Prof.+Development



What is working well?

One-on-One with tech dept personnel, 15 minutes per week

Training of new staff during pre service

The tech in-services work well as an overview – could use better follow up (see add. needs)

Additional Needs / Improvements:

Commit to 15 min a day to explore internet related/computer program related issues with a reward of maybe a Friday civvies day once a month. Have a "sharing session" what one has learned or discovered.

Free up people at lunch / during lunch (2nd person at tables and /or use floaters) to use lunch time for sharing.

Ask outside speakers to come in during pre service or Friday in service to give workshops or provide inspiration.

Examples: Math coordinator at Windward can talk about techn. and math

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After group training could teachers be given 3-5 hours to practice either by themselves or one-on-one with another teacher

Pair up teachers with mentors (people who have more tech experience - for example with somebody who has done Smart/Active Boards, Keynote etc)

Small training sessions during morning meeting time; three to one, for certain applications, Excel, Kurzweil, Word, E-mail, Internet use

At end of school year we could survey teachers what they still need to learn and what they would like to learn.

Possible Apples Store training $80 for a year, for 52 one-hour sessions

Identify one person in every department to find ways to use technology in a new way and then present in department meetings.

Tech institute, a week in the summer or spring, and teachers apply to and get incentive by either being paid to be there or other comp like an additional personal day.

Better way to share expertise? (Jenn and Shari’s survey…)