Francisco.Lopez


 * Francisco Lopez **, Chaffey Community Day School

Application -

Administrator's Focus:

Please describe the applicant’s current assignment, technology experience and leadership qualities, as well as the program’s overall commitment to technology integration and to the nominee’s participation in TIMAC, and what area you would like them to focus on in their mentoring of other instructors in your program. Francisco Lopez currently teaches Adult Basic Education and GED. He also has many years of experience teaching ESL. Francisco is seen as a leader by his colleagues and administration. He is active in the Leadership Team and the Technology Committee at Chaffey Adult School. Francisco is conscientious and hard-working. Using his vast knowledge of curriculum and instructional strategies, he integrates technology in his lessons to increase student engagement and success. He is a creative, innovative thinker willing to help any one at any time.

Francisco is the “go to” person when it comes to technology at our school. He provides SMART Board and document camera training during staff development meetings or on one-on-one bases. At those training he presents instructional strategies and lesson ideas for ESL, ABE and GED. He will be the lead in helping our school develop best practice videos showing examples of using technology in the classroom to enhance student learning. Our goal is to have a selection of videos from different programs using technology with a variety of student levels that the teachers can access through our district server.

Francisco has also piloted the “e-portfolio” with a few students this year. We will be incorporating the “e-portfolio” for students involved in our Policy to Performance Pilot Project. Francisco will be the lead on that project working with the counselors, teachers and targeted students.

Francisco was selected for the CALPRO CCAE/COABE PD Partners Project. He will be facilitating a webinar though that project. Using the skills that he learners though that project he will be facilitating the use of webinars to communicate to our off-site staff.

The primary area of focus for Francisco will be to support teachers in developing an on-line course or component of a course through Moodle or another on-line platform. A teacher cannot just “convert” their current lessons or activities to an on-line format. They need to learn what types of activities are engaging and what would be the appropriate format to interact with the student such as blogs, wikis, journals, discussion boards etc. In 2011-12 our school will be developing two on-line courses though Moodle. The courses will prepare students for College Level Math and Writing to aid in their transition to Community College. I want Francisco to support teachers in the development of these two courses and to support teacher in developing an on-line component to their current curriculum.

Francisco conducts himself as a professional and is well liked by students, staff, and administration. It is with great pleasure that nominate Francisco Lopez to be a TIMAC participant.

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