Week 4 Assignment

Week 4 Assignment, Part 2

Superintendent Job Description

Job Description: To manage the school system and to provide leadership according to the school district’s vision. The Superintendent is responsible for a relationship with the School Board. H/her job responsibilities include budget allocation, educational leadership and curriculum, personnel, facilities, general management and communications/public relations.

Assistant Superintendent of Administration   

Job Description: Responsible for all areas of human resources. Assist in the development of policies and administrative regulations needed by the District. Assist in the development, supervision, and evaluation of programs serving constituent districts. Assist in the supervision of the Texas educational programs such as technology integration.  Work with administrators, principals, teachers, and parents of constituent districts relative to curriculum, administrative functions, instructional materials, and evaluation of educational programs.

Assistant Superintendant for Curriculum

Job Description: The Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction serves as the primary administrator responsible for curricular activities in the district. This leadership role is to be conducted in cooperation with many other faculty and administrative committees in the district. The Assistant Superintendent also serves the Superintendent as an advisor on educational, operational, and budget matters for the district. It is expected that the Assistant Superintendent will interact with faculty, students, staff, and parents on a daily basis. In particular, faculty and student contact are expected. The Assistant Superintendent attends all School Board meetings. The Assistant Superintendent also serves as the primary liaison between the high school district and the lower schools. The Assistant Superintendent will be assigned projects and other responsibilities by the Superintendent on a regular basis.

Chief Technology Officer

Job Descriptions: Responsible for developing, coordinating, implementing, and assessing K-12 educational technology plans.  Familiar with current/emerging issues impacting schools related to District use of Instructional Technology. The Director of Technology provides supervision and support for the operation of the Deer Park School District voice, video, and data networks. S/he assists administrators and provides oversight of teachers and staff in the full utilization of the networks to improve the instructional and management functions of the school district.

Principal’s Job Description

Job Description:  The school Principal serves as the educational leader, responsible for managing the policies, regulations, and procedures to ensure that all students are supervised in a safe traditional learning environment that meets the approved curricula and mission of the school.

Director of Network Systems

Job Description: Director will be responsible for installing, maintaining, and supporting computer communication networks within the school district. H/her goals are to ensure the smooth operation of communication networks in order to provide maximum performance and availability for their users.

Director of Information

Job Description: Maintain and gather all district information systems, such as SASI and attendance.

Campus Technology Specialist

The Instructional Technology Specialist will facilitate and oversee the use of technology and delivery of curricula while working with teachers through a variety of instructional methods and staff development. The primary focus is to strengthen the technology integration skills of Deer Park teachers and provide leadership in the implementation of the District Technology Staff Development Plan.

School District Webmaster

Job Description: Maintain a school website which communicates school-related information to parents, students and the community-at-large.

Multimedia Specialist

Job Description: Create videos and multimedia projects to support district projects.

Role of Principal

The principal’s role in implementing technology within the campus is to support the campus and district-wide technology implementation and use through campus level planning, adequate staff, and appropriate budgeting.

Part 2: Professional Development Planning

According to the Texas Technology Long Range many teachers are willing to learn more about the use of technology in the classroom but feel that they do not get quality professional development. According to the plan teachers should have access to training 24/7 that includes online and distance learning.

Professional Development Ideas:

  

·         Use the K-12 Online conference to instruct teachers on the latest technology trends.

·         Create PowerPoint slide shows with video (like the ones used in this program) to teach educators the importance of each type of evaluation tool. (ex. Why do teachers need to take the STaR Chart survey?) Many teachers do not understand the importance of each report or how it could impact their teaching. It is a dry subject so the videos will need to be short.

·         Create Web Quest for teachers to discover new technology.

·         Create links to Microsoft (or appropriate software company) Tutorial videos to help teacher with software questions from Staff Portal section of school district website.

·         Using Staff Portal create Icons that include different types of training based on type of equipment. (i.e. Flip Video usage)

·         During department meetings discuss different measurement tools and their importance. (i.e. PBMAS) Meeting should be kept short to eliminate inattention.

·         Monthly technology training on one small part of a yearlong initiative. (ex. Teacher WebPages)

·         Technology Open House-new technology is placed in the Teacher Break Room once a month manned by an Instructional Technology Liaison. They will be able to answer questions about the equipment or software. Teachers may look at it and play with it during conference time. 

Part 3:  Evaluation Planning for Action Plan

·         Teachers will be required to take STaR Chart Survey each year.

·         Short progress monitors will be placed at the end of each PowerPoint Video. (as this class uses)

·         Teachers will take short survey using software like Survey Monkey at the conclusion of department meeting trainings.

·         Use cell phone text messaging to ask educators one to two question surveys at the conclusion of in-person trainings. (ex. Monthly technology training sessions)