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12345StateStreet,PleasantValley,Idaho83282 Phone:(208)345-9876 Fax:(208)345-9875

E-Mail: in e rhunt@u.boisestate.edu Web:www. in e rhunt.zohosites.com

TO: Dr.ElisabethSilver,Superintendentof

Schools

FROM: GingerHunt,DirectorofTechnology

CC: Dr.MaryJoConery,Assistant

Superintendentof21st

CenturySkills

DATE: April14,2013

RE: TechnologyIntegrationSurvey

ThismemodetailsdataanalysisandrecommendationswithregardstotheTechnologyIntegrationSelf-AssessmentSurvey(TISAS)

senttocertifiedpersonnelinMayof2012.ThePleasantViewSchoolDistrict(PVSD)SchoolBoardisconcernedwiththe

performanceofstudentsonmathportionsoftheIdahoStandardsAchievementTest(ISAT).Theboardalsoquestionstheefficacyof

theadoptionof21st

Centuryskillsbygraduation.Atyourrequest,IhavegeneratedananalysisoftheTISASresultsinordertoassess

mathscoresandmeasurable21st

centuryskillsaswellasplanprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesforthe2013-2014school

years.Thisanalysiswilladdressschoolboardconcernsatthenextmeeting.

Results,Goals,andRecommendations

TISASdataindicatesthetechnologytierusedtoclassifyteachingstrategies/environments.Tierthreeteacherspromotetechnology

useonanindividualbasisandincollaborativelearningactivities.Tiertwoteachersfocusonteacherfacilitationoflargegrouptechnologyemployment.Tieroneteachersfocusontechnologyfortheirindividualuse.Inordertoproviderelevantinformation,I

havebrokenoutthedatabysitelevel,school,andsubjectarea.Thesebreakoutgroupsindicateaconnectionbetweentechnology

tiersandISATscores.Thebreakoutgroupsalsovalidatetheschoolboardconcernsof21st

centuryskillsasmostschoolsfallunder

thetieronecategory.

Improvedprofessionaldevelopmentopportunitiesandincreasedinstructionalplanningtimeareessentialelementsinimprovingthe

ratiooftierthreeteachingwithinPVSD.Myintentistomovealltieroneclassroomsuptotiertwoandalltiertwoclassroomsupto

tierthreebyMayof2014.Inordertomoveforward,thesestrategicprogramsmustbeimplementedbydistrictadministratorsand

embracedbytechnologyintegrationspecialists:

WeeklysiteleveltechnologyprofessionaldevelopmentblocksprovidedbyembeddedTechnologyIntegrationSpecialistsduring

earlyouts

Productionanddeploymentofanewdistricttechnologyresourcewebsite

Mandatedtechnologygrowthplanforallcertifiedpersonnel

Additionofsiteleveltechnologysupportgroupsadministeredbytierthreeteachers

Districtlevelinstructionalplanningopportunitiesbysubjectand/orgradelevelleadbyDr.MaryJoConery

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Reviewandcategorizebestpracticesfromtopperformingsitesandprovideexamplestootherschools

Professionaldevelopmentofferingswillinclude,butnotbelimitedto:

TierTwo:VirtualFieldTrips,GooglePresentations,iBrainstormapp,Numbers,GoogleDocs,SurveyMonkey,SMARTNotebook,Wikiserver,andClassroomWebsites

TierThree:OnlinetoolsfortheBig6,OnlineSimulations(Froguts,SimCity,Re-Mission),WebQuests,QRcodes,Podcasting,

DigitalStorytelling,DigitalPortfolios,iPadandiPodTraining,Classroomwebsites,Edmodo,DigitalCitizenship,Twitter,

Zotero,Polleverywhere,Socrative,DistrictTechnologyPlan/TechnologyGrowthPlan,andiMovie

Data:Tier3Classrooms

TISAStierthreelearningenvironmentsrequirestudentstobeactivelyengagedinusingtechnologyinindividualandcollaborative

learningactivities.Asadistrict,15.8%ofcertifiedpersonnelreportsuccessincreatingthispowerfulstudent-centered21st

century

learningenvironment.Teacherswhoindicatethemselvesashumanitiesspecialists,8th

grade,and5th

gradeteachershavethe

highestpercentageoftierthreeteachingdata.Incontrast,lessthanofself-reportedmathteachersoperateinatierthree

classroomenvironment.(Seeattacheddocumentation.)Resultsprovideaconcreteconnectionbetween21

st

centuryclassroomenvironmentsandISATmathscores.

