Activity+3.++Self+Assessment+Results

This file contains the results for the administrative survey Jeff and I took. Our assignment is to discuss the self assessment results, designate one member to post a summary document. This document should include a summer of teacher reflections of the Teacher Needs Assessment and the results of the team discussion of the MILES Guide Self Assessment for the School. Items of interest:

1. We will use this wiki to create the summary document. Please edit the italic portion for final document creation below 2. One of the team members must volunteer to post the final. Jeff and I would like a teacher to do this final step. 3. We need a start for the Teacher Needs Assessment. Please post a summary document.

Mike started the discussion last night with this post:

//Taking the MILE Guide Survey provided a foundation of what areas need to be addressed. Student knowledge skills, excluding career and Tech students are in the "//**//early"//** //stages. Clay provides in-service training but it only covers technology use. Educational support systems, policymaking, patterning and continuous improvement falls in the "//**//early"//** //stages also. Educational leadership is "//**//transitional"//** //as each building has a technology support person to assist, however the number of teachers using this doesn’t fall in the 25-75% range to allow the educational support to be transitional.//

Jeff and Steve started the Activity 2b for Administrative Summary with:

//The survey for Administrative Summary indicated that Student Knowledge and Skills, Education Support Systems, and Educational Leadership are all in the "**Transitional**" scoring area.// //Policy Making and Continuous Improvement rank in the "**early**" stage.// //The district scored "**21st Century**" in Partnering indicating there are deep and broad partnerships among K12 and community leaders that help prepare students for success in work and life in the 21st Century. The majority of the partnerships are Career & Tech oriented, providing opportunity for modeling throughout the district, specifically core academic programming.//

//Policy Making: This indicates most education policies support core subject fact mastery. The district should use these findings to identify and prioritize policy changes that would support a broader 21st Century Skills initiative.//
 * //__Recommendations for Early Stage Ranks:__//**

//Continuous Improvement: This score indicates that 21st Century Skills related projects tend to be pilot projects that occur in special circumstances. This is another opportunity for career and tech to be the model for implementing projects into regular core academic classes.//

//Student Knowledge and Skills: District Leaders should begin discussions with stakeholders with the goal of defining the priorities around what students need to know and be able to do to succeed in the 21 Century. This will look very much like our strategic planning committee of this past year regarding Curriculum. Our prior focus was improvement of on and off campus options for students.// //Education Support Systems: Our next step would be to create a plan of action for support systems. We are very close to making this happen. As this pilot progresses, the policies and support priorities will begin to develop..//
 * //__Recommendation for the "Transitional" Stage Ranks.__//**

//Educational Leadership: The Ohio Improvement Process is the plan in which we will proceed to guide administrative decisions. This is already in place and we expect to target student improvement in Math and Science.// //This is a little difficult to talk about when we don't have the results yet to compare. I find that I felt proficient in many skills, but when it came to the technology concepts, I rated my skills lower. I also notice that I am knowledageble in different areas of teachnolgy. I use this technology for my own use, but do not apply it like I could with my students. One section applies to PBL. Although I think this is a great idea, my major concern is how to teach a various amount of math standards in a project that could takes weeks out of a class. I could see using a few standards in a project, but not to the point where students can practice these skills and master. Is PBL supposed to replace all other classroom activities, or used in addition to?// //~Nate//
 * __//Teacher Needs Assessment//__**

//I feel about the same as Nate. I can't speak to much on my overall performance without looking at an overall summary. What I will say though is that I think I rated myself as developing in many instructional, and planning areas because I am only a second year teacher. I also rated myself that I use a lot of these technologies at home but not in the classroom, partially because I haven't used many in the classroom setting. I definitely have not even thought about how to use different technologies in order to address different content based standards. That was one of the questions that I rated as basic. I am comfortable with technology, I am comfortable in my content knowledge, and I am working on my pedagogy. I think I am ready to work on putting them all together.// ~//Thom// //I feel that our school has made good progress in the past and I am encouraged to see the committment forward in technology. It will be very important for this team to model good successful technology integrated PBL to be resources for the staff. I am excited to incorporate additional PBL into the classroom especially with the added technology that has been made available. Maintaining current technology and keeping up with future technology will be a challenge but Oregon schools have done well and are are committed to continuing this committment. Tracking student progress will be important to make the case that the use fo this money is strategic in preparing students for the 21st century. Maybe weekly successes of tech use in PBL by participating teachers emailed to the staff will be of value.// //--Caine// As I was reading everuone's posts it looks as though we have a lot of similarities in our assessments. I am hoping that with this experience that I can not only improve my own knowledge but also assist my colleagues and students abilities as well. Communication will be very important. Sharing what each of us know will be key.