Technology Practicum Overview

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Technology Practicum Overview

• Napa County

Susan Wight, Director Phone [phone] E-mail
swight_at_ncoe.k12.ca.us
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Napa County
Technology Practicum Checklist
Candidates Name Home Phone
E-mail
Your practicum must be submitted to the Napa
County BTSA New Teacher Support Specialist as a
condition of the program certifying your
completion of program requirements for a Clear
(Level II) Credential. A complete practicum
indicates mastery of Technology in Support of
Student Learning (Standard 16) and must include
a response to each element of Standard 16 as
described in the Standards of Quality and
Effectiveness for Professional Teacher Induction
Programs by Elements A-G as identified below.
Each item must be initialed and dated either by
your Support Provider, Site Administrator or the
New Teacher Support Specialist (Barb Stoer) and
documentation must be attached in either paper
form or on a CD-ROM. Documentation should be
identified by item number to correspond with the
item number on this checklist.
Element A. Communication through a variety of electronic media Element A. Communication through a variety of electronic media Element A. Communication through a variety of electronic media Element A. Communication through a variety of electronic media Element A. Communication through a variety of electronic media
Initial Date Activity
E-mail your electronic address to Kathy Phelps (kphelps_at_ncoe.k12.ca.us) by November 1 annually.
Complete the BTSA Consent Form on-line at least once. Print a receipt and include it in your practicum.
Complete the BTSA Statewide Survey on-line at least once. Print a receipt and include it in your practicum.
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Napa County Office of Education Barbara Nemko,
Ph.D., Superintendent
Napa County
Induction (Credential Clearing) Candidates Organizational Tools Property of____________ E-mail___________________ Susan Wight, Director Sharyn Lindsey, Associate Director Barbara Stoer, Teacher Support Specialist
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Blank practicums are also available at www.ncoe.k12.ca.us Go to Teachers Pull down to BTSA Select Forms Choose your document
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Your practicum must be submitted to the Napa
County BTSA New Teacher Support Specialist as a
condition of the program certifying your
completion of program requirements for a Clear
(Level II) Credential.
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A complete practicum indicates mastery of
Technology in Support of Student Learning
(Standard 16) and must include a response to each
element of Standard 16 as described in the
Standards of Quality and Effectiveness for
Professional Teacher Induction Programs by
Elements A-G as identified on the below.
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Each item must be initialed and dated either by
your Support Provider, Site Administrator or the
New Teacher Support Specialist (Barb Stoer) and
documentation must be attached in either paper
form or on a CD-ROM.
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Documentation should be numbered to correspond
with the item number on this checklist.
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Element A

1. E-mail your electronic address to Kathy Phelps at
   kphelps_at_ncoe.k12.ca.us annually.

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Element A

• 2. Complete the Consent Form (www.btsa.ca.gov)
  on-line at least once and print a receipt and
  include it in your practicum.

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Element A

• 3. Complete the Statewide Survey
  (www.btsa.ca.gov) on-line at least once and print
  a receipt and include it in your practicum.

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Element A

• 4. E-mail New Teacher Support Specialist
  (bstoer_at_nvusd.k12.ca.us) at least two Individual
  Induction Plans.
• (www.ncoe.k12.ca.us)

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Element A

• 5. Email two Activity Logs (available
  electronically on the NCOE website) to Barbara
  Stoer at bstoer_at_nvusd.k12.ca.us.
• (www.ncoe.k12.ca.us)

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Element A

1. Formerly, Annually, complete the on-line My
   Proficiency Assessment and My Technology Use
   Survey at (http//ctap2/iassessment.org) print
   the status report once during each year of
   participation in the NCBTSA program and include
   it in your practicum.

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NOW. . .Each year, complete the on-line
Technology Assessment Profile at
(www.edtechprofile.org) print your Completion
Details Status Report and include it in your
practicum.
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Element A

• 7a. E-mail slides from a PowerPoint presentation
  for students or parents to your Support Provider
  or
• 7b. E-mail the address of posted website you
  have designed to your Support Provider.

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Element A

• Respond in a timely manner to all NCBTSA e-mails
  requiring a response (e.g., complete surveys
  2x/year).
• www.ncoe.k12.ca.us for the
• Mid-year Survey in January
• www.btsa.ca.gov for the
• Statewide Survey in the spring.

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Elements B, C and G

• 9. Design and teach a content standards-based
  lesson plan that integrates technology (e.g.,
  video on demand).
• E-mail the lesson plan to your Support Provider
  along with your reflection on the implementation
  of the lesson plan.
• See next slide for more. . .

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Include in your reflection----The value of
including technology in your lesson----Adaptation
s planned for the future, then Get his/her
reaction e-mailed to you andInclude the plan,
your reflection, and your Support Providers
reaction in your practicum.
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Elements B, C and G

• 10a. Locate the technology resources in the
  curricular focus area district-adopted materials
  for your grade level and discuss their
  application to your class with your Support
  Provider in a series of 2 e-mails or

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10b. E-mail the address of a discussion board
from BTSA-recommended sites showing discussions
in which you participated related to a
professional issue.
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Element C

• 11. Include electronic resources in CFASST Event
  7.

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Element C

• 12. Find an on-line lesson from a
  BTSA-recommended site and
• Teach the lesson and
• E-mail the lesson plan to your Support
  Provider along with your reflection on the
  implementation of the lesson plan including
• See next slide for more. . .

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Include in the reflection--The value of
including technology in your lesson--Adaptations
planned for the future, then Get his/her
reaction e-mailed to you andInclude the plan,
your reflection, and your Support Providers
reaction in your practicum.
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Elements D and E

• 13. Review www.ctap4.org/infolit/index.htm for
  information on the four components of information
  literacy
• Ask good questions
• Find information
• Evaluate information
• Use information) and

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(1) E-mail to your Support Provider one lesson
that directly teaches students one of the four
components of information literacy and . . .
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(2) A bookmark file or web page of sites used by
your students to practice the skill to enhance
learning and. . .(3 and 4) Two lessons showing
reinforcement of the skill and. . .
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(5) Your reflection on the lessons
including what you learned about what students
can do and(6) Your Support Providers
reflection on the lessons.
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Elements F and G

• Print or copy to a CD and share with your Support
  Provider (1) five (5) printouts from a grade book
  program spreadsheet or other electronic
  record-keeping program including
• (2) A class summary of the focus content
  area after at least one quarter or trimester of
  instruction and

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(3) One chart of data for the whole class or
instructional group and(4) A detailed report
for one student and(5) A description of how the
data was used or a report generated to
communicate with the parent or guardian of that
student and
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(6) Two different ways to display the same
data for a group of students and (7) an
evaluation of the usefulness of different views
and(8) Your reflection on the value of using
technology for this purpose.
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Please e-mail additional questions
toswight_at_ncoe.k12.ca.usRequest materials
fromkphelps_at_ncoe.k12.ca.us
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