PPDP

Personal Professional Development Plan for David A. Dayton This PPDP is an agreement between (__David A. Dayton)__ and Arts Educator 2.0. The purpose of this Personal Professional Development Plan is to construct professional development goals for the Arts Educator 2.0 Project participants in a collaborative and meaningful way. Progress towards the following goals is the responsibility of the participant, with assistance provided by (mentor's name). The successful completion of the goals outlined below will result in 5 CPE credits awarded by the PA Department of Education. A final evaluation of progress will be conducted by: grant co-directors, grant partners, and the grant evaluator in consultation with the participant's mentor.

Implement the use of “SmartMusic” music learning software, into the instrumental music program curriculum. The use of this program will help develop student skills faster, guide, document, and grade the progress of each student. It will also easily comply with evolving assessment and accountability requirements. A workstation in the music department will be available to the students as well as home subscriptions for each student that has internet access. Through the use of the grant money or with partial or full district funding, pay for each student’s home subscription. In order to meet this goal, the following steps will be taken:
 * Goal #1: **


 * Establish a budget for cost of implementing my goal into the curriculum.
 * 1) Research online the cost of downloading and obtaining teacher and student yearly subscriptions for “SmartMusic” as well as what system requirements are needed.
 * 2) Contact district computer technician for information about the cost of a computer with the system requirements to run the latest version of “SmartMusic” and the cost of providing an internet connection in one of the band room practice areas.
 * 3) Research the cost of obtaining and installing a Promethean board and projector in the band room.
 * 4) Contact Roger Dannenberg, who is at CMU and is the developer of “SmartMusic”, to find out his fee and willingness to make a presentation and demonstrate to the parents and students the use and benefits of “SmartMusic.
 * Contact Coda, the makers of SmartMusic to obtain the latest version of the “SmartMusic” Tour CD. This CD will be used for the presentation to school administrators to help justify implementing “SmartMusic” into the curriculum and the cost of the hardware, subscriptions and Smart Board.
 * Once all the information pertaining to the goal is obtained, prepare a presentation to present to the administration then request a time to make the presentation.
 * Prepare a back-up proposal with the minimum cost to implement the goal incase full proposal is not accepted.
 * Once a proposal has been accepted, begin the process of writing the required requisitions needed to implement the goal.
 * Contact Roger Dannenberg to schedule a demonstration to students and parents.
 * Obtain teacher and student subscriptions.
 * Begin making student assignments to be completed on “SmartMusic”.

Progress will be documented in the following ways: Below is a copy of the proposal submitted to the Washington School District Administration. =__Proposal__=
 * Documentation of necessary costs for PPDP.
 * Obtaining “SmartMusic” presentation CD for use in presentation.
 * Completion of the presentation to be presented to the District Administration.
 * Completion of Back-Up presentation and proposal.
 * Demonstration and proposal to school administration
 * Upon approval and completion of requisitions, installation of computer, internet connection, and Promethean, or Smartboard in the band room.
 * Obtaining teacher subscription and software.
 * Demonstration to students and parents on the usage of “SmartMusic”
 * Begin process of student home subscriptions.
 * Prepare trial assignment and demonstrate the assignments to the students.
 * Have students begin playing trial assignment using “SmartMusic”.
 * Preparing and implementing graded assignments to be played using “SmartMusic”
 * Using “SmartMusic Impact” to access student improvement using “SmartMusic”
 * IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND USING “SMARTMUSIC” IN THE INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC DEPARTMENT AT WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.**

This proposal is part of my __Personal Professional Development Plan__ required by the Arts Educator 2.0 Project held at the Intermediate Unit in California PA in which I am currently enrolled. My goal in this part of the project is to implement the use of “SmartMusic” music learning software, as well as have the technology available to incorporate the use of other learning software into the instrumental music program curriculum. The “SmartMusic” software program will help develop student skills faster, guide, document, and grade the progress of each student. It will also easily comply with evolving assessment and accountability requirements. A workstation in the music department will be available to the students as well as home subscriptions for each student that has Internet access. Through the use of the grant money provided by the project and / or with partial or full district funding, offer scholarships to help pay for each student’s home subscription. The cost to use the “SmartMusic” learning software is $30 for the student’s yearly subscription and $130 for the teacher’s yearly subscription, which includes “SmartMusic Impact”, which is a web-based grade book that automates administrative tasks.

