Technology Action Plan

TECHNOLOGY ACTION PLAN
Professional Development Planning

(1) Goal for Improvement
Administration being able to provide technology (Eduphoria Aware) for teachers so that they can better assess student progress in individual content areas

Professional Development Activity
Teachers (a select few from each campus) will be given a hands on training seminar in which they are introduced to the Eduphoria Aware Assessment Software Program. A representative from Eduphoria will conduct the seminar and provide the attending faculty members resources to conduct similar seminars on their individual campuses.

Faculty Responsibilities
Curriculum & Instruction Director –provide curriculum standards and objectives and how they correlate to the implementation of technologies
Director of Technology – provide instruction and application of Eduphoria software and how it correlates to teacher/student technological progress
Campus Principal – provide professional development training opportunity for teachers and staff.
Teachers –attend hands on seminar / training on how to properly implement Eduphoria


(2) Goal for Improvement
Teachers and staff to be provided with technology (Eduphoria Aware) to better assess individual student progress in content areas.

Professional Development Activity
Selected teachers that attended Eduphoria Aware Assessment Software Program seminar will present colleagues and campus personnel with a hands on professional development training seminar to allow them the ability to better assess student performance

Faculty Responsibilities
Campus Principal – provide professional development training opportunity for teachers and staff.
Campus Technology Coordinator – coordinate with Campus Principal/Dir. of Tech. to make sure that campus technology infrastructure is set up for campus professional development training.
Teachers ( presenters)- present Eduphoria to teachers and staff and provide answers to problems /questions that might arise
Teachers ( learners) – attend professional development training to learn how to use Eduphoria Aware software program.

(3) Goal for Improvement
Teachers will use technology within the curriculum to better assess individual student progress in regards to specific content areas.

Professional Development Activity
Teachers will use Eduphoria Aware within their classroom instruction to accurately assess student achievement with regards to each objective covered by the TEKS. The use of the software program will allow teachers the ability to quickly grade tests and assessments and have instant access to disaggregated data.

Faculty Responsibilities
Teacher – administer tests and other assessments that have clearly outlined and identified TEKS for individual student assessment.
Students – complete assessments while providing teachers with an accurate way of determining mastery of individual objectives

TECHNOLOGY ACTION PLAN
Evaluation planning

(1) Data and Analysis Campus Needs-Technology
Teachers will meet by department to see how technology can be used to determine student achievement by sub-populations

Monitoring reports – Professional development ideas
Teachers will use AEIS and AYP data provided by the State of Texas to determine achievement of students by sub-populations

Evaluation of Effectiveness
Department chairpersons will present findings to campus principal and curriculum director to show whether each sub-population is meeting standards

(2) Data and Analysis Campus Needs-Technology
Teachers will meet by department to see how individual students are meeting state standards on TAKS/EOC/STARR

Monitoring reports – Professional development ideas
Teachers will use Eduphoria Aware software to disaggregate previous TAKS results for individual students and also disaggregate test data from bench-mark assessments

Evaluation of Effectiveness
Teacher will provide department chairs with an evaluation of their students and how they performed on standardized tests. These reports will contain information for each individual student and his/her progress.

(3) Data and Analysis Campus Needs-Technology
Teachers will evaluate the effectiveness of technology within the district – STaR Chart Survey

Monitoring reports – Professional development ideas
Teacher will complete the annual STaR chart survey to provide information in regards to the level at which the district is operating technologically

Evaluation of Effectiveness
Teachers with Dept. Chairs will evaluate previous STaR survey results and present current results to evaluate technology status

(4) Data and Analysis Campus Needs-Technology
Need to use technology to provide students / parents access to curriculum with 24/7 access

Monitoring reports – Professional development ideas
Training on how to develop GoogleSites, Hyperlinks, Blogs, access to Electronic Gradebooks and online study materials such as notes and texts.

Evaluation of Effectiveness
Provide a student / parent technology survey at the end of the year to see if needs are being met and take suggestions on what would be more beneficial for all stake holders