The CLHS Technology Action Plan 2011-2012 has the goals of providing professional development to increase technology integration and enhance curriculum implementation through technology. It aims to train teachers to incorporate technology into lessons to improve teaching and learning. Various professional development activities are outlined to achieve objectives like media literacy, communication skills, critical thinking, and individualized education. The plan also proposes revising the acceptable use policy to allow phones and iPods in classrooms to enhance student learning. Progress will be monitored through surveys, walkthroughs, and student performance data.

1. CLHS Technology Action Plan 2011-2012
Goal: To provide Professional Development activities that will increase the integration of teaching,
learning, and the implantation of technology in the classroom at CLHS.
Objective: To increase the use of technology in the classroom to help curriculum development and
enhance the implementation of technology included in all lessons for our 21st century learners.
Target Group: CLHS Staff and students
Needs and Person(s) Timeline Professional Assessment & Evaluation of Action Plan
Goals Responsible Development Activities
Enhance IT-B. Burns August 2011 Provide training to Data from the STaR chart will help the
teaching and CLHS teachers to assist them SBDM team determine the area of needs
learning Administration Walkthroughs on integrating for professional development.
SBDM team will be technology into the Students and teachers will complete
ongoing curriculum to enhance surveys to evaluate and assess the quality
during the teaching and learning. of professional development provided.
school year. Administration will conduct regular
classroom walkthroughs to evaluate the
technology enhanced teaching and
learning in each classroom.
Media Literacy IT-B. Burns August- Provide training to Data from the STaR chart will help the
and CLHS September teachers on the proper SBDM team determine the areas of needs
Communicatio Administration 2011 use of computer for professional development.
n Skills SBDM team Walkthroughs software, internet, and Students and teachers will complete
will be technology resources to surveys to evaluate the quality of the
ongoing increase communication professional development provided.
during the skills in a variety of Administration will conduct regular
school year media formats including: classroom walkthroughs to evaluate the
PowerPoint, Excel, Web implementation of the media literacy and
pages, and Blogs. communication skills in each classroom.
Instruct students on the
proper use of
computers, internet,
software, and
technology resources,
and ethical use.
Ongoing IT-B. Burns September- Continue with Teachers will fill out a reflection sheet and
Professional CLHS Staff May 2011 Technology Tuesdays to complete a survey to evaluate the
Development CLHS provide training to relevancy each professional development
for teachers Administration teachers on technology class they attend on Technology Tuesdays.
applications such as: STaR chart data will be monitored and
Blogs, iPods, Web evaluated to look for teacher improvement
Pages, and Wikis. in the area of technology use and
understanding on campus.
Critical IT-B. Burns At the end of Provide teachers with Teachers and students will complete
Thinking and CLHS each 9 week activities that will surveys to evaluate the quality of
Problem Administration period. demonstrate the use of professional development provided.
Solving Skills October 2011 technology applications Administration will conduct regular
January 2012 to students to help them walkthroughs to determine if there has
March 2012 practice critical thinking been progress made in the implementation
May 2012 and problem solving of technology related to critical thinking and
skill. problem solving in each classroom. TAKS,
EOC, AEIS, and AYP data will be reviewed
and monitored to provide evidence of
student improvement in the areas of Critical
Thinking and Problem Solving Skills.
Individualized, IT-B. Burns September- Instruct teachers on Teachers will be provided with instruction

2. interactive, and CLHS May ways to integrate to enhance student learning on an
customized Administration 2011-2012 technology into the individual level which will include digital
education for curriculum to provide projects and Internet access.
all students specialized lessons that Teachers will fill out reflections after
will be interactive and receiving professional development. They
individualized for each will be also asked for suggestions for
Walkthroughs student. further professional development that will
will be meet their individual classroom needs.
ongoing Students and teachers will complete
during the surveys to evaluate the quality of
school year professional development they were given.
Administration will conduct regular
walkthroughs to determine if there is
ongoing progress made in the
implementation of technology related to
individualized, interactive, and customized
lessons for all students in every classroom.
Review and IT- B. Burns September Principal will meet with SBDM team and the CIP team will meet to
revise the SBDM Team 2011 Superintendent to gain review and revise the Acceptable Use
Acceptable CIP Team permission to revise the Policy
Use Policy to CLHS Monitor data Acceptable Use Policy Survey teachers concerning their
allow students Administration will be for the campus. reflections on the proposed changes that
and teachers to ongoing and Campus Improvement have been suggested to the Acceptable
use phones reviewed in Committee will meet to Use Policy on campus allowing the use of
and iPods in December review and revise the phones and iPods in the classroom.
the classroom. 2011 and Acceptable Use Policy Parents will be surveyed concerning their
again in May to add technology such views on the revision of the Acceptable
2012. as phones and iPods to Use Policy.
enhance student Classroom teachers and Administration will
learning activities in the monitor the educational use of iPods and
classroom. phones in the classroom. Staff, SBDM
team and CIP team will meet in at the end
of the first semester to look at monitoring
data that has been collected. Monitoring
data will again be reviewed at the end of
the school year.
Update and IT-B. Burns September Teachers will meet as a Campus IT and administrators will monitor
maintain CLHS 2011 and department with the and review teacher web pages to ensure
teacher web Teachers ongoing campus IT to receive they have been updated at the beginning of
pages monitoring training on how to each year and maintained throughout the
through the update and maintain school year.
year as their personal web page.
needed. Training will include
providing current
information as well as
inserting hyperlinks to
classroom resources
that can be used by
students and parents.
Utilize TAKS, IT- B. Burns September Campus administrators, Campus administration, IT, SBDM team
EOC, AEIS, CLHS 2011 and teachers, campus IT, and the CIP team will evaluate the campus
AYP, and Campus ongoing and CIP team will progress that is made towards meetings
STaR chart Administration monitoring access and review the the goals set by the Texas Long-Range
data to gain through the data sources to assess if Plan for Technology. The CIP will
information on school year. adequate progress is determine which technology goals need to
district and being made towards be addressed on the CIP for the coming
campus meeting the goals set in school year.
progress the Texas Long- Range
towards Plan for technology.
meeting the CIP team will revise and
goals set by set goals as needed to
the Texas ensure that the campus

3. Long-Range is making progress
Plan for towards meeting their
technology technology goals.