[MACEP] Intel Teach to the Future?

[Richard Crockett]

Hello,

If I may enter into this conversation.... The group that I was in did
exactly that -- 10 4 hour modules after school. A long day, yes. Some people
dropped out, perhaps because of the time requirements, possibly for other
reasons. It is doable, but not pretty.

Richard Crockett
Portsmouth MS
Portland, OR

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From: macep-bounces at macep.net [mailto:macep-bounces at macep.net]On Behalf
Of Thomas Glover
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 10:22 AM
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Subject: Re: [MACEP] Intel Teach to the Future?


Dianne,

I am working with Joel here at Southern Oregon ESD and in exploring the
Intel Teach to the Future program one question that has come up concerns
time.

Participating teachers are to receive training in 10 modules, with each
module requiring 4 hours instruction.

Four (4) hours training for teachers at one shot seems a lot. For example,
if school is out at 3:00 PM then it seems  training per module would extend
into the evening.

May I ask how you handled this issue?

Thanks,

Thomas Glover
Southern Oregon ESD


>>> Dianne_Dronkers at beavton.k12.or.us 03/04/05 12:09 PM >>>
I was a master teacher for 3 years in this program . It is a great
program. They used to compensate the master teacher for leading the
courses and give perks to the participant teachers. This no longer
happens, but they still provide the materials for your classes. (correct
me anyone if this has changed since the summer!)

In fact, I was trained in the past year to do the newer "thinking tools"
seminars that master teachers can also lead and was very anxious to get
started with this.

Unfortunately, I switched districts and my new district did not renew
their partnership with Intel, and I won't be eligible to lead any of these
trainings until/unless my new district renews.

I love the curriculum (especially after revisions were made after the
first year). My job became so much easier once a critical mass of the
teachers at my school went through the training. They became so much more
self-sufficient with technology and actually started using it on projects
with the students. Teachers I trained at the other schools kept emailing
me for a while on what they were doing with it.

Recruiting your own teachers was time-consuming, and did turn a few of the
MTs off. But most of us did just fine with it. (some districts did have
their LEA recruit the teachers, but many of us did it ourselves)

I loved it and would still be doing it if I didn't change districts.

Anyone else who did this want to chime in?? Especially about the NCLB??

DD


"A discussion list for educators interested in integrating  technology
into teaching." <macep at macep.net> writes:
>Have any of you had any experience with the "Intel Teach to the Future"
>program? I've been to the website and looked at their info. I see it is
>a "teach the teacher" model and it appears the program requires the
>master teacher (or the LEA?) to recruit interested teachers. Has this
>recruitment strategy been effective? Is their buy-in from teachers?
>Does it change instructional practice?
>
>They see their program as aligning with NCLB expectations. Are teachers
>coming out of this program better equipped to help students attain
>NCLB's requirements? Any specifics?
>
>Curious as to your experiences with the quality of the program's and it
>effectiveness in helping teachers use tech in the classroom.   Any
>other insights any of you may have.
>
>My supervisor is wondering about SOESD sponsoring this training and
>asked me what  I thought about it. Looks like I would be the " master
>teacher" on this and since there  looks to be substantial commitment
>for that person I figured I'd better see what others thought who have
>gone down this road.
>
>Thanks
>Joel
>
>Joel Brain
>Instructional Tech Specialist
>Southern Oregon ESD
>541.850.1116
>
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