ACCEPT Education CollaborativeMiddlesex County Michael Palladino
508-788-0288 |
K-8 teams from each of the ACCEPT Collaborative districts will participate in demonstration programs that focus on use of CLASSWORKS, VITAL LINKS, and CURRICULUM FACILITATOR. Teams will participate in six hands-on sessions focusing on developing teacher leaders who will be trained to become mentors. Consultants from Curriculum Facilitators Corporation will act as mentors for two sessions. |
Amherst-PelhamHampshire County Wendy Kohler
413-549-9828 |
A master teacher will leadthe effort to revamp high school algebra and statistics instructionthrough the integration of appropriate technology tools and strategies.An algebra workshop (four workshops) and statistics course (biweeklyfrom October to December) will be offered to teachers from Northampton,Chicopee, and Holyoke. All Amherst-Pelham high school algebra teacherswill be expected to take the algebra workshop. |
Athol-RoyalstonWorcester County Jane Clukay
978-249-0066 |
The Athol-Royalston School District will create a series ofprofessional development activities amounting to 30 hours, held afterschool and on Saturdays to establish teacher leaders in each of theDistrict's nine schools. Training offers a wide variety of topics.Teacher leaders will mentor other teachers for a minimum of fifteenhours. Training will be extended to ten teachers from neighboringschools. Thirty hours of follow-up mentoring will also be required, anda technology fair will be held at the end of the year. |
Berlin-BoylstonWorcester County Bette Robblee
508-869-2729 |
Berlin-Boylston will establish a Networking Academy for educationalprofessionals in the state who are in positions requiring networkingbackgrounds. Ten professionals will be trained in Networking Essentialsand Windows NT by a Microsoft Authorized Technical Education Center.Participants will be selected by an application process beginning inNovember 1998. Schools/Districts interested in this program can contactBette Robblee. |
Boston Sped Tech CenterSuffolk County Kristen Eichleay
617-635-9079 |
Boston will establish a train-the-trainer professional developmentmodel for assistive technology which seeks to provide teachers withskills, strategies, collegial support, and technical assistance tointegrate a variety of low tech to high tech tools into thecurriculum. |
CambridgeMiddlesex County Joanne Krepelka
617-349-6478 |
This grant will provide a year long school-based initiative that isstriving to strengthen technology driven research techniques andutilization of higher order thinking skills. The focus is on middlegrade teams (6,7,8) at each elementary school which includes the librarymedia specialist. The teams will address consistent research strategiesand the utilization of on-line services. The multidisciplinarycurriculum units will be in the areas of Language Arts and SocialSciences. These units will be aligned with the state frameworks and willutilize technology tools to enhance the research process. The leadershipteams within each school will be trained during a series of professionaldevelopment release day activities as well as school-based traininginitiatives that relate to the curriculum units. The units will bepublished on the school department websites and shared by the teamsacross the city. As part of the grant community, parental and educatorawareness will be fostered by a speaker versed in the use of open-endedquestions and technological resources related to the research process. |
DanversEssex County Lisa Dana
978-777-8932 |
Danvers will recruit teachers with advanced technology skills andknowledge to participate in ongoing professional developmentopportunities throughout the school year. The group will meet regularlyand have opportunities to attend conferences, make lighthouse sitevisits, and participate in training. Technology leaders will mentorother teachers. |
EverettMiddlesex County Richard Wallace
617-389-7950 |
Everett will support "Saturday Technology Academy" for professionaland staff development. A nucleus of six staff will be trained in theuse of technology for curriculum enhancement and the integration oftechnology into the curriculum. Training is in preparation for five newschools to be opened within the next few years, all of which will betechnology advanced. |
FitchburgWorcester County Paula Giaquinto
978-345-3290 |
