So many things to be done! Advisory Letters to write, Technology Survey's to ready through, Teachers and Students to say good-bye to! I'm not sure where to begin. Time to begin working on "The Jacket" curriculum for 5th grade as well as a brand new 5th grade computer class for 1 or maybe 2 quarters.
From reading the 11 or so responses from the technology survey, it looks like the teachers really don't know what I do, or what they are suppose to do as it relates to training students on technology. Initially I taught 5th - 8th grade classes. Then when we were all given laptops, I was told my job was to train the teachers on using technology in their classrooms and THEY were the computer teachers. Then they took away the required credit that teachers had to get in computers which significantly dropped the attendance to the computer training classes. So now we are back to square one. Teachers are tired and over worked and trying to figure out how to teach something that makes them uncomfortable is really hard. I have taken the "easy" way out and work with those that want to be grown and learn more. The teachers that are resistant and "fight" me on it, I've left them alone and their students have suffered. I'll work on that next year. I need to push harder and force my way into their technology planning sessions. I'll work at doing a better job of that next year. I realized that I gave each of them a copy of the technology standard and they are posted in the media center and the computer lab. I guess it doesn't really matter if I'm not telling them in detail what it is exactly they should be "doing" with it. Yet again, something else I'll be working on all summer...by the pool!
I've also got to find a way to get faculty more trained in dealing with diverse situations in their classrooms. Not to mention I need to find my own professional growth. It never ends....
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