week 4 assignment

EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership: The Technology Link

Week 4 Assignment: Due at the end of Week 4.

Overview

Last week, you engaged in an analysis and wrote a report describing the use of technology and information systems to enrich campus curriculum, enhance teaching and learning, and generally integrate technology into our campus improvement plans to effectively integrate technology and instructional leadership. Your analysis and report should provide the necessary background for the Week 4 major assignment – developing an action plan for gathering, analyzing, and using data from a variety of sources for informed campus decision making focusing on integrating technology, instructional leadership, professional development and organizational leadership.

As a result of this week’s assignments, you will be able to:

Examine and assess procedures for gathering, analyzing, and using data from a variety of sources for informed decision making regarding the integration of technology, instructional and organizational leadership (SBEC Principal Competency 7 indicator);

Design and apply skills for monitoring and evaluating change and making needed adjustments to achieve the campus vision and goals, including the integration of technology as described above (SBEC Principal Competency 7 indicator).

Both of these outcomes are elements of Domain II, Instructional Leadership.

In writing your Week 4 action plan, use your interviews, your readings, including campus and district improvement plans as well as any technology plans, and your Week 3 report to make sure the action plan:

Identifies data gathering sources;

Provides a description of an organizational chart describing decision making responsibilities regarding the integration of technology from central office personnel to campus leadership and staff;

Describes comprehensive professional development activities to achieve your action plan (this may utilize information from the previous three weeks of readings and activities);

Includes an evaluation plan to assess the progress and success of the action plan.

Students will be asked to post their action plan on the Discussion Board and each student must review and comment on at least one other action plan focusing on organizational leadership designed to maximize the use of technology in data gathering and decision making.

Submit your assignment by 11:59 PM on the seventh day of Week 4.

– Revised October 2009


Rubric

Use the following Rubric to guide your work on the Week 4 Assignment.

Tasks

Accomplished Proficient Progressing Not Meeting

Expectations

Action plan includes an organizational chart identifying key stakeholders in integrating technology and district and campus organizational leadership

Student completes the organizational flow chart identifying key personnel from the district administration through campus implementation responsible for integrating technology and instructional and organizational leadership. Chart must identify personnel titles responsible for this integration and implementation, and a brief description of the role and responsibilities of all personnel.

(Maximum 3 points)

Student completes the organizational chart with some identification of district and campus personnel, but does not address the roles and responsibilities of personnel in integrating and implementing technology, instructional and organizational leadership.

(2 points)

Student provides a partial organizational chart that does not include all key stakeholders, and does not describe the roles and responsibilities of key personnel.

(1 point)e

Student does not complete the organizational chart or description of roles and responsibilities.

(0 points)

Comprehensive professional development plan(s) designed to achieve the action plan of integrating technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

Student describes a professional development plan or activities designed to achieve the action plan of integrating technology with instructional and organizational leadership. To achieve maximum credit, the professional development plan(s) must:

Reference analysis and lessons learned about the technology needs from the Week 3 report

Addresses professional development designed to improve the

Student provides a professional development plan(s) that address two of the three bulleted items from the Accomplished column.

(2 points)

Student provides a professional development plan(s) that addresses only one of the three bulleted items from the Accomplished column.

(1 points)

Student fails to develop a professional development plan(s).

(0 points)



gathering, analysis and use of data from a variety of sources

Includes professional development to improve decision making in the integration of technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

(Maximum 3 points)

Evaluation plan to assess the progress and success of the action plan.

The action plan must also include an evaluation plan that provides measurable outcomes designed to address the following:

Uses data and other analysis from the Week 3 report, including using the campus and district improvement plans, and local or state technology plans;

Provides assessments and/or monitoring reports measuring professional development designed to use technology to improve the gathering, analysis and use of data from a variety of sources

Provides assessments and/or monitoring evaluating professional development to improve decision making in the

Student provides an evaluation plan that addresses two of the bulleted items from the Accomplished column.

(2 points)

Student provides an evaluation plan that addresses only one of the bulleted items from the Accomplished column.

(1 point)

Student fails to include an evaluation plan in the Week 4 action plan.

(0 points)



integration of technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

.

(Maximum 3 points)

Posting action plan on the Discussion Board and on their blog, and provides evidence of reviewing and commenting on action plans of other students.

Student posts their action plan on the Discussion Board and on their blog and provides evidence, through written comments, of reviewing and reflecting on at least two other student’s action plan.

(Maximum 3 points)

Student posts their action plan on the Discussion Board and on their blog and provides evidence, through written comments, of reviewing and reflecting on one other student’s action plan.

(2 points)

Student posts their action plan on the Discussion Board and on their blog but does not provide any comments or reflections on the action plans of other students.

(1 point)

Student does not post on the Discussion Board or on their blog.

(0 points)

Assignment Mechanics

Responses are relevant to course content; student uses correct APA writing mechanics; no errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.

(Maximum 3 points)

Responses are relevant to course content; one or two errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation, including APA writing mechanics.

(2 points)

Responses are relevant to course content; more than three errors in grammar, spelling, or punctuation including APA writing mechanics Needs

(1 point)Improvement

Responses do not reflect knowledge of course content, lack clarity and depth, and/or include multiple errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation, including APA errors.

(0 points)



The following four parts to the Week 4 assignments should help you complete an action plan that incorporates all four elements of the assignment, including posting your action plan and commenting and reflecting on the action plans shared by fellow students.