Professional development activities will use the "train the trainer"model and will provide advanced training and continued support for thework of the Fitchburg Technology Cadre. Curriculum focus will be onScience/technology and Language Arts/Literacy. Training seminars will beconducted throughout the school year ("Technology Tuesdays"), as well asduring two Summer Institutes. |
FrontierFranklin County Diana Campbell
413-665-1155 |
"Turns of the Century" is a web-based curriculum professionaldevelopment project that integrates state of the art computer technologyin the teaching of Social Studies in grades K-12. This project linkswith UMASS's Center for Computer Instruction and Pocumtuck ValleyMemorial Association (nationally recognized history museum.) Teacherleaders will receive extensive training and support as they pilot thiscurriculum resource. |
GreenfieldFranklin County Bill Dornbusch
413-772-1318 |
With representation from the five elementary schools, it isGreenfield's goal to develop lead teachers in each location who willpromote technology use and use their skills to help other at their site. Emphasis will be on project-based uses of technology. |
Hamilton-WenhamEssex County Alec Wyeth
978-468-8418 |
Ten teacher leaders will be selected to explore and practice usingnew technologies and applications. These teachers once trained will beidentified to serve as trainers in the TTPD grant program for thedistrict. This project will be a vehicle for coordinating other districtefforts and linking with off-site training sites. At the elementarylevel, teacher leaders will develop expertise in using portabletechnology stations for purposes of inquiry based on math and scienceinstruction and learning. The middle and high school teacher leaderswill develop expertise in developing interdisciplinary curriculum webpages. |
HaverhillEssex County Robert Mancusi
978-373-8480 |
A group of teachers is targeted for specific training on availablesystems and software in the district. Three courses will be taught:Mastering the Macintosh by Unicom; Elementary Curriculum Connections byApple; and Technology and Curriculum Integration by Apple. Funding willcover cost of courses and stipends/substitutes for teachers. |
LowellMiddlesex County
Renee Roberts
617-876-4007 |
The goal of the Model Professional Development Grant is to trainteacher-leaders from Lowell, with outreach to the Boston, Winchester andWoburn Schools in Lotus LearningSpace, in order to support theCurriculum Frameworks and the Learning Standards. LearningSpace is aninteractive course development and deployment tool that facilitates newparadigms in teaching and learning over both the intranet and theInternet. Teachers will participate in thirteen two-hour after schoolworkshops and five four-hour Saturday sessions. They will work on alocal area network and on the Internet in a hosted Domino website. After the workshop there will be continued on-line discussions andon-site follow-up and peer coaching. |
LowellMiddlesex County Lorraine Greenfield
781-834-5004 |
A "train the trainer" model will identify a group of 25-30 staffmembers (minimum of 2 per school) who will learn to design and integratecurriculum and technology. Consultants from Fresh Pond Education willprovide the training in after school workshops. Curriculum focus willbe supporting Middle School and High School teachers as they developcurriculum for the Watershed project, Global Positioning Systems, andrelated math work. Curriculum will be focused on Marshfield PublicSchools curriculum, aligning with the state Frameworks, depending onwhich teachers are accepted to the Curriculum/Technology integrationgroup. In addition, some of the C/TI group may be working on othercurricular units, aligned with the MA Curriculum Frameworks, but in theareas of science and social studies |
Martha's VineyardDukes County Sam Sawyer
508-693-1382 |
Twenty district-wide lead teachers, three lead teachers fromBarnstable, and six in-house support staff will be recruited toparticipate in this system-wide curriculum alignment/professionaldevelopment project. Curriculum Facilitators will donate theircurriculum development software to collect on-line curriculum data-base. Focus will be on "hands-on" training so that lead teachers cancreate/enhance curriculum units. |
MaynardMiddlesex County Bob Tucker
508-624-0303 |
Four contiguous districts of the CASE collaborative and MESPAwill develop a Professional Development model for teaching language artsand higher order thinking skills at the middle school level. Offeringsinclude: conferences on frameworks, multiple intelligences and softwareexploration; mentoring and facilitation; establishment of teacherleaders; and development of instructional materials. Teams of 6 fromeach Maynard School will include teachers, building administrators;curriculum coordinators, and technical coordinators. The focus will beon ELA, Media Strand. |
