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Edtc 640 Technology Training Plan - Rolls
Edtc 640 Technology Training Plan - Rolls
Edtc 640 Technology Training Plan - Rolls
Jordan S. Rolls
Introduction:
This technology training plan will detail the process of technological professional
development that will take place at Butterfly Ridge Elementary School (BRES). All necessary
information needed for the success of the plan will be outlined in this document, including but
not limited to: needs analysis, demographic information, goals and objectives to be met,
evaluation standards and criteria, and the budget needed for all materials. The implementation of
this plan will be directed more toward the teachers so that they may increase the usage and rigor
of technology in their classrooms. Teachers will select their own content standards to focus on,
but will also be evaluated using the ISTE Standards for Educators.
School Description:
Maryland. Our school serves over 700 students from grades Pre-K through 5th. The student to
teacher ratio is 12:1 for the 2021-2022 school year. BRES has a 78.1% minority enrollment, with
65% being economically disadvantaged. The ranking factors for math and reading in the
previous school year fall somewhat below expectations, with math ranking at number 719 and
reading ranking at number 688 statewide. Math proficiency among students is currently at 16%,
while reading proficiency among students is at 23%. There are 54 full time equivalent teachers
staffed at Butterfly Ridge, and about 50 part-time or support staff. This school currently does not
offer any special programming like magnet, charter, or special education programs such as
Table 1
School-Wide Demographics
Gifted/Talented 33 5
540 Plan 12 2
Table 1 shows the school-wide demographics of BRES. From Table 1, we can see that
BRES has a large number of economically disadvantaged students, with a high rate of families
utilizing the Free and Reduced Meals program (FARM). Being a Title I school qualifies for extra
funding to support staff development and student need throughout the school year. A significant
percentage of BRES students are English Language Learners (ELL) and have a limited English
proficiency.
Table 2
Asian 40 6
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White 132 18
Table 2 shows ethnic demographics in the student population. From Table 2, we can see
that BRES has a large Hispanic/Latino population, with the second largest representation being
Black or African American students. BRES is a very culturally diverse school, making it
imperative to meet the cultural needs of students on top of their instructional needs.
Tech Access:
Pre-pandemic, BRES had a 1:1 ratio for students and technology, but post-pandemic,
many devices were lost due to neglect, misuse, and misconduct. BRES now has a 3:1 ratio for
throughout the current school year. Each homeroom teacher has a set of mobile devices for
students to use during instructional time. Teachers may choose in which ways they are
implemented and how students will rotate using them when there is less than a class set of
devices. Each day, teachers and students access software and subscriptions such as: Schoology
(Learning Management Software or LMS), Kami (annotation and markup tool), iReady (reading
and math software), Clever (digital learning platform), Performance Matters (performance data
analytics), Go Math (math instruction software), Teacher Access Center (gradebook and secured
server, TAC). These programs are utilized in homeroom or core-based classes. Most of the tech
is used in a rotation so that each student has time to access a device. Since there are less than a
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class set, many teachers will incorporate manipulatives or other instructional activities as stations
Currently, teachers and staff are required to attend monthly full-staff meetings. These
meetings frequently include presentations on equity, special needs cases, and behavioral
expectations or changes. The only technological professional development (PD) for teachers at
ES takes place at the beginning of the year, the week before students return to school. This PD
includes a brief training on cyber safety and cyber security for students. To my own knowledge,
there is not a current training plan in place that is meant to educate teachers on technology in
their classrooms or how to use software and tools. This training plan is aimed to introduce a new
series of sessions that focus primarily on teacher competence of digital tools in the classroom.
Needs Analysis:
The following survey was distributed to ten teachers of various grade levels and contents
within my school. The purpose of the survey was to gain understanding of when, how, and why
that meets the needs of the teachers. Teachers have been encouraged to complete the survey
during their weekly team meeting to eliminate extra time spent on the survey. Once the surveys
are returned, we may proceed with our planning of development to encourage the usage of
6. How often do students use digital tools to explore or research topics outside of their
school curriculum? (i.e. local, national, or global topics) (percentage out of 100)
__________________________________________________________________
7. How often do you use technology to enrich your county or state mandated curriculum?
(percentage out of 100)
__________________________________________________________________
8. How often do you encourage creativity and expression for students with technology?
(percentage out of 100)
___________________________________________________________________
Chart 1 shows the data collected based on teacher responses to the survey. From Chart 1,
we can see that BRES teachers identify having the most need in the area of digital tools training.
