Action Plan and Evaluation

Professional Development 1: August
Teachers work in groups to analyze Multi-Year History Report of AEIS data to find trends and patterns of weakness in our school. Teachers will create a S.M.A.R.T. goal to address weaknesses.
Resources:
1. AEIS Reports from 2007-2010
2. "Professional Development Planning: Matching Trainings to Teacher and Student Learning Needs "
3.“S.M.A.R.T. Goals” Learning Point Associates, Inc., (2004).
Evaluation: reviewed at faculty meetings.

Professional Development 2: Create a Vision: August
Teachers will work collectively to create a meaningful vision designed to meet the needs of all students and create a campus culture that supports all stakeholders, and to reflect the technology needs required for students to thrive in a 21st century global society. This will be a principal led training based on the following resources:
1. “The Importance of Visions for Schools and School Improvement”
2. House Bill 4-5
3. “Quality Learning: Model of a School Vision”
4. “Critical Issue: Building a Collective Vision”
5. “How Do You Change School Culture?”
Evaluation:
1.The Vision Product
2.Evidence of application of vision will be in the Campus Improvement Plan.

Professional Development 3: Mini-lesson on state data terms: September
Using PowerPoint to display examples, principal will guide the teachers through a mini-lesson on the meanings of AYP, TPM, and House Bill 3. Principal will facilitate the process to determine a campus AYP rating.
Resources:
1.“The ABCs of AYP” (2004)
2. Analysis of Major Provisions of House Bill 3 (2009)
3. 2009 AYP Manual, Exhibit 1: AYP Indicators Chart with TPM
Evaluation: Teacher feedback during Data Software professional developments sessions will prove understanding of data analysis and provide greater success during training.

Professional Development 4: Technology Presentations: Ongoing at Faculty Meetings
To improve decision making for technology integration and training, teachers will present a 5 minute presentation of a technology application they have implemented in their classroom to expose staff to innovative means of integrating technology and see who they can turn to for help
One presentation per regularly scheduled faculty meeting throughout the year. Staff can work individually or with a partner.
Evaluation: Assessed by use of District Improvement Plan p. 27: Lesson plans and walk through observations will provide evidence of integrating technology into the classroom. STaR chart will show measurable increase in teachers moving towards “TARGET” area. Increased participation in district technology workshops can be measured via survey or through increased enrollment.

Professional Development 5: Software training: September - October
Teachers will become efficient in the use of district programs for tracking data such as AWARE, AIMS web, Eduphoria, ARI, AMI. Meetings will be led by Campus Technology Specialists during team meetings.
Evaluation: Facilitator will provide survey to assess the needs of the staff. STaR chart will show measurable improvement as teachers move to TARGET area.

Professional Development 6: Video Conference: Spring
LIS will partner with a west coast school in a live video conference. Their students will create an interactive presentation for us on a topic of their choice. LIS teachers will pose interesting true/false questions about Texas—allowing out-of-state students to guess by paddles. Teachers will learn procedures for hosting a conference and will witness the excitement from this technology.
Evaluation: Survey Assessment to provide feedback from the teachers on the video conference experience designed as part of the Week 3 Report of technology needs. This will meet Campus Improvement Goal #23. STaR chart will show measurable growth trends as teachers begin use video conferencing as a normal part of learning.

Professional Learning Community: by December
Using provided resources as a guide, teachers will design activities/programs the school can host to improve student learning based on the data and our S.M.A.R.T. goal
Resource: “Nine Ways to Improve Student Learning”; Funding for programs;
Evaluation: TAKS results will provide measurable differences in scores for sub groups or overall campus improvement


Overall Evaluation/Assessment: End of Year

Site Based Decision Making Committee will meet at end of the action plan to evaluate the professional developments implemented through this action plan. Evidence of measurable assessment will be used to enhance their decision-making regarding the integration of technology in the classroom, and the use of technology for “mining” for data to the District Technology Committee—providing supporting evidence such as the following:
• Campus STaR results
• Examples of increased use of technology for learning
• Artifacts from teacher usage of data analysis and the resulting actions/interventions
• Summary of the teacher created plan intervention program that was based on the needs assessment data
• Chart showing results of TAKS scores for students who participated in the intervention program
• Principal reflection on the action plan with recommendations with technology needs