The Model Professional Development Grants are funded through the Federal Technology Literacy Challenge Funds. They are intended to provide innovative technology professional development activities (workshop series, institutes, and credit courses) to selected teacher leaders so that they will act as mentors in their districts in using the technology to support the Learning Standards and the Curriculum Frameworks.
This year, 44 districts were chosen from 111 proposals submitted. The decisions were made by volunteer readers working in education or educational technology and endorsed by the Commissioner of Education and the Board of Education. The monies were awarded in the fall, and must be spent by 8/31/2000.
Below is an alphabetical list of this year's 44 Model Professional Development Grant Recipients with descriptions of their programs. If you are curious about a particular program, please use the contact information provided to the right of the description.
AndoverBrenda O'Brien
978-623-8895 |
The Bancroft School plans to establish a professional development training and publishing center. This center will offer teacher leaders (both in and out of district), parents and other professionals the opportunity to learn how to utilize portable Alpha Smart word processors to enhance the various stages of the writing process. The training schedule will include four one day workshops, four after school SIG support groups, and two parent/community trainings. Teacher leaders will be taught strategies for integrating writing and technology into all aspects of the curriculum. |
Athol-RoyalstonDr. Coral May Grout
978-249-2400 |
The Athol-Royalston School District will create a series of professional development activities held after school and on Saturdays to establish teacher leaders in each of the District's nine schools. Training offers a wide variety of topics. Teacher leaders will mentor other teachers for a minimum of 15 hours. Teacher leaders will also work collaboratively to create a districtwide technology curriculum guide. |
AuburnBrian McDermott
508-832-7755 |
The Auburn Public Schools will provide their technology facilitators with a series of professional development activities. Training offers a wide variety of topics and will be in a variety of forms including workshops, graduate courses, one-on-one training and conferences. The technology facilitators will participate in monthly meetings focused on the district's technology plan goals. Three of these meetings will be scheduled for a full day and will combine program review, training, reflection and planning for upcoming programs. |
BarnstableEllen Driscoll
508-428-3435 |
Six teams of teacher leaders from the Hyannis Middle School and the Barnstable Middle School will participate in training programs that focus on Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC). Teams will participate in a variety of activities to prepare them for their responsibilities as teacher leaders. Team members will be responsible for developing learning activities to support WAC, training and mentoring the teachers within their grade level teams, and supporting the classroom application of these learning activities. |
BedfordMaureen LaCroix
781-275-2155 |
The Bedford Public Schools will train primary, elementary and middle school teams of teachers in integrating technology into the Language Arts Frameworks. Teams will be trained by the technology integration specialist in monthly half day sessions. The focus will be on creating a districtwide writing curriculum which will include lessons incorporating technology resources. |
Beverly Susan Foster
978-921-6100 x723 |
The Beverly school district will form a technology mentoring team (TMT) with a representative from each of the District's 8 elementary schools and 2 middle schools. Training will include a variety of workshops offered through the WGBH teacher center. The TMT will be learn how to publish on the Internet, design and deliver professional development workshops to teachers, and act as technology mentors to support the frameworks within the district. |
BostonKristen Eichleay
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Using the train the trainer and mentor models, 14-19 Teacher Leaders from the Boston, Cambridge and Watertown Public Schools will be selected to participate in a 30-hour workshop. The first 15 hours will be dedicated to training in the specialized areas of instructional and assistive technologies. The second 15 hours will support collaboration among the mentor teachers, consultants, and the teacher leaders in the development of the Technology for Inclusion curriculum. Each Teacher Leader will offer a 15 hour Technology for Inclusion workshop in their district in the Fall of 2000. |
CambridgeJoan Stern
617-349-6482 |
The Cambridge elementary schools will offer four modules of training for selected Teacher Coaches. The training will focus on: utilizing a research process that incorporates online resources; strategies to incorporate higher order thinking skills into the research model; how to develop and utilize WebQuests and the use of presentation tools. The coaches upon completion of these modules will offer 15 hours of building-based training to 3-5 teachers in their building. |
ChicopeeDr. Farideh Seihoun
413-594-3577 |
