Action Step

Person(s) – Group(s) Responsible

Timeline for Implementation

Resources Required

Indicators of Success

Date Reviewed/Status

Laptop Initiative;

Acquisition of laptops

- Administration

- District Technology Coordinator

May/June 2010 – ongoing

- Laptops

- High school building structure wired/updated to support use of 1:1 laptop program

-funding

- Equipment acquired

Revision of Code of Conduct Policy

- Administration

-  Teachers

- Code of Conduct Committee

June/July 2010

- Current policy

- Professional Development hours for teachers attending

- Revised policy

- Teacher enforcement of policy

- Student awareness of and adherence to the new policy

 Laptop Initiative;

 On-Site Professional Development provided by Apple

- Administration

- District Technology Coordinator

- Teachers

July 2010

- Apple Training Staff

- Compensation Time

for teachers attending

- Laptops

- High school building structure wired/updated to support use of 1:1 laptop program

-funding

- Teacher attendance

- Completion of training tasks as assigned by Apple

Disseminate to all faculty of professional journal articles focusing on 21^st century learning

Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction

September 2010 – ongoing

- Professional journals

- Teacher lesson plans as reviewed by administration showing technology being implemented in the classroom.

Laptop Initiative;

Parental Information Session

- Administration

- District Technology Coordinator

- Representative from Insurance Company

- Spanish teacher for translation

- Parents

October 2010

- Website

- Information Packets

-  Back to School Night Presentation

- Laptops

- Parent Attendance

- Q & A session complete

Laptop Intiative;

Distribution of Laptops

- Administration

- District Technology Coordinator

- Teachers

- Parents

 November 2010

- Laptops

- High school building structure wired/updated to support use of 1:1 laptop program

- Outside resources as needed

- Signed and returned Computer Care Contract

- Student receipt of laptops

- Insurance paperwork completed by parents

Provide in-house professional development to all faculty in using technology to enhance student learning

- Teachers

- Administration

November 2010 – November 2012

- Third Monday of each month set aside for in-house professional development

- Laptops

- Teacher In-Service

- Teacher lesson plans as reviewed by administration showing technology being implemented in the classroom.

-  Students actively engaged in 21^st century skills (creativity, collaboration, information, fluency, problem solving, digital citizenship, and technology concepts.

-  Formal classroom observations

Action Step

Person(s) – Group(s) Responsible

Timeline for Implementation

Resources Required

Indicators of Success

Date Reviewed/Status

District Acquisition of Learning.com Easy Tech Module (Computer training for Grades K-8)

- Administration

- District Technology Coordinator

- Teachers

- Students

September 2010

- Funding

- Apple Computers

- 40% increase in student proficiency for grades 6 and 8

Review, revise, update all content area curricula to incorporate 21^st century skills

- Teachers

- Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction

2010 - ongoing

- Release time for teachers to collaborate and create revised and updated curricula in all content areas

- Compensation for curricula revisions

- Revised and updated content-area curricula which incorporate 21^st century skills activities

- Observation of students actively engaged in 21^st century skills

- 18% increase in student recognition of relevance of standards with real world experiences based on PPB staff created Likert scale student opinion inventory

- 60% increase in student proficiency for grade 12 (iCritical Thinking assessment)

Incorporation of 21^st Century Skills as per the NJ Core Curriculum Standards

- Teachers

- Administration

- Students

September 2010 - ongoing

- NJ Core Curriculum Standards

- Updated curriculum

- Teacher lesson plans

- Professional Development

- Revised and updated content-area curricula which incorporate 21^st century skills activities

- Observation of students actively engaged in 21^st century skills

- 18% increase in student recognition of relevance of standards with real world experiences based on PPB staff created Likert scale student opinion inventory

Attend professional workshops focusing on 21^st century learning

- Teachers

- Administration

2010 – ongoing

- Release time for teachers to attend workshops

- Funding for workshop fees/expenses

- Professional workshops attended

- Teacher evaluations and lesson plans showing implementation of strategies to improve student 21^st century skills