Technology Integration Action Plan

Technology Integration Flow Chart
North East ISD, Canyon Ridge Elementary School
District/Campus Personnal Job Title Role/Responsibility
J. Juddhawkins Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Works with district leaders to determine curriculum and instructional goals, supervises subject areas
D. Sis Head of Educational Technology Department Oversees all Ed Tech personnel, develops lessons, trainings for schools
P. Vaoula Educational Technology Cluster leader Oversees lessons and professional development activities for 5 schools, including my campus. Gives ideas and co-teaches lessons, presents new resources to the campus
L. Huggins Principal, Canyon Ridge Uses district expectations in the areas of technology to make sure standards are being met at our campus. Purchases needed resources, allows for professional development opportunities to take place for our campus. Encourages integration through our lesson plans.
Campus CIC/SBDM team Grade Level GLC Takes the expectations of the campus principal as well as dates for professional development opportunities and passes them on to each team.
Individual teachers Integrate technology into each subject taught using professional development opportunities, district and campus expectations, and campus resources.

Further Role of the Principal: The principal has many roles at their campus in seeing that each of the above responsibilities is completed. The principal must gather information and ask questions, as well as making sure that each teacher is receiving needed professional development opportunities. If the campus is not receiving the necessary trainings or resources, it is the responsibility of that principal to make sure he/she is asking for these resources to best meet the needs of the campus.



Based on my research of my district and campus improvement plan, as well as the interviews with school leaders, teachers, and my students, I have found that our biggest technology professional development need is in the area of our newly received Smartboards and Airliners. We received these resources in the middle of last school year, were given very minimal training on how to use them, and almost no training on the actual implementation of use in the classroom. Our district and campus expectation is that we will seamlessly integrate technology into our lessons. Our school is very comfortable with the technology we have for record keeping, grades, data, showing work, exchanging lessons, etc. Based on my interviews from last week, most campus leaders and teachers at my school feel like we are wasting a resource in not using the Smartboards and Airliners to the fullest extent possible.
Our Smartboard and Airliner professional development sessions would take place during our August staff development week. The leaders of this professional development would be educationa; technology teachers from the district as well as other teachers who are experts in this area. In order for teachers to fully have a decision in the type of training they receive. The CIC (SBDM Team) will develop a survey to ask teachers what area they feel like they could most successfully implement the Smartboard in their classroom. When those surveys have been received the CIC will compile the results in order to develop professional development sessions and a schedule that will best meet everyone’s needs. During this professional development day we will offer a basic course on how to use the Smartboard/Airliners and a basic runthrough of how it can be used at each grade level. We will then split into breakout sessions where courses are offered in each of our major subject areas based on grade level. These breakout sessions will offer opportunities for teachers to present and share out lessons and ideas for using this resource, as well as a question and answer session. Day 2 of the professional development session will allow grade level teams to work together to find, plan, and practice using the Smartboards in their classrooms.

The needs of our campus (based on interviews and observations) as well as research of my district and campus improvement plans stress the need for technology integration that students can be involved with that teaches a lesson and has all students actively engaged. Using the Smartboard and Airliners in each classroom will meet this need. After the professional development sessions and opportunities for teachers to plan and practice using this resource we will evaluate the success of the professional development sessions and the need for future professional development in this area. Campus leaders will visit classrooms to observe a lesson taught using the Smartboards. Teachers at my campus will fill out surveys detailing the areas they have used the Smartboards, and further training or collaboration they would like to have. The CIC will again come together with the administration observations and teacher surveys in order to decide as a campus what our next steps will be in integrating this resource into our classrooms. The hope is that teachers will feel like they have a decision in this process, receiving enough time and resources to collaborate with other teachers in using this resource, and are able to fully integrate this technology into their lessons after this training.