School
Board Adopts 2007-2010 Technology Plan
The
Plano ISD Board of Trustees
at their May 15 meeting hosted its first presentation of
TI Foundation Innovations in STEM (Science, Technology,
Engineering
and Mathematics)
Teaching Awards. Six
Plano ISD teachers were honored
as finalists, and two of
the finalists were announced at the meeting as
winners. At
the same meeting, trustees adopted the 2007-2010 Technology
Plan (article below).
STEM
Teaching Award Winners
The
following two teachers each
earned $5,000 cash awards and $5,000 for classroom technology
and professional development.
Jennifer
Bernabo - Plano
East Senior High School
Chemistry and Advanced Placement
Chemistry Teacher
Mary
Ellen Sablick - Rice Middle
School
Math 8, Honors Algebra 1 and Power
Math 8 Teacher
Pictured
(back row, l-r) Dr. Jim Wussow, executive director of secondary
curriculum; Teachers Tracy Ishman and Mike Coe; TI's Torrence
Robinson; Teacher Patrick Sullivan; Keith
Braley, Plano
ISD
Education Foundation president; and Linda Flack, secondary
science coordinator; (front
row, l-r) Dr. Jim Wohlgehagen, secondary mathematics
coordinator; and Teachers Mary
Ellen Sablick,
Jennifer
Bernabo and Kelly Brooks.
Teacher
Finalists
Finalists
each received $500 cash awards.
Tracy
Ishman - Plano West
Senior High School
Advanced Placement Computer Science
Teacher
Mike
Coe - Plano Senior High School
Computer
Science Teacher
Patrick
Sullivan - Carpenter Middle School
Seventh Grade
Science Teacher
Kelly Brooks -
Williams High School
Teacher of Ninth Grade Algebra and 10th Grade Geometry for
English as a Second Language Students
School
principals nominated teachers for the STEM awards,
and both principal and nominee completed applications. District
educators reviewed applications and selected six finalists
who were each visited in their classrooms by a final selection
committee.
Please
visit
our district website to read the STEM
awards press release and teachers' educational
philosophies.
Plano
ISD 2007-2010 Technology Plan
Also
at their May 15 meeting, school trustees approved the Plano
ISD 2007-2010 Technology Plan.
 Presented
by Jim Hirsch, associate superintendent for academic and
technology services, the plan was prepared by Plano ISD's
Technology Steering Committee. The committee used an inclusive
process involving
campus-based discussions
with
students
and staff, focus
groups and large group meetings and a variety
of online information gathering techniques.
Please
view
the 2007-2010
Technology Plan on our district
website. Related links are also published in this eNews
message.
Also
approved by trustees at their May 15 meeting were:
- Consent
Agenda items
- 2007-08
Employee Compensation Package
-
Resolution Supporting H.R. 648 (relating to No Child Left Behind)
-
Advertisement to Schedule Budget and Tax Rate Hearing
-
Policy
CH (Local) - Purchasing & Acquisition - second reading
-
Policy
CV (Local) - Facilities & Construction - second reading
-
Policy
FO (Local) - Student Discipline - second reading
-
TASB
Localized Update 79 - first reading
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