STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS

Strategies for Improving Academic Achievement and Teacher Effectiveness - Describe how funds, specifically Ed Tech funds where applicable, will be used to improve academic achievement, including the technology literacy of all students attending schools served by the SAU; and describe how funds expended will improve the capacity of all teachers in schools served by the SAU to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction.

(Policy Code: IJND Technology Planning Guidelines, Maine DOE)
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Appropriate leadership at the MDIRSS, school, administrative and classroom levels, along with adequate technical support and ubiquitous access to appropriate learning technology are critical to providing the ultimate technology-learning environment for all students.  "Technology Integrators" will provide for in-School, just-in-time, in-class support (and encouragement) to teaching faculty for planning, implementing and assessing student learning with technology. Online tutorial training and practice, web-based learning tools, and classroom partnerships among MDIRSS schools are a means of fostering effective use of technology to reach all learning styles and levels of technological competency.