Professional Development

1. Prescott Elementary School
New Teacher
Laptop Training
By Vicky Stelzer
Technology Coach
Prescott Elementary School

2. Prescott Elementary School
New Teacher Laptop Training
Click Here
The above link will begin your new laptop training.
The link will take you to a Prezi Presentation that
includes 8 short video tutorials to familiarize new
staff members to their DCSD Laptop and other
district procedures.

3. Needs Assessment
O All incoming new teachers to the Dubuque Community School
District receive a laptop for school use.
O All teachers need to be trained how to:
O log on to the district server correctly.
O use the z drive or district server for file storage.
O access the shared documents folder on the Prescott server.
O log on at home when the computer is not connected to the
network.
O log on to the Prescott Google Calendar.
O create home page tabs when the log into the Internet.
O Search the library management system for a library book.
What do you know?

4. O I want to know:
O if teachers can access their z drive folder
O if teachers can access the staff handbook in the
shared documents file on the Prescott server
O if teachers understand how to log onto their laptop
at home and know where to save files when
logged on as local user
O can set home page tabs for their Internet home
page
O if teachers can search the library management
system
What do you want to know?

5. What are you trying to measure,
determine, or define?
O Do the new teachers have a basic
understanding of how their new laptop
functions?
O Do the new teachers have the basic skills
necessary to utilize the school laptop to
perform basic functions for work related
tasks?

6. How will you collect and record
information?
O In October of every school year new
teachers will be asked to fill out a survey
using Survey Monkey to determine whether
sufficient laptop training has been provided
or not.
O Once the survey results are reviewed
additional professional development will be
provided in areas that are needed.

7. How will you report the information
you collect?
O The information will be reported at a district
professional development day.
O The information will be used to plan
technology in-services for new teachers or
any teacher who is interested in review
sessions.

8. Are all interested groups included in planning and
conducting the needs assessment?
O The Building Leadership Team (6 teachers,
2 instructional coaches, and 1 technology
coach) discusses the information that is
most important for new teachers to know
about their district laptop.
O The technology coach decides how the
information will be delivered to the new
teachers.

9. References
Horton, William. e-Learning by Design, 2nd Edition, 2nd
Edition. John Wiley & Sons (P&T), 9/26/11.
<vbk:9781118292686#page(2)>.
http://www.horton.com/portfolioabsorb.htm
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
http://prezi.com/

10. References
Horton, William. e-Learning by Design, 2nd Edition, 2nd
Edition. John Wiley & Sons (P&T), 9/26/11.
<vbk:9781118292686#page(2)>.
http://www.horton.com/portfolioabsorb.htm
http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html
http://prezi.com/