Teacher+Tech+Growth+Plans+2011-2012

The Emanuel Lutheran school committee is interested in seeing the progress of the teachers at the school as they move toward teaching with more integration of technology in the classroom. For this reason, Principal Aswege and the technology integrator, Gail Potratz, have initiated a plan for the year which involves a systemized method to track teacher goals and progress in creation of technology rich project based learning.

Teachers and Technology Growth 2011-2012

Teachers will be required to demonstrate their use of technology within their classrooms this year by producing a written lesson experience plan and teaching that lesson while being observed by either Principal Aswege or Gail, the technology integrator. While we realize that you use technology in many ways, probably everyday,in your classroom, we want to encourage some project-based well developed lessons that are technology enriched in any of the content areas you are responsible for in your classroom. Documentation of lessons will aid in tracking your professional growth and development in this area, one that is changing the way we "do school". The school committee will receive a written report from the technology integrator on our progress at the end of each quarter.

1. Set up a time slot to meet with Gail for the inital meeting - ideally this would take place before school during yearly planning time. To sign up for slot on the calendar go to :[|Sign Up for Initial Meeting]

2. At this meeting, Gail will work with you to develop your goals and discuss any project ideas you are thinking about. She may be able to suggest resources for you as well. It may be a good idea for you to work on the yearly form before this meeting as it could serve as the basis for discussion. Below is a link to a blank Yearly Form Template. Feel free to download and fill in - it is in form format so please fill it out and save it for the meeting where we can look at it together.

[|Yearly Form Template.docx]

Also at this meeting there will be a discussion of your last LOTI result and what level of teaching innovation you surveyed at. The new Level of Teaching Innovation survey for individuals and Emanuel as a school, will be given online in October. You can take the survey at any time during the month. Later in the year we will study the results as a school. This serves as the assessment tool for how we are doing at bringing Emanuel into the 21st century in teaching and learning.

Directions for taking the Loti Surve

Go to the[| Loti]site You should get an email shortly reminding you of your password

3. At this meeting your ideas for four project based learning activites that are connected to technology will be discussed and plans made to assist you in making them a reality in the classroom. There is a [|Lesson+Experience.docx] form that will be required to be on file with the tech integrator before the lesson is taught. This will give her a chance to give any input that might help ensure the success of the activity. These forms may be done online as they are again, in form format. They will need to be store online within easy access. A followup meeting should be scheduled between the integratorand/or principal (whomever observed the teaching of the lesson) and the teacher for the purpose of celebrating success and noting possible improvements that might be made when the lesson is taught again.

Each teacher will have a page on this wiki to post their yearly plan and their four lesson experience forms. In this way the teacher and integrator have easy access to them and sharing between teachers may also be available. We learn best from each other!

A must read to understand the children you are serving every day....[|Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants]