Task

Indicator of

Success

Person Responsible

Date

Due

Completed

1. Define the scope of the lab.

-         The purpose for the lab is to sign up parents for LightSpan during Elementary Meet the Teacher Night, establish accounts

-         PTO Night & Open House practice LightSpan learning activities

-         Play Station Training & Introduction Lab for Parents 

2. Create job descriptions and select personnel.

-         Write job descriptions

-         Coordinator for Play Stations, LightSpan, Danas

-         Grant Teachers (mentors)

-         Grant assisting aides – Joan Baker, Jamie Cooper,

-         Parent volunteers Krystal Bonner, Jarvey Stroup, Deanna Bonner

3. Select the space and environment needed.

4. Order equipment and materials.
5. Set a calendar for the year.

6. Develop promotional materials.

§         Used Play Station Flyer

§         LightSpan Flyer

§         NCLB Flyer – Policies & Support for Students Info

§         Website

§         Newsletters

7. Conduct training for staff.

§         Zires  Pre-K to 2 Training

§         Zires 3-5 Training

§         Zires Junior High

§         Zires High School

8. Write guidelines for the lab.
9. Conduct the first session.
10. Conduct a needs assessment.

§         Pre-K to 5

11. Evaluate the success of the community lab.

§   Parent & Student Survey

Signature Sheets and number of Accounts

Attendance, Signature Sheets, Play Station Check out

Guidelines for job descriptions and responsibilities were met

Alpha Lab in the Elementary

Pos & Invoices

Calendar

Donations to the School

Artifacts

Number of Teachers Trained

Number of Teachers Trained

Number of Teachers Trained

Document

Report to Coordinator

Surveys

Carla McCauley

Janet Shuttlesworth

Tammy Harris & Ruth Smith, LeAnn Locklear, Lisa Sadler

     Curriculum Director

Carla McCauley & Tech Assistant

Tech Director

Sitebase Committee

LeAnn Locklear

Janet Shuttlesworth

Joy Rousseau

Janet Shuttlesworth

Lisa Sadler & Janet Shuttlesworth & Carla McCauley

LeAnn Locklear, Tammy Harris, Ruth Smith

Lisa Sadler & Janet Shuttlesworth & Carla McCauley

LeAnn Locklear, Tammy Harris, Ruth Smith

Carla McCauley

Administrators

Carla McCauley

8/19

10/16

9/22

9/15

9/15

8/15

Done

9/19

9/14

9/14

10/6

9/14

9/2

11/1

Done – 8/19

Done – 8/19

Done – 8/18

Done – 8/18

Done 8/18

Task

Indicator of

Success

Person Responsible

Date

Due

Completed

1. Establish the targeted audience.

   a. Identify grade level(s), teacher(s), student populations

§                  Pre-K through 5 students & teachers

§                  ESL, GT, Econ Disad

   b. Determine settings: computer lab & computer centers in classrooms, at home, and after school tutorials.

2.  Coordinate the Lightspan usage in your district.

a.      Working with the Campus Administrator, teachers will set up, manage and edit accounts.

b.      Teachers will set & maintain class pages, assessments, and track student progress

3.   Identify staffing roles.

a. District Administrator (Use the Lightspan-TAKS Correlations and On-line “Strandards Search” training to correlate Lightspan to District Curriculum)

b. Campus Administrator (Manage district hardware needs, Schedule trainings, Manage the network, Provide support) 

c. Report Generator (responsible for turning in TPRI and Lightspan reports and  scores, usage information, and portfolio documentation)

4. Conduct training with written expectations for implementation. 

a. Teachers

b. Parents

c.      Students

1. Set a calendar
1. Student names entered
2. Train teachers on assessment and assigning lessons
3. Schedule student usage
4. Documentation of Usage for First and Second Semester Portfolio (Sample of  Student Reports and Assessments,  Brief  Lesson Plan with Integrated Lightspan Activities or Components)
5. Mid-year training update for teachers questions and answers/ sharing (Lightspan Network, Reading Center, Achieve Now )

2. Conduct a needs assessment for future Lightspan usage. (For service after the Institute)

3. Evaluate the success of Lightspan.
1. District
2. KIDS Grant 

Successful Students & Adequate Yearly Progress (AUP)

Teachers use LightSpan at least 30 minutes a week with each child

Pre-K to 2 Teachers will use LightSpan to create curriculum, assessments, and parent communication

K-2 will use TPRI Online to address and meet student needs

See Inservice & Community Labs

Coordinate with Reading Initiative, AR Initiative, Title I, Assessment Policies and benchmarking calendar every 3 weeks

Debriefing Session in January

Document

Ongoing Benchmarking and Assessment Procedures

Faculty, Parents, Administration

Carla McCauley

All Elementary Students

Principal & Teachers

Principal & Teachers

Grant Team

Grant Team & Instructional Technology Committee

Administration

5/15

Continuously all year

9/30

9/30-5/30

9/30-5/30

1/4

4/15

Task

Indicator of

Success

Person Responsible

Date

Due

Completed

1. Establish procedures for check out of portable technologies.

   a. Identify grade level(s), teacher(s), student populations, etc.

   b. Create Board Policies and Guidelines

   c.  Create a Tax Credit Policy for Donated Play Stations

   c. Write a procedure for check-out.

       (Where will the computers be stored, who is responsible for check out, who needs to sign the form, what is the condition of the computer at check out, what is the condition of the equipment at check in, what is actually checked out- computer, case, etc., what information needs to be on the form for contact information?)

   d. Develop a sign out sheet for the

 equipment.

2. Conduct training for participants.
1. Responsibilities
2. Use of hardware/software
3. Check out Equipment & Software
1. Achieve Now Software
2. Play Stations
3. Zires/ Danas

4. Evaluate the success of checkout program.
1. Design evaluation instrument.
2. Administer the evaluation.

Document

Policy & Guidelines

Contract

See Objective 1

Grant Teachers

Technology Directory & Lab Coordinator

Joy Rousseau

Grant Team

9/19

8/14

Done

9/14