Week 4 Assignment, Part 1: Development of an organization chart integrating technology

Using the campus and district improvement plans, and any suggested technology improvements, develop an organization chart that includes the following:

Identify by title or job description all personnel/stakeholders responsible for integrating technology and instructional and organization leadership from the district office to the campus and classroom;

Provide a brief description of the role and responsibilities of all identified personnel in your organizational chart;

Discuss the role of the principal in making sure the organizational chart is implemented and monitored.


Chief Academic Officer

Explore emerging technologies and adopt a process for determiningalignment with district goalsand objectives.

Define measurement standards/criteria from which to evaluate the establisheddevices.

Chief Information Officer

Expand yearly online subscriptions and technology based references for information acquisition related to curriculum and professional developmentlearning opportunities

District Superintendent

Communicate and plan with districtmanagement and Board to ensureeffective use of technologythroughout the district.

Director, Enterprise Application

Development

Determine the relevance of new technology and its implementation.

Director, Instructional Technology

Aligns technology to the existing curriculum and the

TEKS.

Director, Technical Operations

Create practical uses of technology for implementation

in the classroom.

Director, Applications Production Support

Supervise and aid in the creating of new technology

services.


The principal is in charge of every aspect of the school, which includes technology implementation. In order to ensure this organizational chart is implemented and monitored on campus, the principal must be in constant communication with all stakeholders. Through biweekly meetings with the department chairs, concerns from the staff are discussed and addressed. And information from the principal gets to the teachers through weekly subject/department meetings. Since our district eliminated on-campus IT’s, our principal has more responsibilities concerning campus technology.


Principal

Manages all phases of the school including the integration of

technology on campus and in the classroom.

Assistant Principal/ Curriculum and

Instruction Principal

Assists the principal in incorporating technology into the

campus curriculum.

Teacher

Determine the most effective methods of incorporating

technology into the learning process.

Student

Learn appropriate uses of technology in the learning process preparation for higher education

or the workforce.


Week 4 Assignment, Part 2: Professional Development Planning

Using the campus and district improvement plans, and any suggested technology improvements, develop professional development activities that include the following:

Reference analysis and lessons learned about the technology needs from the Week 3 report;

Addresses professional development designed to improve the gathering, analysis and use of data from a variety of sources;

Includes professional development to improve decision making in the integration of technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

Mayde Creek Technology Professional Development Plan

Prior to completing this professional develop plan, I referred back to the interviews I conducted and the STaR Chart analysis from past assignments. Information and data gathered from both sources demonstrates a need to improve the area of educator preparation and development of technology. The first aspect to creating a professional development meeting is to make it relevant and engaging for fellow teachers. I believe that the best time for this professional development will be on a teacher workday, when the students are not at school because I feel a half-day meeting will not leave enough time to complete the professional development. Using the whole day on campus, the computer labs can be utilized to allow each teacher to work on his/her own during the presentations. With four computer labs on campus, four different sessions can be developed focusing on different aspects of classroom technology developed by Katy ISD’s technology department (the district eliminated all campus IT positions). Examples of topics for the sessions are the re-examination of current campus technology, including hands-on walkthroughs of eSembler grade book (online grade book) and KMAC (curriculum management and lesson building website). Another topic that could be covered is the use of streaming video in the classroom to improve our student’s interest in their classes. Other sessions could include an introduction or review of district-accepted websites with an emphasis on educational blogs and social network sites.



Week 4 Assignment, Part 3: Evaluation Planning for Action Plan

The technology action plan integrating instructional an organizational leadership must include evaluation components that provide measurable outcomes designed to address the following:

Uses data and other analysis from the Week 3 report, including using the campus and district improvement plans, and local or state technology plans;

Provides assessments and/or monitoring reports measuring professional development designed to use technology to improve the gathering, analysis and use of data from a variety of sources;

Provides assessments and/or monitoring evaluating professional development to improve decision making in the integration of technology with instructional and organizational leadership.

Mayde Creek High School Technology Evaluation Process

Evaluation Responsibility Frequency Purpose

STaR Chart data analysis

Head Principal, Cazilda Steele

Annually To determine the use of technology in the classroom and its effectiveness

Technology Professional Development

Katy ISD Technology Department

Prior to each school year

To introduce and review current and new technology to teachers

Teacher Observation PDAS/KDAS Appraisers Random timing To verify the use of technology in the classroom

KMAC (district online lesson planning)

Department Appraisers Weekly To learn the amount of technology being used in the classroom on a daily basis

Student Survey Grade-level Counselors Twice per school year To determine if the students are using quality technology in the classroom and how it is affecting their grades



Week 4 Assignment, Part 4: Posting your Action Report and Responding to Other Students’ action plans

Using the discussion board and the blog that you have developed, please write and post your action plan, and be sure to:

Read and review at least two other action plans

Respond to other action plans by posting your comments and reflections

The purpose of the action report is to provide you with recommended procedures for gathering, analyzing, and using data from a variety of sources for informed campus decision making focusing on the effective integration of technology in curriculum, instruction, assessment and professional development. Students may wish to use this action plan as one of your school improvement projects for your Electronic Portfolio. You may also use the Week 3 and Week 4 assignments as campus supervised hours for your internship logs. As indicated these two weeks fall under Domain II, Instructional Leadership, and address elements of Competencies 4, 5 and 7.


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