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Administrative Resources


 Listed below you will find postings about resources specific to School Administrators and IT Directors.

 

 

 

Link: The School Technology Needs Assessment (STNA)

This needs assessment tool is intended to help school-level decision makers—administrators, technology facilitators, media coordinators, or technology committee members—collect staff perceptive data to guide decisions relating to educational technology in schools (e.g., purchasing, resource deployment, and professional development activities). STNA example results.pdf

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Link: Looking for Technology Integration (LoFTI) Observation Tool

This tool is designed specifically to aid in the observation of technology integration into teaching and learning. It is aligned with ISTE Standards and 21st Century Learning Skills. The data gathered through the use of this instrument should be helpful to building-level staff that plan or provide professional development in instructional technology. Note that the link above is to the North Carolina version of the LoFTI. It may be adapted to other settings.

This  form can be used for gathering feedback from staff development participants to gauge their perceptions about the effectiveness and usefulness of staff development content and format.

Monthly Teacher Reflection Log Developed  by staff at Crossmore Elementary School, IMPACT School. This tool was designed to gather data on teachers’ use of technology in their instructional practice and opportunities  for students to use technology for learning. This checklist can help you determine what technolgies are used most often for teaching ands leanring and what are teachers doing differently from month to month. 

A rubric from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), that examines technology integration in four domains education settings - planning, implementation, assessment, and productivity.

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Link: Assessment of Technology Integration in a Lesson

A rubric from the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), that examines technology integration in four domains education settings - planning, implementation, assessment, and productivity.

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Link: Teacher Reflection Log 

Monthly Teacher Reflection Log Developed  by staff at Crossmore Elementary School, IMPACT School. This tool was designed to gather data on teachers’ use of technology in their instructional practice and opportunities  for students to use technology for learning. This checklist can help you determine what technolgies are used most often for teaching ands leanring and what are teachers doing differently from month to month.  

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Link: Professional Development Exit Questionnaire 

This  form can be used for gathering feedback from staff development participants to gauge their perceptions about the effectiveness and usefulness of staff development content and format.

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Link: Impact for Administrators

Impact for Administrators is a tool that will help principals and other administrators to plan and build effective, comprehensive teaching and learning environments for the 21st Century.

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Link: NC School Connectivity Program: Expanding Broadband Access for NC Schools

The work of the NC School Connectivity Program is working to expand broadband connectivity to schools across NC.  Their site provides background on the program and its development, program status and updates, and focus areas for their work.   A brief introduction from their site is below:

“The School Connectivity Program is the culmination of several years of vision surrounding the 21st century classroom, and developing a North Carolina workforce poised to meet the challenge of a global economy. In 2006, year the e-NC Authority presented their “Developing Regional Networks” report to the General Assembly recommending the expansion of the North Carolina Research Education Network (NCREN) to the K-12 community. As a result in the 2006 session, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill 1741 allocating $6M non-recurring to expand the number of schools with broadband, selectively build out networks to rural and under performing schools, and develop a scalable model for statewide implementation. Since the funding is non-recurring, projects were selected that have the greatest impact on student achievement and highlight practices that will serve as the model for a sustained and funded program.”

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National Education Technology Plan

To help facilitate the involvement of organizations and individuals in developing the Plan, the Department of Education awarded a contract to a team consisting of the American Institutes for Research, the International Society for Technology in Education, and the State Educational Technology Directors Association. Each worked closely with the Department to coordinate input from the public and disseminate information about the Plan development process.

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 Bellingham Public Schools Technology Plan

The Technology Plan plan begins with a vision for student learning, a statement of beliefs, and a rationale for creating and continuing to build networked learning environments.

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The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP)

A clearinghouse for the exchange of many types of information related to technology planning. This information may be: school technology plans available for downloading online; technology planning aids (checklists, brochures, sample planning forms, PR announcement forms); and/or electronic monographs on timely, selected topics.

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NETC: Strategic Planning For Technology

This site provides planners with concepts and resources to assist them in developing effective technology plans for their school or district.

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