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What did we get ourselves into? The following are excerpts from the grant text.


 * Professional Development Outline**

The project team will meet for 20 hours of professional development during the summer of 2008. The project team will use the existing Mansfield professional development structure (Mansfield PD Strands) to meet for 10 hours in the fall and 10 hours in the winter. The project team will have Library Media Specialists and Technology Specialists working with classroom teachers to develop and support the assured experiences. Special Education Teachers, Enrichment Teachers and an ELL Teacher will be a part of the team to modify the assured experiences to meet the needs of special needs students. The assured experiences for all students will be designed through this process and delivered in the spring of 2009. It is likely that smaller projects involving smaller groups of students (Big 6  Ô    based research, classroom wiki’s, classroom podcasts) will be done early in the year for teachers and students to gain experience before the “big project” of the spring. The team will meet again for 10 hours of professional development in summer of 2009. In the summer 2009 the summer of 2009 where piloted assured experiences will be modified based upon lessons learned and feedback from curriculum implementation. The polished assured experiences will be prepared for submission to the CSDE. As each grade level team is using slightly different technologies, the sessions will also be used to “cross-fertilize” the teams by sharing experiences and technologies. Also the summer 2009 sessions will be used to prepare materials that team members will present to the district in the Mansfield PD Strands of the following (2009-2010) school year. By having team members present in the following year’s PD Strands the efforts of the grant year will sustained into the future. The skills and techniques learned in the grant year will be extended to all staff in the district. The following list details the components of teacher professional development activities: 2008-2009 Grant Year
 * Day 1 Summer Training 2008 – Introduction to Big 6  Ô  Process, Wiki’s and Google Apps
 * Day 2 Summer Training 2008 – Introduction to Zoomerang Survey maker, del.icio.us tagging, Podcasting, and Voice Threads
 * Day 3 Training Summer 2008 – Grade Level Team Training (Grade 4 – Photo Story, Grade 7 – Robotics Programming & Audacity, Grade 8 – Flash Animations & Data Collection w/Probes)
 * Fall PD Strand Day 1 – Grade Level Teams: Developing the AE Activities
 * Fall PD Strand Day 2 – Follow up Training on Summer Tech Topics and Webinars w/ Digital Mentors
 * Fall PD Strand Day 3 – Grade Level Teams: Developing the AE Activities
 * Winter PD Strand Day 1 – Follow up Training on Summer Tech Topics
 * Winter PD Strand Day 2 – Grade Level Teams: Developing the AE Activities and Webinars w/ Digital Mentors
 * Winter PD Strand Day 3 – Grade Level Teams Developing the AE Activities
 * Day 1 Summer Training 2009 – Cross Team Sharing of Successes / Challenges / Next Steps and Tech Showcase
 * Day 2 Summer Training 2009 – Preparation of Materials for CSDE CD / Website Collection, Preparation of Materials for Mansfield 2009-2010 PD Strands
 * DELIVERABLES - Projected Timeline of all Events **
 * Objective || Deliverable || Provider || M || J || J || A || S || O || N || D || J || F || M || A || M || J ||
 * ** Curriculum Development ** || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 * Initial planning meeting || Agenda || EASTCONN Tech Specialist and Project Coordinators || X || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 * Development of summer PD curricula (Summer Instructors & EASTCONN) || Agenda || EASTCONN Tech Specialist and Project Coordinators || X || X || || || || || || || || || || || || ||
 * Development of Assured Experience Grade 4 || Modified curriculum || Gr 4 Curriculum Team || || || || X || X || X || X || || X || || X || || || ||
 * Development of Assured Experience Grade 7 || Modified curriculum || Gr 7 Curriculum Team || || || || X || X || X || X || || X || || X || || || ||
 * Development of Assured Experience Grade 8 || Modified curriculum || Gr 8 Curriculum Team || || || || X || X || X || X || || X || || X || || || ||
 * Pilot AE Grade 4 || Pilot results || Designated Gr 4 Teachers || || || || || || || || || || || X || X || X || ||
 * Pilot AE Grade 7 || Pilot results || Designated Gr 7 Teachers || || || || || || || || || || || X || X || X || ||
 * Pilot AE Grade 8 || Pilot results || Designated Gr 7 Teachers || || || || || || || || || || || X || X || X || ||