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Staff responsibilities will be fulfilled and selected activities repeated throughout the project. Other project activities will be initiated and completed at appropriate times during the project.

Each Academic Year - Project staff and consultants will:

• Assist teacher education and arts and science faculty as they design and implement IT in instruction and develop new applications.
  
  
• Help faculty who are already using IT in instruction (e.g. statistics, college writing, American government, and comparative education) further enhance their courses.
  
  
• Conduct GIS awareness sessions for all P-12 teachers in partner schools with support of P-16 teachers trained in GIS under the Capacity Building Grant and assist in creating and implementing a P-16 interdisciplinary model of GIS instruction.
  
  
• Assist P-12 teacher educators and school district technology directors in selecting and integrating IT tools in instruction through work in partner schools.
  
  
• Organize a technology fair demonstrating P-16 applications of technology by educators in partner schools for all educators in the region.
  
  
• Support teacher education students as they help enhance partner school use of IT during practicum and student teaching assignments based on insights developed in on-campus coursework.

Each Academic Year - Selected project activities will be repeated each year, usually with different participants. Actual dates are presented for year one, they will be repeated at a similar time during subsequent years.

• All full-time UMM teacher education faculty (Kissock, Kuechle, Marxen, Page, Rudney, one TBA) released from student teaching supervision (approximately 60% FTE) to redesign teacher education courses through integration of IT. Leader: Solvie.
• All full-time UMM teacher education faculty provides on-site assistance (no cost to grant) to student teaching supervisors (adjunct faculty and P-12 teacher educators) in implementation of IT through visits to partner and student teaching placements schools (domestic and international) while learning about IT applications for integration into on-campus coursework (all participants).

YEAR ONE FOCUS: Preparation for students purchasing laptop computers for use in courses beginning Fall 2002, integration of IT in pre-student teaching practicum experiences, redesign of five arts and science and fourteen teacher education courses, GIS dissemination and implementation, testing of IT applications in P-16 coursework, design instruction program for teacher aides from Sisseton-Wahpeton using IT, develop evaluation baseline and respond to evaluation results.

Friday June 1, 2001: Grant awarded.

Friday June 15, 2001: Project staff contracts completed.

Monday July 2, 2001: Schedule of August implementation workshop and announcement of course redesign grants disseminated.

Monday July 30 - Friday August 10, 2001: IT implementation workshop
-Expand, from Capacity Building Grant, training in IT tools and prepare initial IT implementation for P-16 fall semester courses.

• Teacher education: Introduction to Education (Kissock); Elementary Education math methods (Marxen), Teaching Strategies (Rudney), and Reading (TBA); Secondary Education Block I (Page), Block II (Kuechle), and subject methods (course instructors); and practicum experiences (all participants).
• Arts and science courses: Child and Adolescent Growth and Development, Drugs and Human Behavior, and courses in which initial modifications were developed through the Capacity Building Grant.

Monday August 27 - Friday December 14, 2001:

• Implement of IT in teacher education and arts and science fall semester courses based on products of Capacity Building and Implementation Grant workshops (all participants).
• Conduct workshops with P-12 partner school Technology Directors and first adopters of IT to develop a CD with a common set of basic communication and instruction tools for all teachers in partner schools for implementation Fall 2002. Leader: Solvie.
• Prepare and disseminate materials that communicate expectations of students entering teacher education Fall 2002 when laptop computers will be required. Leader: Solvie.

Friday September 14, 2001: Applications from faculty for grants to redesign arts and science courses received by IT Task Force. Each $2,000 grant will be used at the recipient's discretion to cover released time from a course assignment, for summer salary, to participate in conferences, or to purchase materials for instruction. Courses are to be implemented in their IT based configuration no later than Fall 2002. Leaders: Kissock, Riggs.

Friday September 28, 2001: Five grants awarded to arts and science faculty and eight grants to secondary education methods instructors (art, English, music, theatre, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages) awarded by IT Task Force for course restructuring. Leaders: Kissock, Riggs.

Wednesday November 7, 2001: Initiate design of IT based program for Native American Teacher Aides to become licensed teachers. Leaders: Riggs, Sisseton-Wahpeton Community College Faculty.

Tuesday January 15 - Friday April 12, 2002 (first 13 weeks of spring semester): All full-time UMM teacher education courses to utilize laptop computers students will purchase.

• Redesign, based on fall semester experience, Introduction to Education (Kissock); Elementary Education math methods (Marxen), Teaching strategies (Rudney), and Reading (TBA); Secondary Education Block I (Page), Block II (Kuechle), and subject methods (course instructors); and practicum experiences (all participants).
• Initiate process of integrating IT into elementary education special education (TBA), social studies (Rudney), science (Marxen), language arts and literature (TBA), and health-physical education (TBA) courses for implementation Fall 2002.
• Set standards for laptop computers and finalize contract with supplier (all participants).
• Clarify requirements and expectations for students being admitted to teacher education for Fall 2002 (all participants).
• Design IT applications for student teaching and Teacher and Professional Development course and portfolio design and presentation for implementation Spring 2003 (Page, Kuechle).
• Create IT based course on middle school teaching required by new Minnesota licensure rules for implementation Spring 2002. Leader: Page.
• Design instruction program for teacher aides from Sisseton-Wahpeton using IT for full implementation Fall 2003. Leader: Riggs.
• Design IT computer based management system for student support and teacher education program operation. Full implementation Fall 2002. Leader: Kissock.
• Initiate planning of IT based mentoring processes and materials for full implementation Fall 2003. Leaders: Kissock, Stonehouse.

Monday January 28, 2002: Announce second round of course redesign grants for five arts and science faculty for courses to be implemented Fall and/or Spring semester 2002-2003.

