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| The consortium of Project Venture consists of five districts representing
almost all educational and demographic possibilities. The training
model meets the needs of all teachers and student populations.
Consortium-wide, Project Venture serves K-12 teachers and their
students in urban, suburban, and rural settings, all socio-economic
ranges, and a large variety of district sizes and philosophies. At the beginning of Project Venture grant, Arizona State Technology Standards were not widely accepted. Due to the increased level of concern, Arizona State Department of Education decided to revise them. Project Venture was able to participate in that process. Revised Technology Standards were adopted in August, 2000. Project Venture teachers are committed to developing classroom units in collaboration with their mentor teacher that will incorporate both the new technology standards and content standards. Dissemination of these units will provide a springboard for teachers throughout our state to benefit from our work. Project Venture believes that technology is a valuable resource to all educational initiatives and will stimulate change. In all involved districts, technology mentor teachers work collaboratively with other district programs to support technology integration. District mentors have purposefully worked with Title VII, Title I, State Technology Literacy Challenge grants, technology plan writing, curriculum writing, curriculum adoption, new teacher training, and others. Project Venture has developed a training model that individualizes interaction between technology trainers and classroom teachers. Because we are a group of very diverse districts, our model will meet the needs of all teacher, student, and system situations. The model focuses on assessing teachers into one of four project-defined levels. Teachers in collaboration with their trainer identify needs, individual interactions can take place that will accelerate the learner through the levels, ultimately leading to a system of advanced users who are advocates for technology integration. We have worked extensively with our trainers to learn about the Project Venture model. |