Goal 1: To Build a Consortium
Objective
Activities
Objective 1: To provide a
COE and university
vehicle through which the
program providers meet to
COE can consolidate and
examine needs assessment
systematized training
findings of current training
opportunities for COE
opportunities and develop
faculty.
means for integrating these
programs and new options
to create a comprehensive
and cohesive system for
faculty retooling.
Objective 2: To provide
COE and district members
opportunities for COE faculty meet to discuss current
to strengthened links with K- practices and means for
12 schools and focus efforts
working together to
on identifying and building
provide joint training
team efforts in preparing
opportunities for preservice
preservice teachers in
teachers.
technology-rich
environments
Goal 2: To Conduct a Needs Assessment
Objective
Activities
Objective 1: To identify
COE faculty complete
COE faculty technologysurveys of their skills and
related competencies
meet in focus groups to
discuss needs. Surveys
will be based on CCTC
Outcomes
Development of a COE
system-wide, retooling
program for upgrading
technology skills.
Identification of
technology-rich K-12 sites
and expert master teachers
willing to team with COE
faculty on the revising and
teaching of
technologically-infused
preservice courses.
Outcomes
Identification of “expert”
and “novice” faculty and
identification of specific
skills and competencies
needed to be incorporated
Objective 2: To evaluate
existing faculty training
opportunities and their ability
to meet faculty needs
Objective 3: To assess
current levels of technology
infusion across teacher
preservice programs and
courses
technology competencies.
The Consortium meets to
evaluate existing programs
and to explore needs for
the redesign and/or creation
of new opportunities for
training based on findings
of faculty needs survey.
COE faculty teaching like
courses (e.g., courses on
literacy) meet to discuss
how they have infused
technology into their
courses and possible ways
they could introduce or
strengthen this infusion.
in training opportunities.
Possible consolidation of
training options and
development of new
opportunities for faculty
training. The final
outcome is the
development of an overall
training program, with
multiple options, that
supports the development
of faculty skills in a way
that moves the COE
forward.
Identification of course
with strong technology
focus and courses in need
of infusion. Identification
of faculty members who,
with minimal support, can
move forward and serve as
expert faculty to model
technology infusion and
identification of faculty and
related courses that are in
need of retooling.
Information of needs for
retooling filter back and
inform the development of
training opportunities.
Objective 4: To evaluate
hardware and software needs
of COE labs and K-12
technology-rich sites.
Consortium members meet
to discuss hardware and
software needs.
Identification of needed
equipment or the
reconfiguring of equipment
to create technology-rich
learning environments for
preserice candidates both
within the COE and out in
the field.
Goal 3: To upgrade COE faculty competence in technological skills for those faculty
identified as “novice”.
Objective
Activities
Outcomes
Objective 1: To assist
Consultants will meet with Faculty, either
individual faculty and faculty individual faculty and
individually, or in teams,
teams to establish goals for
faculty teams to identify
will develop goal
their technological training.
technology needs based on statements related to their
needs assessment and
technology skill
develop plans for training. development.
Objective 2: To provide
Through efforts of the
Faculty, either
training to faculty members.
Consortium, faculty will
individually, or in teams,
participate in training
will receive training
opportunities.
targeting their specified
areas of needs.
Objective 3: To provide
The Consortium will
COE “novice” faculty will
“novice” faculty
identify expert K-12 master observe in the classrooms
opportunities to observe
teachers who are willing to of K-12 expert master
expert K-12 master teachers
have COE faculty
teachers.
at work in their classrooms.
observers and will arrange
observation opportunities.
Goal 4: To develop integration models with “expert” faculty and K-12 mentor teachers.
Objective
Activities
Outcomes
Objective 1: To link “expert Consortium members will
Teams of COE and K-12
“faculty with K-12 expert
analyze needs assessment
faculty will be formed.
mentor teachers.
findings to identify possible
COE faculty members and
K-12 expert master teachers
teams. They will bring
these individuals together to
discuss opportunities for
developing pilot integration
courses.
Objective 2: To support
Consortium members will
COE faculty and K-12
these teams in infusing
work with teams to provide teams will produce
technology into an existing
them support needed to
preservice courses that
preservice course.
infuse technology into their effectively and
exiting course and assist
meaningfully integrate
them as they strive to
technology.
incorporate technology in
ways that will support
preservice teachers’ work in
inclusive, highly diverse
classrooms.
Goal 5: To launch pilot tests of integration models.
Objective
Activities
Objective 1: To support
Consortium members will
COE faculty and K-12
support teams during
expert teams in their piloting implementation.
of field-based, technology-
Outcomes
Team-taught preservice
courses will be taught onsite.
rich courses.
Objective 2: To schedule
opportunities for “novice”
COE faculty to observe
these courses as they are
taught.
Consortium members will
work with team members to
arrange opportunities for
“novice” faculty to observe
pilot courses.
Novice faculty will
observe the test courses in
action.