TIC-EL 
WHY Faculty Devlopment?
While technology has been in place at FHS for several years, as well as the implementation of the SIS software model of online grading and lesson planning, faculty turn-over and expansion is fairly high each year.  This is due to the fact that most of the parish population growth is the FHS school district area.  This necessitates the addition of faculty each year, coupled with natural attrition and changeover rates, it is therefore expected that the technology skills of faculty and staff members will range from rank beginners to expert users, as well as those capable and experienced at andrgogical teaching methods concerning technology and technology integration.   Using several of professional development models, particularly the Concerns Based Adoption Model (CBAM), as well as technology based learning activities will be offered that promote proficient use of the required software, as well as higher use of technology and classroom integration models.
Participants will be grouped by various methods depending on their location on the professional development continuum.  The most simple dividions would be technological beginners, technology users, and technology experts.  Due to the difference in experience and comfort levels, it will be expected that classes, workshops, "prep period" mini-workshops, teacher mentoring and discussion groups will need to be focused on all three groups.  Beginners will be inserviced in the SIS grading and attendance program immediately prior to school starting, asd will be assigned a teacher mentor for help and collaboration.  Teachers are required to read all bulletins, staff memos and much parental communications via email, so inservices for those unfamiliar with email will need to be accomplished immediately before school each year, toi handle teacher attrition and turnovers.  The "Technology User" group will focus on pedagogical uses of technology integration, including alignment of curriculum standards and benchmarks, as well as specific technological actvities that encourage critical thinking, or specific skills tested by the GEE and IOWA tests.  The "Technology Experts" will be used in the "Train the Trainer" model, as mentors, as participants and providers of informal and formal campus workshops and also as presenters at state, regional and national conferences.
Responsible Parties:
-The school Technology Coordinator and the the School Building Level Technology Committee  (SBLTC)
-Volunteer and Recruited faculty and staff who are at the higher livels of technology skills and teaching integration.
-Parish Technology Coordinator
-Parish Technology Trainers
 
Faculty Development Goals & Objectives:
Goal # 1- Professional Development Opportunities
Fontainebleau High School shall strive to provide students, faculty and staff with the tools and training necessary to function and become competitive, competent citizens in a global community.
 
 
 
Objectives Responsible Parties Evidence of Attainment Funding Considerations Strategies/Incentives Timeline
-Our staff, teachers and administrators will participate in professional development opportunities that will encourage users to become competent, confident users of required district-wide and school-wide software and hardware, as evidenced by all the daily use of required software. Parish Technology Personnel will provide training for staff members.  
Principal will assign personnel to attend meetings and workshops.		 Administration, faculty and staff will be required to utilize parish and state mandated software in every day communication, report filing, etc. Funds for state and parish mandated software will be provided out of district funding sources.  Strategies/Incentives   Ongoing  
 
-Our teachers will participate in professional development opportunities that are carefully designed to develop pedagogical techniques, as well as help develop strategies to incorporate technology, while providing valuable learner-centered educational experiences, as evidenced by documented lesson plans and student portfolios.  Parish Technology Coordinator, as well as Parish Technology Trainers will develop courses based on a needs assessment.  Classes will be offered each semester based upon needs assessment. Parish Level- Parish Registration web sites will be used as documentation of classes offered and numbers of teachers trained.   

School Level- Teacher lesson plans, student portfolios will be used to document educational experiences.

 Funds for parish wide technology training will be allocated from TLTC grants, parish technology training funds and state funds to provide stipends for teachers, maintenance workers and trainers.  Workshops will be offered at several local school computer labs.  Strategies/Incentives   Ongoing, with Parish technology trainers determining needs and providing classes. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Our school will  provide the technological tools and techniques necessary to prepare students for the next level of education and/or provide the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to become competent, competitive individuals ready to enter the work force upon graduation from high school, as evidenced by school records, vocational reports, graduation reports and student portfolios. School Building Level Technology Committee will develop a yearly technology implementation and allocation guide focused on repairing, replacing and upgrading computers and other technological tools to keep up with industry changes. School Level- School Building Level Technology Committee will provide a written technology allocation plan for faculty and district review. School Level- Individual teacher grants for software and hardware will come out of a dedicated portion of the general fund.  

Parish Level- E-rate funding, local technology allotment money and state technology monies will provide the necessary money for upgrades, repairs and replacements.

  Strategies/Incentives   Ongoing, with yearly expansion.
 
 
 
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