Session One Notes
Technology Staff Development Strategies
Kaye Moore Hurst Euless Bedford ISD (HEB)
What they did – went from Windows 98 and Office 2000 to xp and office 2007 over the summer
Discussed the usual closed doors of staff dev
Time, schedules, childcare, reluctance to use personal time, facilily usage and software problems
Unlocking the doors
Went from face to face to techno tv
Borrowed a dedicated channel that was not being used
Instructional video each week plays all the time so teacher can access whenever
They do have “best of” weeks
Fun project weeks (before Christmas they showed teachers how to create a calendar or personalized notepads (use glue you buy and apply at the top of the pages to create notepad?)
At strategic times the broadcast can be gradebook instructions
Videos created using Camtasia
Also utilize a departmental website with instructional docs available to download – no login or password needed so things like gradebook are NOT found here
They also have HEBonline (blackboard) with online courses and curriculum info. Constantly being updated.
Software central where manuals can be downloaded
They do an end of year video and instruction sheets for backing up to server
Podcasts and Vodcasts – ability to blog /wiki, or subscribe in itunes
Create a plan
do preliminary training with key people – instructional and support
Timeline for installation – support
timeline for training – instructional
timeline for implementation
They outsourced the training for their key people
Then, key instructional staff dev in house
Key instructional staff to use model that has been created and adjusted to train staff
Trained admin staff first
Information blitz entire district – IT staff provide 15 minute overview for every staff. vodcast available
Summer Training
Result of all this – fewer calls for help,
Requests for upgraded training
Used PDSA model
Plan Do Study Act
Plan – analyze
Did training using small steps to start controlled environment
Analyzed – what worked, what didn’t, revised and adjusted or standardized process
Check, Study results
Get buy in