This class really made me feel as though I was in leadership in my school. The Shared Vision assignment was one I shared with my principal. She was very accepting and wants to add something like it to our next SIP plan and other leadership documents they put out. I spoke with her many times for the other assignments as well. We were able to have very deep conversations about the school, technology, and our students. She even said "It is things like this that our teachers are able to do that gave me the idea to create a teacher data leadership team next year." I told her I would like to be on it.
I also must say that some of the insight these assignment gave me disappointed me. I was shocked to see that at my school which is 1-1 we barely talked about technology at all. The county tech plan talked a lot about acquiring and using but at the school levels you could tell their was a disconnect. At the time our last SIP was written many of the admin were not comfortable with technology. The teachers they had on the SIP team were not very good with technology. It is easy to see why they didn't include much. As I write this I am wondering what next year will look like. My SWOT could be upended if what we are hearing comes true. There is talk that they are going to stop having us as a 1-1 school and instead have 10 Chromebooks in each class. I am at a Title 1 school so this will be a huge blow to the current 1-1 initiative we have.
I also must say that some of the insight these assignment gave me disappointed me. I was shocked to see that at my school which is 1-1 we barely talked about technology at all. The county tech plan talked a lot about acquiring and using but at the school levels you could tell their was a disconnect. At the time our last SIP was written many of the admin were not comfortable with technology. The teachers they had on the SIP team were not very good with technology. It is easy to see why they didn't include much. As I write this I am wondering what next year will look like. My SWOT could be upended if what we are hearing comes true. There is talk that they are going to stop having us as a 1-1 school and instead have 10 Chromebooks in each class. I am at a Title 1 school so this will be a huge blow to the current 1-1 initiative we have.