middle School and two Elementary Schools. Two TAs are housed full-time
at the High School. Any unresolved issues are escalated to Level 3 support.
• Campus Technology Assistants (CTA), provide Level 1 on-site support for two
Elementary campuses. Typically, a CTA works closely with teaching staff to immediately
resolve basic technical issues involving computers, data projectors, network access,
printing, and distance learning events. Any unresolved issues are escalated to Level 2
support.
• Instructional Technology Coach- Assist in planning for effective implementation of
curriculum to ensure that technology is used effectively to meet student needs.
Demonstrate on a regular basis the use of technology in the classroom to improve
teaching and learning.
• Classroom Teacher- Encourage learning activities that take advantage of computer
networking capabilities, i.e., using and creating Internet resources. Monitor the use of
instructional technology to ensure that resources and activities enhance rigorous
academic content and the school’s mission. Make continuous improvements in key
processes, techniques, and procedures related to the instructional technology program.
Provide frequent feedback to staff members and administrators regarding instructional
technology.
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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.
• Centered Principles” and “Learner-Centered Practices” to help you generate ideas for
activities.
Session Purpose:
To motivate teachers to incorporate technology in their lesson plans.
Learning Objective to Be Addressed: Math concepts in cross-curricular settings
Approving Principal: Bobby Morris Presentation Date: August 25, 2011
Grade Level: Facilitator: Location: Start Time: End-Time:
9-12 Stacy Fanning Room 825 4:00pm 4:45pm
Learner-
Centered Purpose Description Steps Estimated Time
Activity
Participants will Social influences Room will be Instruct 5-6 minutes
be given a piece on learning arranged in pods participants that
to a puzzle when To encourage of four. Each they will have
they enter the random seating. pod will have a five minutes to
room. They are basket of locate their
to find the other materials (cotton “missing puzzle
three matches ball, pen, paper, pieces” and to
and find their stopwatch, post find their seats.
seat as it notes) to be
described on the used in during
completed the session.
puzzle
Meet and Greet- Nature of the Introduce myself 2-3 min.
Teaching across learning process and allow each
the curriculum. To create an to introduce each
other to pod
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objective mates. State the
focused objective to the
environment meeting and the
time frame
expectation of
the meeting.
Listening Up Contextual Have each Read the story to 8 min.
learning participant the participants
choose a prop
from the basket.
Using their
laptops, teachers
will need to
access their
minute timer,
Netschool –
logged into the
Professional
Development
forum, and
access to their
TI84 calculator.
Explain that each
will be
responsible for
the outcome of
the experiment.
Explain that
when I begin the
story they are to
start the stop
watch. As I read
a story, they are
to pass the
cotton ball
everytime I say
the word “ski”.
The person with
the paper and
pencil will record
how many times
the word “ski” is
said.
Computation of Intrinsic Participants will Same as 5-6 min.
facts motivation to use the facts description
learn from the
electronic
stopwatch and
the recording
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person to find
the number of
times “ski” was
said per minute.
Use electronic
calculator to
compute
information.
Display in a
fraction.
AEIS scores Construction of Prezi Show the 5-8 min.
Prezi knowledge presentation will percentage of
presentation include numbers students that
from TAKS Math passed first, then
scores for all fade into the
grades and all group identifier
subpopulations.
Prezi will be
shown on in
focus.
Wrap Around Construction of Group Discuss how we 5 min
Knowledge discussion are all teachers
and are pieces to
the student’s
academic puzzle
and when we
come together,
we can create a
complete picture
for their
classroom/life
success
together.
Group Strategic thinking Groups will Participants will 5-6 min.
discussion explore ways identify everyday
they can use applications
technology to technology in
increase the Math within their
Math skills in specific
their lessons. curriculum in
order to find the
best approach to
teach
accomplish the
objective.
Evaluation Standards and Participants will Thank teachers 3-5 min.
assessment offer feedback for their
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about the participation to
session via Net end the session.
school blog. Participants are
encouraged to
provide what
they liked, did
not like about the
session on the
Post it Note blog.
They may also
list concerns
they would like to
have addressed
regarding
implementing the
concepts in their
class. They may
“stick” the note
on the “parking
lot” area on the
blog wall before
they exit the
session.
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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.
The TEA learning system is reflected in this staff development session because it offers
learning goals, supported documents, Administrative objectives as well as components in
which to motivate the staff to implement the procedures. The learning goals are clearly
defined in the introduction area of the session. It is important for participants to know why
they are there and what they can expect to gain from their experience. The information is
presented in a manner that encourages creativity and personal reflection in order to gain
better perspective of the importance and relevance of the material that is being presented.
The objective of the session is based on the previous year’s AEIS scores that identify Math as
an area of concern. It is also in line with district’s technology plan to integrate technology in all
aspects of the learning environment. Having a “hands-on” professional development
encourages teachers to do as they wish their students to do. It encourages creativity and
brainstorming to incorporate new ideas for students to be successful.
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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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