Action

**Meet with principal, share

ideas and goals about the
implementation of Canvas

**Hold a 90 minute
professional development
training session about Canvas
(mandated by the county)
**Create small
group/individual training
sessions for staff members
with additional questions
Attend a mandatory Canvas
training session

Send out survey to determine

Canvas use of staff members
over the summer.
Review the expectations of
the county (attendance,
learning communities, front
page) for Canvas during the
2015-2016 school year

Person/Group
Responsible
Canvas POCs (Ms.
Law and
Technology
Teacher) and
Principal
Canvas POCs (Ms.
Law and
Technology
Teacher)
Canvas POCs (Ms.
Law and
Technology
Teacher)
County
Representatives and
Canvas POCs (Ms.
Law and
Technology Teacher)
Canvas POCs

Completion Date

Assessment

April 2015

Email confirmation from

principal

May 1st, 2015

Sign In Sheet, PD notes,

feedback form

May-June 2015

Staff uses
SignUpGenius.com to sign
up for a session/Feedback
form given after each
session
Sign up on ERO

Summer 2015 (August

7th)

August 11th

Google Form

Canvas POCs (Ms.

Law and
Technology
Teacher)

Pre-Service Week of
August 2015

Sign In Sheet, PD notes

Canvas POCs and

Tech Committee

August/September 2015

Sign in sheet, meeting

agendas and minutes,
informal discussions

Establish a shared vision and

mission about how the staff at
Running Brook imagines
Canvas being used this school
year
Adults seek knowledge
that applies to their current
life situation; how will this
new information help them?
(Dalellew and Martinez,
1988)
Create a Technology
Committee that will have one
representative from each team
in the building (EX: Ms. Law

(Point of Contact/POC),
administration, technology
teacher (Point of
Contact/POC), representative
from each grade
level/department, MST (Math
Support Teacher), RST
(Reading Support Teacher),
and representative from
Related Arts team)
Canvas POCs and
Administration
Technology Committee
Canvas POCs and
Meeting: Discuss how Canvas Technology
is going: pros and cons,
Committee
strengths and challenges,
suggestions, and feedback.
Share Canvas successes at
monthly staff meetings

Meet bi-weekly or monthly

with teachers experiencing
challenges
Create screencasts sharing
tips and tricks about Canvas.
Send out to staff

Canvas POCs (Ms.

Law and
Technology
Teacher)
Canvas POCs (Ms.
Law and Technology
Teacher)

During Oct. PD, meet with all Canvas POCs

teachers including SST, SPED
All teachers implement
All RBES Staff
Canvas for students and
Members
parents

2015-2016 school year

Discussions during staff

meetings

October 2015,
December 2015,
February 2016, April
2016

Meeting agendas and

minutes, informal
discussions

October 2015-June 2016 Feedback Form

September-December
2015
(If more screencasts
containing tips and
tricks are needed, then
they will continue for
the remainder of the
school year.)
October 8th

Monitor views of
screencasts and emails

January-June 2016

Conduct observations of
staff using Canvas

Continue share Canvas

successes at monthly staff
meetings and meet monthly
with teachers experiencing
challenges

Canvas POCs (Ms.

Law and
Technology
Teacher)

January-June 2016

Meeting agendas and

minutes, informal
discussions

Survey the staff asking how

teachers have used Canvas in
their classroom during the
year.

Canvas POCs,
administration, and
staf

May 2016

Results of survey via Google

Forms

Plan for Canvas for the next

school year

Canvas POCs and

Technology
Committee

June 2016

Create a Google Doc to

share with current and new
technology committee
members