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Introduce Yourself: https://todaysmeet.com/CETPA
Blended PD
A Solution for Educational Technology Support
The Problems
What are the problems around
supporting, promoting, and
implementing technology?
Share your answers to the Problem https://todaysmeet.com/CETPA
Objective
Explore how Blended Professional
development can help leverage the
distribution of resources, both human and
financial, in order to implement and sustain a
cost effective technology program.
Research
“You can predict 90% of the time which
implementations will fail - the predictor of
success or failure was whether people were
involved in cross-functional teams that
allowed for crucial conversations.”
www.vitalsmarts.com/research
How do we get everyone on board?
By having a transparent process that allows all
stakeholders to be involved and hold each
other accountable throughout the process.
Meaning, everyone has a part to play.
Can this be learned?
Yes
Blended Professional Development
District combined with…..
• a private sector partner
• Consultant
• Video Series
• Webinar
• Conference
• Training (Remote or onsite)
Solution: Blended Professional
Development
When should Professional Development be
brought into the process?
Who is Professional Development
for?
All stakeholders are targeted for some portion
of professional development.
Professional Development
• Starts with the planning and is intentional
• Is part of building shared understanding
about the process and who is doing what
• Continues throughout the planning
• Is created to be ongoing and sustainable
• Systemic process
Case Study
• New Super
• ID’s (k12) 1:1 program
• Secondary classroom teacher (no formal IT
training)
• Becomes a TOSA
• Tasked with implementation
Case Study Conti….
• TOSA begins researching
hardware/software solutions
• Tablets
• Google Hosted services
• Reports findings back to Sup
• Sup tasks IT with preparing for 1:1 and G-
hosted services based on TOSAs findings
Back Channel Participant Response
How does this story end? Write your own
ending.
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Successful Technology
Implementation Planning
Problem is Identified and Task Assigned
Division of Labor
Exploration & Research
Exploration & Research Project lead: _____________
Tasks
• Survey
• Identifies criteria for screening
• Creates rubric for evaluation
• Gathers technology & shows evidence for meeting
criteria
• Analyze evidence and apply rubric
• Score
• Summarize Results
• Communicate to Stakeholders
Communication Project Lead: ____________
Tasks
• Identifies stakeholders (admin, teachers, parents,
students, community)
• Helps facilitate buy-in & consensus
• Communicates objectives and expectations
• Identifies and uses a platform for communicating
throughout the process
• Point person for all communication from each team
Budget Project Lead: _____________
Tasks
• Creates a budget for project
• Identifies potential fees, upgrades, infrastructure etc…
• Additional materials are assessed and budgeted
• Budgets trainings (initial, ongoing)
• Repair
• Replacement
• Communication
Piloting
Project Lead: ______________
Tasks
• Determine who will pilot
• What will the process be - timeline
• How will it be tested/evaluated (rubrics)
• Training throughout pilot
• Evaluation and summary
• Communication of results
Legal Considerations
Project Lead: ______________
Tasks
• Current laws
• Potential issues
• Training around legal issues
• Communication
Infrastructure
Project Lead: ____________
Tasks
• Testing
• Research
• Recommendations
• Budgeting
• Communication
Adoption
Project Lead: ____________
Tasks
• Timeline is revisited and refined
• Process is refined from pilot and further developed
• Initial implementation (limited) is planned and defined
• Evaluation of initial implementation - refinement
• Full implementation - planned and defined
• Evaluation of full implementation
• Communication
Sustainability - who’s job is this?
Project Lead: ______________
• Ongoing training
• Updates on hardware
• Repairs
• Replacement
• Reporting
How can you leverage Blended PD?
• Identify current human resources
• Look for areas to build capacity
• Determine needs for implementation plan,
and sustainability beyond
• Look at costs for Blended PD solutions vs.
onsite PD solutions
How can you leverage Blended PD • Build PD Department on site - $$$
• Search and curate resources - $$$
• Bring in a consultant to train (do training or
train trainers) - $$
• Create customized videos onsite - $$$
• Purchase customized videos - $$
• Create webinars inhouse - $
• Send staff to conferences and training - $$$
One District we are working with…..
1:1 Implementation - Currently happening
• Planned PD - in beginning
• Partnered with private sector solution for PD
• District people and private sector came
together to identify needs, create a plan, and
implement
• PD is blended through a trainer of trainers,
video tutorials, & onsite support
Another Site...
• Curriculum department provided live training
and used supplemental materials to support
as follow-up
• Wanted videos to support the their
curriculum department in their own PD
• Videos to support teachers and staff where
they are
One more site….
• Wanted videos to support ongoing onsite
trainings
• They needed to quickly push out new
trainings after the initial trainings to teachers
and staff
• Customized video trainings could quickly be
made and shared with staff
the point is…..
The Story Ends...
