EliseHarps20%Project:Proposal

Title:
TeachingTeachersHowtoTeachUsingTechnology
Motivation:Whatistheinspirationforthisproject?Whydidyouchoosethisproject?
Whyisitimportanttoyou?
AfterreadingTonyWagnersinvigoratingchaptertitledReinventingtheEducationProfession
in
TheGlobalAchievementGap
,Ibegantorealizethatwearevictimsofstayinginourown
castleasWagnerputsit(Wagner,2014,p.160),meaningweoftendontcollaborateandhelp
oneanother.Manyofmycolleagueshavebeendoingthesamethingforalongtime,andthe
caliberofstudentthatwearereceivinghaschanged.Wemustactaccordingly.Thispastyear,I
wasthepointpersonforourChromebooksthatwehaveforeachofourstudents..Inthis
position,Iwastoattendconferencesandfindprogramsthatworkedwellandthatourstudents
respondedtoinarigorousmanner.Mygoalforthisupcomingschoolyearistotaketheresearch
thatIdidformyownclassroom,andhostamonthlycollaborativetohelptherestofmyteamto
beginincorporatingthistechnologyintotheirownpedagogy.Thisisimportanttomebecauseit
isagreatfeelingwhenyoufindaresourcethatisexcitingandoriginal,andyourstudentsfeelthe
sameway.Iwouldliketosharethisexcitementwithmycolleaguessothattheirlessonsare
moreengagingandallowthestudentstobuyinwithmycolleagues,justastheydoinmy
classroom.
References
Wagner,T.(2014).
TheGlobalAchievementGap.
NewYork:BasicBooks.

GoalsTopicOverview:Thissectionisasummaryofyourliteraturereview.

ThispaperexplorestheresearchthatIconductedfromonlinejournals,articlesandbooksthat
exploredifferenttypesofprofessionaldevelopmentthatwouldbeconducivetoincreasingthe
useoftechnologyinschoolsites.Ialsolookedintowhythereisaneedforthiskindof
professionaldevelopment.Researchquestionsincludehowtoaddressthosewhoareresistantto
technologyimplementationaswellasthosewhowillrespondwelltothiskindofprofessional
development.Severalreferencessaythatveteranteachershavereportedthattheyfeltmost
comfortablewithtechnologywhentheyhadsomeonethattheycouldtalktoaboutwhattheyare
learningandimplementing(Snoeyink&Ertmer,2001,p.107).Thereisananalysisofbest
practicesoftechnologyprofessionaldevelopment,aswellasexpectedimpactofthese
professionaldevelopmentsessions.Theresearchsuggeststhatinorderfortechnologyto
properlyimplemented,teachersneedregularinformationalsessionsthatintroducerelevanttools
gradually.TheliteratureshowsthatoneshotPDisnoteffective,anditisimportantto
introduceanewandrelevanttooloneatatime(Lawless&Pellegrino,2007,p.595).Theuseof
theSAMRModel(SubstitutionAugmentationModificationRedefinitionModel)wouldbean
appropriatewayforteacherstomeasureandidentifytheirtechnologyuseintheirclassrooms
(JacobsIsrael&MoorefieldLang,2013).Thereisaleadershipcomponenttotheprofessional
developmentthattakesnoteofthosewhorespondwelltoimplementationandthereforewilltake
theschoolsitetothenextlevelandcontinuetodevelopnewleadersandcommittedteachers.
References
JacobsIsrael,M.,&MoorefieldLang,H.(2013).RedefiningTechnologyinLibrariesand
Schools.
TeacherLibrarian
,
41
(2),1618.

Lawless,K.A.,&Pellegrino,J.W.(2007).Professionaldevelopmentinintegratingtechnology
intoteachingandlearning:Knowns,unknowns,andwaystopursuebetterquestionsand
answers.
Reviewofeducationalresearch
,
77
(4),575614.

Snoeyink,R.,&Ertmer,P.A.(2001).Thrustintotechnology:Howveteranteachersrespond.
Journalofeducationaltechnologysystems
,
30
(1),85111.

