Tags:
professional development, standards-based
- Collaborated with the Career Academies Team at Fordson to coordinate Career Speaker days
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Established relationships, built trust, and worked to change the culture with regard to 21st Century learning and technology integration
- Facilitated professional development for teachers at all levels using a variety of media, including live streaming, videoconferencing, YouTube videos, documents, blog posts, websites, and Moodle
- Collaborated with teachers in every discipline on a sustained basis to implement effective plans for integrating technology into the curriculum and achieve goals related to the Dearborn Schools Strategic Plan
- Worked with elementary and secondary teachers of EL students to create accessible digital learning materials and accommodate EL students and parents
- Worked with teams of teachers to help students create ePortfolios for their My Learning Plan and developed strategies for displaying these and other digital work for School Improvement visits
- Adapted strategies to meet the needs of teachers according to technology-readiness and student goals
- Facilitated one-on-one, small group cohorts, and larger group professional development sessions geared toward increasing the level of technology integration in elementary and secondary classrooms according to the SAMR Model
- Coordinated and worked with district-wide teams of teachers of ELA, social studies, and mathematics to create online courses used by teachers across the district to prepare students for standardized tests
- Worked with PLCs to develop ways to implement standards-based grading using Moodle
- Conducted after school PD sessions on various topics related to teaching with technology
- Helped conduct summer Moodle Moot workshops
- Participated in weekly PLC discussions with the technology team
- Created Moodle course materials for teacher professional development in the use of various technology tools and strategies
- Modeled and co-taught blended learning units and lessons in classrooms at the elementary, middle, and high school level
- Established and worked with cohorts of teachers (PLCs) to establish and accomplish technology integration goals
- Presented to administrators on integrating technology for teachers and for school improvement purposes
- Worked with the Technology team on the design and vision for the Dearborn Educational Curriculum (DEC) 2.0
- Helped construct online professional development for all staff on MyPD.dearbornschools.org
