1) The document discusses several teacher-librarian technology peer coaching initiatives in Washington, Montana, and Yakima School District.
2) It provides details on funding sources, training models, and outcomes of programs that trained teacher-librarians and classroom teachers to coach their peers on technology integration.
3) Information is given on the number of teacher-librarian teams trained, days of professional development provided, and participating teachers reached in Washington and Montana programs.
1. MWI3 Project > Teacher-Librarian Technology Peer Coaches Dan Matthews, Yakima SD, WA Michael Hall, OPI, MT Dennis Small, OSPI, WA
2. I3 Grant Application: Beware of lunch invitations at NCCE!!! A meeting of key players USDoEd Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant Application (May, 2010) Application process: 60 days of continual communication – MWI3 Post award discussion > “Plan B”
3. Yakima School District T-L TPC Initiative New Superintendent priority (Jan, 2010) Superintendent/Teacher-Librarians/ EdTech Meeting (May, 2010) District Title IID Plan-ESD 105 Summer TPC Training
4. YSD Teacher-Librarian TPC Six Teacher-Librarian Teams (3-MS, 2-Elem, 1 K-8; 1-Competitive, 5-District Sponsored) Teams: T-L TPC + 3 Classroom Teachers Approved Team Developed Plans (exs.) Pre- and Post measures (exs.)
6. Montana PCTI Funded through ESEA Title II, Part D School district teams consisting of: Teacher Librarians and classroom teachers Represent different grade bands Regional teams from small districts
7. Montana PCTI 8 days (sessions) of professional development: 5f2f and 3 online Team members received laptop and Flip video camera and stipends Year 2: ongoing support from regional technologist 26 teams - 52 teachers
10. WA - Enhanced Peer Coaching 2-year program, 3 cadres from 2007-11 Title IID grant funded training, laptop, projector, document camera, and NCCE attendance 8 days of Peer Coaching training + 2 days of Technology Integration in Year 1; 4 additional days of Peer Coaching training in Year 2 518 Peer Coaches, 1041 participating teachers
11. WA Teacher Librarian Peer Coaching New partnership between OSPI, ETSC Program, and Washington Library Media Association (WLMA) Initial offering in 2011-12, sign up by March 18 with kick-off session end of April
12. WA Teacher Librarian PC 8 sessions of Peer Coaching with activities around Big 6 and using primary source materials included $799 cost, with 14 WLMA $500 scholarships available Alternative pricing models available for districts or partnerships of districts to train a large number of teacher librarians.
13. For More Information NCCE Session wiki http://2011.ncceconnect.org/T104 Yakima School District http://www.yakimaschools.org MT Teacher Librarian Peer Coaching http://www.wmcspd.org/pcti-files WA Teacher Librarian Peer Coaching http://www.edtech.wednet.edu/PeerCoaching.cfm