Presentation on Jumpstarting a Successful PD Model in a 1:1 School, by Sandra LaGrange, Technology Integration Specialist

1. Sandra LaGrange, Technology Integration Specialist
St. Thomas More Catholic High School || Lafayette, LA 70508
sandra.lagrange@stmcougars.net || (337) 988-3700 ext 163
Jumpstarting a
Successful PD
Model in a 1:1 School

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3. This is OUR 1:1 STORY.
Fall 2010
New
Administration
New Vision
Fall 2010
1:1 Idea
Presented to
Faculty
May 2011
All Faculty &
Staff Receive
Tablets
Summer 2011
PD for Faculty
ALL SUMMER
August 2011
1,100 Students
Receive Tablets
with Training
2014
Begin Plans for
Refresh
Spring 2015
Rollout to
Teachers
Summer 2015
Rollout to
Students

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49+ hours of P.D.
Significant effects on student
achievement
(21% points)
14 hours of P.D.
Shows a positive effect on
student achievement
5-14 hours of P.D.
Shows no statistically
significant effect on student
achievement
PD is POWERFUL!

5. #1: TIME
Most Valuable
Commodity
#4: SUPPORT
Do Whatever It Takes
#3: CHOICES
Empowerment
#2: INCLUSION
Guarantees Buy-in
#5: ACCOUNTABILITY
Clear Expectation
#6: SUSTAINABILITY
Keep It Going!
A SUCCESSFUL PD
PROGRAM REQUIRES . . .

6. #1: Make for PD
• PD Period – teachers
given 1 hour per day for
PD (no kidding)
• Permanent substitutes
• Occasional late start or
early dismissal
• Summer sessions
• Common planning periods

7. #2: Include All
Stakeholders
PD
is for
EVERYONE
Teachers
Support
Staff
Students
Parents

8. 8-hour Mandatory
Summer Tablet Training
Ongoing Training
Throughout the Year
• Cougar Cast segments
with technology tips
• Support resources on
Moodle
• 1:1 & small group
trainings offered
Student Training is VITAL.

9. 4-hour Mandatory Training for Trainers
Train-the-Trainer MODEL
• (1) Help Desk employee
and (1) faculty
members per room.
• Presentations scripted
so all rooms are
teaching the same
concepts in the same
way.
• Student trainers
establish sense of
authority for Help Desk
employees.

10. • Sessions offered after
weekly school masses in
the fall.
• Same agenda as night
classes.
NIGHT CLASSES PRAY & PLAY
Welcome to
PARENT UNIVERSITY
• Evening sessions
• Available in the fall
• Responsible use and basic
care discussed
• Many programs are
introduced along methods
for supporting student
success.

11. Time to Get Rid of:
“One-shot, drive-by, fragmented,
spray-and-pray workshops”
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Faculty PD is a MUST

12. Choices = Empowerment
• Large vs. Small Group
• Varying Levels of Proficiency
• Convenient Times
• 1:1 Coaching (perfect for the
tortoise & the hare)
• Team Teaching (coach
teaches the technology while
teacher teaches the content)
• Flipped Lessons
DIFFERENTIATE
Students Learn Differently. . .
TEACHERS DO TOO!
#3: Give ‘em CHOICES

13. Throw Back Thursday
is great for those who need to hear it again and again and again.
• Moodle
• Microsoft 365
• DyKnow
• Google Apps
• Collaboration Tools
• Respondus 4.0
• Web Tools
• OneNote Class Notebook
• Office Mix
• NewsELA
• ClassCraft
Tech Tuesday

14. Teachers Learning from Teachers
• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Our Catholic Identity
• Differentiated Instruction
• Student-Centered Instruction
• Data-Driven Instruction
• Presentation Skills
• Working with Generation Z
• TED Talks
• Digital Tools to Transform
Learning
• Socratic Seminars
• Teachers Pay Teachers
Forum on Teaching

15. Digital Growth Plans
Meet, Plan,
EXECUTE!

16. “Flipping” Over PD

17. Microsoft OneNote Staff Notebook
Model Good Practices

18. #4: Support ‘em
Right People on the
Full Time
Technology Integration
Specialist
and/or Tech Coach
Administrative Team that
Believe in the Power of PD
Student Help Desk and
Help Desk Director

19. Help Desk:
More than Just Technicians
● Train students on
computer and software
usage
● Support departments
and individual teachers
● Manage sound for
Mass, school musical
and football games
● Work the JumboTron at
football stadium

20. Key Element to Our Success:
Help Desk
● Software and
hardware diagnosing
● Tablet PC repair
● Prep 3D prints
● Projector Installation
● Computer imaging
1st Co-Ed Student-Run Help Desk in the U.S

21. PD documentation demonstrating
completion of 30+ hours PD must be
submitted to admins BEFORE signing
contract.
#5: Hold ‘em Accountable
Teachers that attend
conferences
MUST share what they
learned.

22. “Learning is incremental; it takes
time to change practice, and to be
lasting it must become a part of the
teacher’s routine.”
#6: Sustainability

23. OUR PHILOSOPHY
If we are still in the same place, doing
the same things, in Year 7 as we were in
Year 1, we have failed at creating a
SUCCESSFUL 1:1 PROGRAM.
(In other words, we ONLY have computers.)
Successful Programs
GROW

24. Questions?
Sandra LaGrange, Technology Integration Specialist
St. Thomas More Catholic High School || Lafayette, LA
sandra.lagrange@stmcougars.net
@SandraLaGrange || @STMTechnology