Stephanie Quinn

EDET 650, Fall 2014

Internship Proposal
October 21, 2014

I propose my internship be completed at Landrum Middle School located in a
rural community off highway 26 near the North South Carolina border. It is a
small school consisting of only 300, 6
th
through 8
th
graders with about 30 faculty
and staff members. We have recently upgraded to wireless network and are
ready to move forward in our integration of technology. Our district level focus is
on effectively using technology in the classroom to increase student achievement
and prepare our students for the 21
st
century workplace.

Our teachers are in a variety of places with regards to technology. Some
teachers feel very comfortable using it in daily tasks as teachers others are
ready to use it on a daily basis with students. After talking with our instructional
coach and my fellow teachers. I feel a web page that houses instructions in video
and handout format would be beneficial to our teachers and help us move
forward with technology integration. The website would include day to day
administrative types of task in addition to resources and ideas on how to
successfully integrate technology in the classroom. When possible I would like to
include student examples and rubrics to help teachers with assessment. Our
district uses the SAMR model of integrations. I will research this model and will
follow the same vision as the district for this website. I would also like to
incorporate some kind of feedback system from the teachers in our school so
that I can monitor and adjust the information on the website to best meet
everyones needs.

I will be working with Jennifer Henson; she has a Masters of Education in
Learning Disabilities from Furman University and is currently working on her
Masters in Educational Leadership from Furman. As my mentor Mrs. Henson will
help make decisions on what types of tools and training to include on the site to
meet the needs of our faculty and staff. She is our instructional coach and is well
versed in technology. Mrs. Henson works closely with our District Level
Instructional Technology Coach and is willing to pass along the information she is
learning in her coaches meetings. Mrs. Henson is also part of our schools
leadership team and will be able to help me develop quality in-service training for
the teachers in my school. We would like to create a website that is beneficial to
teachers and one that they will be willing to visit for resources and lessons;
allowing them to effectively use technology in a meaningful way with their
students.