Review of the Technology Coordinator's Job Description: At the Summer 1997 Forum at Seven Hills School in Wanut Creek, we created a Sample Technology Coordinator's job description. (To see the job description, go to: http://www.compstrategies.com/forum/am3.html) Barbara Bray led a discussion/review of the job description and asked participants for follow-up thoughts and stories since our last Forum. Here's what folks had to say!:

• Michael: hasn't been able to start his position at technology coordinator yet, but plans to use the job description to define his role.
• Dave: Went back to his principal with our description & was given a technology prep period! Next year all sites in his district will give TWO prep periods to technology coordinators. One period is paid for by district, one is paid for by the site.
• Wendy: Why doesn't the description say anything about working with kids? If that's not part of the description, she doesn't want the job!

Meet & Greet: Barbara Bray then asked participants to go around the room and share our names, school/district/county, job, and to tell us what we hoped to get out of the Forum and what expertise we could share with members of the Forum. The results follow below:

Name	Wants	Expertise
Vickie	not quite sure yet!	curriculum development
Wendy	time management & saying "no"	organization & people management
Tré	peace of mind	teaching
Angela	router, hub, ISDN logistical info	fixing Macs
Steve	staff development	networking
Donna	it all
Dee Ann	time management	team building; Net Day coordination
Dale	staff development strategies	"generalist", not focusing too much
Mary	sleep development	staff development
Michael	staff development	giving fun workshops
Donna	some way to work out with district a way to get time to do her job well	keeping computers running & staff development
Dave	hardware vs. curriculum; keeping equipment running, training teachers, getting people to follow through & solve their own problems	can read manuals
Amelia	troubleshooting ideas to put into next staff development; ideas to make staff more independent	multi-tasking
Susan	time management; staff development; train trainers; something to take to district level to gain recognition of all we're doing	wearing many hats
Anna	strategies for time management; training trainers; getting people to fix own hardware problems & give more time & interest	multimedia
John	technical support & strategies for creating staff development for effective use as instructional tool.	grants & site planning
Doug	networking, building LANS, WANS & integration of net in classroom	developing support programs for site leaders. What can he do to support your efforts?
Nona	to learn to say "no" for her own self, figure out how to involve teachers who don't have time but say they want training	multimedia
Mary Lou	time management & getting teachers involved	curriculum & integration into classroom
Ross	time management	staff development, people skills, multimedia, video
Tim	network with others & wants to see what "works" at sites from today	Mac troubleshooting & networks & staff development
Jim	whatever he can get!	troubleshooting & networking
Deanna	time management & saying "no"; wiring school ideas	coordinating staff development, troubleshooting Macs
Ward	learn more about networks, Mac troubleshooting	Good "BS" artist
Gary	to figure out how to get district to support tech people with $ & troubleshooting, time management	graphic design & troubleshooting
Art	ways to convince parents that technology isn't appropriate for EVERYTHING	good listener, good coffee maker
Larry	human networking	asking sarcastic questions like "so what?"
Barbara	staff development	curriculum development
Cathy	planning ideas for WAN, time management, a break	integration of resources, media literacy, curriculum integration

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