Action Plan

Over the years, the Texas STaR chart data has shown our campus’s weakest area to be ‘Educator Preparation and Development’ my principals agreed that this is an area which needs improvement. Our campus has the technology, but many teachers fear implementing it. It not because the teachers are against technology, many just do not know to successfully implement it in there classroom. As a professional development I allow teachers to see exactly how this technology is used in their subject areas. This may require more than one day training, but it would be well worth the time for teachers to understand how useful technology can be in their subject area. Teachers would be broken into groups according to the subject they teach. During the first session, teachers would act as students, as they sit through a lesson and experience how the content is taught using technology. Teachers will then compile a list of questions which will be addressed during the debriefing portion of this session. During the second session, teachers will observe the technology being implemented into the curriculum during an actual lesson. Teachers will then compile a list of questions which will be addressed during the debriefing portion of this session, they will also create a lesson in which they will implement the technology of their choice (assistance will be available). During the third session teachers will be observed implementing the technology, at the debriefing teachers will ask and/or answer any questions. The last session of the professional development will address data collection. Teachers will be in teams (math, English, science, social studies, and two electives) share the techniques and resources they currently use and how the data is used in their classroom. This information will be compiled and discussed during the debriefing portion of this session. This information will placed on the campus shared drive, so that all may access it as needed.