OpportunityandIssueAnalysis:Whatistheneed?Whereisthenicheyourprojectwill
fill?Howcanyouimprovethetopic/area/situation/field?Isthereamarketforyour
project?
Theneedfortheretobetraininginthetechnologythatwehavereceivedisgreat,especiallyfor
theveteranteachersatmysite.Outofthetwentysixteachersthatareatmysite,onlyabout
30%ofthemusethetechnologyeverydayintheirclassrooms.Thistechnology"coaching"that
Iamproposingwillallowteacherstohavethesupportthattheyneedtotryoutnewtechnology,
aswellashaveasoundingboardtobouncenewideasoffofandtoreceivefeedback.Many
districtshavestartedhiringa"technologycoach"or"educationalcoach"fortheirschools,and
withcommoncore,thesepositionsarebecomingmorefrequentalloverthecountry.Currently,
thereisnotechnologycoachatmysite.Therearealsonoformalprofessionaldevelopment
trainingsplannedinregardstotechnology.Therefore,byestablishingacommunityof
professionaltechnologylearners,Iamimmenselygoingtobeimprovingthesituationatmysite.

Objective:Whatisyourgoalinonesentence?

Mygoalistoteachteachershowtoteachusingtechnologyandcultivatetechnologyleaders.
ActionPlan:Thisiswhereyouplanthedetailsoftheproject.
Whatwillbedone?
Plannedandorganizedprofessionaldevelopmentwithatechnology
implementationfocus.TeacherswillparticipateinwaystofurthertheiruseofChromebooksin
theirclassroomssothattheirstudentsdevelop21stcenturyskills.Specifictraininginhowtouse
GoogleClassroom,Socrative,Kahoot,Frontrowed.com,Newsela,andQuizletwillbeshown.
Afterafewsessions,teacherswillsharewhattheyareusingandwhattheyareinterestedin.
Whenwillitbedone?
Ourfirsttrainingwillbeinthefirstmonthofschoolheldonthe
staffmeetingthatissetforthescheduledminimumdays.Alltrainingswillbeheldoncea
month,andwilllastabout30minutesduringourendofthemonthminimumdaytrainings.
Whowilldoit?
Thefirstsessionwillbeledbymeandoureducationalcoach.Afterthat
initialsession,otherteachersthatarecomfortablesharingwilllead.Thisispartofmyplanto
sharemyenthusiasmwithothersandcultivateleaders.
Howmuchwillitcost?
Thistrainingcanbefree,asitwillbeconductedbymyselfand
otherstaffmembers.Forthepurposeofformality,thecostperyearformyproposalis$16,000.
Thiscostincludespossiblecontractingservices,conferenceregistrationsandsubstitutecoverage.
Iamlookingintopossiblestipendcoverages,howeverthismaybeviewedasanadjunctduty,
whichwearerequiredtohaveatleastthree.
Howwillyoudetermineifyouaremakingsuccessfulprogress?
Atthebeginningofthe
year,IwillassesswhoisusingChromebooksandforwhatpercentofthetimeusingsurveys
createdwithGoogleForms.Atleastonceamonthjustbeforeourmeetings,Iwillsendout
anothersurveywithappropriateadjustmentstoseeifteachersareincreasingtheirChromebook

usage.Ifthatnumberincreasesbyatleast10%,Iwillcallthatsuccessfulprogress.Iwillalso
bedoingadditionalresearchtoseeif10%isanappropriateamountofgrowth.

Implementation:Monitoringtheprojectandreflectiononachievementandlearning
curve.Filloutthischartwitheverystepyoullhaveandthedateyouexpectthosestepsto
becompletedby.
Task

GoalDate

Accomplished?

Notes

Formative

8/12/16

8/26/16

Survey#1

9/9/16

PLC

9/30/16

Survey#2

10/14/16

Assessment
Survey
Introduction
of
Frontrowed.
comhosted
bytrainers
fromthesite

PLC

10/21/16

Survey#3

11/4/16

PLC

12/16/16

Survey#4

1/5/17

PLC

1/6/17

Survey#5

2/3/17

PLC

2/10/17

Survey#6

3/3/17

PLC

3/10/17

Survey#7

4/7/17

PLC

4/21/17

Summative

5/12/17

Assessment
Survey