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Farmington Public Schools

Staff Development Action Plan

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Index of Projects	Scenario	Staff Development

Mission Statement: The Farmington Public Schools will create an environment in which all students and staff will employ technology as a tool to work in improved ways to support learning and increase productivity.

Current Staff Development Scenario

Current Staff Development Evaluation Form

Community/School Support:

1. We will kick this off by getting press coverage for the Summer Technology Academy.
2. We will publicize the results of the Summer Technology Academy through the School and Community Relations department of the school district.
3. To inform the parent community, we will utilize the resulting web grid as a teaching site for Community Education internet classes.

Engaged Learning Goal: All teachers will successfully navigate and incorporate the internet in the delivery of Farmington's core curriculum.

District Student Profile Characteristics (Check all that apply):

_x_ Collaborative Team Member _x_ Effective Communicator _x_ Healthy Individual _x_ Knowledgeable Thinker
_x_ Life-Long Learner _x_ Quality Producer _x_ Responsible Citizen _x_ Thoughtful Problem Solver

Criteria for Success: Beginning in September 1999, an increase of internet supported curriculum will begin to be observed as compared to the previous year.
Strategies	District Goal	Timeline	Resources Needed	Person Responsible	Assessment
30 Teachers and Administrators representing 15 elementary schools will collaborate and publish the Farmington K-5 technology curriculum.	Goal 1 Goal 2	April 1999	Current Research Building Input	Richard Strausz Rosemarie Simon Peggy Schmidt	Curriculum implementation Participant workshop evaluations
A 2-day workshop for K-5 teachers to develop units that integrate the internet into the core curriculum.	Goal 1 Goal 3	June 1999	FTC Computer Lab Epson Projector Netscape Expert	Lynn Lieberman (Oakland Schools) Richard Strausz Rosemarie Simon Peggy Schmidt	Number of participants Participant workshop evaluations Authenticity of lesson plans
A grant will be written to gain support for teacher-driven WebQuest units.	Goal 1 Goal 3	May 1999	Research Staff Development	Julia Mills	Grant funded
A Web Grid particular to district delivered curricular benchmarks will be attached to the Farmington Intranet for teacher access and use.	Goal 1 Goal 3	May 1999	Research 2 Computer Workstations Page Mill LlnC	Richard Strausz Rosemarie Simon	Completion of grid Level of grid use
Ongoing staff development on use and applications of the Web Grid.	Goal 3	Beginning June 1999	FTC Computer Lab Epson Projector Netscape Staff Developers	Richard Strausz Rosemarie Simon	Number of participants Participant workshop evaluations
On-site modeling of use of the internet in the classroom.	Goal 3	September 1999 - June 2000			Teacher & administrative feedback
6 Model Technology Infused Classrooms	Goal 1 Goal 3	September 1999 - June 2000	6 Computer Workstations Per Classroom Scanner Digital Camera Trained Teachers	Debbie Wilson Sarah Kalvig Richard Strausz Rosemarie Simon	Monitoring and oversight of project collaborators Number of inservices conducted by model classroom instructors