Trail+Ridge+Progress

Goal One: Define Trail Ridge Library Mission Statement.

- My mission statement has been written and shared with administration and several teachers. It is serving as an effective way to engage my administrator in a discussion about the purpose and direction of this position, and to clafiry this role with other staff. I collected various data, though no one other than me is interested at this point in seeing it. The data includes stats on visits to the IMC during and outside of our reading program this past year versus a year ago; check-outs by grade level of specific materials (fiction, non-fiction, periodicals); and checkouts during the same period of comparable materials from other middle schools. My next step is to tie these statistics to student achievement, starting with SRI/lexile scores and eventually including relevenat CSAP data. My administrator is interested in this data, so it will be worth the time to put this information together.

Goals Three and Four: Expertise in 2-3 Technologies; Technology Leader in Building.

- I feel like I've made good progress here. Regarding leadership within the building: my first data point was creating a survey of instructional technologies available through the IMC. I then had discussions on our technology committee and with various teachers about what technologies our staff are hoping for. This then turned into a wish list that I compared with my survey of available items. I got pricing from ITS, worked out what more we would need to fill everyone's ideal technologized classroom, and submitted this to our committee as well as administration. The cost was an eye-opener, I think, but it also created discussion about prioritizing as well as generating funds for what we want and need. It is only the first step, but we are making progress.

I have spent time this semester working together with a teacher on using our clicker system, Qwizdom. I was already familiar with using it, but I did have to learn how to import student lists from Infinite Campus into Qwizdom. Additionally, I learned about what is necessary for a teacher to use this successfully in the classroom. The teacher is now more familiar and comfortable with Qwizdom, enough that he has used it twice. I also am working with one of our teacher's student teachers, who, surprisingly, is not very fond of technology. She has ventured into using several of our IT items, and wants to take on using an ActivSlate. In order to be ready for her, I am finally completing the Promethean foundation skills courses (available on-line at their website). Data? I don't know what data I should collect at this point. I think one option is to get one of the teachers to use the technology with two classes, and not use it with the others. We can throw in a pre and post-assessment and see if there are any differences that might be attributable to using or not using the technology. My next step, I guess!