Transcript Retraining and Retooling a Teacher Workforce

Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
Retraining and Retooling the
Texas Teacher Workforce
for 21st Century Classrooms
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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.
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
The Challenge:
Students must graduate with the skills needed to
function in a global, digital, information-driven
society
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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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
The Challenge:
Teachers must provide students with opportunities to
learn the necessary skills while still teaching the state
mandated curriculum.
TEKS
TAAS
TAKS
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
The Challenge:
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.
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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 areas
3) share skills and model teaching strategies for
other teachers on the campus
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
Role of the TIM
•Life-long learner
•Teacher of students
•Teacher of teachers
•Advocate
•Curriculum team leader
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
of Campus
the Administrator
Role 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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/stand_framewrk/stand_framewrk.htm
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/technology/ta/curr.html
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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.”
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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.”
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
Role of the District
Compensation: stipend, hardware, software, opportunities for learning
Assistance:
Recognition:
Education:
adequate technology support, “just-in-time” learning
community relations, media, “teacher to teacher” workshops,
annual technology fair
priority access to all district technology professional
development classes, special funding for online classes,
conferences and workshops
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
Selection of Teachers to Serve as TIMs
1. Campus administrators
invite teachers to apply
2. Teachers complete an
application form
3. Campus administrators
make final selections
Elementary Schools
1 from K-1
1 from 2-3
1 from 4-5
Intermediate & High Schools
1 from Language Arts
1 from Math
1 from Science
1 from Social Studies
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
Specified Duties of a TIM
• 6-hour summer training
• 2-hour district study group
meeting, each semester
• TEACH 3 hours of campusbased 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)
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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 yearround plan for technology
professional development
• Participate in one-hour
campus study group
sessions each six weeks
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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 oneto-one training each
semester
• Verify completion of
TIMs duties on stipend
verification sheet
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
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
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]
Klein Independent School District
Technology Integration Mentor Program
TIMs,
One Part of the Whole
District
Instructional
Technology
Department
T-Time for
Administrators
District
Technology
Classes
Online
Resources &
Tutorials
Moving from learning to use technology...to using technology to learn
Ann McMullan, Instructional Technology Officer
Klein Independent School District, [email protected]