Only two teachers report that students confidently use digital tools for research purposes in their
classrooms. We can also see that both areas of collaborative work and creativity and expression
are areas of need based on results. With this collection of data, we can identify that digital tools,
collaboration, and creativity and expression are the target areas for the training plan.
Figure 1: The amount of teachers with identified needs based on each section of the survey.
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Teachers reporting over 50% of student usage of digital tools for 2/10
research purposes.
Based on this data, we can identify that the top three areas of training needs are:
1. Student usage of digital tools
2. Collaboration with technology among students
3. Implementation of creativity and expression with technology
Theoretical Background:
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ISTE Standards: I will use the ISTE Standards for Educators to evaluate their ability to
enhance their own understanding and utilization of technology, as well as enrich student
experiences. These standards will also be used to evaluate teachers’ ability to create and progress
a Personal Learning Network (PLN). The main standards being evaluated are:
“2.1 Learner - Educators continually improve their practice by learning from and with
others and exploring proven and promising practices that leverage technology to improve
student learning” (ISTE, 2022, para. 2).
“2.4 Collaborator - Educators dedicate time to collaborate with both colleagues and
students to improve practice, discover and share resources and ideas, and solve problems”
(ISTE, 2022, para. 5).
“2.6 Facilitator - Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student
achievement of the ISTE Standards for Students” (ISTE, 2022, para. 7).
standards that fit their grade and content area. Teachers will be encouraged to identify ISTE
Standards for Students to align with the curriculum so that they are striving for more meaningful
technology usage. When planning their lessons, teachers will be required to have at least one
Common Core or State Standard and at least one ISTE Standard for Students. This way, teachers
are not overloading lessons with unnecessary standards, but can focus on two major goals of
SAMR Model: The SAMR Model will be used to procedurally integrate technology into
the classrooms. Teachers will begin the process with substitution. “Substitution means replacing
versions” (Terada, 2020, para. 9). This will allow teachers to introduce technology in small
amounts so that their students may perfect their skills as they learn. The goal is to end with
level, enabling activities that were previously impossible in the classroom” (Terada, 2020, para.
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18). While this is the end goal, the main goal is for teachers to gain comfortability and
independence with their students so that they can use technology successfully and efficiently on
their own.
Model to determine the effectiveness of the training. Since the staff has never participated in a
training like this, Kirkpatrick’s model provides the most simplified way of determining whether
goals were met and if it was overall enjoyable by the staff completing it. This model will
evaluate teachers based on “reaction, learning, behavior, and results” (Downes, 2016, para. 4).
Evaluation:
In order to determine impactful topics for professional development and training, teachers
will complete surveys that ask questions about their classes and use of technology among
students. With the survey results, data will be analyzed to identify areas of need. Based on the
percentage of need, the top three topics will be used to develop a year-long training plan to
improve those defined areas of need. Once those training seminars are created, an overview and
timeline will be distributed to teachers. The following evaluation model will be utilized during
each session:
During each monthly professional development seminar, teachers will be evaluated based
Reaction - What did the learners feel about the learning experience?
Results - What was the effect of the training on the business as a whole?
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Utilizing this method of evaluation during each training will determine the effectiveness that the
professional learning had on the teachers in attendance. When teachers have completed the year-
long course plan, they will be given a final reflection survey on the impact and effectiveness of
the training they received. The results from this survey will help to guide the creation of the next
year’s plan.
Schedule:
usage of technology.
Summary: In this session, a few teachers will begin by sharing their research
assigned after session 1. Each group will be assigned a tool listed to discuss the
impacts it would have on student learning and if it is beneficial to the classroom.
The second half of the session will be spent discussing what makes digital tools
effective in enriching student learning. By the end of the session, staff will have
distinguished which tools they were looking at are actually impactful for
students. Teachers will leave this session with a detailed checklist on what to
look for in determining an effective digital tool. They will be asked to look into
the tools they are currently using with the checklist to determine if what they do
in their classrooms are really impacting their students. Teachers will submit a
brief exit ticket showing if what they are currently using in their classrooms is
effective.
supplemental learning. At the end of this training, teachers will complete a quick
survey on the training series they just received.
evaluations and together, they will determine 2-3 things that would have
improved the collaborative piece of the lesson. Once a few teachers share the
items determined to make their digital collaboration more effective, we will
discuss what exactly makes digital collaboration so important in our 21st century
schools. The staff will reflect on currently used collaborative tools and how often
students use them. They will complete a short survey with their reflections.
