Team Davis Evaluation of WJHS
Questions formulated for -
Jan Swenson (Superintendent), Lee Daniels (Principal) and the LCT Coordinator.
Jan Swenson Questions (ISBE-related)
1. Which technologies served as your start-up technologies? Who selected
the technologies and specific hardware and software? How did you
anticipate them being used? How were they used by teachers and students
during the program? How are they being used today?
2. What type of staff development sessions were offered? What was the
expertise level of the teachers involved? Who was in charge of staff
development? What have teachers done with the technologies since their
initial training?
3. Who received the release time for administration of the ISBE project? Are
they written into the new grant? What is their current position?
Jan Swenson Questions (NEF-related)
1. Who was involved in the development of the NEF proposal? What are
each of their positions? Briefly, what role did each play in proposal
development?
2. Why was Wildwood selected as your core project school?
3. Briefly, how would you assess the technology status of each of your
schools? Are any of them involved in projects similar to those of Wildwood?
4. How would you assess progress in achieving proposed goals at this point?
Which aspects are well under way? Which aspects are still in the early stages
of development?
5. What do you see as the major initiatives be undertaken at this point? Who
do you suggest I speak with regarding each individual initiative set forth in
your proposal?
6. What hardware and software was purchased using the new grant? Who
selected the technologies and specific hardware and software? How do/will
they complement the technologies purchased through the 1997 ISBE grant?
How do you anticipate them being used? For the items that have been
purchased thus far, how are they being used today? How do you anticipate
using them in the future?
7. What is the status of the fulltime LCT coordinator? What are their job
responsibilities?
8. Who is heading up the evaluation activities of the LCT program thus far?.
What type of data do you anticipate using to help realize your district plan of
providing leadership in learning with computer technologies?
9. How do you anticipate aligning your evaluations of technology usage with
other district evaluations regarding preparation of students for the future?
Lee Daniels (Principal) Questions
1. Who was involved in the development of the NEF proposal? What are
each of their positions? Briefly, what role did each of those involved in
proposal development play?
2. Why was Wildwood selected as the core project school? Are any other
district schools involved in projects similar to those of Wildwood?
3. Off the top of your head, how would you assess progress in achieving
proposed goals at this point? Which aspects are well under way? Which
aspects are still in the early stages of development?
4. What do you see as the major initiatives be undertaken at this point? Who
do you suggest I speak with regarding each individual initiative outlined in
the proposal?
5. May I get a list of teachers and their teaching responsibilities? Which
teachers do you believe to be most knowledgeable regarding history of
technology usage at the school and current technology-based activities at
the school, both inside and outside the classroom.
Fulltime LCT Coordinator
1. What are your job responsibilities at this point?
2. In your new capacity, what are the major initiatives you have begun. What
would you like to accomplish? What do you see as the major potential
problems in accomplishing all of the goals that you have set forth? What do
you plan to accomplish by the end of this school year? What do you plan to
accomplish by the end of the second year of funding?
3. What role do you play in the "Student Training" component of the
proposal? Am I correct in assuming that the "Student Training" component of
the proposal (new courses in technologies and learning, curriculum
integration across subject areas and integration across learning styles) is
really staff development? Is student training actually a component of the
program. If so, how will it be done?
4. What is the current status of teacher training? Who does teacher training?
What has been done in the past? What changes do you anticipate in teacher
training in the future?
5. What is the status of the LCT Master Teachers team? Who are the
members of that team? What curriculum changes have occurred up to this
point? What curriculum changes do you anticipate this team implementing
by the end of the school year? by the end of the second year of this project?
This page will be used as a guide for the preliminary contacts with the stakeholders involved in this evaluation.