Domain+Environment

Core Competency: Creates an environment of trust, respect and rapport in the work setting
NOTE: This is also relevant in the Instruction/Technical Domain Core Competency: Clearly communicates the learning objectives or outcomes in both teaching and consultative situations. Core Competency: Delivers instruction/technical assistance to facilitate desired outcomes.

This year, I participated in two technology related internal IU 13 projects.

1. Microsoft Office 2010
In September, 2010 I was invited to be part of the Microsoft Office 2010 pilot group. We received four full days of training, one day on each of the four software components, Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint. We then met as a group in order to plan the roll-out to all IU 13 employees. EC&SES developed their own roll-out plan and I worked with a small group to create an informational PowerPoint. I presented this with that small group at an IU 13 program supervisors meeting. I did the same presentation to the TaC team at one of our regular monthly meetings.

In all, This Pilot Group spent 19 hours in Train the Trainer workshops. Additionally, the EC&SES subgroup spent approximately 6 additional hours planning for and conducting "Ribbon" training within the department.

Sample email correspondence:

Office 2010 Overview PowerPoint

2. EC&SES Instructional Technology Planning Team
In November 2010, I volunteered to participate in the newly formed EC&SES Instructional Technology Planning Team under the leadership of Barb Chubb with assistance from Matt Witmer & Tara Starling. The team met for one full day and 4 half-days throughout the school year. We read, studied, and discussed a wide variety of web pages, documents and PowerPoint presentations about technology in the classroom and drafted a vision statement for the use of technology with our students with special needs. A survey was conducted of all IU 13 EC&SES professional staff. The results were tabulated and evaluated by the team. At this time, the team leaders are drafting a list of Professional Development workshops that may be offered to staff at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. The work of this team is not finished and I anticipate that it will continue into the next school year as we continue to provide teacher training and grapple with issues surrounding the acquisition and implementation of updated hardware and software in our IU 13 classrooms.

Link to Tech Planning Team Google site EC&SES Instructional Technology Planning Team