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Model Schools Coordinator and District Liaison Roles and Responsibilities

Model Schools Regional Coordinator
The role of the Model Schools Regional Coordinator is:

To promote the Model Schools Process for instructional technology integration K-12
To provide educational technology planning for schools, which is commensurate with school improvement needs and local improvement planning
To customize professional development solutions for teachers
To identify new models of teaching and learning through technology

Regular areas of responsibility for Regional Coordinators include:

Attending all statewide Model Schools meetings to maintain a focus and context for instructional technology work and professional development strategies
Convening Model Schools sessions in your region for updates, direction and awareness. District/Building Liaisons should attend regularly scheduled meetings set by the Model Schools Regional Coordinator
Working with schools to develop multi-year educational technology plans which include curriculum, assessment, and staff development components
Maintaining records of Model Schools surveys
Identifying Model Schools technology integration experts who represent all content areas and grade level applications
Communicating by e-mail, joining the Model Schools listserv, and reporting and publicizing integration progress from your schools
Assigning curriculum committees and participant workgroups in collaboration with local administrators and District/Building liaisons. The charge to these committees will be to develop technology applications within academic areas, new assessment techniques, and student exhibitions. The number of teacher participants should increase and the scope of this work should expand. Model Schools Committee Meetings should be scheduled regionally to afford combined sessions of training workshops, meetings, and teacher showcases.

Model Schools Program District/Building Liaison
The role of the Model Schools District/Building Liaison is to work with the Model Schools Regional Coordinator to communicate the status of technology integration initiatives. The Model Schools D/BL should demonstrate:

Good communication/organizational skills
Leadership in technology integration
Decision-making skills
Understanding in how technology is used to teach and assess New York State Learning Standards

Regular areas of responsibility for District/Building Liaisons include:

Maintaining contact with district administrators, reporting status to the Model Schools Regional Coordinator (via email) and attending regularly scheduled regional meetings
Overseeing day-to-day Model Schools activities in district/building, and assure compliance with project goals and required submissions
Facilitating the update/development of a multi-year instructional technology plan
Implementing the Model Schools instructional technology process in collaboration with the Model Schools Regional Coordinator. This will include instructional technology planning, customized professional development, curriculum design and refinement of learning experiences, and the identification of local teacher integration experts.
Coordinating instructional technology integration, identifying teacher integration experts, and overseeing the submission of learning experiences and assessments to the Model Schools Regional Coordinator
Participating in local, regional, and statewide forums to represent Model Schools activities
Sharing research and resources on effective instructional technology strategies and new software products for curriculum and assessment applications