TIP Leadership for Success

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TIP Leadership for Success
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Guiding Principles

• Clear goals and objectives
• NCLB, LRPT, SB396
• Careful planning and flexible implementation
• Well-defined evaluation plan
• Federal Evaluation

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Enhancing Education Through Technology

• Title II Part D
• Purposes
• 1.To provide assistance to states and localities
  for the implementation and support of a
  comprehensive system that effectively uses
  technology in elementary schools and secondary
  schools to improve student academic achievement

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Purposes

• 2. To encourage the establishment or expansion of
  initiatives, including initiatives involving
  public-private partnerships, designed to increase
  access to technology, particularly in schools
  served by high-need local education agencies
• 3. To assist states in the acquisition,
  development, interconnection, implementation,
  improvement and maintenance of an effective
  educational technology infrastructure in a manner
  that expands access to technology for students
  (particularly disadvantaged students) and teachers

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Purposes

• 4. To promote initiatives that provide school
  teachers, principals, and administrators with the
  capacity to integrate technology effectively into
  curricula and instruction that are aligned with
  challenging State academic content and student
  academic achievement standards through such means
  as high quality professional development programs
  
• 5. To enhance the ongoing professional
  development of teachers,principals and
  administrators by providing constant access to
  training and updated research in teaching and
  learning through electronic means

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Purposes

• 6. To support the development and utilization of
  electronic networks and other innovative methods,
  such as distance learning, of delivering
  specialized or rigorous academic courses and
  curricula for students in areas that would not
  otherwise have access to such courses and
  curricula, particularly in geographically
  isolated regions
• 7. To support the rigorous evaluation of programs
  funded under this part, particularly regarding
  the impact of such programs on student academic
  achievement, and ensure that timely information
  on the results is widely accessible through
  electronic means

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Purposes

• 8.To support local efforts using technology to
  promote parent and family involvement in
  education and communication among students,
  parents, teachers, principals, and administrators
• Primary Goal To improve student academic
  achievement through the use of technology in
  elementary schools and secondary schools

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Additional goals

• To assist every student in crossing the digital
  divide by ensuring that every student is
  technology literate by the time the student
  finishes the eighth grade, regardless..
• To encourage the effective integration of
  technology resources and systems with teacher
  training and curriculum development to establish
  research-based instructional methods that can be
  widely implemented as best practices by State
  education agencies and local education agencies

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State Local Technology Grants

• Use of allotment by state
• 5 for State Activities
• 50 per Title I formula (A)
• 50 competitive grants (B)
• Sufficient amounts
• Determine sufficient size under A
• Determine minimum for B
• Sufficient Scope

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Project Director

• Each entity must identify a project director
• Project director has dedicated time for pilot
  activities
• Project director has active support from all
  levels of district administration

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Project Director cont.

• Develops a written pilot framework that defines
  roles and responsibilities, timelines,
  implementation benchmarks and expected evidence
  of success
• Ensures all hardware, software, connectivity and
  peripherals are in place and fully functional
• Develops and implements a communications plan to
  keep everyone informed

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Teachers

• Are well informed of all aspects of pilot plans
• Have time for collaboration, communication,
  adjustments and feedback
• Have clear understanding of
• pilot goals and objectives
• expected data collection
• obligations of all participants before, during
  and after the pilot

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Principals

• Should plan for
• any staff changes that may occur during the pilot
• adequate professional development regarding
  piloted technologies and applications (25
  required by NCLB)
• adequate technical support

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Principals cont.

• Should recognize that policy issues may arise
  that must be addressed
• Flexibility is key!
• Become Flexperts expert at being flexible!

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Data Collection

• Identify a person responsible for data collection
• Ensure they have time for this responsibility
• Coordinate with TCER
• Most instruments are online

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Increased communication

• Parents can have access to information about
  their child on a regular basis
• Teachers can communicate regularly with parents,
  teachers, administrators, and students through
  technology

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Resources are available!

• Technology Applications Teacher Network
• TIP Assistance Team
• TIP Exchange
• Partners
• Professional Organizations
• COSN, ISTE, SETDA, TASA, TASB, TCEA

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The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

• Build a wonderful workshop
• Make the mission the main thing
• Focus on your people as well as your purpose
• Let values be your guide
• Make a list and check it twice
• Plan your work
• Work your plan
• Make the most of what you have

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The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

• Listen to the elves
• Open your ears to participation
• Pay attention to how you are perceived
• Walk awhile in their shoes
• Get beyond the red wagons
• Help everyone accept the reality of change
• Teach the business of the business

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The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

• Share the milk and cookies
• Help them see the difference they make
• Do right by those who do right
• Expand the reinforcement possibilities
• Find out whos naughty and nice
• Confront performance problemsearly
• Coachthe majority in the middle
• Dont forget the super stars

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The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

• Be good for goodness sake
• Set the example
• Establish guidelines and accountability
• Remember that everything counts

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The Leadership Secrets of Santa Claus

• Follow these secrets and big things are near
• Effective leadership to all and to all a good
  year!
• From The Walk the Talk Company