Week 8 Discussion - Multiple Hats

Multiple Hats

Monday, December 9, 2019, 4:00 PM

A hat that I had to wear during the first part of my internship

is being a technological leader.

It is

still surprising to me that we have been one to one, and teachers have multiple technologies to

use in the classroom, but when it comes to introducing a new program,

that teachers push back

so much because they are

not willing just to dive in and try it out.

We rolled out our Flextime

Manager program where students get choice of their schedule in the middle of our day.

Teachers

supply the academic courses or remediation, and also enrichments that students can

take

.

Students get to pick their lunch slot and two other courses offered from teachers daily.

I

am on the Panther Flextime Committee and also serve as the teacher trainer.

I really thought that

teachers would just play around with the system before we roll

ed it out to our students, but I was

wrong about that.

I am extremely comfortable with technology and I believe that the hat fit extremely well.

I do

not ever mind supporting teachers in using a program that I believe in and support myself.

In the fut

ure I would have required some teacher training in conjunction with the core team

training.

I would like to get support directly from the source in Flextime Manager itself and not

second hand from the core team.

It would be nice if they had more training

videos to share with

staff, and if possible the core team could have spent more time in their own training before

training teachers.

With any technology pieces I would like to have a good grasp of the program

before I am in a situation to teach some else

how to use it.

Multiple Hats

Monday, December 9, 2019, 4:00 PM

A hat that I had to wear during the first part of my internship is being a technological leader. It is

still surprising to me that we have been one to one, and teachers have multiple technologies to

use in the classroom, but when it comes to introducing a new program, that teachers push back

so much because they are not willing just to dive in and try it out. We rolled out our Flextime

Manager program where students get choice of their schedule in the middle of our day. Teachers

supply the academic courses or remediation, and also enrichments that students can

take. Students get to pick their lunch slot and two other courses offered from teachers daily. I

am on the Panther Flextime Committee and also serve as the teacher trainer. I really thought that

teachers would just play around with the system before we rolled it out to our students, but I was

wrong about that.

I am extremely comfortable with technology and I believe that the hat fit extremely well. I do

not ever mind supporting teachers in using a program that I believe in and support myself.

In the future I would have required some teacher training in conjunction with the core team

training. I would like to get support directly from the source in Flextime Manager itself and not

second hand from the core team. It would be nice if they had more training videos to share with

staff, and if possible the core team could have spent more time in their own training before

training teachers. With any technology pieces I would like to have a good grasp of the program

before I am in a situation to teach some else how to use it.