Rana Powell
Kevin Scheiwe
Lauren Sinclair (Hyers)
Melissa McLendon
Abstract
Chattahoochee Elementary plans to use technology to positively impact student achievement in
a variety of areas, but the main concentration will be connected to Reading and Language Arts.
Technology will be put to use by both teachers and students to create high caliber work and to
create a digital environment where distinction is expected in teacher instruction as well as
student performance. Chattahoochee Elementary will show that technology is an integral part of
the teachers and students daily instruction and will try to supply the necessary materials to help
achieve the expected results.
Proposal Text
Demonstrated Need
At Chattahoochee Elementary School (CES), we are striving to increase academic performance
for all of our students. Technology integration is a key objective of our district, as proved by the
recent addition of wireless connectivity (wi-fi) in all classrooms at CES, as well as
Chattahoochee being one of the first schools in the district to pilot the bring your own device
(BYOD) program during the 2012-2013 school year. Through the use of PTA funds,
Chattahoochee has begun to purchase (limited quantities) of wireless devices, but the
county/district will not yet let schools use district funds to purchase wireless devices due to
compatibility and connectivity issues.
At the end of the 2012-2013 school year, teachers at Chattahoochee participated in the School
Assessment Survey. Staff members indicated on the survey areas of need for technology training
(professional learning). From these results, the Chattahoochee staff indicated BYOD as one of
the top two areas they wanted more technology training in.
Data from the 2012-2013 school year was also evaluated and it was found that overall, only 53%
of first-fifth grade students exceeded on the end of year assessments (Benchmark and CRCT
tests) in the subject areas of reading and English/language arts. Specifically, only 26% of second
grade students and only 50% of fifth grade students exceeded in the areas of reading and
English/language arts on the end of year assessments. To achieve increased academic
performance, technology integration is a vital component. Research shows that only when
computing devices are used as essential tools for teaching and learning does that lead to
increased student achievement (Project RED, 2013).
Based on the identified areas: county/district initiatives, staff training survey results and end of
school year data, it was determined that professional learning is needed to help train teachers to
implement bring your own device in their classroom, in order to help improve student
performance in reading and English/language arts.
Goals and Objectives
Goal 1:
Increase academic performance in reading and English/language arts for all students, targeting
specifically second and fifth grade students for the 2013-2014 school year. To exceed annual
targets, teachers will learn different strategies that support BYOD and new technologies.
Teachers will use collaboration, targeted interventions and direct reading instruction to support
BYOT initiatives.
Teachers will be able to use devices to access and implement online learning sites and ebooks.
Teachers will identify ways BYOT can help increase academic performance.
Goal 2:
Understand digital citizenship and develop classroom management strategies that support
acceptable monitoring, intervention and student consequences for the BYOT initiative.
Teachers will create BYOT classroom management guidelines by the end of the training.
Teachers will be able to identify digital citizenship areas that are most applicable to BYOT.
Teachers will create classroom management guidelines that support the school P.R.I.D.E.
initiative.
Teachers will identify potential problem areas and how to handle students without a device.
Goal 3:
Identify ways to use technology to enhance and transform instruction for reading and English
language arts curriculum. Teachers will use the 4 Tiers of Educational Technology Intervention
(substitution, augmentation, modification and redefinition) to support the BYOT initiative
throughout the 2013-2014 school year.
Teacher will be able to understand and apply the 4 Tiers of Educational Technology Intervention:
Substitution technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with no functional change
Augmentation technology acts as a direct tool substitute, with functional improvement
Modification technology allows for specific task redesign
Redefinition technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivable
Plan of operation
Timeline
March 2014
Activity
BYOT team selected by
school administration.
Goal
Based up established staff
interest, BYOT team will be
established by school
administration. The team
should consist of classroom
teacher(s), school
administration, media
specialist, parent-school
liaison, PEC teacher, county
IT and parent representative.
A member of this team will
be placed on the school
Leadership team as a liaison.
Team will meet monthly
during the school year.
March 2014
April 2014
May 2014
Purchase of technology
Purchase of technology as
recommended by county IT.
Hardware and software
updates will be installed by
county IT department as
needed. All installations and
updates will be completed by
August 2014.
August 2014
IT recommended consultant
will present and train school
staff as a part of pre planning.
Teachers will be trained on
apps and hardware that can
be used in the classroom.
Ideas and recommendations
will be given to staff that are
aligned with Georgia
CCGPS. Sample lesson
plans and student activities
will also be shared. Teachers
will be provided a student
friendly presentation to
introduce BYOT to students
upon their return to school.
August 2014
IT recommended consultation
will present an introduction
to parents about BYOT.
Seminar will include
guidelines, policy, rules,
procedures and research data.
Examples of educational apps
will also be shared as well as
hardware to be used.
Suggestions will be shared
for parents interested in
purchasing hardware.
August 2014
Student introduction to
BYOT
September 2014
Begin BYOT
Ongoing
Ongoing
May 2015
Evaluation Plan
Data Review
Goal
Goal 1:
Increase academic performance in reading
and English/language arts for all students,
targeting specifically second and fifth grade
students for the 2013-2014 school year. To
exceed annual targets, teachers will learn
different strategies that support BYOD and
new technologies.
Evaluation Plan
All CRCT scores will be analyzed,
recorded, and presented to the committee
by the end of May 2014. CRCT scores
from previous years will be compared to
the 2015 CRCT scores. Program success
will be determined by increasing scores.
