GENERAL INFORMATION
1. Name of Organization: Jefferson County Schools
2. Project Title: Professional Learning Networks (PLN)
3. Project Location: Erwin Middle School
4. Contact Person: Chintina Willis
5. Contact Information: 532 23rd Ave NW, Birmingham, AL 35215
205-379-3430, chintina.willis@jefcoed.com
6. Project Timeline: 1 year
7. Amount Required: $0
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Erwin Middle is a school in the Jefferson County School System. The school consists of approximately 100 faculty and staff members. There are currently no PLN being used by the faculty and staff as a whole. This project will introduce faculty and staff members to the importance of PLN and how it could benefit them personally and the school as a whole.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
There a many challenges that we face as a school when trying to introduce PLN; teacher buy in, access to different social tools due to district filters, and time. These are the biggest challenges that need to be address to successfully implement PLN.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES:
The objectives to be completed by the end of this project are as follows:
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Be able to
collaborate and share with other teachers, educators, and professionals in the
field using web tools
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Be able to
communicate effectively in online forums
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Be able to find
and use online teaching resources
Because professional learning networks are all about collaborating and sharing information through web based tools, the objectives given will contribute to the achievement of the project. By teachers using professional learning networks they will broaden their teaching and learning. It will be a year long process that introduces them to the many web tools available.
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION AND MANAGEMENT PLAN:
The project will start at the beginning of the school year and end the last day of school. Selected school faculty members (department chairs) will attend monthly district wide professional learning network sessions offered through the district and return to their home school to teach the faculty about web based tools used for PLN. Department chairs will deliver information to their departments during their common planning times. Teachers will have timelines on when PLN should be in place and implemented in their daily routines. After the year of training, teachers will be required by building level administrators to continue to use professional learning networks.
PROJECT MONITORING AND EVALUATION:
Monthly sessions will be recorded through blogging and using the tools that are introduced. Surveys will also be sent out to all faculty member following up on new tools being introduced.
DOCUMENTATION AND SHARING RESULTS :
Results will be shared through google docs and documented progress through participation of web tools in the professional learning networks.
PROJECT BUDGET:
$0
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
None
Tina, your executive summary, project statement, and project objectives were clearly written. It's obvious that you have a good idea of what you hope to accomplish with your PLN project. You stated that department chairs would "return to their home schools to teach the faculty about web based tools used for PLN." Does that mean the professional development for department chairs is NOT going to be online?
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