Supporting the ESLRs and the Technology Standards.
The
staff development opportunities provided by the Technology
Committee are intended to empower teachers and staff with
both skills and ideas to use the school’s various
technologies in ways that support the school’s six
ESLRs and technology standards to develop student growth
and learning. Discussions are held with teachers individually
and in groups about how these can be applied to everyday
classroom situations. Much of the committee’s work
is aimed at developing units, lessons and activities using
various strategies to incorporate the ESLRs and technology
standards.
Meeting needs
Staff
development opportunities focus on four areas of concentration,
while providing four different levels and types of workshops
and other opportunities. Needs analyses, which include
interviews, surveys, portfolios and observations are used
to help determine the technology staff development opportunities
that are offered. Work and coordinated planning with the
school’s curriculum coordinators, department heads
and principals is on-going. Most opportunities are prepared
by in-house experts; outside experts are used sometimes
to teach specialized skills to members of the technology
committee and other interested people.
Scheduling
Workshops
and related sessions will be offered on inservice days,
after school, on weekends, and during school, depending
on the type of offering and the amount of interest. All
attempts will be made to offer a variety of offerings
with a variety of scheduling options.
Credit
Teachers
may wish to concentrate in one area during the year and
work towards achieving up to three credits in one area.
Alternatively, they may take a variety of courses in all
areas of concentration. When teachers have attended a
total of 15 hours of non-credit specific workshops or
opportunities, they are entitled receive one RIS credit.
Hours attended at workshops will be cumulative for up
to three years.
Professional Portfolios
The
technology committee feels that it is important that all
teachers maintain a technology portfolio that highlights
both their abilities to use various technologies and the
work that they do during the year. There are many ways
of doing this, and we will be teaching some of these.
Teachers who have innovative ways of maintaining technology
portfolios are encouraged to share their ideas with the
technology committee.
Sharing
Teachers
are encourage to share ideas and experiences with other
teaches and members of the technology committee. Opportunities
for teaching workshops are open to all members of the
school faculty, administration and staff. Anyone interested
in teaching or sharing technology related information
should contact a member of the technology committee.
Areas of Concentration
The committee sponsors workshops and professional
development opportunities that focus on different areas
of the school curriculum. Each area of concentration will
provide a minimum of 45 hours of workshops and other opportunities.
Some workshops will be for extended periods, while others
will be offered at single instances.
Areas
of Concentration:
