Model+of+Technology

Chair- Donna Malloy Deepak Sharma, Cindy Berry,

Research your models below and make a brief statement about how they will align with the guidelines needed for Strategic Priority 4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development.

WCS will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan...

ACRE, Common Core- **Deepak** Career and College Ready, Set, Go!, ESS- **Donna**


 * Career and College Ready, Set, Go! Contains four main pillars or focal points. **
 * Under Focus One, Great Teachers and Principals, the creation of a statewide professional development system will help to increase principal and teacher effectiveness. And for teachers in low performing schools with three years or less of experience, a new support program will provide opportunities for professional growth. These will not be offered in isolation, but embedded in their classrooms through team teaching, coaching, demonstration lessons, and the creation of a professional net work. **
 * **Locally, we will provide staff development to assist all teachers in these areas. Topics offered will include: Project/Problem Based Learning, Data Analysis, and PLC’s. **
 * **Technology Facilitators and Media Specialists will have monthly collaboration meetings to discuss best practices, needs for professional development, and collaboration ideas. **
 * **Webinars, video professional development, and conferencing will be offered through the use of the six Tandberg sites county wide. **
 * Focus Two, Standards and Assessments, will require a need for continual training pertaining to blending the new standards in instruction and the revision of assessments that capitalize on the essential and common core standards. **
 * **Teachers will be highlighted featuring best practices in these areas. **
 * **Staff development for PLC’s and Project Based learning will become an integral component of this focus. **
 * The third focus, School Turnaround, suggests Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics themed high schools, redesigned schools, and district-level magnet schools and customized approaches based on local needs. **
 * **We will continue to expand our academies and Early College. This will result in the creation of staff development opportunities for high school staff based on individual sites. **
 * The final focus, Data Systems, focuses on technology to enhance reform in all areas, the introduction of new products through the NC Education Cloud and a push for next generation technology infrastructure. **
 * **All of these areas will require in-depth training and staff development throughout the district when the Cloud is finalized and our infrastructure changes as it is updated. **
 * **Administrators will continue to receive training in EVASS for data analysis and diagnostic reports. **

Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work- **Donna**

**Race to the Top**
 * **At the local level, Funds from RTT are providing training district wide to all teachers and administrators to ease the transition and promote success when the new standards are implemented. **
 * Teachers will learn to analyze and focus more on student data and how to use technology to enhance work in the classroom. **
 * **Collaborative planning will be revisited and training will be offered to ensure that teachers understand how to analyze student data, integrate across the curriculum and exchange best practices so they are not teaching in isolation, but truly creating collaborative networks to improve student outcomes. **
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">With the 1-1 iPAD initiatives at Hearn and Vick, training will be offered to assist in device integration by the assigned technology facilitator and outside resources. **
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">District wide training will also be provided as new digital resources are added to Strategic Priority 3. **
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">The North Carolina Education Cloud will offer a platform designed to deliver technology services to our staff. Training will be provided by the local LEA as spelled out in the RTT initiative once the Cloud resources are finalized. **
 * **<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">RTT will also implement an Instructional Improvement System (IIS), which will offer access to a variety of information such as online professional development, student data, CEU records. We will offer training on these areas as they are made available. **

IMPACT & ASSL- **Cindy** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">While the IMPACT Model has proven effective, it will need to be updated and changed. The model includes a full time Media Specialist and a full time Technology Facilitator. While both positions play a critical role in preparing teachers and students for the 21st century, budget crisis is having an impact on these positions. In an effort to protect classroom teachers, these positions may be cut. Wilson County Schools will continue to embrace the IMPACT model by providing staff development needed for effective classroom instruction. <span style="color: #76923c; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">**The IMPACT model and ASSL standards will foster a collaborative environment which will include a vast array of technology to be used. Both models also support the integration of technology instead of teacher technology skills in isolation.** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The media coordinator and technology facilitator will offer professional development on best practices in using technology and media resources to support student achievement." This bold statement will drive the professional development within the schools to increase the effective use of technology.

Other LEA initiates/plans > WCS will also update the technology infrastructure needed to support a 21st century curriculum and assessment system and provide PD to all educators to cope up with the changing needs. This will allow the transition from a paper–based assessment system to one that takes greater advantage of technology. > ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #365f92; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Implement a plan for embedded technology-enabled professional development for **<span style="color: #365f92; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">teachers and administrator- **//Ensure every teacher in NC has a thorough understanding of the standards and can implement them to improve student outcomes.//**
 * 2) <span style="color: #365f92; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Support models that promote and further the ideals of technology-enabled and integrated professional development
 * Fund innovative models that promote and further the ideals of technology-enabled and integrated professional development > ||
 * 1) **<span style="color: #365f92; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Prepare media specialists and instructional technology facilitators to support digital **<span style="color: #365f92; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">reform.
 * provide embedded technology-enabled professional development to the teachers and administrators > ||
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** Deliver Common Core and Essential Standards training to teachers using integrated technology as a model for further classroom integration. **WCS will create a comprehensive, customized professional development system to provide teachers and administrators with the skills and understandings needed to use data to inform instructional practice and make formative assessments a daily practice in the classroom.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">** Prepare staff for online assessment delivery. **WCS will support teachers as they apply 21st century teaching and learning research which promotes high student achievement and engagement. Professional educators will be supported individually and in teams by technology that connects them to data, content, resources, expertise, and learning experiences that can empower and inspire them to provide more effective teaching for all learners.
 * 2) **<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Prepare students for online assessment delivery. **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WCS will support students as they learn to use 21st century skills in the classroom and begin to use online assessment tools such as Class Scape. Ample training will be provided to professional educators so that students get the needed support to make this transition smooth.
 * 3) **<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide ongoing support and professional development necessary for use of data to ****<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">inform instruction. **
 * 4) **<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide support for teacher and administrator progress and evaluation according to **<span style="color: #76923c; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">MCREL standards.
 * Implementing the Revised standards, job description, and evaluation tools for North Carolina's school media coordinators and instructional technology facilitators. >
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Strategic Priority 4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional **
 * <span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Development **


 * //<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldItalicMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Essential Questions //**
 * **<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">What skills are needed to transition to digital teaching and learning resources? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">How can these skills be delivered and sustained in North Carolina's K12 instructional workforce? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">How do teachers, administrators, and staff work with colleagues to guide their school system toward more effective uses of 21st Century tools for teaching, learning, and managing instruction? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">How are teachers, administrators, and staff prepared to understand, implement, and assess the span of skills and processes that students need to succeed in the 21st Century? **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">How are teachers, administrators, and staff prepared to apply 21st Century assessment systems to inform instruction and measure 21st Century knowledge, skills, performance, and dispositions? **

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**List: from NC Technology Plan**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Integrated approach to teaching infused with technology** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**collaboration -- including all content areas** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**not teaching technology skills in isolation** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**state/regional/national conferences** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**system level training opportunity** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**online course opportunities** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**model IMPACT model schools** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**provide teacher follow up** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**student centered learning activities--including technology integration** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**clearly ideals and lessons based on IMPACT model** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**implementing technology staff development** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**alignment with common core and essential standards**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 160%;">**Administration:** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Effective use of technology to assess teacher and student performance** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**integration of technology to gather data and manage it** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Data driven instruction** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**true meaning of PLC** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**NC FALCON - Formative assessment learning community online network** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Updating IMPACT model** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**Use of NC Evaluator System NCEES** **Offer training with the common core including critical thinking, problem solving and technology integration** **offer training data collection, data management and goal setting**

**Teachers:**

**help students use technology** **infuse lessons with technology enhanced instruction** **help students thinking critically, collaborate and solve problem, communicate,** **Staff development for Media Specialist, Technology Fac. to offer common core integration support** **Co-teaching with Media and Technology**

provide technology enabled professional development for teachers and admin

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Narrative:

Since research indicates that the quality of teachers has a direct impact on student learning and achievement. We must ensure all Wilson County Schools teachers are provided with innovative models and professional development promoting technology-infused instruction. Continuous training that includes a technology integrated approach utilizing a variety of resources such as conferences, online courses, one-on-one instruction and system-wide training opportunities will be available.

Wilson County Schools will continue the implementation of the ideals, lessons and guidelines found to be most successful from IMPACT Model schools. These guidelines will be used to provide technology embedded professional development. Media and Technology facilitators will model technology use for teachers while providing additional support making technology use for instruction more effective. Following the ACRE suggestions, Wilson County Schools will offer professional development opportunities helping teacher and administrators transition to the new Common Core State Standards and Essential Standards. These training sessions will incorporate ACRE and RttT initiatives.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wilson County Schools will include training on effective use of technology to assess student performance. Staff will train teachers in the effective use of technology to assess and evaluate student performance; including formative assessment, benchmark assessment and summative assessments. Training will include the use of North Carolina’s Formative Assessment Learning Community’s online Network (NC FALCON).

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
 * __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Rough Draft we submitted to Wynn on November 2nd below..... __**

In our efforts to increase principal and teacher effectiveness s<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">taff development for PLC’s and Project Based learning will become an integral component of this focus as well as, Data Analysis, and effective PLC’s. Technology Facilitators and Media Specialists will have monthly collaboration meetings to discuss best practices, needs for professional development, and collaboration ideas which will be shared and modeled throughout the district. Webinars, video professional development, and conferencing will be offered through the use of the six Tandberg sites county wide.

We will require a need for continual training pertaining to blending the new standards in instruction and the revision of assessments that capitalize on the essential and common core standards.<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">This traiing will be required of all staff and be offered during early relase and teache work days during the 2011-12 school year. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> In-depth training and staff development will be implemented when the Cloud is finalized and our infrastructure changes as it is updated. Administrators will continue to receive training in EVASS for data analysis and diagnostic reports.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work-

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">At the local level, Funds from RTT are providing training district wide to all teachers and administrators to ease the transition and promote success when the new standards are implemented. Teachers will learn to analyze and focus more on student data and how to use technology to enhance work in the classroom. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Collaborative planning will be revisited and training will be offered to ensure that teachers understand how to analyze student data, integrate across the curriculum and exchange best practices so they are not teaching in isolation, but truly creating collaborative networks to improve student outcomes. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">With the 1-1 iPAD initiatives at Hearn and Vick, training will be offered to assist in device integration by the assigned technology facilitator and outside resources. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">District wide training will also be provided as new digital resources are added to Strategic Priority 3, such as Thinkfinity, NC Wise Owl, SAS, Itunes U, Edmodo, Gaggle, Discovery Ed, NCVPS, etc. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The North Carolina Education Cloud will offer a platform designed to deliver technology services to our staff. Training will be provided by the local LEA as spelled out in the RTT initiative once the Cloud resources are finalized. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">RTT will also implement an Instructional Improvement System (IIS), which will offer access to a variety of information such as online professional development, student data, CEU records. We will offer training on these areas as they are made available.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">IMPACT & ASSL

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">While the IMPACT Model has proven effective, it will need to be updated and changed. The model includes a full time Media Specialist and a full time Technology Facilitator. Wilson County Schools will continue to embrace the IMPACT model by providing staff development needed for effective classroom instruction and having 5 technology facilitators and 24 media specialists. The IMPACT model and ASSL standards will foster a collaborative environment which will include a vast array of technology to be used. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The media coordinator and technology facilitator will offer professional development on best practices in using technology and media resources to support student achievement.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Common Core and Essential Standards


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Deliver Common Core and Essential Standards training to teachers using integrated technology as a model for further classroom integration. WCS will create a comprehensive, customized professional development system to provide teachers and administrators with the skills and understandings needed to use data to inform instructional practice and make formative assessments a daily practice in the classroom.WCS will also update the technology infrastructure needed to support a 21st century curriculum and assessment system and provide PD to all educators to cope up with the changing needs. This will allow the transition from a paper–based assessment system to one that takes greater advantage of technology.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Prepare staff for online assessment delivery. WCS will support teachers as they apply 21st century teaching and learning research which promotes high student achievement and engagement. Professional educators will be supported individually and in teams by technology that connects them to data, content, resources, expertise, and learning experiences that can empower and inspire them to provide more effective teaching for all learners.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Prepare students for online assessment delivery. WCS will support students as they learn to use 21st century skills in the classroom and begin to use online assessment tools such as Class Scape. Ample training will be provided to professional educators so that students get the needed support to make this transition smooth.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide ongoing support and professional development necessary for use of data to inform instruction.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide support for teacher and administrator progress and evaluation according to MCREL standards.