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Certificated staff technology needs survey administered. Quick survey of 5-10 questions identifying immediate technology training needs. Administer and assess needs during three day staff professional development prior to the start of school.
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Timespan follows the traditional school year but includes summer for additional planning, teacher, counselor, and administer training.
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Optional workshops for new teachers and staff new to SCPA:
1. Getting up and running on MBC
2. Taking Attendance, Designing Seating Charts, and Grade Set-up on PowerSchool
3. Getting to know your students/beginnning of the year data collection using Illuminate -
Technology Committee Strategic Planning Meeting—Identify teachers, administrators, parents, students, district point of contacts, and community members; develop plan for outreach.
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Identify project leader, instructional team (Sub-committee from Instructional Leadership Team), administrative leaders who will receive iNACOL online, blended, and competency-based learning training and opportunities at the iNACOL conference.
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Address the need to revise the SPSA to align with district LCAP and to include technology integration at the next SCC meeting (Oct.22, 2015). Currently only Digital Citizenship and Literacy is included.
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Project leader, instructional team, and administrative leader attend iNACOL Blended and Online Learning Symposium.
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Selection of Blended Learning Model, content, instructional strategies and assessment, courses, and teachers to develop and implement blended learning content. Agree on a platform unique to blended learning (The LMS MBC will end June 2016, so look at alternatives).
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Devleop and issue blended learning content/platform provider RFP (unless district provided); plan for blended learning teaching role; mid-year check/audit of devices, additional bandwidth needs (combine this with SBAC Readiness for 2016); identify Year 5 i21 classroom device implementation and readiness of Year 4 i21 classrooms and Year 2 upgrades, and develop communications plan (post plan on school website).
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Plan for data collection on LMSs that teachers are using and integration of SIS and blended. Develop observation tool for integration of blended learning.
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Educate stakeholders about blended learning program, broaden outreach, and draft budget. Create PD for horizontal team leaders and department chairs.
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Review budget design for an online blended site that will accommodate learning needs of students and program goals.
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Setup routine support for and from students, and review special education considerations.
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Select and begin PD for teachers unique to blended learning; train counselors and graduation coach.
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Select blended learning content/platform provider unless SDUSD is providing this. Refine budget, depending on whether or not content/platform provider is being provided by the district.
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Research PD for blended learning instruction (include time and develop tentative calendar); Continue teacher PD and mentoring with a focus on special education accommodations, 504, and ELL support.
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Students log into Naviance to enroll in courses (teacher and counselor recommendations and selection).
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Plan for data collection. Research use of data dashboard. Integration of blended platform and SIS unless this is being controlled by the district.
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Continue PD for New and Experienced Terachers, and add PD for Parents (Include as part of the Parent Involvment Plan)
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After adopting new LMS, transfer MBC teacher content to new system.
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Finalized Blended Learning Content Provider unless provided by the district. Finailize additional teacher PDs, and refine/update budget.
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ASB, teachers, and counselors will provide an orientation course (one per grade level).
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Eslablish PLC among teachers, parents, counselors, and administrators. Plan summer PLC retreat. Finalize Tech Support Plan and Technology Committee for the 2016-2017 school year. Develop gamified PD levels and digital badges for teachers and administrators.
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Week long PLC retreat combine with SCPA Launch Week (date may change due to start of the school year changing for 2016-2017). At retreat, finalize studnet/parent/eacher handbook (note this is being revised this year, so it will only need minor updates). Develop communication plan and Face-to-Face Blended Learning Orientation for students during launch week. Develop program evaluation plan and continued teacher support plan.
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Debrief launch week, PLC retreat outcomes, and blended learning orientation.
