Professional+Development+Strategies


 * Required Element: F. Professional Development**
 * Strategies for providing ongoing, sustained professional development for teachers, principals, administrators, and school library media personnel to ensure that staff know how to use the new technologies to improve education or library services.**

Assignment: Brainstorm strategies for providing on-going, sustained professional development for teachers and administrators to ensure that staff know how to use the new technologies to improve education.

__Required Components for Tech Plan__
 * Describe professional development strategies that are in place to ensure that ALL staff and administrators are made aware of how to use available technologies to improve student learning.
 * Provide an indication that the professional development offerings should set the groundwork for integration rather than a narrow focus on skill development.
 * Provide some indicator of the present levels of staff skills with technology. (Surveys can be attached in appendix).
 * A timeline for the implementation of various types of professional development training is included. (Action Plan - IV. K.)
 * Awareness is indicated of state and national standards addressing technology competencies for teachers, administrators, and other relevant educators.

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