Specific+Scenarios

Specific Scenarios:

What is your school doing?

1. Assess students with fourth grade checklist
 * students can be assessed with the fourth grade checklist in any grades from K to 4 at anytime.
 * students can be self-assessed with the checklist OR one project can be developed to assess skills.
 * students can be given a written exam designed by the district OR use one designed and tested by another school district in NJ.

2. Provide PD for teachers to enhance current lesson plans to include tech literacy skills for students
 * the PD should not be "how to" use applications such as database, word processing, or excel.
 * the PD should focus on strategies to use when ed tech is in the classroom (positioning of teacher relative to technology, positioning of desks, classroom management, working with handouts.

3. Provide sharing mechanism for teachers to share successess, ask questions and share experiences (good or bad)
 * e-mail successes to principal who will put it in a newsletter, mention at staff meetings, provide incentives
 * set up a intranet, a blog, a help desk, etc...
 * set aside time at the staff meetings, grade level meetings, etc...

4. Provide system to address teacher questions and negative experiences. Showcase successes throughout district.
 * designate a ed tech coordinator role to assist with issues and help with PD as necessary.
 * share via e-mail to principals, put in district newsletter, etc..

5. Evaluate students at the end of each year. Teacher completes record for each student and stores information available to next grade level teacher. (computer teacher, homeroom teacher, technology coordinator, etc...).
 * keep a spreadsheet for each grade level online and update online as necessary - add teacher initiatls and date whenever a change is made.
 * keep a database with updated information for all students.
 * manually keep a rubric for each student where the students' status are indicated. the rubric is handed to the next grade level teacher

6. Students are assessed with district tool or purchased tool in the beginning of the 7th grade.
 * several projects - with no help from staff or other students and not homework.
 * one or two projects with no help from staff or students or parents.
 * assessment can be in a computer lab (by the computer lab teacher), in the content area classroom (by a computer teacher and the classroom teacher, or by the classroom teacher only).
 * assessments can be for content area and technology literacy combined, OR a separate rubric for content area and a separate rubric for technology literacy, but using one project OR technology only, but the project is focused on meeting a core curriculum content standard.
 * students take online assessment designed by district or using purchased tool.

7. All teachers are notified of the results and work to help students in the areas they need. Systemic gaps are identified to where curricula is modified.
 * report is generated for each student and reviewed by parents and teachers. resources are identified for parents who can help at home.
 * curriculum is modified to include technology-based projects.
 * students are notified and asked to direct their learning - where can they increase their skils, tell teacher when they feel they have advanced a skill, keep track of their own work and portfolio as proof of their success.

8. Students are assessed again as a pre-post analysis at the end of the 7th grade or in the beginning of the 8th grade.
 * Teachers are informed and the school determines the areas and lessons that will be used to develop student tech literacy skills in the 8th grade.
 * similar to activities in items # 7.
 * take this time to look at student work - to determine what is proficient according to the rubric....develop process to use a protocol that already exists.
 * develop 8th grade remediation course for those not proficient.

9 Students are assessed at the end of the 8th grade.
 * transfer results of assessment to rubric to detemine technolog proficiency.
 * develop summer school program, 9th graded remediation course, for some other type of accelerated program for those students not proficient.

10. Students are counted and reported as a whole for the school on 1) NJSMART in June and 2) the Report Card in October. 1) Student proficient - YES/NO/Not Tested. 2) # of students assessed, # of students proficient