EPISODE · Nov 15, 2021 · 16 MIN

How Do You Successfully Plan Your Professional Development … Backwards?

from Ask The Tech Coach · host Jeffrey Bradbury and Susan Vincentz

Welcome to "Ask the Tech Coach," a podcast for Instructional Coaches and Technology Integration Specialists. If you would like to be a part of future podcasts and share your thoughts, please contact the podcast.  We would love to have you join the show. Join the TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network! Are you a Tech Coach or looking to become one this year? Are you searching for support in your position? The TeacherCast Tech Coaches Network, is a brand new Professional Learning Network designed specifically for Tech Coaches and designed to provide weekly support for all Instructional Coaches. Click Here to Join! What Should Your EdTech Integration Plan Look Like? What is a EdTech Integration Plan? plan and roadmap that a district will use to guide them in meeting the needs, goals, and recommendations of a school district's Strategic Plan. shows off not what but how technology is going to be used in a district Planning Process Step 1: Review and discuss the district Strategic Plan and once again ask the question, “How do we want to respond to these goals and meet the needs of our students?” Step 2: Review and discuss the findings in the District Snapshot. Make a list of everything that someone says is great about the district and everything that has been identified as needing improvement. Step 3: Identify each key member of the district and assign them a task based on their areas of expertise and if possible, partner them up with another member of the district to collaborate on future tasks in this process. Step 4: Assign groups and committees to compose the remaining steps of the process. Step 5: Create an Outline of what the district would like to see in the final Educational Technology Integration Plan. Step 6: Set short-term and long-term goals for planning, communicating, and create a meeting calendar to assist in project management. What does the outline look like? Overall questions Materials required Essential questions The guiding force behind decisions What should the staff members know? Supporting standards Baseline of knowledge What does PD look like? Contact the Podcast! TeacherCast.net/VoiceMail Twitter: @AskTheTechCoach Email: [email protected] Subscribe to “Ask the Tech Coach” Apple Podcasts Spotify Google Podcasts Amazon Music Follow our Podcast on Social Media The TeacherCast Educational Broadcasting Network | @TeacherCast Ask the Tech Coach Podcast | @AsktheTechCoach ...