MelroseMiddlesex County Pat Moncey
781-979-2170
781-662-4605 |
One teacher from each of the nine Melrose Schools will beselected and trained on effective use of the internet and integratingtechnology into science and social science curriculum. Leaders willattend a 2 day workshop in "Training the Trainer" so they can becomebuilding mentors and peer coaches. Teachers will work with Tom SnyderProductions. |
MiltonNorfolk County Greg Forge
617-696-4575 |
Two focus projects: continue to support the eight persontechnology team that was formed 97/98 and support K-12 teachers andadministrators trained in PowerPoint. Working with Fresh Pondconsultants the team will identify software that aligns with state anddistrict curriculums. The team will then document successes and trainother staff after school and during summer. It will then develop lessonplans which will be shared with other district staff. |
Mohawk TrailFranklin County Dot Lyman
413-625-0192 |
This grant will focus on training 24 elementary teachersthroughout the Franklin County as mentors in use of the WWW inconjunction with Curriculum Frameworks for the purpose of creatingcurriculum-based Web pages. Training will include a five day workshop,follow-up seminar, and ongoing support. |
NeedhamNorfolk County Linda Conneely
781-455-0471 |
This professional development plan proposes three target groups:10 Needham/Boston Technology Leaders; 30 Needham/Boston InstructionalLeaders; and approximately 100-150 Needham/Boston classroom teachers. Three one-week summer training sessions involving 150 teachers will bescheduled and fall(Boston) and spring(Needham) graduate courses willinvolve 40 technical leaders in the "Train the Trainer" model. Curriculum will focus on curriculum development. |
PittsfieldBerkshire County Irene Vassos
413-499-9507 |
Pittsfield will support a "train the trainer" model to provideinstruction and support. Designated master teachers will be involved inan intensive 5 day summer program taught by the district tech team. Thisgrant will allow the group to continue to support staff and be involvedin follow-up sessions during this year. Pittsfield will identify oneperson in each building called a Building Technology Integrator (BTI).These people will be paid a yearly stipend, be given very extensivetraining during the year and in the summer. The district will set up theBTI classroom as a model technology classroom. BTI's will model lessonsusing technology, with emphasis on Frameworks curriculum integration,for their colleagues. They will also give building-based workshops andbe paid for those trainings, and will be given opportunities to attendtechnology education conferences. |
RevereSuffolk County Phillip Cincotta
781-286-8281 |
The Revere proposal will provide skill development for teachermentors. 62 teachers to be mentors will be selected representing eachschool in the district. Focus of training will be to instruct futurementors in the use of telecommunications (Internet & Email) used in aclassroom environment. Workshops are also planned to increaseproficiency using productivity applications, technology integrationusing the internet, system maintenance, and discussion of local AUP(Acceptance Use Policy). |
SandwichBarnstable County Jane Macdonald
508-888-1054 x12 |
The goal of this grant is to formalize a mentoring/trainingprogram, capitalizing on a successful model already in place. Twenty tothirty teachers, from all school buildings, grade levels, and academicareas will be selected for the Technology Mentor Program. Mentors willreceive 30 hours of intensive technology training focusing onintegration of technology into the standards and 20 hours of mentoringtraining from Teacher 21. Mentors will be assigned teachers and trainingwill be broadcast via Pic-Tel. |
Shawsheen ValleyMiddlesex County John McDermott
978-667-2111 x103 |
The model will be based on teachers training teachers on the useof web pages on the internet for classroom application. Twenty teacherswill participate in a two semester program of ten weeks each usingvarious web programs. Training will occur after school or on Saturdays. |
SomervilleMiddlesex County Ronald Koehler
617-625-6600 x6025 |
A year long Teacher Technology Leader Seminar will be conductedfor the purpose of developing a cadre of educators with the technologyand leadership skills necessary to act as mentors in using the internetand multimedia. |
