Action Plan

Action Plan
Description of Professional Development: Instruct teachers/staff on the creation of wikis or blogs for communication between staff, administration, students, and parents.
Professional Development Goals: To provide teachers with valuable resources and knowledge on how to create a wiki or blog that improves communications skills between the teachers/administrator and the student/parent.
Coordinators of Professional Development: Megan Schniers, Howard Hughes (AP), and Teri Essy (Campus Technology Specialist)

Task
Person(s) Responsible
Description
Date
Evaluation
Data mining
Essy, Hughes, Schniers
After reviewing the results of the data, determine what the areas of highest need are across the campus.
current

Develop 45 minute program
Schniers/Hughes Essy
Develop a program that gives teachers easy to use information on using wiki spaces and blogs in their classroom. Provide teachers with easy to follow directions and a support system for additional help.
Completed by June 1, 2011
Completed on time
Obtain computer labs
Essy
Coordinate with technology department to determine available dates for professional development.
4 weeks before
Completed on time
Notification of meeting date
Schniers
Send our emails stating the date, time, and place of the meeting
2 weeks before, 1 week before, and day before
Competed on time
Develop space on network for wiki and blog information
Essy and Schniers
Provide teachers with easy to follow directions and a support system for additional help. Places to go to access lesson plans on how to use wikis and blogs in the classroom
On going throughout the professional development session.

Initial Evaluation
Schniers
Develop a 5 question survey that will be handed out to the teachers upon completion of the training
Day of and week after
Using survey information did the training target the projected goals set at the beginning.
2nd evaluation
Schniers
Send out a survey monkey asking teachers about the success of the wiki and blogs in individual classrooms.
One month after completion of training
Set number of teachers using blogs and wikis.
Follow up
Schniers
Provide teachers that are wanting additional knowledge a mentor or training that will answer any questions that have come up since the training
On going throughout the 2011-2012 school year.