Currently the various LTC directors and the State Board of Education are proposing that
Technology Plans be peer reviewed face to face locally at an LTC location. This means that all
technology plans submitted in Area One (Lake, Kane, DuPage, Suburban Cook, Will, Kendall and Grundy
Counties) will be reviewed in Area One. Once again, the process for an LTC director to facilitate Peer Review sessions comprised of three trained Peer Reviewers will be put into place.
The process for gaining approval for your district's technology plan is similar to what it was
in the past. Districts submit the required documents (via iirc ePlan website), ISBE assigns them to
a team of peer reviewers headed by an LTC facilitator, and the plan either passes, or is sent back
to the district for corrections. Peer Reviewers will follow a rubric created to evaluate district
technology plans.
Training for new Peer Reviewers will be held
locally, click on FAQ for Peer Review in the section below. Peer Review Training, as well as, the Peer Review sessions will be provided and organized by the Area One LTC directors. Plans are still due on March 1, 2011, the review process will commence in March, 2011. See further information below.
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Peer Review 2011
Please take time to review information being supplied for you regarding the Peer Review Process. Also note, these items are being updated periodically as the process to get plans reviewed and approved in a timely fashion unfolds.
Peer
Review Training Presentation -
Last year's training presentation is here, but much the same information was shared during this year's training, held on Feb. 5, 2009 - .pdf of the presentation is provided here.
FAQ
for Peer Review - This document provides information
regarding Peer Review Training as well as planned Peer Review
Dates. Keep checking here for updates.
Monitoring
Guide - This document will provide the rubric for Peer
Reviewers. It contains the major sections of the technology
plan, as well as guiding questions to help assess online
plans.
Peer
Review Feedback Form - This document is the checklist
that reviewers will use as they assess plans. It will allow
for reviewers to check off the major sections of the plan,
as well as provide feedback comments to districts as to
what might be deficient in any particular area of the plan.
Peer
Reviewers Code of Conduct Form - Each Peer Reviewer
will agree to an ethical code of conduct in participating
in this process. Please read. Reviewers will sign on day
of review.
