Action Plan for Technology Integration

I developed the following action plan to help improve the technology integration on a middle school campus. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Overview

A review of the STaR Chart data for my campus revealed that Teaching and Learning and Educator Preparation and Development are still in the developing technology classification, which is the lowest classification received by the campus. Technology is available on our campus, but teachers are not utilizing it optimally. The district and campus have addressed technology goals within the district improvement plan (DIP) and campus improvement plan (CIP) for the current school years. The campus technology goals strive to support the district technology goals which are aligned with the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology. In reviewing the technology goals set by the district, a minimal goal of 75% of staff are to strive for a level of technology integration (LoTI) level 3 or higher. My campus supports this goal with a requirement of two “techfusion” submissions per year by all classroom teachers at a LoTI level 3 or higher. However, the district statistics show that the previous year only had 1.1 submissions per teacher across the district with an average LoTI level of 2.4. The following professional development plan was designed to support the district and campus goals and assist teachers in infusing their lessons with technology that support critical thinking skills.

Action Plan for Technology Integration

Goal:

Increase individual teachers’ awareness of their personal LoTI level and use this information to set personal technology goal(s).
Professional Development Activity:
Teachers will log on to the LoTI lounge and complete their personal survey. Teachers will submit their current LoTI level with their teacher self report at the beginning of the year. Additionally, teachers will set a minimum of 1personal technology goal to be submitted with their teacher self report. Finally, teachers will take the LoTI survey again at the end of the year to assess growth.
Person(s) Responsible/Timeline:
Classroom Teachers
Campus Administrators
First 3 weeks of the school year
Last 3 weeks of the school year
Resources:
Teacher lap top & internet access
Instructions for accessing LoTI lounge and submitting teacher self report
Evaluation:

Campus administrators will review teacher self reports to ensure LoTI level and goals are included. Campus administrators will discuss technology goals during each teacher’s summative conference.

Goal:

Classroom teachers will utilize BlackBoard technology in developing and implementing lessons, projects, and evaluations a minimum of once a six weeks.
Professional Development Activity:
Teachers will develop a BlackBoard homepage. Teachers will post a minimum of one document in each section. Teachers will implement one lesson a six weeks utilizing BlackBoard technology.
Person(s) Responsible/Timeline:
Classroom Teachers
Campus Administrators
Instructional Technology Specialist
Instructional Specialist
Ongoing throughout the school year. BlackBoard course will be held during campus staff development day prior to the start of the year.
Resources:
Teacher/student lap tops & internet access
Instructional Technology Specialist will host Introduction to BlackBoard and Advanced Blackboard courses on campus staff development day.
Instruction documents for utilizing BlackBoard will be posted on the campus BlackBoard page.
Evaluation:

Campus administrators will review and track use of BlackBoard technology on teachers’ lesson plans. Teachers will complete an end of year technology survey including a section on BlackBoard strengths, weaknesses, and preferences for future training.

Goal:

Provide time for professional staff to discuss technology integration in their classrooms.
Professional Development Activity:
Department meetings will devote 1 week per six weeks where teachers will share a technology lesson they implemented in their classrooms.
Teachers will be provided with a variety of online classes that support their personal level of technology advancement. Classes will be provided online so they can be accessed 24/7 for teacher convenience. Teachers will receive distributed learning credit for completing classes. Current online classes offered through PD360 include: Blogs, Online Productivity Tools, Online Surveys, Windows Movie Maker, Interactive White Boards, Presentations, Student Response Systems, Web Search, and Wikis. Current online classes offered through Eduphoria include: Balanced Literacy with Google Docs and Balanced Literacy with Journals and Blogs.
Person(s) Responsible/Timeline:
Classroom Teachers
Campus Administrators
Instructional Technology Specialist
Ongoing throughout the year
Resources:
Department meeting time devoted to topic
Teacher laptop and internet access
Evaluation: Department meeting notes will reflect technology discussion. Lesson plans will reflect technology integration. End of year technology survey will be conducted to evaluate teachers’ thoughts on technology in the classroom, including: strengths, weaknesses, and preferences for future training. Campus instructional technology specialist will report number and levels of “techfusion” projects submitted by campus in end of year report.

Goal:

Campus Administrators will model advanced technology use in professional communications and during faculty meetings and trainings.
Professional Development Activity:
Campus administrators will incorporate a minimum of one of the following technologies into each faculty meeting, campus training, and professional communication throughout the school year:
Classroom response systems
SmartBoard
Google Documents
Blogs/Wikis
BlackBoard
D2SC
Person(s) Responsible/Timeline:
Campus Administrators
Instructional Technology Specialist
Ongoing throughout the year
Resources:
Laptop and internet access
Classroom response system
SmartBoard
Evaluation:

Campus meeting agendas and minutes will reflect the use of technology. End of year technology survey will be conducted and include a section on strengths, weaknesses, and preferences of administrators’ modeling of technology integration.

End of Year Technology Evaluation

The following end of year survey will be completed by all campus teachers. The data will be reviewed by the campus principal, in addition to data provided by the TEA STaR Chart, AEIS, and AYP reports. As needs are identified, a new plan will be developed.

Please select one of the following for each statement:
o Strongly Agree
o Agree
o Strongly Disagree
o Disagree
o Neutral

I have a BlackBoard class that my students can access.

I use BlackBoard once each six weeks because it is required by campus administration.

I use BlackBoard more often than is required because it is helpful in planning and implementing lessons.

If using BlackBoard was not required by administrators, I would continue to use it.

The BlackBoard training I received allowed me to fill confident using BlackBoard.

Other training I would like offered regarding BlackBoard is:

Campus administrators consistently model using technology in their professional communications and trainings.

I have gained ideas on integrating technology in my classroom from administrators modeling of technology.

I would like to see administrators model:

Knowing my LoTI level was helpful in setting my technology goal for the year.

Knowing my LoTI level was motivated me to want to advance my level of technology integration.

I set a technology goal at the beginning of the year and achieved it.

Including a technology goal in my self-report made me focus on my goal throughout the year.

I gained new ideas on how to integrate technology into my lessons during department meetings devoted to sharing technology strategies with other teachers.

I valued the department meetings devoted to discussing technology driven lessons.

I would improve department meetings discussions of technology by:

I accessed online trainings to improve my technology level.

The online trainings I accessed were helpful.

I would like to see the following online trainings offered:

I prefer online trainings that can be accessed 24/7 to traditional trainings.

I feel confident in implementing technology to improve student achievement in the classroom.

I would like the following support to improve my technology use in the classroom: