Week 2 Educator Preparation and Development

Educator Preparation and Development is the teacher receiving the necessary training in order for him/her to teach technology in an effective way in the classroom. I thought that this was an important area to investigate further because I noticed that it was consistently the lowest scoring item on the campus STar Report. In 06-07 our campus scored a 9. In 07-08 it scored an 13, but in 08-09 it scored an 11. Our campus received a rating of Developing Technology all 3 years. Statewide in 07-08 the campuses showed the highest percent (74.2%) under the Developing Technology category. Even though we scored what most other campuses scored that year, this is one area that I feel my campus should examine and target for improvement. One way to improve in this area is to have a professional development held where we are given an overview of the resources we have on campus. We have many new teachers on campus who may not know what we have available. I also would propose that we have professional developments on how to use those resources and also have some modeling of lessons in which we could integrate technology into our activities. In doing these activities I am sure we would gain some key area point for next year and our teachers would feel much more confident about teaching with technology.