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Linda Rosemond's Wiki page for EDUC 7103-3/8843. Lead and Manage Educational Technology

Performance Improvement Intervention

Newberry Elementary School __Problem__: The lack of teacher training in new technologies has come to a head as teachers are so fed up with new technology and not knowing how to use it. In order for these new technologies to be implemented within this school, a system will have to be put in place for technology training on company and individual time. __Background__: Newberry Elementary was started in 2003 in a building that used to house high school and then middle school students. The building was to be torn down and a new school built, but people of Newberry wouldn’t have it. The school district renovated the old school for what is now Newberry Elementary. The school houses pre-k thru 5th grade. · 1829 Nance St. Newberry, SC 29108 · students from pre-school to 5th grade · Technology is in place (Smart Boards, LCD projectors, document cameras, Oncourse, Teacher Tool box, Aims Web, Tumblebooks, Odyssey, and Testview) · [|www.newberry.k12.sc.us/sses/index.htm] __Stakeholders/Decision Makers__: · students, teachers, administration, school board, parents, community · administration, lead teachers, technology advocates · Leila Caldwell, Reggie Wicker, and Fran Rogers

= Intervention strategies module 3 week 5/6 = = = Intervention: Technology training for teachers within a school on programs implemented by the school district to be used daily in classrooms. Low-cost strategy: Money would be made available for 2 teachers from the school to obtain a weeks’ worth of training on technology within the school. The teachers would then come back and plan training meetings and times with administration. Eight months of training would be scheduled. The training, room and board, food, and travel reimbursement would be around 2,000, leaving 3,000 for payment to the training teachers. Within the 3,000, enough would be set aside for snacks and beverages for the teachers in training. Medium-cost strategy: Money would be made available for 6 teachers from the school, to train for two weeks in every technology program that teachers need training in. Teachers would then come back to the school to set up 3 sets of eight month trainings for teachers. The training, room and board, food, and travel reimbursement would be around 15,000, leaving 10,000 for payment to the training teachers, snacks, beverages, and small incentives for the trainees. High-cost strategy: Money would be made available for 6 teachers from the school to be trained and then sent back for training every year thereafter on new technology that’s emerging within the school’s district. These teachers would then be paid to train throughout the entire district instead of only at their home school. These teachers would also be sent for training on how to write a grant for technology in schools. These teachers would present to parents and the community, as a night would be set aside each year for them to share their progress in technology. Refreshments would be served afterwards for all attendees. Other special events would be planned as students present technology projects for friends and family to enjoy. I am not quite sure how much all of this would be, but I am guessing it would take most or all of the 50,000.