Week 4 assignment.

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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
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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 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 plan.
success of the provides measurable two of the bulleted the bulleted items from (0 points)
action plan. outcomes designed to items from the the Accomplished
address the following: Accomplished column.
column.
•Uses data (16 point)
and other (18 points)
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
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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 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
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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.
Organizational Chart
District Superintendent – The Superintendent of the District approves all plans set forth by
the various campuses, these include but are not limited to the District Improvement Plan,
Campus Improvement Plans, and the Long Range Technology plans at the District level.
Assistant Superintendent – Keeps our District in compliance with the Texas Long Range
Plan for Technology and plans for the year ahead based on StaR data.
I.T. Coordinator – Provides support to the teachers at the campus level and also coordinates
with the administration to offer valuable staff development opportunities.
Campus Administration – Helps create the Campus Improvement Plan, and plans
technology use to coordinate with the Long Range Plan for Technology. Works with the
schools budget allocation and oversees general implementation of technology
Site Based Team – Helps develop the Campus Improvement Plan and helps make key
decisions that affect technology implementation in accordance to the Long Range Plan.
Technology committee – Help determine the specific needs and goals for technology
implementation at the campus level.
Classroom Teacher – Attends staff development and training opportunities that instruct and
inform on the proper use of technology in the classroom. Implements technology into daily
lessons in accordance with the Long Range Plan.
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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.
Time Activity Facilitator Participants Location What
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome Administration Mitchell Commons Staff will be
Intermediate welcomed
Faculty and back and
Staff introduced to
the agenda fro
the days staff
development.
Sessions 1/2 There will be Campus Mitchell Upstairs Staff will have
8:25 – 9:30 four sessions Administration, Intermediate computer labs the
9:45 – 10:50 planned for Technology Faculty and 1 and 2, opportunity to
the day. Each committee Staff downstairs attend four
Lunch session will heads, campus library separate
11:00 – 12:15 give teachers I.T. computer lab, training
the Representative, commons. sessions that
Sessions 3/4 opportunity to two members of deal with
12:25 – 1:30 pursue the the the Districts various topics
1:45 – 2:50 session that technology ranging from
applies to assistance team. blogging, web
them via the 2.0 resources,
subject area “eduphoria”,
they teach. and wiki use.
All four
sessions will
show teachers
a different
technology
tool that can
be easily
integrated into
their
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classroom
instruction.
Evaluation Staff Administration Mitchell Commons The staff will
3:00 – 3:30 Development Intermediate take part in a
survey Faculty and survey that
Staff will allow the
administration,
technology
committee,
and District to
know how
well the needs
of teachers
were met by
this particular
staff
development.
Agenda:
8:00 – 8:15 Welcome Back
8:25 – 9:30 Session 1. “Blog for knowledge” Teachers will be introduced to blogging
and its pro's and con's for classroom use. Blogspot will be utilized with each teacher
setting up a free account. Teachers will be able to set up a blog, format, and add a first
blog post. Teachers will be taught how to police their blogs, and how to allow students
to have access and make their first posts.
9:45 – 10:50 Sessions 2. “Eduphoria is Euphoria” Eduphoria use will be taught to
participants to allow them to adequately track student progress. Teachers will also be
taught how to conduct in depth item analysis on State Tests as well as benchmarks and
common assessments. How to find important historical data on students, as well as
how to use Eduphoria as a tracking tool will also be taught.
11:00 – 12:15 Lunch on your own.
12:25 – 1:30 Session 3. “Wiki's at work” Teachers will be instructed on the proper use
of Wiki's in the classroom. Special care will be given to show teachers how to
disseminate useful data from useless data. Proper student use of classroom wiki's will
also be taught.
1:45 – 2:50 Session 4. “Web 2.0 for YOU” Teachers will be instructed on how to put
these tools to work in the classroom. Proper use of this component as well as its
requirements will also be covered in this staff development session. Moodle, Wordle,
and Glogster will be the main applications to be focused on.
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3:00 – 3:30 Evaluation. Teachers will take a paper based survey that asks them to
rate the effectiveness of the staff development and its four main sessions. Responses
of the attendees will allow one to determine how effective the staff development was at
enabling teachers to integrate this technology into their specific subject area and grade
level, with the goal of course being all classrooms and all grade levels with relative
ease.
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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.
Survey distributed during faculty meetings will give the Technology committee
information on how often teachers update their website, their use of blogging
with students, how often they utilize various campus resources such as the
available computer labs and “W.O.W.” Carts, as well as their use of “Eduphoria”,
“Moodle”, “Glogster”, and “Discovery United Streaming.”
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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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