The Chicopee Public Schools will train 20 Technology Teacher Leaders to be mentors to their colleagues for integrating technology into school curricula in support of the state curriculum frameworks. The teacher leaders will participate in 36 hours of training focused on curriculum development, web-authoring software, planning and presentation software and a variety of educational software. The teacher leaders will mentor colleagues in their own buildings, in integrating technology into the school curriculum. |
Dennis-YarmouthKathleen Schrock
508-398-7660 |
Mentor Teachers from the Dennis-Yarmouth School District will participate in a series of technology integration workshops. The workshops will focus on using technology as a presentation tool, using technology as an administrative tool and integrating technology into the Curriculum Frameworks. The training will include full-day, in-house training sessions, attendance at a regional conference, and Internet integration training provided by professional trainers. The grant will also support on-site "just in time" training. Each mentor teacher will conduct a series of workshops for the teachers in their building. |
EDCOEileen McSwiney
781-259-3445
(f)781-259-3484 |
Lead Teachers at the fourth and fifth grade levels from the nine EDCO member districts will participate in a cross district program to share and enhance their use of technology in the mathematics classroom. The nine districts include: Arlington, Bedford, Belmont, Brookline, Lexington, Sudbury, Watertown, Weston, and Winchester. Training will include one full day, two after school and one Saturday workshop as well as a variety of in-district team meetings and work sessions. The mentors will utilize new mentoring skills developed through their training to assist their colleagues in the classroom. Additionally, they will offer 6 hours of training in the summer. |
Fall RiverMaureen Brisson
508-674-2481 |
The Fall River School Department will expand on an existing mentor model to train 10 additional technology coaches, along with the 23 coaches already in place. At the completion of the training each of the 30 elementary schools in the district will have one technology coach to help lead and support the use of technology. The training will include 4 inservice days. From October through August a monthly workshop series will be implemented by the technology coaches. These workshops are open to all Massachusetts public and private teachers and will focus on practical applications of technology within the classroom. |
FitchburgEileen Spinney
978-343-2149 |
The Fitchburg School District will implement their peer coaching/mentoring model for teachers from every K-5 school in the district. The training will include classroom demonstrations, personal and small group consultation by mentors, after school instruction, and participation on curriculum design teams during Summer Institutes, 2000. The two summer institutes will focus on the district's Social Science and Mathematics Curriculum and will involve 40 participants in two three-day sessions. |
FrontierDiana Campbell
413-665-1155 |
Teacher leaders from the rural school districts of Frontier Regional/Union 38 will receive training on the web-based curriculum "Turns of the Centuries." This curriculum is a multi-grade web-based humanities curriculum resource which focuses on New England and Massachusetts history using primary resources. A variety of technology professional development activities will be provided to support the teacher leaders in effectively implementing the web-based curriculum. In addition training in a variety of technologies will be offered in a year long series of workshops to support this project. |
GardnerRobert Berlo
978-632-1000 |
The Gardner school district will train 24 teacher leaders from the primary grades (K-4) with an innovative instructional approach to integrating new technology into the curriculum. Training will focus on two areas: 1. New technologies and the Internet; 2. How to train other teacher leaders. Participants will attend one Saturday training session in October and one 4 hour training session in December. The teacher leaders will conduct two workshops in the Spring. |
GloucesterTammy Morgan
978-282-3021 |
The school districts of Gloucester and Rockport, in conjunction with Salem State College will train teacher leaders on the Internet and a variety of technology tools through after school and Saturday training sessions. The group will be comprised of K-12 teachers. Participants will develop technology integrated standards-based curriculum lessons/units aligned with the Frameworks, that will be shared with staff members from both districts. |
Hampshire EducationalCecelia Buckley
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Technology mentors from each of the Hampshire Collaborative districts will participate in a year-long professional development institute. The twelve four-hour after school training sessions will focus on: the use of software appropriate to standards-based curriculum; the use of instructional management software to support student achievement and the use of online courses. They will also be trained in mentoring techniques. Teacher Leaders and technology consultants will provide joint leadership in after-school workshops for the Science/Math/Technology faculty. |
HarwichSteven Wilson
508-430-7212 |
