Technology staff development is essential to a successful technology plan.  The Glenwood Community School District recognizes this essential need and has the following goals:

	Ongoing revision of the long range, staff development plan needed to meet the technology needs of the district staff.
	Ongoing assessment and revision of the technology standards and benchmarks which are currently in use.

 In addition the district has hired a full time Instructional Technology Coordinator whose job is to assist staff in the integration of technology.   

Staff Development - Short Courses

 The technology team of Glenwood Community School District conducts short classes which are offered to all staff members.  These classes may be offered during a week, during a staff development session, and/or during a staff faculty meeting.  Current short classes include:

	E-mail & Filtering
	Digital Cameras
	Jump Drives
	Clipart & Sound Files
	Internet Integration with Benchmarks
	PowerSchool & PowerGrade Training

This list changes as needs arise.

Staff Development - Graduate Courses

The technology team of Glenwood Community School District is also developing graduate level classes which will be offered to all staff members.  These classes may be taken for graduate level from Northwest Missouri State University, for recertification, or audited by staff.  Classes will be taught by district personnel, AEA 13 personnel, or other qualified instructors.   The following classes are being implemented:

1.    PowerSchool Training (Not Graduate Credit):
Glenwood Community School District is currently implementing a new comprehensive student management system.  PowerSchool provides real-time access to student’s grades, attendance, assessments, and assignments.  The district has provided professional development for staff, students and parents in this implementation.  This program will be essential in the communication of progress towards reading, math, science and technology goals.

2.   Communication Using Microsoft Word: 
This course is designed to introduce participants to Microsoft Word and the features of a word processing program. Participants will be creating newsletters, brochures, and mail-merge letters to communicate with parents. Other features will be to create tables, to create rubrics, assignments sheets, lesson ideas, and templates to help meet the curriculum objectives.

3.   Integration of the Internet: 
Participants in this class will research and evaluate student resources on the Internet which will teach, reinforce, and/or assess student benchmarks in reading, math, science and social studies.  Web pages will be created which match resources to district benchmarks.  In addition, lesson plans and/or web quests will be created to use with these web pages.

4.   Rigor and Relevance in the Classroom:
Participants will use the 21^st century skills of digital literacy, inventive thinking, effective communication, and high productivity to create technology integrated lesson plans for students. 

Ongoing Staff Development

The technology team of the Glenwood Community School District will also be offering ongoing staff training for individuals and/or small groups.   A hierarchy of technology support people has been developed within each building to further that building’s staff development needs. 

In addition to the above, the following areas will be implemented to further staff development: 

	A monthly district technology newsletter (Starting January 2006)
	Development of technology study groups
	Development of Train the Trainers method of staff development
	Offering of hardware and software at discounted staff prices