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Find more videos like this on Pima Regional Support Center Arizona Statewide Instructional Technology Project Goals: * To assist public, charter, and private schools.
* To provide training and support services for the integration of technology.
* To assist schools in acquiring effective instructional practices in all K-12 content areas.
* To promote IDEAL/ASSET (Integrated Data to Enhance Arizona’s Learning) to all LEA’s in the state and incorporate it into all professional development efforts.
* Promote the iSAFE internet safety curriculum, Thinking with Technology and Essentials course work from Intel, and Thinkfinity lesson plan tools.
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Background
The Technology Integration Specialist (TIS) positions have been developed in conjunction with the State of Arizona’s statewide technology project under Enhancing Education Through Technology, Title IID. The technology vision of this grant is to integrate current technologies into the school environment for a range of curricular, instructional, communication and administrative purposes. Professional development opportunities will be offered to Pima County educators in all content areas.

Aspects of the grant support administrative initiatives in curriculum mapping, formative assessments, analysis of student data and high-quality professional development.

Each county has the availability of a Technology Integration Specialist. TIS personnel for Pima County are housed at the Pima County Schools Regional Support Center

Technology Integration Specialists’ services include:
* Workshops at the Regional Support Center on integrating technology with Arizona Academic Standards.
* On site workshops
* One-to-one coaching
* Presentations at local, state, and national conferences
* Weekly newsletters about events at the Regional Support Center, additional professional development opportunities for local educators, technology tips and
available grants.
* District and school technology plan development and implementation

Technology Integration & Staff Development
The statewide Instructional Technology project provides high quality professional development to educational agencies throughout Pima County. Offerings align with the Superintendent of Public Instruction’s technology, professional development, and curriculum initiatives, including IDEAL. The focus of staff development is on the use of educational technology to improve instruction and curriculum integration.

Increased student achievement in the core academic areas is the basis of all training and will include a variety of methods for delivering instruction:
* Direct classroom delivery
* Online web-based instruction
* Hands-on computer use
* Inclusion of media support such as print, video, and CD’s.