This grant supports a mentoring program in the Harwich Public Schools. Twenty mentors from each grade level in the district will receive two days of training in preparation to train their peer group. Mentor teachers will learn how to use the Harwich teacher computer training lab and Microsoft PowerPoint to construct classroom presentations. They will also learn how to post a department Web page on the school's web server. Following their own training, mentors will use the computer lab for two days each to train their mentoring group. |
HollistonKathy Dooley
508-429-0650 |
The Holliston School District will use this grant to further implement their Technology Target Skills 2000 program. The two main goals of this program include the development of technology proficiencies among faculty and staff, and the employment of technology masters within each building. A series of Saturday and after school workshops will be offered. Skills will be developed in the following areas: Basic computer/technology use and operations; Personal and professional productivity tools; Integration of technology in instruction. |
IpswichChristine Burke
978-356-3137 x132 |
The Ipswich Schools will implement a series of six full-day workshops to be developed and facilitated by FreshPond Education, Inc. over the 1999-2000 school year and the following summer. Grade two through eight classroom teachers, special education teachers, and the Language Arts Subject Area Committee will participate in the project. The workshops will address the issues of creating a sustained system-wide approach to authentic assessment of student writing samples across grade levels. Topics such as the creation of writing rubrics, the assessment of student writing, and the use of technology to improve language art skills will be covered. |
KingstonWayne Hatmaker
781-585-4313 |
The Superintendency Union 31 (K-6 schools of Halifax, Kingston, Pembroke and Plympton) will use this grant to expand upon and enhance their mentoring model for teacher professional development. Three teachers per building will be trained in AppleWorks as an instructional tool, video editing technology, electronic mail, listservs, and use of the web for instruction and collaboration. Training will also focus on the integration of technology to achieve the goals of the Curriculum Frameworks. The teacher mentors who begin training in the Fall of 1999 will be required to conduct trainings for others in the Fall of 2000. |
LawrencePatricia Knox
978-975-5905 x330 |
Lawrence Public Schools will train classroom teachers, district curriculum facilitators and technology specialists in the use of CLASP (Curriculum Library Alignment Sharing Project). The group of 30 curriculum facilitators and technology specialists will be trained by CLASP personnel in a "Train the Trainer" model becoming the district experts in the use of CLASP. These trainers will develop and facilitate workshops for classroom teachers that focus on curriculum-aligned lessons and on using the CLASP software and template. |
LongmeadowSandy Budreau
413-565-4260 |
The Williams Middle School will establish a Model Technology Integration (MTI) team of 15 teachers representing each grade level (5-8) and each academic area. The MTI team as well as other non-team staff will attend a 3 day, hands-on workshop provided by the Tom Snyder Software Company. This will be followed by a six-week (30 hour) Professional Growth Course called "Integrating Technology into the One-Computer Classroom" with a focus on how to use cooperative groups and learning stations. The team will complete their training with 10 follow up workshops focused on strategies for peer coaching and mentoring. The final stage is for each team member to mentor another member of the faculty in the use of the one-computer classroom. |
MattapoisettTeresa Hamm
508-748-2192 |
The project members at the Mattapoisett Public Schools will use a mentoring professional development model. Mentor teachers will receive directed instruction on new technologies like Boardmaker, Speaking Dynamically Pro and Co-Writer. They will learn to incorporate the software into lesson plans that are aligned with the curriculum frameworks. Mentors will participate in classroom demonstrations of the new technology with their mentor peers and consultants. |
Mendon-UptonNancy Thompson
508-529-2134 |
The Mendon-Upton and Ashland Regional School District will implement summer workshops based on using technology as a tool for project-based learning. Both districts will conduct additional training for "technology coaches" on computer applications, project-based learning and curriculum integration techniques focusing on the Curriculum Frameworks. In Mendon-Upton the technology coaches will offer eight one-hour after-school sessions of training to their colleagues, to be followed by eight hours of informal support. In Ashland the technology coaches will receive training in the form of four two-hour after-school workshops. Mendon Upton will continue to build capacity in their own district as well as act as mentors and coaches to the Ashland Regional School District. |
NashobaJason Cole
978-779-0539 x3003 |
The Nashoba Regional School District will train a group of teacher leaders. The series of activities will engage the teacher leaders in face to face training, peer mentoring, online courses, web-based conferencing and communication to effectively improve staff utilization and integration of technology into teaching practices. Each teacher leader will be responsible for mentoring two teachers during the school year. |
New BedfordJohn Gomes
508-997-4511 x3455 |
