Template: Designing a Training Plan for Instructional Staf
                   Overview and Use of Template:
                   This template is provided to guide planning for a model-aligned professional development. Districts should modify and edit the template to meet
                   the needs of their local context, identifying all tools, programs, and platforms that staff, students, and families will need to effectively use in order
                   to implement the district’s instructional continuity plan.
                   NOTE: Questions in blue are provided to help guide development of a plan. Within each template, an example is provided (in grayed-out row) to 
                   illustrate use of the template. 
                   Existing digital tools, programs and platforms
                   Digital Tool,            Current use of tool                                                  Who                 Training Considerations
                   program, platform
                   Identify a tool,             How is this tool currently used? What is the intended           Identify who            What training has been provided 
                   program, or                   purpose of its use?                                             uses the tool            previously?
                   platform that is             Is use of the tool common practice/ expectation or                                      What training materials or resources are 
                   currently used                individual discretion?                                                                   available to use?
                                                What is the overall use of the tool?                                                    What additional training or support is 
                                                                                                                                          needed to use the tool as part of the 
                                                                                                                                          instructional continuity plan?
                   Example:                 Middle and high school teachers use Google Classroom to              MS and HS           All middle and high school instructional staff 
                   Google Classroom         post instructional materials and links for student use while         Teachers            have been trained on how to set-up a Google 
                                            in-class or to access when absent.                                                       Classroom. Each staff member set-up but not 
                                            Not all teachers use regularly and few use as a method for                               all staff use regularly.
                                            assigning or collecting work.
                                                                                                                                     There are required webinars and supporting 
                                                                                                                                     documents available from initial training.
                                                                                                                                     Expanding use will require some additional 
                                                                                                                                     training and support. 
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                  Training                        Stakeholder Group               Training Type and               Priority                         Support for Use
                                                                                  Resource to Leverage
                  Identify specific training      List all stakeholders that      List (and link) all resources       What training is            Identify a tool, program, 
                  needed                          will needed to be trained       to leverage to support               needed?                     or platform that will be 
                                                                                  training.                           What training               needed to support the 
                                                                                                                       materials or resources      instructional continuity 
                                                                                                                       are available to            plan 
                                                                                                                       support training 
                                                                                                                       needs?
                                                                                                                      What training 
                                                                                                                       materials or resources
                                                                                                                       will need to be 
                                                                                                                       developed to support 
                                                                                                                       training needs?
                                                                                                                      How will additional 
                                                                                                                       support be provided 
                                                                                                                       to differentiate 
                                                                                                                       training needs?
                  Example:                        Campus leaders                  Zoom Video Tutorials            High- urgent need                IT team
                  Zoom                            Instructional staff                                                                              Campus Leads
                                                  Students                        Recorded Training Session 
                                                  Families
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                  Training Schedule by Stakeholder Group
                  Week of:                      Teachers                       Students and Families          Campus Leaders                 Other Staf
                  List the weeks trainings      List the training schedule     List the training schedule     List the training schedule     Identify other staff that 
                  will be provided              for teacher specific           to support students and        for leader-specific training   will need training and list 
                                                training                       families specifically                                         the planned training 
                                                                                                                                             schedule for each group
                  Example:                      Tuesday: Initial Set-up        Wednesday: Initial Set-up      Tuesday: Initial Set-up        Wednesday: Initial Set-up
                  March 23-27                    Webinar- 8:00, 9:00,             Webinar- 8:00, 9:00,       Webinar- 8:00, 9:00,          Webinar- 8:00, 9:00, 
                                                  10:00, 1:00                       1:00, 3:00                  10:00, 1:00                    10:00, 1:00
                                                Wednesday: Trouble             Thursday: Practice/1st         Wednesday: Trouble             Thursday: Trouble 
                                                shooting and support           class                          shooting and support           shooting and support
                                                 Zoom Meeting- 8:00,              Zoom Meeting-             Zoom Meeting- 8:00,         Zoom Meeting- 8:00, 
                                                  10:00, 1:00                       scheduled class time        10:00, 1:00                    10:00, 1:00
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