Overview
Incentives will be tracked by STS. All incentives are the property of Polk County Public Schools. They will remain assigned to participant as long as the participant remains an employee of Polk County Public Schools. Should the participant leave the district, the incentive should remain at the school. If a participant moves within the district, the incentive may move with the individual.
- Provide incentives for proficiency as long as monies are available.
- Only one incentive will be awarded per year per person in any proficiency area pursued.
- Tech Proficiency should be pursued in the area of the staff member position.
- Proficiency levels should be pursued in sequence. Levels may not be skipped.
- Post points for only district-wide training.
- Workshop pay will be issued only when paperwork is complete and submitted to STS office within one month of workshop date.
Guidelines for Incentives
- Participants may earn more than one proficiency within one school year.
- Participants may receive only one incentive per school year.
- If participant chooses to earn proficiency in more than one area (example: teacher and network manager), he/she must choose only one area in which they will select an incentive.
- All incentives are the property of the Polk County School Board. Incentives should be used for the enhancement of student technology in the classroom.
Administrator Incentives:
The Blackboard online management module which tracks administrator proficiency (BBA1000 Administrator Technology Proficiency) will be reviewed monthly and the gradebook will be updated. Participants may view their gradebook by logging into their Blackboard BBA1000 Module. After gradebook is updated, those who attained a proficiency level will be issued an incentive and certificate.
Network Manager Incentives:
Network Manager courses will be reviewed in December and in April for attainment of proficiency. Incentives and certificates will be awarded in December and in April.
Teacher Incentives:
Teacher Tech Levels I and II
- The incentive for a score of 80% or above in each of the six areas of the inventory will be a flash drive. A certificate will be issued for Teacher Technology Proficiency Levels I and II. ONLY ONE INCENTIVE will be awarded for successful inventory completion.
- To receive incentives, the inventory site coordinator should complete the Incentive Spreadsheet for the ITTS. This spreadsheet template is available in the Outlook Public Folders under Network Managers.
- Penny Cook will review the spreadsheet and verify participant scores using the DOE online database.
- Incentives will be sent to either the ITTS School Site Coordinator or the individual recipients.
- Deadlines for submitting the spreadsheet template with names for incentives for the ITTS will be the first working day of each month. Every effort will be made to distribute the flash drives to the schools in a timely manner.
- Send the ITTS Incentive Spreadsheet to Penny Cook.
Teacher Tech III Incentive
Incentives will be given for Tech III only if funding is available.
Incentives for Proficiency Levels
| Incentive Level |
Administrator |
Teacher / Media Specialist |
Network Manager |
| Tech Proficiency I |
Flash Drive |
None |
Microtester |
| Tech Proficiency II |
Digital Camera |
Flash Drive |
1 Gb Flash Drive |
| Tech Proficiency III |
None |
TBA |
Large Capacity External Hard Drive |
School Based Training
Schools are responsible for posting all inservice held at the school site.
School-Based Technology Training
- The Technology Coach will contact Marcia Hall at School Technology Services.Marcia will post the training on the PDS scheduler.
- STS will post the inservice points for the technology workshops facilitated by the technology coaches.
District Lab Site Training
STS is responsible for posting only district inservices held at District sites.
- STS will set up training on the scheduler
- STS will complete Forms 1 and 4 on the Professional Development Site.
- STS will post inservice points for participants successfully completing implementation.
Discovery Education streaming
- PD Workshops available: Contact Virginia Richard at School Technology Services
Workshop Pay Requirements
- Facilitators for Blackboard online workshops must successfully complete Bbd002 Blackboard Basics for Facilitators and BBT002 Copyright and Ethics.
- Facilitators will receive up to 10 hours per online workshop.
- Instructors need to be listed on the Approved Trainer List for Professional Development by taking the Professional Development for Professional Developers workshop.
- Payment can only be received for time outside your regular work day.
- STS will pay for workshops set up by STS only.
- All paperwork for professional development must be turned in to STS within one month of the workshop. Instructors will not be paid unless all of the workshop documents are correctly completed and are received within a month from the date of the workshop.
Documents include:
- Special Activity Pay Form
- Dates must be in chronological order
- Must be legible
- Must include module and section #
Paperwork instructions:
- Print a copy of the Gradebook from your Blackboard Online Class
- Send Special Activity Pay Form and Gradebook to:
Marcia Hall
School Technology Services
Jim Miles Professional Development Center
Route E
STRICTLY ENFORCED!
Pay will be issued only for paperwork received within one month of workshop.
