2. Part 1: Organizational Chart and Technology
Descriptions
Beaumont ISD
Superintendent School Board Members
Special Assistant to the Public Relations Liaisons within
Superintendent each school
Assistant Superintendent of
Secondary Education
Principal
Campus Education
Principal’s Secretary
Improvement Committee
Assistant Principal
Teachers
Campus Webmaster
3. Registrar
Counselor
Campus Technology Leader
Students
Parents/Guardians
Key Stakeholders in Integrating Technology and Their Responsibilities in BISD
School Board Members To ensure that funds for equipment are allocated, that all state technology standards are
understood before voting on technology purchases, and that all district employees are
certified by the State of Texas before voting on their employment
Superintendent To distribute technology expectations and the work required to meet expectations to
subodinates and monitor if the expectations have been met
Special Assistant to the Superintendent To lead the Campus Public Relations Liaisons and hold meetings with them several
times a year to educate them on the different ways BISD uses technology to speak to
the community; to act as the spokesperson for the district who speaks to the media
concerning technology and other issues concerning the district
Public Relations Liaisons within each school To monitor and update campus website with events taking place within their individual
schools; to create and send powerpoints that show positive events within their school to
be used on BISD news channel
Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education To monitor secondary schools and report findings to the superintendent in order to
ensure all education needs are being met for the students including technology use
Principal To monitor his/her campus and to make sure technology is being used to supplement
the students’ education; to monitor the daily activities of the school and designate
responsiblities to subordinate administrators, teacher leaders, and others as needed
Principal’s Secretary To order supplies which include technology for educators to use in the classroom
Campus Education Improvement Committee To discuss and vote on the different uses of technology within their school
Assistant Principal To implement the vision of the principal and do daily walk throughs of teachers to check
for implementation; to manage student behavior so others may learn
Teachers To use technology within their lesson so students have an awareness of technology and
4. its uses
Campus Webmaster To update and maintain website for community awareness
Registrar To use technology by checking for absences on an hourly basis and reminding those
teachers who forget to take roll hourly
Counselor To use technology with the students when completing schedules for the following school
year
Campus Technology Lead Teacher To complete and fix any issues that are to take place with technology on the campus; to
order all materials needed for the campus
Students To learn the foundations needed to succeed in the future
Parents/Guardians To support the educators from home and to monitor for homework completion; to
provide technology to be used from home
Technology Evaluation Role of the Campus Principal:
The principal’s role is to constantly check on his employees in order to make sure that each
person responsible for technology implantation is doing their part to bring technology to the
students. They can do this by knowing their employees responsibilities, making sure they receive
all funds and equipment for technology, and doing thorough walk throughs to ensure the
employees are implementing the technology properly.
Part 2 : Professional Development on Using Technology
Objectives:
• Have different break out sessions on technology
• Learn how to analyze student testing data from the district website
• Creating PowerPoint Presentations
• Creating Blogs
• Starboard Training
• Motivate teachers to use technology in the classroom
Presentations:
1. Split teachers into 4 groups and have technology leaders in the school help teach the
sessions.
• Group 1 will be in one computer lab learning and discussion how to navigate
through the districts item analysis program.
• Group 2 will be another lab learning new tips on how to enhance power points to
make them more interesting for students. This will include adding videos, sound
files, animations, and backgrounds.
• Group 3 will create a “Blogger” account and learn how to properly blog information.
They will have extra time to play around with it.
• Group 4 will be in a classroom learning how to use a Starboard (interactive
whiteboard)
5. 2. During each breakout session the staff will go over different ways to incorporate technology in
the classroom and how to properly use it.
3. At the end of the staff development we will gather in the Library to have a collaborative
discussion on what we learned and how we can implement this knowledge into our everyday
school lesson. We then will conduct an evaluation of the workshop through handouts. After
all evaluations are collected we will have so last final thoughts before ending the session.
4. Scheduling:
8-12 Breakout Sessions: The Leaders will be four
Groups 1-4 will rotate through teachers that are experienced
each session spending 1 hour with technology use
in each.
12-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30 1. Collaborate on what we Lead by Chris Tyson and
learned Campus Technology Leader
2. Evaluation of workshop
3. Final comments then
end the workshop
Part 3: Evaluation Planning for Action Plan
6. Technology Evaluation Plan
Student surveys can be conducted to see if
Teachers Evaluation
and how teachers are using technology in the
classroom
Assistant Principals will conduct classroom
Campus Administrations observations to see if teachers are using
Evaluation technology to implement classroom
instruction
District will have several technology staff
District Administrations development days to insure that all staff will
Evaluation be educated on the use of technology in the
classroom. Evaluations will be conducted
after each staff development.
District will conduct a district-wide annual
States Evaluation technology needs assessment (STaR Chart)
to see where the district stands in
comparison to other districts in the state.
