Robin Green EDUC 5373

  PD Structure I had previously given little consideration to using a TPACK model in any form for this technology integration plan. The structure that TPACK offers, with an emphasis on Technological, Pedagogical, and Content Knowledge, will provide Strong Tomorrows site coordinators with a framework for technology integration. For education professionals, TPACK may not have enough specificity in the way of implementation, but since most coordinators have backgrounds in social work, this seems like an excellent bridge for their experiences. Its “ staged approach to professional development” provides a scaffolded structure in which site coordinators can learn and gain skills for implementing digital best practices (Shi, et. al, 2025).  Following the model, sessions would be chunked into sections with one focused on technology training, one on inclusive practices, one on modifying content for digital content, and then 3 sessions that combine these focuses and culminate with immed...

  Crompton article ISTE Educator standard 2.2 Leader focuses on advancing a shared vision, advocating for access, and modeling digital tool use (2025). Crompton emphasizes that bottom-up initiatives are far more effective because educators can implement relevant solutions (2023). The site coordinator model at Strong Tomorrows maps well to this idea as coordinators work at different school sites with pregnant and parenting youth (PPY) participating in the program. The one-to-one work that coordinators do, guided by their overarching vision “Strong Families. Empowered Youth,” relies on personalized, authentic approaches that empower students (Strong Tomorrows, 2023). Top-down initiatives are ineffective due to the individualized nature of their work. PPY are faced with intense stigma, so empowering students to use technology can lead to major educational gains designed to counteract the myriad systemic barriers that often prevent PPY from even finishing high school (Johnson, 2023). I...

  Strong Tomorrows is a non-profit organization striving to empower students to “exercise their educational rights, broaden their post-secondary opportunities, and dismantle systemic barriers” (Strong Tomorrows, 2023). In many ways, Strong Tomorrows serves as a bridge between pregnant and parenting youth (PPY) and their schools, PPY and community resources, and PPY and parenting resources. As a natural extension of the work they already do, Strong Tomorrows is well-positioned to have an impact on the digital inequity faced by the PPY population. Coupled with Kolb’s Triple E Framework, the systems renewal framework is a promising model for an organization with limited resources, dependent upon a broad coalition of stakeholders to support students (Kolb, 2020; Fullan & Levin, 2008).  Stakeholders A number of stakeholders are critical to the development of a technology integration plan for this community including leaders at Amplify Youth Health Collective, site coordinators...

  The ISTE Standard for Education Leaders focus on empowering teachers and coaches and on boosting student learning. Educators who have elevated to the level of education leaders and technology experts seem to fully inhabit the characteristics described in the ISTE standards, including empowering educators, modeling use, communicating widely, and inspiring innovation (ISTE, 2025). Most are curious and passionate about teaching and learning and consistently center the student. Elizabeth Thomas, for example, said teaching is her passion, and she was instantly enamored the first time she implemented iPads in her classroom. Her enthusiasm for students and technology drove her career path (Stachowiak & McClay, 2018). Similarly, Erin English, an early adopter of technology in the classroom, shared her knowledge of tech with fellow teachers and eventually became a teacher trainer. Because she is passionate about students, though, she found herself back in a school setting as a princip...