Overall Goal:

Project Integrate 2003 is a model to implement advanced integration professional development designed to 'change' teacher behaviors and develop 'practitioners' who are fully integrating technology into their classroom teaching and learning.

The model is designed to empower change at a classroom and campus level, but is based on a systemic design approach to be implemented at a district level and change the teaching practices of all teachers (over 75%) in a 4 year period.

This model (successfully implemented in 4 Texas districts in 1999 and 21 districts in 2001) will be implemented through a TARGET grant beginning in the summer of 2003. The project will include 16 districts, Tovas Charter School, ESC XII, Rio Brazos Coop and Baylor University in the central Texas Region 12 area (representing about 75,000 students) including: Killeen ISD (fiscal agent), Axtell ISD, Belton ISD, Bruceville-Eddy ISD, China Springs ISD, Clifton ISD, Connally ISD, Hallsburg ISD, Hamilton ISD, Lorena ISD, McGregor ISD, Robinson ISD, Salado ISD, Temple ISD, Tovas Charter School, Waco ISD, West ISD, ESC Region XII, Rio Brazos Coop, and Baylor University.

Specific Objectives:

1 - to train a core group of educators (probably 6 teachers, 1 admin. & 1 tech support/librarian) from every campus to become practitioners of technology integration

2 - to train trainers to deliver these unique integration workshops so that after the initial implementation year, this integration staff development model can continue for other educators in future years (trainers will be trained from larger districts, ESC XII, Rio Brazos Coop and Baylor University).

note: teachers are expected to become practitioners of technology integration and to continue those practices in subsequent years (i.e. it is not their responsibility to train other teachers - that is why trainers will also be trained to redeliver the workshops in subsequent years).

What the Initiative Would Involve:

Train-the-Trainers (May-June, 2003): 3 days of intensive training to develop the knowledge, skills, and strategies of trainers to deliver some of the integration workshops; online activities designed to develop a community of trainers; opportunities to shadow and mentor with Apple trainers during workshops; and 2 follow-up days for trainer consulting prior to the second and third round of workshops)

Participant Identification (April-May,2003): principals will select a core group of teachers and administrative & instructional support staff from each campus (probably 8 people from campuses/districts with 400 to 1000 students, or fewer from smaller campuses)

Series of Integration Workshops (June,'03-Mar,'04): participants will be involved in 3 different two day integration workshops (Mac OS or Windows - various types of software)

Technology & Curriculum Integration (2 days in June-Aug): productivity applications based
(ex. word processing, spreadsheets, etc. with applications like Microsoft Office, Appleworks, etc.)

Internet & Curriculum Integration (2 days in Sept-Nov): web publishing based
(ex. content web publishing using tools like Netscape Composer, Pagemill, Dreamweaver, etc.)

Multimedia & Curriculum Integration (2 days in Dec-Feb): hypermedia based
(ex. data, text, audio, and video with applications like Quicktime, iMovie, Powerpoint, Hyperstudio, etc.)

Evaluation (throughout the year): best when done by an outside agency, Project Integrate 2003 will be evaluated by SEDL - Southwest Educational Development Laboratory