Galena Park Independent School District

Organizational Chart for Technology Integration

GPISD
Superintendent of Schools
Dr. Mark Henry

Role: To create and enforce a vision for technology that is both financially
and physically possible to achieve.

GPISD
Board of Trustees

Wilfred J. Broussard Jr. Secretary

Jeff Miller, President
June Harris, Vice President
Dawn Fisher, Trustee
Minnie Rivera, Trustee
Wanda Heath Johnson, Trustee

Role: To develop and plan a method for the

Superintendent’s vision to be carried out.

GPISD
District Advisory Team

Kathy Brownlee, Coordinator of Technical Support

Laurie Bush, High School TIS
Bryan Clements, Executive Director of Security and Technology Support
Paul Drexler, Middle School Principal
Stephanie Hatten, Elementary TIS
Vicki Johnson, Director of Career and Technology Education
Elizabeth Lalor, Director of Research and Evaluation
John Lewis, High School TIS
Marsha Masi, Director of Staff Development
Terri Moore, Elementary Principal
Rosalba Norman, Elementary TIS
Lou Ann Scott, Program Director for Secondary Language Arts
Cheryl Slaid, Middle School TIS
Michelle Young, Coordinator of Instructional Technology

Role: This group examines the mission of the district and creates a
mission for technology integration based on that of the district. Once a
mission is established, the team looks at needs assessments and creates
a plan to achieve that vision.
 Campus Principal
Paul Drexler
Role: Principal is to take the district
improvement plan and collaborate with
the campus technology specialist to
create professional development for
teachers to implement the plan.
Campus
IT Specialist
Joan Mullinax
Role: Collaborates with principal and
organizes professional development for
teachers. Additional responsibilities
include monitoring teacher integration
and assessing student performance.

Campus Teachers

Role: Attend technology professional development, integrate

technology into the curriculum, and assess students on technology
fluency.

Professional Development Plan:

Rationale: Upon completing last week’s assignment, I noticed that one of the biggest problems with
technology facing our campus is the ignorance of its teachers. The teachers at NSMS do not use
technology efficiently because they have not been properly trained; which I find unacceptable because
goal two, objective two of our campus improvement plan states “NSMS will provide additional computer
training for all faculty so they may enhance their lessons and communicate more effectively.” While
there are some trainings offered, teacher success is not measured and are often not implemented;
therefore I have created a plan to where teachers learn how to use technology and have an opportunity to
practice it before the students even enter the classroom for the first day of school.

Two Weeks Before School Starts

• Technology specialist will discuss STaR Chart with faculty and explain the importance. This
way, teachers can see the goal before being expected to implement. They will also see where we
stand and discuss various ways to improve those scores.
• Technology specialist will then give examples of technology integration using various methods
which teachers will be required to have used in the classroom by the end of the school year.
• After the specialist’s presentation, he/she will instruct each teacher to come up with a lesson plan
using each type of technology he/she used.

One Week Before School Starts

• Each day during this “professional development week, teachers will present their lessons and
upload them to a blog that gives the whole campus access.
• Teachers will be expected to use each of the technologies designated by the specialist by the end
of the school year. Every lesson will be uploaded to the blog.
Evaluation Plan:

In order to evaluate the effectiveness of my professional development plan, there must be

a way to evaluate whether or not teachers are doing the required assignments. As
previously stated, teachers are expected to create a lesson based on the technology they
were assigned. Part one of the evaluation is the lesson presentation to staff. At this time,
co-workers can collaborate to determine whether or not the lesson would be a success in
the classroom, as well as use this time to make changes and/or suggestions to the plan.
Once everyone has presented, each teacher is to use each type of technology by the end
of the year. After the teacher has completed a lesson using one type of technology, he/she
must post the lesson to the blog and write a reflection piece to be turned into the
technology specialist. As the reflections come in, the specialist will check each one off
next to that teacher’s name. This is an easy way for the specialist to determine whether or
not teachers are meeting the goals of the district, and at that time, can offer suggestions
for improvement.