Arlington Heights School District 25
Educator’s Qualifications and Professional Growth and Development Data Description Illinois District Report Card 2007, reviewed fall 2007 Teacher Survey, administered and reviewed winter 2008 State of the District Report, reviewed fall 2007 Professional Development Database September, 2006 - present, reviewed fall 2007 Illinois Report Card: Educator Data - Staff Demographics 2007, reviewed fall 2007 Staff Development Executive Summary - March 1, 2007, reviewed fall 2007 District 25 Vision 2020 developed through Community Conversation Committee, reviewed fall 2007 Summarize the Data District 25 currently employs 758 full and part-time staff, of which 438 are certificated. Sixty-seven percent of the 336 total teachers FTE have Master's degrees. Many of the teaching staff have their teaching experience within the district. The average teaching experience of the staff is 11.5 years. The state average is 13 years. Ninety-eight percent of District 25 teachers are white, with the remaining 2% being Hispanic or Asian/Pacific Islander. In contrast, 87% of the students are white, while 1% are black, 4.5% Hispanic, 5.6% Asian/Pacific Islander and the remaining 1.8% are American Indian/ Multi-racial. The district goal for staff development is to provide staff with the strategies and skills required to improve academic achievement for all students. Staff development opportunities are based on District goals and building school improvement plans. The eight School Improvement Planning/Institute Days, one of which is devoted to technology, are valuable times for staff development and ensure the attendance of staff. Current staff development for technology consists of one School Improvement Day and a voluntary two-day Tech Academy held every summer. There is “as-needed” training in each school building. There is also a one-day training in the summer for technology staff. Some staff members attend the annual Illinois Computing Educators Conference each year. Teachers and administrators need to become more familiar with NETS-T and NETS-A and begin to systematically implement the technology standards for each user group. Inconsistent implementation of educational technology among classroom teachers is noted and indicates the need for continued staff development and support. Staff members indicate the need to know how to use various components of technology in their buildings. Teachers indicate they need skills for designing, managing, and assessing learning projects that incorporate technology. Surveys were prepared by the Tech Planning committee and administered online to all teachers, administrators and other staff. Survey questions addressed the effectiveness of staff development opportunities, technology needs in terms of hardware, software and training, and the strengths and needs of technology learners.
District 25 Technology Plan 2008-11
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