Week 4 Part 3

Evaluation Planning for Action Plan

With the data retrieval and analysis tools at our disposal from the state and district sources, we have the tools to identify our students learning needs. These data can be obtained from AEIS, STaR reports, District and Campus Improvement Plans, and TAKS scores. This data identifies students’ weaknesses and where additional instruction is needed for improvement. The monitoring of programs to benefit at risk students should be ongoing and frequent to ensure students’ needs are being met.

The Principal will organize professional development sessions for teachers to help analyze the state and district reports and other data. The purpose of these P. D. sessions is to focus our attention on the weak areas of the curriculum including technology applications. The Principal will monitor the decisions based on the data analysis in monthly faculty meetings with the purpose of identifying the students’ academic progress. For example the Principal, in consultation with teachers will monitor tutoring logs to verify that students are attending tutorials and making progress in their areas of instructional need. The data can also identify students who are in need of extra instructional support through small group pull out programs in addition to tutorials. As well, data can be used to monitor technology infrastructure and its usage on campus. The Principal can use his or her Technology Plan to visually inspect the campus to ensure there is adequate equipment and that is being used by teachers and students.

The monitoring and evaluation of technology learned at professional development sessions can be performed in a number of ways. For instance, walk –throughs, viewing lesson plans, Formal Evaluations, and conversations with staff are excellent ways of staying abreast of teachers’ integration of technology tools into their daily lessons. All campuses have and will use Technology Integration Faculty (TIF) to assist with technology integration and evaluate our progress in this area.

With the fast and ever-changing face of technology as it pertains to the classroom we will have to continue to grow as it does in order to prepare our students for a global world.