Expectations+for+Pilot+Teachers

// from the email sent to all participants by Neill Kimrey, Director of Instructional Technology at NCDPI //

•the expectations for pilot teachers •the timeline for pilot activities •how to share information with other piloting teachers •who to contact with questions and concerns


 * Expectations for pilot teachers: **

1. If you haven't started already, you should immediately begin integrating the new Information and Technology Essential Standards into your curriculum. Please do NOT base instruction on either the old Standard Course of Study for Information Skills or Technology, or a hybrid of the old and new curricula. We want to test the effectiveness of the new IT Essential Standards. You can view and download the new Essential Standards at:

•Grades K-5: [] •Grades 6-8: [] •grades 9-12: [] 2. You should be collaborating with your Media Coordinator and Technology Facilitator to: analyze student data, identify learning goals, plan and deliver instruction, and assess student progress. If you do not have a regular shared planning time with these specialists, please be creative and collaborate using technology, alternative scheduling, or another strategy so that you can share your individual resources, expertise, and knowledge to maximize student learning.

3. Media Coordinators and Technology Facilitators who are piloting the Standards must also be collaborating with classroom teachers to teach the standards; the Standards must be integrated into the curriculum and should not be taught in isolation.

4. Keep an informal record of successes, challenges, and questions to share when periodic surveys are sent to you. Your comments, suggestions, and candid feedback are encouraged!

5. Participate in the ITES-Pilot listserve at least once a month, to answer questions and share strategies with other pilot participants. You will receive periodic email messages from staff at NCDPI's Instructional Technology Division with 1 or 2 specific questions that request your response. You are also invited to use the listserve for communication and discussion with other piloting teachers. Please use this forum to support your implementation of the new Essential Standards. [As noted at the start of this message, the mail delivery settings for this listserve have been set to “Digest” so that you should only receive one message per day whenever messages are posted, regardless of the number of individual replies. Please remember that replying to the daily listserve message will send your reply to everyone on the list.]


 * Timeline for pilot activities: **

1. This pilot project is planned for the 2010-2011 school year only. Please begin to teach the new IT Essential Standards in integration with other curricula immediately.

2. You will receive a minimum of 2 online surveys -- the first survey in January 2011 and a final survey in May 2011.

3. We will be using this listserve as a forum to capture feedback on an informal basis between January and June 2011. Each month, one or two discussion questions will be posted and sent via email. We hope every piloting teacher will respond to listserve questions. Your responses will help us define what resources and tools will be helpful to other NC teachers when they begin implementing the new standards


 * // Who to contact with questions and concerns: //**

Please send any questions or concerns to Susan McKinney at NCDPI's Instructional Technology Division. Susan will direct your question to the appropriate Consultant for assistance. You can reach Susan at: __//[|smckinne@dpi.state.nc.us.]//__

We look forward to your responses to the upcoming survey in January 2011. The information you share will help other North Carolina teachers as they begin to implement these new Standards in the fall of 2011. Thank you for your assistance with this important project.