Professional Development Activities:
- Review campus and statewide STaR Chart data
- Review AEIS reports
- Budget (Funding and cutting down costs)
- Internet training
- Discuss how to implement Interactive Classroom Technology
- Developing of webpage for teachers
- Smartboard and Elmo training
- Application training (word, PowerPoint, spreadsheets, e-mail, and smart boards)
- Training on using blogs or wiki’s for the purpose of creating and communicating information and instruction to the students and teachers on a daily basis.
The final section of this plan is evaluation and assessment. There are several methods that will be utilized to ensure the needs of students, teachers, staff, and administrators are being met.Evaluation Methods:
- Campus/Classroom Walk-Throughs (formal and informal)
- Inventory Lists and Checkout Logs
- Lesson Plans
- Use of Labs
- Websites being used by faculty, staff and students.
- Presence of presentations being used by faculty, staff and students
- Student performance assessments
- Surveys
- Needs and Beliefs Self-Assessment
- Teachers Attitudes toward Computers
- Student surveys on technology use