Action Plan


Session Purpose: Teachers will analyze data, use technology to communicate, enhance learning, and visit websites that help integrate technology.

Learning Objective to Be Addressed:
·       Assess technology needs from analyzing data from Data Sources:  STaR Chart, AEIS report, Campus Improvement Plan, Technology TEKS, and SBEC Standards.
·       Teachers will learn to use Gaggle.net.  Gaggle. Net has curriculum integration, gaggle training courses, CyberSmart, e-mail, blogs etc.
·       Learn about other websites that integrate technology into everyday lessons.

Note:  All participants need their Lap Tops and asked to read:  Failure is NOT an Option by Alan M. Blankstein before the professional development meeting.  Each department will be asked to read a particular chapter from the FINO book.

Facilitator #1 Whaley Berry
                   #2 Miguel Molina
Facilitator #3 Sandra Saucedo
                  #4 Barbara Borunda
Campus Staff
Persons Responsible:
Principal/AP
Location:
Valley View
Start Time:
        8:00
End-Time:
      4:00
Learner-Centered Activity
Purpose
Description
Steps
Estimated Time
Norms


Set expectations
Cell phones
and taking care of “your needs.”

Read the established norms for the campus.

“Parking Lot” for questions.
5 minutes
Conduct a survey

(Survey will be placed on campus website)


Self-evaluation

Pre and Post
Self-evaluation
Items from the learning objectives
All participants take the survey.
Answer questions from a scale of 1-5 points
1 not familiar to 5
being able to teach others

Total the points
 10 minutes

KWL Chart
Learner-Centered
Activate background knowledge
What I know.
What I want to know.
What I learned.

Chart paper/ with three columns.
Each group will have some chart paper and a color crayola.

All participants must give the scribe one thing for the first two columns.

Post the Charts around the room.




30 minutes
Show Power Point Presentation

“STaR Chart”
Federal and state laws require that we use data to make informed decisions.
Power Point will have information about the STaR Chart, SBEC standards, TEKS, and NCLB.
Websites
Show the Power Point Presentation

Visit the links
20 minutes
Data Sources
and Disaggregation of Data
Find all areas of need (weaknesses).

Are these areas the same as in previous years?
SBEC standards,
TEKS being addressed in the classroom?

Goals in CIP being accomplished?
All teams analyze:  AEIS report, CIP, STaR Chart etc.

 Participants have hard copies of each of the documents
 1 hour




“Think about
“Thinking











Are we serving the needs of all our students?

How can we increase student achievement?




Reflect, collaborate and share with the whole group.




30 minutes
Teaching online Safety with
CSI:  Ysleta
We need to educate our students and ourselves on Cyber Safety.
Help prevent our students from being cyber-bullied or from predators.
Have participants go online to: 

Visit different links that are available and lesson plans


1 hour
“Thinking about Thinking”

Ticket Out

(Lunch)
Reflect and Collaborate

Reflect and Collaborate

Participants will
Write a reflection with paper and pencil.

Note:  (after        
            Lunch)

Later participants will post their reflection on a blog.


10 minutes

Note:  Participants will be grouped.

Learner-Centered instruction

Create a blog
Early Tech, Developing Tech, Advanced Tech and Target Tech.
Based on the STaR Chart
Based on the numbers in each group the location will be announced.

Library, Lab 1 and Mrs. Saucedo’s room.
Participants log on to the district website:


Overview of Gaggle. Net

Find Training Videos:  Blogging

Teachers will create a blog.


1 hr. 30 minutes
Learner-Centered instruction
Book Study:

Failure is NOT an Option


Write a Reflection from Chapter 5

“Goals”

Participants will write their Reflection and respond to two other colleagues.
15 minutes


Post Evaluation
Compare first Pre evaluation to Post evaluation.

Reflect and
Post your refection on your Blog.
30 minutes
“Thinking about Thinking”
Reflect and Collaborate
KWL
What did you learn?
Write a Reflection on
What did you learn?

Post on your Blog.

Useful websites:


Lesson Planning
Integration of Technology
NetTrekkar
Promethean Planet
Webpage training:

United Streaming

Teachers do not have to “reinvent the wheel.” 

There are lessons that they can use in these websites and there are more websites in our district web page.

Contact our campus CT for
help.