MassCUE4You Individual Technology Evaluation for Districts Let us know you’re here!

zWho’s here? zHow do you currently assess your district technology initiative?

MassCUE Evaluators zMassCUE Evaluators helps districts integrate evaluation within projects. yClearly articulate goals yPlan and coordinate activities strategically yDevelop performance measures zMassCUE4You yWorks individually with district teams, in- district, to develop program evaluations of specific initiatives

Format zHands-on professional development with a strategic team of stakeholders yCurriculum and Instruction yDTC/Digital Learning Director yAdministrators yTeachers yBoard/Community/Paren ts zDay 1 – Framing and Indicators zDay 2 – Developing Data Collection Questions and Tools zDay 3 – Data Collection Methodology zDay 4 – Data Analysis, Recommendations, Reporting

Westford’s Experience z2013 – 2014 school year zTeam composition zPurpose yUnderstand the district’s current vision for strengthening the learning experience with technology yGain a picture of how we are currently leveraging technology in the classroom yDevelop recommendations for the Digital Learning Plan

What sorts of issues would your district like to explore?

A Strategic Approach zMassCUE Evaluators helps districts assess the degree to which technology programs are meeting their desired intent/vision. yValue in creating technology plans yValue in shaping projects such as 1:1 or BYOD initiatives yValue in providing formative and/or summative assessment of initiatives

Indicators for Success

Indicators Drive Data Collection zThe next task is to develop data collection tools and to collect data based on the indicators yObservations ySurveys yFocus Groups yRelevant Technical and Cost Information MassCUE Evaluators learn how to create and use these data collection tools

Analysis zThe collected data is analyzed against the indicators… z…resulting in evaluation findings. yFindings are the “answer” to your basic question about value. yThis answer is enriched by the context provided by the indicators. zRecommendations usually follow the findings. yHow can you improve performance to come closer to meeting the vision/claim?

What Did Westford Learn? zStrengths zWeaknesses zSolutions to be implemented in the Digital Learning Plan zObservations about the MassCUE Evaluators process

Summary Points zMassCUE Evaluators helps districts structure and conduct program evaluations – technology audits – that are: yReflective yData-based ySupportive of the development of strategic plans and “scaled up” technology efforts

How to Join zhttp://tinyurl.com/masscueval zWe can start working with teams/districts at any time zwww.masscue.org zwww.sun-associates.com/masscue