Taking Technology to the Classroom Phase II
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AREAS OF PERMISSIVE SPECIAL COMPETENCY Sections 1, 2 and 6 - Technology in
Education notation requirements
WANTED -
3
educators from each region (see map below)
To earn 9 FREE* credits to improve their technology
skills and apply the credits** toward receiving a notation of ASPC Technology in
Education (see link above) on their teaching
license telling the world that they have specialized training!
Requirements for Phase II Cohort recruitment:
1. Must be a currently employed K-12 educator in your region
2. Participate in 3 online courses Spring and Summer 2011 (*9 credits—$1000 per
course towards tuition provided by grant)
3. Attend a 4 day face-to-face session June 2011 in Missoula (travel and lodging
expenses provided by grant)
Proposed Course Study:
Spring 2011 MSU-N 623 Learning Technologies
Spring/Summer 2011 MSU 5xx Educational Technology: Virtual Teaching and Learning
Summer 2011 UM 515 Computer and Other Technological Applications in Education
Apply here
Contact your Regional Director for
COMPLETE details!
I. PESA – Prairie Educational Service Area
Kim Stanton, Director (406) 853-1908
Email: pesa@midrivers.com
707 South Stacy Ave
Miles City, MT 59301
Web Site: www.mt-pesa.org
II. MNCESR – Montana North Central Educational Services Region
Gaye Genereux, Director (406) 378-3136
Email: gayegenereux@yahoo.com
17555 Coal Mine Road
Big Sandy, MT 594334
Web Site: www.mncesr.org
III. MRESA3 – Montana Regional Service Area 3
Marsha Sampson, Director (406) 657-2085
Email: MSampson@msubillings.edu
College of Education
1500 University Drive
Billings, Mt 59101
Web Site: www.msubillings.edu\smart
IV. RESA4U – Regional Education Service Area 4 You
Rene Holubec, Director (406) 324-2002
Email: rholubec@helena.k12.mt.us
55 S. Rodney Street
Helena, MT 59601
Web Site: www.resa4u.org
V. WM-CSPD–Western Montana – Comprehensive System of
Personnel Development
Nancy Marks, WM-CSPD Coordinator (406) 728-2400 Ext 1061
Email: admin@cspd.net
215 S. 6th Street West
Missoula, MT 59801
Web Site: www.wmcspd.org
**Funding for Phase III of TTC is NOT SECURED at this time.
Participating educators in Phase II must understand that the final 11 credits
towards the notation may be at their own expense. Funding options for Phase III
are being actively sought by the Phase II TTC Partners.
Project Abstract for Phase II TTC
Northern Rockies Educational Services, Inc. (NRES), the Montana Office of
Public Instruction (OPI), Total Educational Solutions in Technology, Inc. (T.E.S.T.),
and Montana’s Public Universities School of Education are partnering to address
the needs of Montana’s school districts, their administrators, teachers, and
students. This is the second phase of a three phase project. The goals of Taking
Technology to the Classroom (TTC), Phase II are to: 1) Provide Montana teachers
the opportunity to participate in coursework that satisfies the requirements of
Montana's APSC Technology in Education notation; and 2) Develop and implement an
effective assessment tool to measure teachers' 21st Century skills and practical
use of instructional technology.
Phase II builds on the capacity and commitment of the partners that was
established during Phase I (FIPSE FY2008 Award Number P116Z080021). In order to
achieve the Phase II goals, 6 objectives have been identified and aligned to
specific activities. Objective 1 involves the University partners completing the
course curriculum that will satisfy the APSC requirements. The partners will
offer these courses in the Fall, Spring and Summer sessions. Objective 2: 15
teachers will be recruited from Montana’s five Regional Educational Service
Agencies to enroll in the new curriculum. During Phase II, teachers will
participate in the courses and complete course evaluations. Objective 3:
provides these teachers practical technical support (online and onsite) to
successfully integrate their new knowledge and skills into the classroom.
Teachers will report on their level of satisfaction with the technical support
and their success with integrating technology into the classroom. Objective 4:
T.E.S.T. will update the assessment tool that is designed to effectively measure
in-service teacher’s 21st Century skills and practical use of instructional
technology in the classrooms. This tool will be piloted with non-project
teachers to assess its validity and reliability before it is used with the 15
teachers. Objective 5 involves collecting baseline data from the 15 teachers in
order to assess their comfort and skill levels prior to the coursework. These
data will inform the partners about areas of weakness and technical support
needed. Objective 6: T.E.S.T. will develop a pre-service TAGLIT assessment tool.
The university partners will pilot this tool with their pre-service teachers to
assess its validity and reliability.
At the conclusion of TTC Phase II, 15 Montana in-service teachers will have
completed 9 of the required 20 credits towards the APSC Technology in Education
notation. Additionally, the in-service TAGLIT will be updated and will have been
used to collect baseline data from the cohort teachers, and the pre-service
TAGLIT will have been finalized for use by the University partners in Phase III.
The goal of the evaluation is to provide the project partners and the funding
agent with useful information about the implementation and progress achieved
during Phase II while providing a chronological history of the model development
and the lessons learned when implementing the TTC model.
