SAI-p2d2-2011

 2010-2011 SAI Technology Leadership Training
**Phase 2, Day 2**

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=**Activating Your Program's Strategy and Evaluation ** = ===**John B. Nash, PhD, Associate Professor, Iowa State University ** === jnash@iastate.edu

Have you ever embarked on an initiative that you were excited about but didn't get the results you wanted? Or did the initiative just stop? Did you wonder why? What about in the realm of technology? How do you know if all the investments in educational technology that your school has been making are working? **Do any of the following apply to your district?**
 * You're using technology in your school but haven't defined to what end.
 * You have money for hardware but no plan.
 * There are pockets of excellence in your district but taking them to scale is elusive.
 * You'd like to implement systems for improvement
 * Your technology committee is focused on purchases and not a vision.
 * There's lots of dabbling with technology in your district but no thread to link the outcomes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">You'd like to know if the programs you have in place are making a difference.

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview ** ==

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This live, interactive workshop provides participants with a fresh, approachable perspective on setting strategy for achieving goals in school-based programs with an emphasis on technology and 21st century skills. Participants learn:
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">A simple yet effective technique for setting strategy and goals for your school's programs.
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">How to effectively answer the question "Is my initiative reaching its goals?"
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">How to confidently demonstrate to stakeholders that your programs are effective.

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> Resources
**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Conversation Starter **
 * Start with your thoughts on the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">question found here
 * Here is the <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Wordle cloud based on your thoughts <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;"> cloud.
 * media type="custom" key="8455032"

**We need**
 * Up to 3 volunteers to take notes. [|Here] is the note page.
 * If you are one of those people who needs to write down things as a way to remember this jobs for you! (<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Notes from Australia )
 * Anyone who is on Twitter. We need you to volunteer to take notes via Twitter using the workshop tag #techleader
 * Follow the Tweets here: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">@http://www.monitter.com/?

**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Notes and Useful Templates **
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[|Here] are the notes taken by participants in this session.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">You may review the key points of the workshop here as noted by past participants.
 * Here are the slides from today's session: [[file:Activate Your Strat Eval_Handout_SAI_2011.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Planning templates
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Online Google Docs template used in the workshop]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Download in PDF (good for scribbling on) [[file:StrategyStrand-CASTLE Workshop.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Download in Word (good for typing in)[[file:StrategyStrand-CASTLE Workshop.doc]]