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Assessment Goal Statement: We will establish a comprehensive annual assessment program. Objectives: • By June 2004, measure and compare from year to year each student’s level of achievement. • By June 2006, implement a comprehensive standards-based assessment program to measure and compare each student’s level of achievement from year to year. Standards Goal Statement: We will set standards that other districts will follow. Objective: • By 2005, establish academic benchmarks for proficiency levels for grades K-12. Technology Advisory Committee Beginning in 2003-2004, the direction of the Technology Advisory Committee was refined with an emphasis on the district’s “vision” for technology. Keeping student outcomes in the forefront as well as the direction provided at each instructional level (elementary, middle, and high school) and the PA State Academic Standards in Technology, the committee began to focus their work based on this mission statement: The Technology Advisory Committee will research existing and emerging technologies that will have a positive impact on the learning process and prepare students for the future. Selected technologies will be recommended to the Technology Integration Committee. The Technology Advisory Committee will research existing and emerging Chris Dede, in his article, “A New Century Demands New Ways of Learning”, suggests that to reap the many benefits of technology, a complex implementation process must be in place, that includes sustained, large-scale innovations in virtually all aspects of schooling, including curriculum, pedagogy, assessment, professional development, and administration. Strategies to promote equity and partnerships between schools, businesses, homes and community are needed. And since educational systems greatly benefit from learning about failures, as well as the successes, of attempting innovations, a learning community of practitioners, researchers, and policymakers is essential to expand the use of “best practices”. To that end the committee members researched and discussed the use of emerging technologies and programs such as handheld technology, home and school connections, and partnerships with institutions of higher learning. Through monthly meetings that include discussions about new technologies and their application in the classroom and beyond, presentations by fellow colleagues, discussions about relevant research and attendance at conferences, the committee considered and recommended technologies to be included in the educational plan for the school district. 2003-2004 Technology Advisory Committee Members Mrs. Susan Bauer Teacher, Eyer Middle School Mrs. Barbara Berk Technology Integration Resource Teacher – Elementary Mr. John Bishop Community Representative Mr. Joseph Cortese Assistant Principal, Emmaus High School Mrs. Elizabeth Drake Principal, Eyer Middle School Dr. Richard Gorton Principal, Lincoln Elementary School Mr. Darrell Goslin Teacher, Emmaus High School Ms Alma Hazel Teacher, Lincoln Elementary School Ms Stephanie Leuthe Teacher, Kings Highway Elementary School Mr. Lee Lichtenwalner Student, Emmaus High School Ms Sally Milliken Director of Information Technology Mr. Robert Misko Principal, Lower Macungie Middle School EPSD Technology Integration Plan Page 9
Mrs. Kathy Moore Librarian, Eyer Middle School Dr. Alrita Morgan Superintendent of Schools Pupil Services Representative Mr. Maury Robert Community Representative Mrs. Claudia Shulman Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development Dr. Denise Torma Director of Research and Evaluation, Chairperson Mr. Randy Ziegenfuss Technology Integration Resource Teacher - Secondary Technology Integration Committee National statistics show that there are now more than 8 million computers in classrooms across the United States that are to be used for instructional purposes (Learning with Technology: Integrating New Technologies into Classroom Instruction, North Central Regional Educational Laboratory). Yet few schools use technology for relevant, engaged learning. As noted in previous reviews plans, the East Penn School District has evolved into a district that has integrated technology into everyday classroom practice as well as in the co-curricular program. Stone Wiske, Harvard University Professor of Educational Technology, highlights the conditions that enable technology to have important educational effects. • First, the technology must afford significant educational advantage. For example, graphing calculators allow users to analyze mathematical information by manipulating liked representations such as formulas, graphs, and tables --- an essential aspect of mathematical inquiry that is cumbersome with traditional tools of paper and pencil or chalk and blackboard. • Second, the technology must be readily affordable, networked and portable. As long as the technology is expensive and difficult to move --- like most computers --- its impact in schools will be limited. • Third, technology alone does not change school practice. Curriculum goals and materials, assessment policies, and teacher development must shift as well. Without these changes, a new technology will merely be used to enact traditional practices. Beginning in 2003-2004, the newly created Technology Integration Committee worked with district and building level administrators and teachers to refocus the emphasis of the elementary, middle, and high school plans from one that focuses on the “stuff” to one that values the true integration of technology into the curriculum, instruction, assessment, and professional development goals of the district. The expansion of creative and effective lessons to incorporate higher-level thinking skills are dependent upon the availability, accessibility, and reliability of technology. The impetus of the committee’s work was to extend the outreach that technology can provide with the exemplary integration presently occurring in the classroom and beyond. 2003-2004 Technology Integration Committee Members Mrs. Barbara Berk Technology Integration Resource Teacher – Elementary Mrs. Linda DeIvernois Supervisor of Secondary Education Mrs. Elizabeth Drake Principal, Eyer Middle School Mrs. Janice Hoffman Supervisor of Elementary Education Ms Sally Milliken Director of Information Technology Dr. Alrita Morgan Superintendent of Schools, Chairperson Mrs. Claudia Shulman Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Professional Development Dr. Denise Torma Director of Research and Evaluation Mr. Randy Ziegenfuss Technology Integration Resource Teacher - Secondary EPSD Technology Integration Plan Page 10
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the
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Page 15 and 16: Summary of Teacher Survey Responses
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