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Collaborative Empowerment Project Description

Aligned with research by Thomas R Guskey

Participant Quotes

Project Goals

What makes the Collaborative Empowerment Project unique

  • Follows the “Results-Oriented Professional Development Research of  Thomas R. Guskey from the University of Kentucky
  • A collaborative empowerment approach to decision-making rather than the traditional one-person expert model
  • Consistent follow-up is built into the project both electronically and through on-site visits
  • Solution emphasis is not on high tech computer technology but rather on achieving a balance of strategies, low tech and high tech tools
  • Consumers, schools and parents save money by making more informed purchasing decisions based on well-defined consumer need

Project Goals

1. Provide an electronic community between participants creating a venue in which to share knowledge and connection to persons with expertise in the field of technology

2. Gain experience working as a collaborative team

3. Provide a decision making process to use when making decisions regarding the assessment, acquisition, implementation and evaluation of technology

 

Project Objectives

1. Learn team strategies regarding the assessment, acquisition, implementation, and evaluation for technology

2. Demonstrate awareness of the wide range of resources available on the internet relating to technology

3. Define the essential best practices related to technology service delivery by completing the ATSTAR Curriculum from Austin, TX

4. Demonstrate a working knowledge of the laws related to technology for persons with disabilities such as IDEA, ADA, 504, 508

5. Define student/consumer centered assessment for technology

6. Define the comprehensive support team

7. Identify customary environments and tasks within the environments to use when completing the SETT Framework

8. Differentiate types of technology tools and strategies based on need

9. Complete a case study with a student/consumer

10.Prepare and execute a one-hour presentation summarizing experience

To learn more about the Collaborative Empowerment Project or to sponsor a CEP project in your area contact:

Ms. Terry Lankutis

E-mail address
LankutisT@aol.com

Web address
www.lankutis.com

Office phone
(406) 388-7831 

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