Staff Development

CLRN makes it easy for you to find the standards-aligned software, video and Internet learning resources you need. CLRN experts have identified, reviewed and organized hundreds of Electronic Learning Resources (ELRs) in a searchable database that allows you to compare key features of selected resources. The Web Information Links (WILs) let you search or browse hundreds of free primary, secondary and reference resources. Electronic Learning Assessment Resources (ELARs) are data management programs that simplify delivery, aggregation and disaggregation of assessment data. Click here for the next workshop!

The Data Academy is an opportunity for a school site or district team to attend a 1 to 3 day, hands-on training to increase their understanding and utilization of school data.

Day 1: Build local assessments specific to Language Arts & Math

Day 2: Understand how to build/accomplish the elements of a Single Site Plan

Day 3: Apply skills and concepts learned in Days 1 and 2 for writing a digital Single Plan using SChool Plan software in the completion of a Single Plan for Student Achievement and the SARC Report. For more info click here!

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Education Technology K-12 Vouchers are the result of the Settlement Agreement between California consumers and the Microsoft Corporation. The vouchers are to be used to assist districts to implement and support their state-approved district technology plans designed to foster effective teaching and promote student achievement in eligible schools that serve students in kindergarten through grade twelve. The vouchers can be redeemed for a variety of goods and services and may be used for any computer platform that the school or district specifies. The vouchers will be in the form of 50 percent General Purpose Vouchers and 50 percent Specific Category Software Vouchers. The California Department of Education is providing services for the settlement claims administrator, selected by the court, that is managing the private funding for the vouchers.

Information about the Education Technology K-12 Vouchers may be found on the CDE web site at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/fo/profile.asp?id=881

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EdTechProfile, a California Department of Education State Education Technology Service (SETS) project, provides educational administrators with tools that guide their decisions about how to integrate technology into classroom instruction and how to create and evaluate effective teacher technology training programs.

Ed Tech Profile provides educational administrators with tools to guide their decisions regarding the integration of technology into classroom instruction and the creation and evaluation of effective teacher technology training programs.

Resources include access to online technology proficiency assessments and related reports of educator and student proficiency assessment data.

Contracted through the Stanislaus County Office of Education, ETP assists administrators:

• Support the management of state and local funding efforts
• Improve teacher technology adoption and use
• Create district technology plans
• Measure district progress against plans
• Plan and evaluate staff development programs.

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The Enhancing Education Through Technology - Competitive (EETT-C) grant program provides funding for grades four through eight to assist eligible local educational agencies in using technology to enhance teaching and learning. EETT-C is a competitive grant process. LEAs must complete an application which is scored and ranked against other competitors. The top scoring applications will be funded. Information about the EETT Formula program may be found on the CDE web site at: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/ft/eett.asp


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The Enhancing Education Through Technology - Formula (EETT-F) grant program provides funding for grades kindergarten through twelve to assist eligible local educational agencies in using technology to enhance teaching and learning. Funding amounts are based on the LEA's proportion of their eligible Title I, Part A amount applied against the Title II, Part D total available amount of money to be distributed.

The California Department of Education (CDE) will distribute approximately $40 million to LEAs and eligible local partnerships in formula-funded grants through Title II, Part D, Enhancing Education Through Technology. Funds will be allocated based upon each LEA's or at least one member of an eligible local partnership's proportionate share of Title I funding. Information about the EETT Formula program may be found on the CDE web site at:
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/ft/eett.asp

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E-rate is a federal program that provides eligible K-12 public schools and libraries with 20% to 90% discounts on approved telecommunications services, Internet access, and internal connections costs. The program was created as part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which expanded the obligation of telecommunications providers to make affordable (discounted) telecommunications and information services available to the nation's schools and libraries.

The official name for the E-Rate program is the "Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund," which is administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC), under the direction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In 2006, the E-Rate (Education Rate) program provided over $238 million in technology discounts to California K-12 schools and libraries.

All K-12 schools qualify for the program and receive discounts according to their level of economic disadvantage (based on the percentage of students eligible for the national school lunch program) and their location (rural or urban). Schools and libraries in low-income urban communities and rural areas qualify for higher discounts.

Although the E-rate application process can be difficult, the California Department of Education recommends that every school district should consider applying for E-rate discounts.

Click here for information about Fall 2007 Statewide E-rate & CTF Training Sessions

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Introduction Training to OMS (Organization Management System)
 
You will be trained in this valuable and comprehensive event management and evaluation tool by the developers of CTAP Region 5’s OMS (Organization Management System).
 
OMS Overview & Basics

This training session is for those individuals who want to learn about OMS Basics. Participants will be trained on the online registration, events and consultation features. The trainers are Delma Davis (Santa Clara COE) and John Durham (CTAP Region 10).
 
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TechSETS is focused on providing technical professionals in California schools improved access to training, support and other resources. With the explosive growth in school technology, the need for well-trained technical support staff has been steadily on the rise.

The TechSETS site is arranged in six major areas: About, Training, Support, Tools, Members and Help. Learn more about TechSETS by visiting each area, and please let us know what you think by completing our feedback form.

TechSETS is one of four Statewide Education Technology Services (SETS) to provide support and/or resources for California schools as authorized by AB1761. These services are those that "are more efficiently and effectively provided on a statewide basis." A contract has been awarded by the California Department of Education to the San Diego County Office of Education, who has been working closely with the Imperial County Office of Education to develop TechSETS.

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The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership is a portal full of administrative resources. You will find information that will help you locate resources to assist in the day to day needs of your jobs, whether you are site level principals or large district superintendents. These resources have been collected and organized by practicing administrators and met criteria judged to be of value to other administrators. You will find these resources organized in a large database that can be entered through the matrix.
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