Grant Proposal Project Title Electronic Showcase Submitted by John Olson SED 610 April 9 2008 CURRICULUM FUNDING PROJECT Funding Agency California Department of Education Title II Part D Enhancing Education through Technology Competitive http www cde ca gov fg fo profile asp id 1289 The primary goal of the Enhancing Education through Technology Competitive EETT C Round 7 grant program 2008 2010 is to improve student achievement of the state content standards and technology literacy in grades four through eight with expanded access to technology electronic resources professional development and enhanced communications Legal Authority No Child Left Behind NCLB Act of 2001 Public Law 107 110 Title II Part D Source Type Federal Grant State Fiscal Year 2008 09 Funding Request 150 000 for 2 years Principal Investigator Mr John C Olson 8th grade science department chair Co Investigators Mrs Cathy Novean Assistant Principal Mrs Lori Hermelin Technology Coordinator Mr Chuck Good Department Chair 8th grade history Mr Mark Dannerth and Mr Blake Bowers co chair showcase portfolio presentations committee Mr Greg Oatey School Site Council Mrs Rhondi Durand Principal Project Name Electronic Showcase Investigator Credentials Principal Investigator John Olson MA Science Education Olson currently serves as the 8th Grade science department chair at Arroyo Seco Junior High He has served in this position for the last 4 years He is also a member of the school leadership team Olson has inserviced staff on individual website development He led his department in the development of the science writing prompt for Arroyo Seco s school wide across the curriculum writing project and participated in writing the pacing calendars and benchmark assessments at the district level for teaching and measuring student achievement on the state science standards Olson earned his Masters Degree at California State University Northridge where he gained first hand experience in developing a website as portfolio and has had advanced coursework in the use of computers in science education and advanced seminars in issues in science education and in current issues in general education Olson has had overseen the design and start up of three computer labs received a PTA grant to run a science and technology center program at Rio Vista elementary and has designed curriculums for GATE students and computer courses in elementary and middle schools Associate Investigator Credentials Assistant Principle Investigator Mr Chuck Good MA Technology in Education Good is the 8th Grade history department chair Good has extensive background in web design has been involved in staff development and has in serviced and teachers in the development of classroom and team websites Mrs Rhondi Durand MA Administration Durand is the Principal at Arroyo Seco She has led school through the successful implementation of a school wide writing project California Distinguished School Award and research supported Special Education Inclusion Teams Mrs Cathy Novean MA Administration Novean is one of two Assistant Principals at Arroyo Seco Novean has had experience as the administrator of Arroyo Seco s School Improvement Plan Back to School and Open House events and has been responsible for overseeing and implementing National Blue Ribbon and California Distinguished School documentation and organization She has had experience as an ASB director managing ASB budgets and activities She is the administrator that oversees teacher credentialing CLAD and Inclusion teams and all other special program budgets Novean will be the Administrator overseeing the grant budget implementation and evaluation Mrs Lori Hermelin MA Library Science and Technology Hermlin serves as the Arroyo Seco Technology Coordinator She is the site librarian and serves on the school leadership team She has modernized the technology in the library and oversees student computers and research She is highly motivated to incorporate technology and works with teachers to develop technology based curriculum Mr Blake Bowers MA Education and Mr Mark Dannerth MA Reading Specialist Dannerth and Bowers are currently co chairs of the school wide Showcase Portfolio program They are in charge of organizing the event arranging scheduling for students and community volunteers and in servicing the staff on the Showcase Portfolio program Mr Greg Oatey MA Education Oatey has served the last 5 years as the Site Council Liaison His duties include the recruitment of School Site Council members and overseeing and implementing the school improvement plan including all reports budgets and requisitions Oatey has also served as the school technology coordinator and teaches a computer elective Honorary Member Dr Norman Herr Ph D Dr Herr Professor of Computer and Science Education at Cal State University Northridge has agreed to serve as a technical consultant to the E folio development team Herr is a distinguish teacher and writer and has been the principal investigator or co investigator for numerous grants from organizations such as the W M Keck Foundation the Richard Riordan Foundation and the Microsoft Corporation Mr Danny McHorney district technology director Mr Jon Carrino administrator all of the district servers Mr Daniel Ross school site technology technician PROBLEM STATEMENT Student Showcase Portfolios need to be converted to web based e folios to better address the expectation that students will be able to properly use technology to organize problem solve and communicate effectively and to become capable information technology users ISTE 2008 Arroyo Seco Junior High has had a highly effective popular and community supported 8th grade culmination activity for the past decade called Showcase Portfolio At its inception Showcase Portfolio was designed to provide a medium for students to collect and evaluate their best work and a format for them to present their best work to an evaluator from the community Each year over 50 community volunteers take a day off from work to come to the school and listen to students as they present their portfolios The atmosphere is that of a first job interview Students take the event very seriously spend hours organizing and preparing their portfolios then come prepared in their best professional attire to share their accomplishments and what they have learned with an evaluator who rates them on the quality of their work and their presentation As the Portfolios have become more