The New Bedford Public Schools will select a cross-section of teachers to train as mentor teachers from each of the 30 schools in the district, as well as from interested parochial schools. The district will offer thirty teacher leader workshops from October 1999 through June 2000. Approximately 128 participants will attend a series of three, 4-hour workshops. They will be trained in a variety of instructional strategies that will incorporate technology with a focus on the English, Math, Science, and History Frameworks. |
NorfolkJim Lafave
508-528-1266 |
The Norfolk Public Schools will train 8 teachers as teacher leaders. The Teacher Leaders will take 2 graduate level courses in Multimedia, Internet research or web-page design. Additionally, they will receive 40 hours of in-house training on using the network effectively and on hardware/software troubleshooting. Teacher Leaders will work in teams to train other staff members one day a month. |
PelhamRena Moore
413-253-3595 |
The Pelham School's Model Professional Development program will focus on Early Literacy. A group of selected teacher leaders will develop expertise in connecting technology to the Language Arts Frameworks. The group of teacher leaders will develop this expertise through study groups and peer coaching sessions. They will disseminate their best lesson plan practices to other teachers through conference presentations, workshops, and online lesson databases. |
PittsfieldIrene Vassos
413-499-9507 |
The Pittsfield Public Schools will provide professional development activities to the Building Technology Integrators (BTIs) in the second year of its Train-the-Trainer model for Technology Professional Development. In stepping beyond traditional TPD workshops, activities will include but not be limited to attendance at state and national conferences, membership in professional organizations, building-based technology integration workshops, and on-line/distance learning courses. BTIs will provide "On-line" mentoring through a formalized process that utilizes the district's conferencing/email system. Projects for BTIs will include posting a technology-integration "Tip of the Day"and monitoring a special Teacher's On-Line Help Conference for sharing ideas about technology integration. They will also present at Spring MassCue and State conferences and help to organize a district SIG for other teachers in Berkshire County. |
QuabbinMr. Richard Paula
978-355-2934 |
The Quabbin Regional School District will implement their three-prong professional development model. The model incorporates the development of innovative technology infused learning activities and technology skill building with training teacher leaders to assume a proactive technology integration role within the district. Teacher Leaders and Teacher Teams will be trained in how to develop and use Inspiration Kits, collections of software, websites, and text-based resources, with learning activities linked to the Massachusetts Curriculum frameworks. Sustained and continued support will be provided to teacher leaders and teacher teams in the fall and spring of 2000 . |
ReverePhillip Cincotta
781-286-8281 |
The Revere Public School District will create a series of professional development workshops entitled Technology R&D (Research and Development in Technology). Participants will be selected from the district staff. The program will focus on developing strategies to implement change in methodology using technology and on integrating technology into the curriculum aligned with the frameworks. The workshops will take place both afterschool and during school hours. |
RockportRob Paciorek
978-546-1233 |
A group of nine teacher leaders from the Rockport School District will be selected and trained in mentoring and team building skills. They will create technology integrated activities to share with their dissemination team. Approximately half of the district's 106 teachers will be assigned to a dissemination team led by the teacher leaders. Their task is rapid introduction and assessment of IT interventions in specific strands of the core curriculum. Simultaneously, the project will install a district intranet to support the establishment and sharing of teacher and student core-curriculum IT-related project portfolios, as well as other technology resources. |
SandwichJane Macdonald
508-888-1054 x12 |
Sandwich Public Schools will offer technology skill development and mentor training to prepare 18 teacher leaders (6 per elementary school) in the integration and use of school productivity centers. Each teacher leader will "own a center" and be responsible for the primary mentoring and support activities of that station. They will provide technology skill training and support the integration of the "center" in the classroom practice. After the summer of 2000, all three elementary schools will have one teacher leader in each grade and one teacher mentor for every five educators. |
ShirleyKate Collier
H: 978-474-6298
W: 978-425-2630 |
Twelve teacher leaders in the Shirley School System will be trained in the skills of illustration, animation, photoediting and integrating graphics into the classroom curriculum. The project encompasses all subjects and all grade levels in the K-8 schools. The goal is to engage all students, especially visual learners, in the excitement of learning, while giving students and teachers new means for assessing student achievement and conceptual development. In the Spring, teacher leaders will conduct action research in their own classrooms. In the Summer, teacher leaders will offer intensive one-day workshops to other teachers in the school system. |