Teachers will leave this session with an understanding on how to evaluate
whether or not they are effectively implementing collaborative digital tools to
maximize student learning.
school year.
Workshop Outline:
Goal: Teachers will use technology to effectively support students’ creativity and expression in
Objective 3a:Using model lessons from the specials team, teachers will identify key
Objective 3b:Using artistic strategies to create lessons and assignments teachers will be
10 Minute Introduction - Teachers will participate in the introduction to the module. This will
include details about why Creativity and Expression was chosen as a topic, as well as asking
teachers about the topic and gaining responses by the raise of hands.
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10 Minute Group Discussion - Teachers will be asked to discuss with their groups what
creativity and expression mean to them and how they best demonstrate those skills.
The staff will listen to a short description from specials teachers (music, art, P.E., and media)
about what creativity and expression look like in their classrooms. This will give teachers an idea
of what their students are exposed to and produce when they are required to be creative and
expressive.
20-30 Minute Presentation - After that brief presentation, groups will highlight 2-3 things that
stuck out to them during the specials presentation and will discuss how they could incorporate
10-15 Minute Group Discussion - Each group will share the 2-3 items that suck out to them,
and as a staff, we will compose a list of our top 5 criteria that WE must do to open our
Task - At the end of this session, teachers will be asked to evaluate a few lessons before the next
session to describe the current level of creativity and expression they incorporate into daily
learning.
Session 2: (1 hour, What does Creativity and Expression Look Like in a Core Class?)
10 Minute Introduction - When this session begins, teachers will share a few thoughts about
what they saw happening in their classrooms since the last session. They will share any key
moments that were both good and bad so that we can determine how to promote or improve
them.
30 Minute Presentation - The presentation in this session will revolve around the core
curriculum and how teachers can still utilize creativity skills when learning core subjects. We
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will identify how to engage students and promote open-ended assignments that allow students to
10-20 Minute Group Discussion - Groups will discuss the content of the presentation and
determine what essential pieces must be present in a lesson that revolves around creativity and
expression. They will take notes however they choose so that they can utilize the content.
Task - After this session, teachers will be asked to create and execute at least two lessons that
revolve around creativity and expression in one of their core curriculum classes.
15-20 Minute Introduction and Discussion - When this session begins, teachers will share with
their groups their reflections on the two required core creativity lessons. A few teachers will then
share with the entire staff what they noticed, how it went, and where they think they may have
40 Minute Presentation and Q&A Session - This session will be led by the specials team to
help teachers understand what these lessons can look like and how you maximize the ability of
letting students use their imaginations to reach a final product. As it has a “Q&A” feel, teachers
will be able to ask questions, make comments, and communicate with the specials team about
these lessons and how to create supplementary or assistive tools for completion.
Task - At the end of this session, each teacher on the specials team will have printed and laid out
some sample lessons on a table so that teachers may take a model with them from the ideas that
resonate most with their own creativity. These will help teachers to analyze and evaluate how
much of the lessons they create should be led and focused around the students and their ability to
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use creativity and expression. At the end of this training, teachers will complete a quick survey
Evaluation: Kirkpatrick’s Model will be used to evaluate teachers throughout all three sessions
as a form of formative evaluation. This will assist in determining if and how teachers are
reacting, learning, behaving, and what the results are based on what changes are seen or made.
At the end of the three-month series, teachers will complete a quick survey on the impact this
training has had on their practices and how beneficial the content was to them. Another survey
will be distributed after this series for a final, summative reflection on the entire training plan.
These results will be used to formulate and plan the training series that will be implemented the
Budget:
Item/Tool Cost
TOTAL $6,970
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References:
Downes, A. (2016, January 20). 4 learning evaluation models you can use. eLearning
Industry. https://elearningindustry.com/4-learning-evaluation-models-can-use
Educators. https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-teachers
Students. https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students
Terada, Y. (2020, May 4). SAMR: A powerful model for understanding good tech
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