SpringfieldHampden County Patricia Hunter
413-787-7091 |
Springfield is proposing a program which gives 20 exemplarypractitioners an Advanced Technology Seminar. This will expose them tovarious software applications, build a writing and publication project,and design a workshop related to the replication of projects forcity-wide dissemination. |
SuttonWorcester County Beverly Brown
508-865-7199 |
Project TEAM will provide sustained professional development to acadre of 20 teachers leaders in the four towns of Sutton, Douglas,Northbridge, and Hopedale, representing all levels, and all schools. These teachers will participate in a year long institute to developskills in technology integration into the curriculum and ability totrain other teachers. Teacher leaders will conduct two summerinstitutes, one for second generation teacher leaders from the remainingtowns in the Blackstone Valley Collaborative, and one for specificcurriculum focus. |
WalpoleNorfolk County Linda Colvin
508-660-7344 |
Walpole's model PD program establishes a year-long series of Saturday Seminars focusing on enabling teachers to learn to usetechnology to support the frameworks to develop curriculum units.Curriculum technology facilitators, technology assistants, and seminarparticipants will work together to evaluate and select exemplarysoftware applications and integrate these into their daily instructionalpractice. Dates for remaining training:
Session II: Saturday January 30th and March 13th
Technology Expo: March 20th
Times: 8:30-12:30
Place: Walpole High School
Eligibility: Training is open to all Walpole educators, and others based on availability. |
WaylandMiddlesex County David Summergrad
508-655-6670 |
Twenty-five middle school teacher leaders will participate in aseries of eight monthly Round Table meetings throughout the school year,a full day planning workshop on Saturday, a week of intensive trainingduring winter break, and a half day wrap-up session on a Saturday inJune. Focus of the training will be to increase fluency in the use oftechnology to support student centered inquiry based learning asdescribed in the Frameworks, and to enable teacher leaders todisseminate their knowledge within their respective departments andteams. |
West SpringfieldHampden County Dr. James Mundy
413-263-3310 |
The technology professional development model will involveelementary teachers who will serve as mentors to other teachers. Surveys of needs will be disseminated to teachers -grades 1-5, lessonplans will be developed, and workshops will be conducted. |
WestfieldHampden County Laurene Belisle
413-572-6467 |
The goal of this grant is to develop a Professional Develop modelthat expands the district's "Train the Trainer" program, while buildinga system of expert teams to provide teachers with the resourcesnecessary to effectively integrate Internet technology into thecurriculum. These teams will develop a system for designing,coordinating and delivering workshops. Curriculum focus is mathematicsand reading/language arts in grades 3-8. Two teams of 10 representingall grade levels will be formed:one for math, one for reading languagearts. |
WilliamsburgHampshire County Andy Stenson
413-268-8421 |
Williamsburg will emulate and expand upon its partner schoolmodel developed over the last two years as a Lighthouse district.Partner schools will be selected on their ability to designate a leadtechnology liaison, to commit to the program activities and to establishtechnology goals. Lead teachers will be invited to participate in aseries of monthly evening "Technology Showcases", a two-day "designingand implementing professional development" retreat, and to present aworkshop at our summer 1999 technology institute. Partner schools willreceive monthly site visitations from an established mentor to assist inthe attainment of established goals. |
WilmingtonMiddlesex County Dr. Lore Nielsen
978-694-6000 |
Project BLASTT will provide a comprehensive program of staffdevelopment to prepare a team of Wilmington middle school teachers forthe change from the factory model to an information age model. Selection of teachers will represent a core of academic areas andspecialists and will develop mentoring skills to support others inimplementation of new technologies. |
WorcesterWorcester County Charlie Campbell
508-799-3415 |
Focus groups of leaders will be formed to create model lessonsand identify tools which will best serve students on k-12. |
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