Southwick-TollandMichael G. Waring
413-569-5391 x119 |
The library-media staff in the Southwick-Tolland School District will work together as teacher leaders in their schools. They will work with the teachers both within and outside the classroom in helping them develop and implement framework related resources and projects using Web-based materials. Workshops will be planned during both February and April vacation to bring teachers together to share their experiences and reinforce their skills. |
TauntonRagen Tiliakos
508-821-1351 |
Selected mentors in the Taunton School System will participate in a series of training workshops. Using CLASP (Curriculum Alignment and Sharing Project) software, the mentors will develop "Units of Practice" aligned to the curriculum frameworks, which will drive the technology skills that will be used and learned. Mentor teams will meet after school once per week to share and plan. They will also be given one half-day per month to help teachers in their classroom and beginning in January, they will offer after school workshops based on their teachers' needs. |
The Education Cooperative (TEC)Gail Ross-McBride
781-237-3028 |
The Education Cooperative will train elementary Curriculum Leaders and Instructional Technology Specialists from its thirteen member towns. A "train the trainer" model will be used to train these teacher leaders in 4 levels of technology professional development with the goal of the teacher leaders developing technology-rich activities tied to the science and social studies frameworks. Each district will create a customized technology professional development plan tied to the curriculum frameworks. |
WakefieldMissy Thompson
781-246-6471
Summer:781-246-0906 |
Teacher Leaders from the The Wakefield School District will participate in training to become mentors and models for their colleagues. Throughout the year they will model successful practices of technology integration that are aligned to the curriculum frameworks. The necessary equipment , resources and support will be provided for those teachers who are interested in applying these practices to their ow n classroom. |
WalpoleLinda Colvin
508-660-7344 |
The Walpole School District Train the Trainers Team will work with Technology Teacher Leaders to master identified technology competencies and develop instructional models for teaching these competencies within the context of the curriculum. The Technology Teacher Leaders will, in turn, provide professional development activities and support to building staff. The focus of the training at both levels will be on developing lessons and units that integrate the technology competencies with the curriculum frameworks. |
WatertownLisa Briet
617-926-7783 |
The Metropolitan School-to-Career Partnership (MSTCP) will offer a series of three thirty-hour graduate level institutes to its 7 member communities and the Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational School . These institutes will allow technology integration teams (30 teachers) from the participating districts to work together to develop a vision for technology in the classroom, to explore effective content integration models, and to determine resources and strategies for implementation at the district level.. |
WaylandDavid Summergrad
508-655-6670 |
The Wayland Middle School will be implementing an interactive school Intranet which will allow teachers, students, and parents to communicate more effectively by creating a school community in virtual space. The leadership team consisting of 13 teacher leaders , the Principal and Assistant Principal will participate in two full day training sessions in the use of Vista Compass Intranet. These sessions will be supplemented by regular monthly meetings with the leadership team throughout the year. Teacher leaders will be responsible for recruiting, training and mentoring two members of their department or cluster. |
WilliamsburgAndy Stenson
413-268-8421 |
Williamsburg will use this grant to provide systematic and ongoing professional development for teacher leaders to support the use of the technology components embedded in the Investigations in Data, Number & Space mathematics curriculum. Teacher Leaders will participate in a 12 hour seminar designed to prepare them for training teachers within their own schools. Following the training they will co-lead 3 half day trainings for teachers from within their schools/district. The training will be repeated multiple times throughout the year. School districts interested in participating should contact Andy Stenson, astenson@javanet.com or Susan Smith, susmith@massed.net |
WilliamstownMary Kavanaugh
413-458-2351 |
The Williamstown School District will provide a workshop series of 12 Saturday Technology Academies for Teacher Technology Leaders to obtain advanced technology training and produce model multidisciplinary units that integrate technology with the Curriculum Frameworks. Teacher Technology Leaders and the Technology Coordinator will hold afternoon workshops for district teachers and staff focused on application training. The teacher leaders will also mentor grade level colleagues in technology skills and the implementation of the model lessons/units. |
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