The technology and hardware to implement the program is as follows;

__ Student workstation: __ This station will be located in one of the practice rooms in the band room, which will require hardwiring for Internet access, and a desktop computer with a microphone and the system requirements to use “SmartMusic”. The computer to use for this workstation can be the desktop computer that is currently used in my office with a microphone, which costs approximately $19.95. __ Band room technology and hardware: __ The approximate cost for the hardware and teacher subscription is $2866 and the initial district cost for student subscriptions and microphones, with the use of the supplemental grant money, is approximately $2500. This cost is based on approximately 60 high school band members and with the assumption that home subscriptions would be provided for all high school band members. This cost could be lessened with the implementation of needs based scholarships rather than paying for all student subscriptions.
 * Promethean White Board; approximately $1032.00
 * Projector; approximately $680
 * Projector video cable and bluetooth wireless connection; approximately $70
 * Cff Teacher Laptop; approximately $954. This wireless laptop would replace my current desktop computer and allow the portability needed to use and demonstrate the learning software during class time.

Enclosed is a letter from “SmartMusic explaining the software to the administration, a letter to the IT administrator with system requirements, and ordering information. The approximate prices listed above, with the exception of the desktop microphone, was obtained from Earl Neel and Sharon Thistlethwaite. Further in depth information can be found on the “SmartMusic” website. www.smartmusic.com.

I am extremely excited about the possibility of incorporating the use of technology in the music curriculum. I feel that once we begin using these incredible tools in our program, it will expand throughout the entire music program and offer our students a tremendous opportunity for learning and developing their musical talents.

Sincerely,

David A. Dayton Band Director

= **PPDP PROGRESS:** = I am very pleased to announce that my submitted proposal to implement "Smart Music" into the music curriculum in the Washington School District has been approved and is well on the way to be implemented into my classroom. We will be using my current office computer as the student workstation in one of our practice rooms. The district is purchasing me a laptop computer, which has already been ordered, and providing me with the wireless connection as well as the internet connection for the student workstation. After consultation with the district computer technician and looking at the configuration of our band room we decided that usuing a Promethean board would not be practical since it would be difficult for all of my students to have a clear few of the screen. Instead, we decided that we would put a drop down projection screen in the back of the band room so all the students would be able to turn their chairs around and view the screen. I would be able to do demonstrations behind the students using the laptop from in front of the room. This will also eliminate me demonstrating to the students with my back turned to them. The digital projector that is used will be the one that was purchased with the grant money from the Arts Educator 2.0 class. The Washington School District has agreed to pay for all of the student home subscriptions as well as the teacher's and student workstation subscription. The teacher's subscription will begin as soon as the hardware has been installed and ready for use. Student subcription's will begin at the start of the 2009-2010 school year. Once all the hardware has been installed and my subscription has been activated, I will be able to spend time learning the software, and develope lessons plans to implement next school year. Over the course of the summer I will be compensated for my time spent at school working with the program. In the mean time, I have spent time with a demo CD learning the basic tools used in the program.

In February, I attended a workshop on "SmartMusic" by Mr. Ben Holste who is a retired music educator and has used "SmartMusic" in his classrooms and is now a clinician for "SmartMusic". I spoke with Mr. Holste after the workshop and he has agreed to come to my school one day over the summer to help me learn the software and provide suggestions on how to incorporate it within my class room. He has also agreed to return at the beginning of the school year and help me with the implementation of the program.

As of 05/05/09 I am waiting for all the hardware to be installed and the arrival of the laptop computer. Once this is in place, we are going to install the software, purchase the teacher subcription and I am going to begin learning the software, creating lesson plans and preparing for implementation in the fall.