Action Report

The purpose of this Action Report is to organize information needed to create a Campus Technology Plan that is
aligned and in full compliance with both the district and state technology plans. This Action Report outlines
organizational charts; professional development sessions and evaluation methods, intended to prepare our
st
campus for 21 Century Learners. This Action Report has been posted onto the Lamar Discussion Forum and
onto on my blog: http://tackletech.blogspot.com.

Part 1: District Technology Organizational Chart

Campus Technology Organizational Chart

Technology Organizational Chart Roles and Responsibilities

Roles
Director Instructional Technology
Director Management
Information Systems (MIS)
District Desktop Services
Network Coordinator
Campus Technology Coordinator
Campus Technology Specialist
School Administrator
On-Site Grade Level Support
Responsibilities Reports To
Creates and disseminates District Technology Plan, based on the Deputy Superintendent for
Texas Long-Range Plan Instruction
Oversees Instructional Technology planning and budget resources
Facilitates the management of the district technology system Deputy Superintendent for
Provides support to long-term strategic goals Business Services
Ensures integrity and reliability of data
Oversees Desktop Services
Accepts requests for problem support from users Director Management
Obtains information to address problems from users and addresses Information Systems
the problems
Oversees and trains all helpdesk personnel
Participates in the development and implementation of the Texas District Desktop Services
Long-Range Technology Plan
Monitors and evaluates technology services
Plans and manages the installation of district-wide systems
Manages the wide area network (WAN) and the land area network
(LAN)
Maintains inventory of MIS resources
Oversees Campus Technology Specialists District Desktop Services
Ensures campus compliance with District Technology Plan.
Provides campus feedback to District Desktop Services
Works with their three assigned School Administrators to provide Campus Technology
campus technology training Coordinator
Provides program installations services and updates
Ensures all hardware and software are being used accordingly with
AUP’s
Oversees equipment inventory
Oversees campus technology budget and allocation Area Superintendent
Allocates resources to campus departments and grade levels
Creates Campus Technology Plan along with Campus Improvement
Committee
Works with Campus Technology Specialist to ensure Texas Long-
Range Plan, District and Campus Technology Plan is followed
consistently
Ensures all STaR Chart Reports and Technology Competencies are
completed in a timely fashion
Ensures necessary technology training is provided
Disseminates district and campus expectations School Administrator
Attends all technology meetings and updates grade level teams on
 current all information
Supports grade level technology needs

Grade Level Teachers Ensures technology is integrated into all lessons School Administrator
Ensures professional technological skills are updated through
professional development
Ensures STaR Charts and Technology Competencies are
completed in a timely fashion
Ensures students follow AUP guidelines
Ensures proper use of technology equipment
Ensures maintenance and inventory of technology equipment found
in their classrooms
Part 2: Professional Development Plan
Learning Objectives to be addressed in this section:
• engage educators in understanding the benefits of using current technology found on campus
• expose educators to lessons that integrate technology by observing 21st century classrooms
• hands-on learning of correct use of classroom technology equipment
• develop and/or revise lessons and rubrics that integrate technology in all core subjects
• create a structured environment where students may collaborate in long-distance teams using web
conferencing
• build web resources, such as Blogs, Wikis, Pod Casts and Discussion Boards for student and teacher
use
• understand copyright and web safety issues and how to communicate these effectively
• explore alternate avenues for teacher-parent communications

Explanation of Learning Objectives

Objective Purpose Description Presenter Timeline

Engage educators in To inform teacher’s state,
understanding the district and campus
benefits of using expectations related to the
current technology Texas Long-Range Plan,
found on campus District Technology Plan
and Campus Technology
Plan.
To explain the purpose
and need for diligent
completion of STaR Chart
Reports.
Teachers will to analyze
current articles and discuss
benefits for change.
Teachers will analyze,
compare and contrast STaR
Chart data from previous
school years to determine
differences which do not
coincide with campus
results.
School Administrator Staff development to
be offered on
Campus Technology
campus a week
Specialist
before school begins
in August 2010
Half-day session

Expose educators to To provide a visual of Teachers will visit peers and Off-site peers and/or September 2010
lessons that integrate technology use potential in colleagues in off-site colleagues
Half-day session
technology by classrooms locations.
observing 21st century Teachers will conference
classrooms
with 21st century educators
and learners.
Teachers will take notes
and apply ideas in
 classroom

Hands-on learning of To motivate and engage
correct use of teachers in hands-on
classroom technology training for effective
equipment technology use in
classroom
Teachers will experiment
using interactive boards,
Mimeos, Elmo’s and ceiling
projectors.
Campus Technology Afterschool or during
Specialist Professional
Learning Community
Technology Equipment
Vendor meetings (PLC)
One hour session
On-going as new
equipment is
received or as new
skills are acquired

Develop and/or revise To integrate technology Teachers will revamp Teachers Weekly planning
lessons and rubrics into lessons across all upcoming lessons to fit periods
Core Subject Matter
that integrate subject levels and subject technology integration using Specialists Ongoing
technology in all core matters current resources
subjects

Create a structured To integrate advanced Teachers will learn how to Campus Technology Afterschool or during
environment where technology skills and connect to web Specialists PLC meetings
students may prepare learners for 21st conferencing and plan
Core Subject Matter At least twice a
collaborate in long- century classrooms calendar dates for students
Specialists semester
distance teams using Teachers will explore the
web conferencing
different uses of web
conferencing

Build web resources, To integrate advanced Teachers will learn how to Campus Technology Afterschool or during
such as Blogs, Wikis, technology skills and design and integrate a Specialists PLC meetings
Pod Casts and prepare learners for 21st variety of web resources
Ongoing or as
Discussion Boards for century classrooms into their lessons needed
student and teacher
use

Understand copyright To provide an adequate Teachers will ensure they Campus Technology Afterschool or during
and web safety issues and safe learning can provide a safe learning Specialists PLC
and how to environment to all learners environment for their
communicate these students and identify any
effectively cyber threats
Teachers will analyze
current journals regarding
web safety and apply
learned information

Explore alternate To provide updated Teachers will have the Campus Technology Afterschool or during
avenues for teacher- information regarding option of conducting parent- Specialists PLC
parent student learning teacher communications via
communications the web, text, e-mail, pod
cast, blogs, etc.

Part 3: Evaluation Planning

Learning Objectives to be addressed in this section:

 • locate, disseminate, analyze and compare state and district technology plans
• create a campus technology plan based on analyzed data
• provide feedback on technology implementation and student technology data through web evaluation
tools
• disseminate and analyze STaR Chart Data

Explanation of Learning Objectives

Objective Purpose Description Evaluator Timeline

Locate, disseminate, To locate data that will Committee members will Campus Improvement Afterschool hours
analyze and compare help analyze the determine if the campus is in Committee
state and district campus current compliance with district and
technology plan technology compliance state goals.

Create a campus To create and align a Committee members will Campus Improvement Afterschool hours
technology plan based technology plan based create a campus technology Committee
on analyzed data on the Texas Long- plan that is aligned with
Range Plan district and state goals.
expectations.

Provide feedback on To provide data that will Committee members will Campus Staff and During the school
concept implementation, help analyze ongoing conduct state, district and Students day
student technology data campus current campus on-line surveys, Community
through web evaluation technology compliance such as STaR Charts and
tools. other campus created on-
line surveys.

Disseminate and To determine needed Committee members will Campus Improvement Afterschool hours
analyze STaR Chart campus technology determine the level of Committee
Data improvements compliance with Texas
Long-Range Plan by
To determine the need
studying data trends and
for additional
professional comparing it with current
state of campus technology
development