The document describes a program evaluation project completed by Claire Mracek for her Instructional Technology program. She created an action plan with four goals to increase technology integration at her school over one year. The goals focused on implementing NETS standards into curriculum, deepening teacher content knowledge through professional development, improving teacher pedagogy using technology to promote higher-order thinking, and increasing student learning by having students create digital portfolios. She enjoyed evaluating her school and designing the plan, and learned that a technology leader must meet the school where it is and coach faculty through realistic integration plans.
The document describes a program evaluation project completed by Claire Mracek for her Instructional Technology program. She created an action plan with four goals to increase technology integration at her school over one year. The goals focused on implementing NETS standards into curriculum, deepening teacher content knowledge through professional development, improving teacher pedagogy using technology to promote higher-order thinking, and increasing student learning by having students create digital portfolios. She enjoyed evaluating her school and designing the plan, and learned that a technology leader must meet the school where it is and coach faculty through realistic integration plans.
The document describes a program evaluation project completed by Claire Mracek for her Instructional Technology program. She created an action plan with four goals to increase technology integration at her school over one year. The goals focused on implementing NETS standards into curriculum, deepening teacher content knowledge through professional development, improving teacher pedagogy using technology to promote higher-order thinking, and increasing student learning by having students create digital portfolios. She enjoyed evaluating her school and designing the plan, and learned that a technology leader must meet the school where it is and coach faculty through realistic integration plans.
The document describes a program evaluation project completed by Claire Mracek for her Instructional Technology program. She created an action plan with four goals to increase technology integration at her school over one year. The goals focused on implementing NETS standards into curriculum, deepening teacher content knowledge through professional development, improving teacher pedagogy using technology to promote higher-order thinking, and increasing student learning by having students create digital portfolios. She enjoyed evaluating her school and designing the plan, and learned that a technology leader must meet the school where it is and coach faculty through realistic integration plans.
Candidates design and implement program evaluations to determine the overall effectiveness of professional learning on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning. (PSC 5.3/ISTE 4c) Reflection The Action Evaluation Plan was one of my favorite projects throughout the Instructional Technology program. After reflecting on current technology uses, I created four goals to increase technology integration in my own practice and for my school at large. Standard 5.3 states that candidates design and implement program evaluations to determine the overall effectiveness of professional learning on deepening teacher content knowledge, improving teacher pedagogical skills and/or increasing student learning. After analyzing the SWOT analysis that I created on my schools technology integration, I designed and implemented an action plan to implement throughout our school. This plan contains four goals for one school years time that focus on improving pedagogical skills and increasing student learning. Each goal is outlined with objectives, timeline, financial plans, and implementation steps. One goal is focused on the implementation of NETS standards into curriculum. To deepen teacher content knowledge on technology integration, it would be most impactful to bring in professionals to introduce NETS standards to our faculty, followed by routine meetings with academic technology department. To improve teacher pedagogical skills, teachers will use technology to promote higher order thinking skills. Teachers will be coached through various digital integration strategies. In effort to increase student learning, students will create and manage a digital portfolio to publish their learning for local and global audiences. I enjoyed evaluating my school and designing various goals and objectives over a year that would promote more technology integration. I learned that as a technology leader, you must meet your school where it is and put realistic plans in place to promote success. A technology leader must maintain a positive attitude during this process and coach their faculty through the plan. It is also their role to reflect, design, and promote best practices throughout their school to foster a twenty-first century learning environment. This experience impacted school improvement because it designs a realistic plan of action to take place over one years time. The role of the teachers, students, and administrators are covered throughout this plan. The impact can be assessed through student performance scores and faculty surveys