Monday March 4, 2002: Applications from faculty for grants to redesign arts and science courses received by IT Task Force. Each $2,000 grant will be used at the recipient's discretion to cover released time from a course assignment, for summer salary, to participate in conferences, or to purchase materials for instruction. Courses are to be implemented in their IT based configuration no later that Spring 2003. Leaders: Kissock, Riggs.

Friday March 22, 2002: Five grants to arts and science faculty awarded by IT Task Force for course restructuring. Leaders: Kissock, Riggs.

Friday May 17, 2002: Infrastructure for use of laptops on campus (Power and WWW connections) completed in classroom and computer laboratories.

May 31, 2002: End of year one...

YEAR TWO FOCUS: Implementation of laptop based curriculum, integration of IT in student teaching experiences, instruction of teacher aides from Sisseton-Wahpeton using IT, redesign of five additional arts and science courses, design of mentoring phase, evaluation of effectiveness and feedback.

Monday June 3 - Friday June 14, 2002: IT integration workshop.

• Revise IT based instruction for fall semester courses based on prior year experience.
• Continue course redesign for all teacher education courses, practicum and student teaching experiences, and portfolio assignments.
• Continue design of IT based mentoring processes and materials.
• Assist P-12 practicum and student teaching supervisors in development of IT applications to serve as effective role models for pre-service teachers.
• Continue redesign of art and science courses.

Monday August 12 - Tuesday August 13, 2002: "Integrating Teacher Education and Technology Throughout the Curriculum" fall faculty workshop for all UMM faculty. Leader: Solvie.

Monday August 21 - Friday December 13, 2002: Implementation of IT in instruction.

• Elementary education juniors in teaching strategies, reading, and math courses; and secondary education seniors in teaching the secondary student, teaching and learning strategies courses, and eight subject methods courses using laptop computers in all coursework and practicum experiences.
• Redesigned arts and science courses, created under first and second round of grants, implemented.

Thursday October 17 - Friday October 18, 2002: staff of the Environmental Systems Research Institute Inc. (ESRI), in cooperation with Alexandria Technical College, begin a six-day instructional program that will be completed during fall semester in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Analysis and instruction using ArcView and related software. Six UMM faculty and twenty primary and secondary school teachers from partner schools will be prepared to serve as trainers for others in use of this material. These individuals will join a similar group, that received GIS training under the Capacity Building Grant, to model cross age and discipline applications of GIS.

Tuesday January 21 - Friday April 18, 2003 (first 13 weeks of spring semester): All full-time UMM teacher education faculty continue redesign of teacher education courses and institutionalize change in role from direct supervision of student teachers to assisting P-12 teacher educators and adjunct faculty in supervision.

• Redesign, based on fall semester experience, IT based instruction and expectations of students.
• Implement applications of IT in student teaching and Teacher and Professional Development course and portfolio design and presentation. (All participants).
• Offer IT based course on Middle School teaching. Leader: Page.
• Design instruction program for teacher aides from Sisseton-Wahpeton using IT for full implementation Fall 2003. Leader: Riggs.
• Complete planning of IT based mentoring processes and materials for full implementation Fall 2003. Leaders: Kissock, Stonehouse.

Monday January 27, 2003: Announce third round of course redesign grants for five arts and science faculty for courses to be implemented Fall and/or Spring semester 2003-2004,

Monday March 3, 2003:Applications from faculty for grants to redesign arts and science courses received by IT Task Force. Each $2,000 grant will be used at the recipient's discretion to cover released time from a course assignment, for summer salary, to participate in conferences, or to purchase materials for instruction. Courses are to be implemented in their IT based configuration no later than Spring 2004. Leaders: Kissock, Riggs.

Friday March 21, 2003: Five grants to arts and science faculty awarded by IT Task Force for course restructuring. Leaders: Kissock, Riggs.

May 31, 2003: End of year two...

YEAR THREE FOCUS: Revision of IT courses based on experience and new knowledge, integration of IT in student teaching experiences, implementation of mentoring program, redesign of five additional arts and science courses, dissemination of lessons learned to other colleges and presentations at conferences based on evaluation information and instructor experience, work with placements schools, and institutionalization of change process and curricular changes.

Monday June 2 - Friday June 13, 2003: IT integration workshop.

• Revise IT based instruction for selected teacher education and arts and science courses that require further development.
• Design dissemination strategy for implementation Spring 2004.
• Finalize design of IT based mentoring program.
• Assist P-12 practicum and student teaching supervisors in development of IT applications to serve as effective role models for pre-service teachers.
• Continue redesign of arts and science courses.

Wednesday August 20 - December 12, 2003:

• Implement instruction program for teacher aides from Sisseton-Wahpeton using IT. Leader: Riggs.
• Implement fully developed IT based teacher education curriculum.
• Redesigned arts and science courses, created under third round of grants, implemented.

Tuesday January 20 - Friday April 16, 2004 (first 13 weeks of spring semester): All full-time UMM teacher education faculty continue redesign of teacher education courses and institutionalize change in role from direct supervision of student teachers to assisting P-12 teacher educators and adjunct faculty in supervision.

• Complete design - redesign of teacher education courses.
• Disseminate results of project with focus on UMM peer institutions and undergraduate liberal arts institutions.

Wednesday May 12, 2004: All P-16 teacher educator participants from partner schools meet ot reflect on successes and needs based on three years of instructor experience and evaluation results. Affirm processes and institutional commitment and implement actions to assure continued implementation of change process through which current applications of IT will be integrated into instruction of beginning teachers.

May 31, 2004: End of year three and beginning of full institutionalization of changes and change process.