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Type in the content of your page here. My Action Plan: Collaborate online with a colleague to obtain feedback on your action plan. TEA Learning System Component: Instructional Programs  || Improvement Goal: Use of lab software and resources to narrow the gap in the Spanish student’s scores to the other ethnic group’s scores on the TAKS. With the new Instructional programs a closure of the gap shall occur by end of the year testing by 10%.  || Collaborator:  ||  || **Tasks/ Action Steps ** //What will be done? // //English material will be taught in Spanish language both spoken and written. // //Assessments will be given individually to Spanish speaking students through the lab in the student’s native language, with the assessment created by a Spanish speaking cohort. // //Practice assessment shall also be given in the lab to bring up scores. // || **Responsibilities ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Who will do it? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lab Teachers and Classroom Teachers. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All teachers and lab personnel are responsible for safe keeping of all computer equipment and software. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Practice assessments must be taken weekly by all students to help increase TAKS scores. // <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Resources ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What funds, time, people, and materials are needed? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Funds will be taken off of the top of resource needs before any other funds are divided up. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The funds will go toward a better computer lab and infrastructure of the lab. The funds will also purchase state of the art equipment and software. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All students will spend at least 50 minutes a week in the computer lab. // || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Timeline ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By when (day/month)? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 01/15 // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Next time budget is dispersed. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Monitoring ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How will you gauge progress toward the goal? // <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The software shall keep a running tab of all scores of all assessments and lab work. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Evaluation ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How will success be determined? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By increasing student scores primarily the scores of the Spanish speaking student. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Learner-Centered Staff Development Plan; The staff development plan is to implement new strategies to help Spanish speaking students score higher on TAKS. It is going to make teachers responsible for bringing their classrooms to a computer lab designed for learner centered Instruction and learning. It also makes them responsible for learning the use of the software and the equipment in the computer lab. The teacher is responsible for the implementation of new learning strategies for all students, but especially for primarily Spanish speaking students. The plan also makes them responsible for reporting of the strategies to the Principal. More experienced technology help should be hired to work in the lab. A Spanish speaking translator should be hired primarily for lab purposes, but she may float to needed areas of the school. Instruction on use and safekeeping of all lab materials should be given to all students. Funds to keep the lab running in the most efficient and effective way should be provided. The lab will also be used for weekly student assessments, in hopes of raising TAKS scores. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Briefly describe. The teachers will be given the data of their class from the lab every six weeks so improvements on teaching strategies can be made. Once the teacher has reviewed the data of test scores and class work from the lab, she will know where her class’s weakness and strengths are. The teacher can adjust her instruction, which has been TAKS implemented. She can change her teaching strategies as needed. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> ||

Collaborate online with a colleague to obtain feedback on your action plan. Mysks/ Action Steps ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What will be done? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">English material will be taught in Spanish language both spoken and written. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Assessments will be given individually to Spanish speaking students through the lab in the student’s native language, with the assessment created by a Spanish speaking cohort. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Practice assessment shall also be given in the lab to bring up scores. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Responsibilities ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Who will do it? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lab Teachers and Classroom Teachers. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All teachers and lab personnel are responsible for safe keeping of all computer equipment and software. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Practice assessments must be taken weekly by all students to help increase TAKS scores. // <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Resources ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">What funds, time, people, and materials are needed? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Funds will be taken off of the top of resource needs before any other funds are divided up. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The funds will go toward a better computer lab and infrastructure of the lab. The funds will also purchase state of the art equipment and software. // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">All students will spend at least 50 minutes a week in the computer lab. // || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Timeline ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By when (day/month)? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> 01/15 // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Next time budget is dispersed. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Monitoring ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How will you gauge progress toward the goal? // <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The software shall keep a running tab of all scores of all assessments and lab work. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> || **<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Evaluation ** //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">How will success be determined? // //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By increasing student scores primarily the scores of the Spanish speaking student. //<span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Improvement Goal: Use of lab software and resources to narrow the gap in the Spanish student’s scores to the other ethnic group’s scores on the TAKS. With the new Instructional programs a closure of the gap shall occur by end of the year testing by 10%. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif';"> ||
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Learner-Centered Staff Development Plan; The staff development plan is to implement new strategies to help Spanish speaking students score higher on TAKS. It is going to make teachers responsible for bringing their classrooms to a computer lab designed for learner centered Instruction and learning. It also makes them responsible for learning the use of the software and the equipment in the computer lab. The teacher is responsible for the implementation of new learning strategies for all students, but especially for primarily Spanish speaking students. The plan also makes them responsible for reporting of the strategies to the Principal. More experienced technology help should be hired to work in the lab. A Spanish speaking translator should be hired primarily for lab purposes, but she may float to needed areas of the school. Instruction on use and safekeeping of all lab materials should be given to all students. Funds to keep the lab running in the most efficient and effective way should be provided. The lab will also be used for weekly student assessments, in hopes of raising TAKS scores. Briefly describe. The teachers will be given the data of their class from the lab every six weeks so improvements on teaching strategies can be made. Once the teacher has reviewed the data of test scores and class work from the lab, she will know where her class’s weakness and strengths are. The teacher can adjust her instruction, which has been TAKS implemented. She can change her teaching strategies as needed.

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