Students will participate in the AimsWEB
(Reading Curriculum-Based Measurement)
program to increase their reading skills.
Several benchmarks will be administered
throughout the school year to monitor for
growth within students writing skills.
Teachers will grade the students
benchmarks to monitor writing skills
progress.
All 5th grade Writing Assessment scores
will be analyzed, recorded, and presented
to the committee by the end of May 2014.
The scores from previous years will be
compared to the 2015 scores. Program
success will be determined by increasing
number of students meeting or exceeding
Goal 2:
Understand digital citizenship and develop
classroom management strategies that
support acceptable monitoring, intervention
and student consequences for the BYOT
initiative.
Goal 3:
Identify ways to use technology to enhance
and transform instruction for reading and
English language arts curriculum. Teachers
will use the 4 Tiers of Educational
Technology Intervention (substitution,
augmentation, modification and redefinition)
to support the BYOT initiative throughout
the 2013-2014 school year.
Teacher will be able to understand and apply
the 4 Tiers of Educational Technology
Intervention:
Substitution technology acts as a direct
tool substitute, with no functional change
Augmentation technology acts as a direct
tool substitute, with functional improvement
Modification technology allows for
specific task redesign
Redefinition technology allows for the
creation of new tasks, previously
inconceivable
Budget
As teachers and administrators, we must understand the many types of technology which are
available to us as well as understand how to implement that technology to see that student
learning outcomes are improving and to help our students become successful. We all realize that
integrating technology into the classroom and curriculum is important. Aligning technology with
student learning and using it to engage our students is key to improving the quality of learning in
the classroom. Professional learning is the strategy used by teachers, administrators, and system
employees to enhance the skills needed to create and support the potential of all students. In
order for all students to perform at high levels, the educators must also be learning. The purpose
of professional learning is to ensure that the educators are learning at their highest potential to
allow the students to learn and perform at their own highest potential as they teach their learned
skills.
Using BYOT in the schools will allow students and teachers to always have their own personal
devices at their fingertips. For those that are unable to provide their own personal device, the
school can help to provide extra laptops and ipads for classroom use. Having mobile learning
labs would allow this idea of students having technology in their hands to become a reality.
Object
Year 1
Year 2
Line Item
Requested
Requested
Total
and
Amount
Amount
Amount
11,000
11,000
22,000
Calculations
Contracted Services
Provided Training
for Staff
Consultants to Provide
20,300
20,300
40,600
$23,899
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$23,899
$7,059
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$7,059
62,258
31,300
93,558
Professional
Development Training
Equipment
Mobile
Laptop
Computer
Lab for student use
1 x $23,899
Mobile
I Pad Learning
Lab for student use
1 x 7,059
TOTAL
References
Bring your own device teacher survey. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qxAF1HfhJFKi+FIxH901Zg==
Bring your own device student survey. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=mS6Xontq/ph3ebu8Ps3rsw==
Three-year technology plan. (2012) Retrieved from
http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/cms/lib3/GA01000373/Centricity/Domain/33/20122015TechPlanforweb.pdf
Appendices
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Appendix A
BYOT Teacher Survey
1. In which of the following grade groupings do you teach?
Primary
Intermediate
Middle
Secondary
Other
2. I have been teaching for:
0 to 5 years
6 to 10 years
11 to 15 years
16 to 20 years
More than 20 years
3. What is your comfort level using computer technology?
Beginning User, uncomfortable, need a lot of assistance
Average User, comfortable, need a little assistance
6. What is your current ability to integrate technology into your teaching and learning?
Beginning, uncomfortable, need a lot of assistance
Average, comfortable, need a little assistance
Above Average, very comfortable, provide some assistance to others
Expert, extremely comfortable, coach and mentor others
7. Do you have an LCD projector in your classroom all the time?
Yes
No but I can sign one out or borrow it
No and there are none available for my use
Other (please specify)
8. How often do you use an LCD projector as part of the teaching and learning that happens in
your classroom?
Use it throughout the day
Use it once a day
Use it a few times a week
Use it once a week
Use it a few times a month
Rarely use it
Never use it
9. Do you have an interactive whiteboard (i.e. SMART Board) in your classroom all the time?
Yes
No but I can sign one out or borrow it
No and there are none available for my use
Other (please specify)
10. How often do you use an interactive whiteboard (i.e. SMART Board) as part of the teaching
and learning that happens in your classroom?
Use it throughout the day
Use it once a day
Use it a few times a week
Use it once a week
Use it a few times a month
Rarely use it
Never use it
Appendix B
Agree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
8. Which of the following devices do you personally own? (Check all that apply)
Desktop computer
Laptop computer
Android tablet
iPad
iPad Mini
iPod Touch
Smart phone
Other
9. I might not bring a device I own to school for the following reasons:
My parent or guardian will not let me bring it to school
I am afraid it will get lost or damaged
I am afraid it will get stolen
I don't know why I need this device at school
I am worried about carrying it around and finding space to store it when not in use
The battery is too old and won't stayed charged long enough to use it
The device is too old to be useful at school
I don't know how to connect to the wireless
I already have full time access to technology in my school
The school's network is too slow and unreliable
Other
10. I would bring my device to school for the following reasons: (Select all that apply)
Communicate with my friends
Take notes in class
Do research for a project
Do research/use web resources for activities we are completing in class
Communicate with my teacher
Collaborate with other students on a classroom assignment
Create projects / complete assignments
Access class resources on the teacher's website or Learning Management System (i..e