Aaron+Saenz

Aaron Saenz, LAUSD DACE

=My road map for TIMAC = The Road Map for the Evans Community Adult School's Technology Integration Mentor Academy consists of two overlaying projects.

The first project is providing technology integration mentorship to three Evans Instructors: Ms. Rios, Ms. Lownds and Ms. Burns. The second project is developing the current Evans Adult School's website, so it will act as a resource for the above mentioned mentees and the greater Evans Instructor community.

Currently all the classrooms at Evans have a media cart (laptop, LCD projector, and digital document camera device) and StarBoard technology. However, two of the mentees classrooms the StarBoard is not connected to a computer.
 * Where we are now:** The three mentees are all basic in their educational technology skill level and rarely use that technology in their lesson plans. However, they all feel technology integration is important in meeting the educational needs of their students.

The website used to be a one stop shop for all Evans Instructors to request supplies, submit repair requests and access LAUSD services. However, as time constraints limited our Technology Counselor, the website has lost functionality.

In November Invitations informing the three selected mentees that they have been selected to participate in the TIMAC program. Current website will be reviewed and design elements that need improvement will be identified.
 * The Plan**

As December is winter break, the project will resume in January.

In January, mentees will be assessed for quantitatively for their educational technology skill level and current usage of educational technology. Areas in the curriculum in which technology integration would be most beneficial to student learning will also be identified. A technology integration resource library will be added to the Evans Website, mentees will begin accessing resources via the updated website.

In February, training sessions will begin with the menttees. On a weekly basis,

In March, mentees will begin designing lessons plans infused with educational technology. Documentation of educational technology infused lesson plans will be uploaded to the website for all Instructors to access.

In April mentees will implement three of the educational technology infused lesson plans. Evidence of student's benefitting from the educational technology infused lesson plans will be upload to the website.

The Future: By the end of the project, the three mentees will have implemented three educational technology infused lesson plans. The evidence and resources will be uploaded to the website for other Evans Instructors to view and replicate the process.

Next year, the three mentees will select three new mentees and act as Instructor mentors to them and the process will continue. The resources and evidence of student learning outcomes will be uploaded to the website to function as a resource library for all Evans Instructors.

About me
Aaron is the co-founder of two local non profits: San Gabriel Valley Pride (2001) and the Pasadena Pride Center (2011). See some pics about the SGV Pride event that happened last week, by clicking here.

Aaron is a member of a Softball Team called the Los Angeles Monarchs that is part of the Greater Los Angeles Softball Association.

Aaron owns a condo in beautiful Duarte, CA.