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1) Facilitators

This training will be lead by a Technology Integration Specialist who has been the building technology coach for 3 years, has obtained a Masters in technology, and has utilized Turning Points to create assessments and lead workshops for years. This workshop will also utilize the assistance of elementary reading specialists at Lincolnway Elementary during the portion that the trainees create their assessment questions.

2) Preparations

A. The training audience will be 4 teachers. One of the participants will come from each grade level 2-5. The purpose is to train the trainers. Our hope is that these beginners will feel comfortable enough and be able to assist their teammates in creating their own assessments. The chosen participants were selected with their willingness to share and ease with presentations in mind.

B. Presenter will arrive prior to 7:30. The training will begin @ 8:00am

C. The training will be held in the staff development room at Trimmer Elementary School. The Tech Staff will set up a portable lap top kit (1 lap top per participant), All laptops will be positioned so that users can view the LCD projector and screen. A laptop will also be linked to the LCD. TurningPoints software will be installed on all lap tops being utilized for this training. The TurningPoints student response devices and a receiver will be present as well.

D. Large index cards will be present for trainees to create name tents. On the front of their name tents they will place their name. On the back they will write 3 ways they use technology in their classroom. This will be used later in a think, pair, share activity.

E. The trainer will need to log into the LCD compatible laptop, open the Turning Points presentation, and activate and test the student response devices. The LCD projector should be on to allow participants to view the agenda for the day.

F. The trainee will required a set of response devices, labeled # 1-10, the dongle (student response receiver) The LCD projector remote, access to the training Power Point, Trainee handouts, pens/pencils for note taking purposes, a trainee sign in sheet, for Act 48 purposes, and an evaluation survey for after the training.

4) Lesson Plan

A) Objectives:

1)  The trainee will learn how to access turning points 2)  The trainee will use PA reading standards and school curriculum to create a formative reading assessment using the Turning Points software. 3) The trainee will implement the assessment created in their classroom

D. Overviews:

This is day 1 of 5: The complete project will take approximately 2 months to complete. Analysis will be completed 2 weeks from the faculty’s completion of the technology survey. Training objectives will be created the following week and the syllabus and training materials will be gathered in the following two weeks. The pilot training will be held in week 6. Data will be gathered from participants in the pilot and the course will be revised in week 7. In weeks 8-12 the other teams in the building will receive their training.

F. Summaries

Send trainees out with hand outs and flip chart created to assist on creating questions and create assessments using Turning Points software. Allow trainees a period of hands-on exploration of the hardware and time to practice activating the hardware.

5) Resources

A) Handouts include: 1) PSSA Reading question stems handout 2) PSSA reading standards 3) 4-Sight reading data B) Flip Charts: A flip chart created to help trainees through all phases of creating an assessment utilizing Turning Points. Sections to include: 1) Toolbar 2) Creating a test question 3) Formatting a slide 4) Accessing the program 5) Accessing test data 6) Activating a testing session C) overheads- none D) Power Point files: Captivate Turning Points presentation E) Other: 1) Video of Students using Turning Points

6) Evaluation

A) The learner will be evaluated using a checklist. The SME or the trainee will visit the trainee’s classroom on the date of the implementation of the assessment and offer warm and cool feedback and future suggestions

B) The trainee will fill out a survey evaluating the effectiveness of the training. The trainee will also give the trainer feedback on what further training needs he/she has for Turning Points.