Area 1: Integration of Technology

Cal U will integrate technology into all aspects of the teacher education curriculum in two ways:

1. Teacher Education Courses (e.g., Computers for Teachers, Applied Instructional Technology, Information Systems, Digital Portfolio, Teaching Technology in the Elementary School and other content-specific teacher education courses).
   a.  The Cal U College of Education and Human Services has adopted a set of Technology Standards, which will eventually be required of all graduates of the College.
   b.  Existing courses will be modified to incorporate the use of specific instructional and multimedia technology to address the adopted Technology Standards.
   c.  New courses for education majors that focus on technological competence and integration with related pedagogical issues will be developed.
2. Public school technology training. We will work with the following projects, which involve collaborative efforts between Cal U and public schools, currently operating at Cal U:
   a.  Link-to-Learn Grant Project, which includes summer technology training sessions for public school teachers and collaboration during the academic year.
   b.  Teacher.Training@Microsoft Grant Project, which provides technology training on Microsoft software projects.
   c.  Teacher Enhancement Center, which provides technology and other training workshops for school teachers.

Cal U will conduct the following types of workshops, which will be facilitated by the NSF-funded Technology, Math, & Science Center:

1. Summer Technology Training Workshops for Cal U Faculty (week-long workshops)
   a.  Technology, Math, Science and Education faculty from Cal U will receive
   training on how to use various technologies and integrate them into their teaching. Training sessions will be conducted by technologically-capable Cal U professors.
   b.  Technology, Math, Science and Education faculty from other SSHE schools participating in the NSF Collaborative will be invited to demonstrate best practices in the use of technology-based instruction. These workshops may be conducted on site or via distance technologies (video teleconferencing or web- based).
   c.  The technology training workshops will serve to make professors comfortable with technology and capable of integrating technology into their instructional programs.

1. Summer Technology Training Workshops for Teachers in Public School Partners
   a.  Technology, Math, & Science and Education teachers will also participate in workshops designed to enhance their technological and pedagogical capabilities.
   b.  Workshops will emphasize the use and implementation of technology with respect to pedagogy and technology, math, science content.
   c.  Elementary, middle and high school teachers from participant Professional Development Schools (Charleroi, Brownsville, Ringgold and others) will be invited to participate.
   d.  Cal U professors and teacher education students will conduct the workshops.

Cal U will implement the following recruitment techniques:

1. Teacher Ambassadors - teachers from partner school districts will be invited to become Ambassadors for the teaching profession. Their function will be to encourage high school students and people looking for a career change to consider teaching as a career.
2. Teacher Recruitment Literature - literature available from other sources will be purchased for recruitment purposes. Most of the literature will be in print form, but web-based recruitment literature will also be used.

Cal U will establish a Technology, Science & Math Center with the following elements:

1. The theme of the center will be the integration of technology, science and mathematics.
2. The center will allow professors and teachers from a variety of technology, science and mathematics fields to collaborate on various interdisciplinary issues.
3. The center will contain a variety of resources for professors and teachers to use as they investigate and collaborate on topics of interest.
4. Equipment and technology will be provided for collecting, analyzing, organizing, representing and sharing information.
5. The center would serve to plan, organize and manage the efforts related to technology training workshops and symposia, course revision and development and professional development schools.

Cal U has a well developed Professional Development School (PDS) partnership with the Charleroi School District. The NSF Collaborative will work closely with the Charleroi PDS on the integration of technology into math and science instruction. Charleroi teachers will participate in the planned workshops and symposia. They will be invited to use the resources of the Technology, Science, & Math Center and to enter into research, curriculum development, instructional activities development, student assessment, portfolio development and other projects of interest.

Area 6: Course Curriculum and Revisions

Cal U will revise existing curricula and develop new courses, as needed, to address the integration of technology with mathematics, science and professional education courses. The mathematics, science, and education courses taken by education majors could be revised to include technology. Course curriculum and revisions would include rewriting course syllabi to include technological instruction and assessment. Faculty members may choose to write individual lessons or complete courses to be shared among faculty.