Level II : Professional Proficiency

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Level II Professional Proficiency

• By Marge Owens Ernest Lewis
• Level III CTAP Technology Mentors
• Level II Workshop
• CTAP, Kern County, California

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October 9, 2000

• Tonight we will be discussing 4 proficiencies
• 2.7, 2.4, 2.2, and 2.3

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2.7 Unit Development Overview

• Design, adapt, and use lessons that address the
  students needs to develop information literacy
  and problem solving skills as tools for lifelong
  learning.

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2.7 Clarification

• Develop and teach learning units or lessons that
  encompass information literacy skills, using
  technology to increase each students ability to
  plan, locate, evaluate, select, and use
  information to solve problems and draw
  conclusions.

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2.7 Clarification (continued)

• Determine outcomes (set goals and objectives) and
  evaluate the success or effectiveness of the
  process used (assess).
• Develop and use a performance-based rubric for
  the project/lesson to demonstrate success.
• Help students to become self-directed learners
  (facilitate).

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2.7 What One Needs

• Include project/lesson, rubric, and student
  samples in portfolio.

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2.7 Lesson or Unit

• Develop a lesson incorporating State Standards
  and using technology

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Determining Outcomes and Evaluating Success

• This is no different than setting goals and
  objectives within ones classroom setting. The
  secret is to plan ahead and investigate the tools
  that will be used. Nonetheless, one should
  expect complications and have a backup ready.

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2.7 - Performance-based Rubric

• The following link leads to a lesson for middle
  school students to investigate career choices
  lthttp//www.beardsley.bakersfield.ca.us/BJHS/caree
  rchoice.htmgt. A rubric is provided in the source.

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Help students become self-directed learners

• Act as a facilitator.
• Allow discovery but look ahead to help weed out
  sites and the like.
• Praise.

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2.7 Evaluation

• Was the lesson successful?
• Did it meet the needs of the students?
• Did the technology enhance the curriculum?

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2.4 Take Part

• By Marge Owens Ernest Lewis
• Level III TechMentors
• CTAP, Kern County, California

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2.4 - Overview

• Contribute to site-based planning or local
  decision -making regarding the use of technology
  and acquisition of technological resources.

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2.4 Clarification

• Participate in planning sessions with teachers,
  administrators and/or parents that involve the
  use or acquisition of technology at your site.
• Be an active member of your sites technology
  committee.
• Attend conferences.

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2.4 What One Needs To Do

• Include artifacts from meetings or document in
  letter of recommendation.

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Proficiency 2.2

• Communication

• By Marge Owens Ernest Lewis
• Level III TechMentors
• CTAP, Kern County, California

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2.2 Overview

• Collaborates with others through electronic media
  and computer-based collaborative tools.

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2.2 - Clarification

• Evidence of sustained communication with parents,
  students, and/or colleagues (e.g.. mailing lists,
  video conferencing, online staff development,
  voice mail, homework hotline.)
• Student projects that utilize digital tools to
  interact with subject matter experts or
  collaborate with others.

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2.2 What one needs

• Include project/lesson, documents and student
  samples

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Proficiency 2.3

• By Marge Owens Ernest Lewis
• Level III TechMentors
• CTAP, Kern County, California

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2.3 Overview

• Collaborate with other teachers, mentors,
  librarians, resource specialists, and other
  experts to support technology-enhanced curriculum.

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2.3 - Clarification

• Collaborate on lessons or projects that
  incorporate the use of technology (e.g.
  interdisciplinary, cross-grade level, etc.)

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2.3 What One Needs

• Include lesson in portfolio

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2.7 Things to Consider

• 2.7 Things to Consider
• This proficiency asks to design or develop a
  lesson or unit.
• http//www.beardsley.bakersfield.ca.us/BJHS/career
  choice.htmgt.
• http//bizweb.lightspeed.net/cent/arvin4th.html

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2.4 Things to Consider

• This proficiency looks for participation of
  teachers.
• http//www.cue.org
• http//www.classroomconnect.com/home.asp

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2.2 - Things to Consider

• This proficiency indicates that sustained
  communication must be present. If you have not
  yet started emailing colleagues and the like, now
  is the time to do so.
• http//www.schoolnotes.com
• http//www.theglobe.com

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2.3 - Things to Consider

• This proficiency indicates collaboration is a
  must.
• mowens_at_rosedale.k12.ca.us
• erlewis_at_zeus.kern.org

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Helpful Hints

• Join the Globe at www.theglobe.com and set up an
  online staff development club.
• Search the Web for other collaborative staff
  development ideas.

• Inspect www.ctap.org/net3 for some great Key Pals
  ideas for your students.
• Search the Web for other collaborative student
  projects.

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More Helpful Hints

• Video conferencing ideas can be found at
  www.ctap.org/net2. Contact Sandy Carter for more
  information.

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And Finally

• Utilize email to communicate with colleagues.
  Free email service is available from a variety of
  sources, such as Yahoo at ltwww.yahoo.comgt, Excite
  at ltwww.excite.comgt, and Hotmail at
  ltwww.hotmail.comgt.

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Goals

• 2.7 Lesson
• 2.4 Participate
• 2.2 Communicate
• 2.3 Collaborate

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And Dont Forget

• Remember a write up must be done for each of the
  proficiencies