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Model - The goal of SUSD Technology Professional
Development is to encourage long-term changes that will positively affect
student achievement. Toward this end, whenever possible, a teaching
and coaching model will be used for all Professional Development. Each
training class will be followed by one-on-one support at the site within
a few days of the training. Once the trainee has had a couple of days
to apply the content of the training, there will be a support person
on campus to help them with any questions or challenges.
During
her thirty four years of teaching, Linda Angeloff
has taught fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth grade, as well as Math
and Computer Education. Linda was nominated for Arizona Teacher of the
Year in 1986 and was a Charros Teacher of the Year for Supai Middle
School in 1997. She is a co-owner of an educational consulting business
and Technology Specialist for Scottsdale Schools. Her expertise is combining
academic curriculum standards with technology used in classrooms.
 Sharrie
Bonie is a former Instructional Technology
Specialist with a M. Ed. in Educational Media and Computers
from ASU. She joined SUSD in 1991 bringing her teaching experience
of every grade from K-8th with a concentration of teaching
computers for the last 8 years. Her understanding of the challenges
of teaching elementary students to use technology, and her
undying quest for curricular integration of technology, and
her dedication to Professional Development make her invaluable
as a member of the departmental leadership team. Her area
of concentration is eLearning courseware, and computer curriculum
K-8.
 Ariane
Cleverly is an Instructional Technology Trainer with the Scottsdale
School District. Her background and speciality is in computer graphics
having been a graphic designer for over 20 years. The websites that
she designed techplan.susd.org,
its.susd.org, genesis
and eLearning offer tech
tips, and a wealth of resources for technology. Prior to this position,
Ariane had been with SUSD for 6 years - first teaching computer classes
and then as Campus Tech for 4 years.
 Amy
Downs is an Instructional Technology Specialist with
a corporate background in sales, marketing and management
and six years experience with SUSD as a high school computer
teacher in Career and Technical Education. She has taught
computer applications and media communications courses. She
is currently involved in the training.
 Ann
Leggat is an Instructional Technology Trainer and the
Athena Support Specialist for the Scottsdale Unified School
District. She has been assisting SUSD students and teachers
with technology since 1996. Prior to joining this department,
Ann was a consultant and trainer for Sagebrush Corporation
in management of library resources. Ann develops and provides
training for certified and classified staff in Word, Excel,
Basic PC, NetOp, Outlook and Genesis.
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 Linda
Leinwand's training is in programming and systems
analysis of software development. She has worked in AZ school
districts in various capacities from parent and PTA officer
to elementary computer lab aide and campus tech. Linda's
previous tech position at the district's largest high school
has given her a broad foundation in all aspects of technology
in SUSD.
 Lotus
Kaplan
is a former middle school computer and humanities teacher.
She was part of the previous Instructional Technology Specialist
group, and is an Intel Master Teacher. She is part of the
leadership team for the department, and manages and trains
teachers to use our eLearning courseware. Her experience
and vision is a valuable asset to the department.
Todd Kisicki is an Instructional Technology Specialist
for the elementary school in Scottsdale Unified School District.
He recently graduated with a M.Ed in Educational Technology
and has taught elementary and middle school for the past
five years. Todd was awarded Sam’s Club Teacher of
the Year for the 2002 during his first year of teaching.
His background in technology include creating web sites
for use in his classroom and school, teaching computer applications
classes and coordinating a student-mentor professional development
plan in his previous teaching position.
Barbara Richards has been the
eLearning specialist for the district for many years. As
SUSD courseware and hardware continue to evolve, that role
is expanding. With the increasing use of online courseware,
expanding to meet the needs of more groups of learners,
her guidance and support will be critical to the students
and teachers of SUSD. Check out the new eLearning
Website.
 Rick
Rothen comes to us from a video/film production
and post-production background. He lived and worked in
Los Angeles for 13 years where he was involved in motion
picture and television production. For the past 10 years,
he has been editing video material ranging from commercials
to documentaries. He joined the Scottsdale School District
in February of this year and is now focusing on creating
material related to technology in the classroom. In addition,
Rick will be creating computer tutorials that teachers
can watch on their computers. These tutorials will help
with various applications which teachers use on a regular
basis.
 Having
many years of middle/high school computer teaching experience has
brought former district administrator, Diane
Smith back to Instructional Technology. Her expertise in the
communication and evaluation process, budgeting and grants, working
with administrators, as well as her many strengths in computer applications
provide our team with a wide array of talents. Diane’s focus
is on elementary and middle school areas of eLearning and keyboarding
curriculum.
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