1. Technology Professional Development Action Plan for Mabank
Goal: To Measure the professional development designed to use technology to
improve the quality of education at Mabank High School. We will do so by gathering
and analyzing data to improve technology education and practices.
Task/ Action Steps Responsibility Monitoring/ Evaluation
What will be done? Who will do it? How will progress be
measured?
All teachers and teaching Principals along with the The results of the survey will
assistants will complete an technology team. be compiled and used to
online survey that will show determine what types of
how much they know and training that the teachers and
implement technology in the staff need.
classroom.
Surveys will be evaluated to Principals, assistant Teacher will attend
judge the needs for Principals, and curriculum professional development
professional development in and instruction coordinator. geared towards the needs of
technology. the school.
Principals will monitor
progress through walk
through evaluations to see
the professional development
put into place
Mabank will use ESC Region Principal and department Teachers will attend
X and see what specific heads. professional developments
lessons can be implemented that are put on by the
into the classroom. Regional services center at
Mabank or in a different site.
Mabank will develop policies Technology department and Students will be educated on
and procedures to prevent principals how to correctly use the
internet abuse Internet at school. Also
students will be taught what
to do if they feel that they are
being abused.
More technology will be Department Heads Through the use of the
implemented in the school. technology budget and the
The school will purchase filing of grants to improve
more smart boards, and GIS technology.
materials to be used in the

2. classroom.
Principals will evaluate the Principals and Department This year the STaR chart led
data from the annual STaR Heads to changes within the Math
chart to determine areas of department. Principals and
concern as they appear on Department heads will look at
the report the data to make sure that
progress is happening. They
will also compare this year to
the years past.
The technology department Technology department, With an in house survey we
will conduct a survey to see CATE department will be able to see how our in
what can be done in house to house staff can help train.
improve the use of This could be anything from
technology in the classroom how to use windows to excel.
At the end of the year all Technology department, with Teacher surveys will let the
teachers and professional the help of the principals administration what areas
personnel will complete need to be addressed before
another online survey to see school starts again.
how their year was improved
or held back due to
technology
Increased funding will be set Administration, Business After all surveys are
aside for the development of Administration, and completed and broke down.
technology in the school Technology department. We will need to move into
growth in technology at the
school . We must purchase
new technology based
materials so that our students
will be successful.