Researchsupportsthisconnection.AccordingtoMikeSchmoker(EducationalLeadership,January2009),Standardizedtestitems

canoperateasproxies-imperfectbutusefulindicatorsoflegitimatelearning.Indeed,whenhighertestscoresaretheresultofsound

curriculumandeffectiveteaching,weshouldapplaudthesegains.Therearemanyschoolsthatusedatatodriveacurriculumrichin

21st

centuryskillsandthatachievebothhightestscoresanddeeplearning.Also,theNationalCouncilonMeasurementin

Educationusesstandardizedassessmentsasoneoffourwaystomeasure21stcenturyskills.

TopTier3Schoolsateachlevel(%representsnumberofcertifiedpersonnelself-reportingtierthreeteaching):

FranklinHighSchool(22.2%)

EastPleasantViewMiddleSchool(16.7%)

Hunt&AdamsElementarySchools(23.8%)

Data:Tier1&2Classrooms

TISAStiertwolearningenvironmentsinvolveteacherfacilitationoflargegrouplearningactivities.Whilemostlearningenvironment

attheelementarylevelfallintothetiertwocategory,thealternativeschool,alongwiththemajorityofmiddleandhighschool

learningenvironments,provideatieroneenvironment.(Seeattacheddocumentation.)

TopTier2Schools(%representsnumberofcertifiedpersonnelself-reportingtiertwoteaching):

NewPortHighSchool(41%)

EastP leasantViewMiddleSchool(50%)

JonesandBrownElementarySchools(21.7%)

TopTier1Schools(%representsnumberofcertifiedpersonnelself-reportingtieroneteaching):

HuntingtonHighSchool(55.7%)

LincolnMiddleSchool(48.9%)

JonesElementarySchool(56.5%)

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Attachedisacompletesetofdatachartsbrokenoutbysitelevel,school,andsubject.Byrefocusingourprofessionaldevelopment

andinstructionalplanning,wewillbeabletomaximizeexposureofstudentsto21st

centuryskillsand,byextension,increaseISAT

mathscoresandimprovedistrictstandingamongitspeers.

IwillbegladtodiscusstheserecommendationswithyouduringouradministrativemeetingonTuesday,April28andsupportthefollowthroughonanydecisionsyouandtheBoardmake.

Attached:TISASresultsbydistrict,site,schoolandsubjectarea;

DistrictTISASbyDistrict:

TISASresultsbysitelevel:

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DataBrokenoutbySchools:

Pleasevisitthefollowinglinks.

AdamsElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFJQU3VsR2ZFSW1wdHJteEZWckF5d3c&output=html

AppleElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdGNQRzYzUHdUNHpkQmNHTTZZVGlyM0E&output=html

BrownElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdExHOXc4b0xOWjFuMVF4X0VNSnBNVEE&output=html

BryantAlternativeSchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFJQN3FMS1dmN1lsemE5d1N3WGR3WkE&output=html

CherryElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFdFX1k5d0pnZzlIUXBVVFRxVmhXZWc&output=html

EastPleasantViewMiddleSchool:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFUzMExpczhiUnlSVE5UOGRxQWJhdFE&output=html

EvergreenElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdHhScUJYbERzckJGOVNCdDRiX3c5MEE&output=html

FranklinHighSchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdGVHTDlVQldSN01KSGVOcHZWdVZOaEE&output=html

GarfieldElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFFqWEJodjNHYy1ZWGNVQkhQcnhoX2c&output=html

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HuntElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFRteTBhY3V3c042WWVHTnhkYmRnZVE&output=html

HuntingtonHighSchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdGxDRjI2Ym9SS3dNY2tqMTljR1NOTkE&output=html

JonesElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFprSElXa1FQWkhzaTg4ck0wUGtuUVE&outpu=html

Lincoln Middle School:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFRpbFRrcWNLaV9SVmFBVmh2dlN4WVE&output=html

LynwoodElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdGtDdHpWZDJlT3dpeU9WWG9vQVZ6TXc&output=html

NewPortHighSchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdGtMYlMzQ3NoZ1YzTFV2eU4wQ2ZWNUE&output=html

PrairieElementarySchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFV4eWpHeWRsQUtTRnZkQVU5aEpDQ3c&output=html

WashingtonMiddleSchool:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdF85dU1GTlNDcS1sNzB3V3lmajNrS2c&output=html

PVSDTechnologyIntegrationbySubject:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdFV5R21HTGpuU2FZckNWdlp1aEl5SlE&output

=html

PVSDTechnologyIntegrationbyTier:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AunTiBVwrL0FdGVWZmswY2FmVHJINWFPeTRwSWxob1E&ouput=html