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Klein Independent School District

Technology Integration Mentor Program

Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learnAnn McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer

Klein Independent School District, [email protected]

Retraining and Retooling the Texas Teacher Workforcefor 21st Century Classrooms





The Challenge:Students must graduate with the skills needed to function in a global, digital, information-driven society

Teachers must provide students with opportunities to learn the necessary skills while still teaching the state mandated curriculum.

Teachers need to learn those skills in order to provide students with appropriate opportunities to master the skills.





The Challenge:Students must graduate with the skills needed to function in a global, digital, information-driven society• Capable information technology users

• Information seekers, analyzers, and evaluators

• Problem solvers and decision-makers

• Creative and effective users of productivity tools

• Communicators, collaborators, publishers, and producers

• Informed, responsible and contributing citizens





The Challenge:Teachers must provide students with opportunities to learn the necessary skills while still teaching the state mandated curriculum.

TAAS

TEKS

TAKS





Teachers need to learn the new skills in order to provide students with appropriate opportunities to master the skills required for success/survival in the 21st century.

The Challenge:





The Solution:•A systemic approach to teacher technology professional development

•Assurance that the use of technology is always curriculum driven - Effective use of technology requires a change in methodology, not curriculum

•A network of full time teachers who serve as technology mentors in place on every campus





Technology Integration Mentors

• Full time classroom teachers

• Paid a stipend to work extra-duty hours to 1) learn about technology 2) use technology to improve teaching and learning in their specific curriculum areas3) share skills and model teaching strategies for other teachers on the campus





Technology Integration Mentors• Collaborate as a community of learners with each

other and with the district’s instructional technology department

• Work with the campus administrators to develop an annual plan for scheduled, campus-based, technology professional development for all teachers assigned to the campus





Role of the TIM•Life-long learner

•Teacher of students

•Teacher of teachers

•Advocate

•Curriculum team leader





Role of the Administrator

•Establish the expectation that all teachers will become technologically proficient

ALL teachers will master the SBEC Technology Applications Standards for Beginning Teachers

Role of the Campus Administrator





http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/stand_framewrk/stand_framewrk.htm





TEA Recommendation for All Educators

All current educators should strive to meet the SBEC standards for all beginning educators. These standards tie directly to the Technology Applications student standards for Grades 6-8. To help meet these educator standards, professional development should support the … SBEC standards.

http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/ta/ed_standards.html





Role of the Campus Administrator

• Establish the expectation that all students will master the state mandated technology proficiencies - taught as an integrated component of the core curriculum.

ALL students will master the Technology Applications TEKS





http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/ta/curr.html





Technology Applications…A TEA Required Curriculum

“Districts must ensure that sufficient time is provided for teachers to teach and for students to learn the essential knowledge and skills in technology applications. Specific curriculum requirements for this area are specified in 19 TAC Chapter 74. For Grades K-8 Technology Applications is addressed as part of the classroom teaching and learning and these knowledge and skills should continue throughout high school.”





Technology Applications…A TEA Required Curriculum

“…For documentation and accountability purposes, there are Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) numbers available for the Technology Applications curriculum for each grade level at Grades PreK-8 and each high school course. It is recommended that these PEIMS numbers be used by districts.”





Role of the District

Compensation: stipend, hardware, software, opportunities for learning

Assistance: adequate technology support, “just-in-time” learning

Recognition: community relations, media, “teacher to teacher” workshops, annual technology fair

Education: priority access to all district technology professional development classes, special funding for online classes, conferences and workshops





Klein ISD’s TIM Program…The Details

• Selection of Teachers to Serve as TIMs

• Specified Duties of a TIM

• Specified Duties of the Campus Administrator





Selection of Teachers to Serve as TIMs1. Campus administrators

invite teachers to apply

2. Teachers complete an application form

3. Campus administrators make final selections

Elementary Schools1 from K-11 from 2-31 from 4-5

Intermediate & High Schools1 from Language Arts 1 from Math1 from Science1 from Social Studies





Specified Duties of a TIM• 6-hour summer training• 2-hour district study group

meeting, each semester• TEACH 3 hours of campus-

based technology professional development each semester (optional, for additional pay)

• Complete 6 hours of technology professional development each year

• Meet 1 hour each six weeks with grade level, departmental teams to plan and practice TATEKS lessons

• Campus study group sessions, 1 hour every six weeks

• One-to-one training with another teacher, 12-15 hours each semester (as determined by administrator, additional pay)





Specified Duties of a Campus Administrator

• Establish expectations for teachers and students

• Select teachers who will serve as TIMs

• Administer Klein ISD Technology Competencies Self-Assessment to entire faculty at least once each year

• Collaborate with campus TIM team to design a year-round plan for technology professional development

• Participate in one-hour campus study group sessions each six weeks





Specified Duties of a Campus Administrator, cont’d.• Monitor teacher

participation in technology professional development sessions

• Establish an accountability system to assure that all students are taught the TATEKS on a regular basis

• Select teachers to be taught by TIM in the one-to-one training each semester

• Verify completion of TIMs duties on stipend verification sheet





Impact of TIMs on a Campus•Teachers come to see technology as a necessary tool for improved learning, not an area of expertise from which they are exempt

•Professional development becomes a natural part of any day, not an event scheduled for 2-3 days a year

•Teachers model life-long learning

•Teachers work in collaborative teams





TIMs, One Part of the Whole

District Instructional Technology Department

District Technology

Classes

T-Time for Administrators

Online Resources &

Tutorials

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