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January 1, 1997
Model Role Description for a Building Instructional Technology Coordinator / Facilitator
Len Scrogan, Technology Specialist,
Boulder, Colorado
Q. What credentials should they
have?
A. Certificate of "advanced
creativity and people skills":
ý Foster vision, impetus, and a
collaborative framework that enables your school to leverage
technology to an advantage in learning.
ý Facilitate the integration of technology into the
instructional program.
ý Enable staff to become independent technology users.
ý Provide or help schedule technology-training programs for
teachers and staff.
ý Serve as an information resource, assist in solving problems,
and provide instructional expertise to staff.
ý Improve staff and community communication in the area of
technology. Link with district and community resources to make your
school more successful.
ý Assist schools in lessening or removing the obstacles to the
successful use of technology in learning.
ý Organize and guide a building technology committee.
ý Advise the school regarding expenditures.
ý Help channel staff concerns, requests, repairs, and needs to
the appropriate school or district resources.
ý Help organize teams of parents, students, aides, and staff to
deal with technical and expert issues in the school.
ý Replicate yourself. You can't do it alone. Add one more person
to your family each year.
Wish List (Aren't tech specialists were more than human?)
ý Be a miracle worker.
ý Know everything about anything.
ý Have lots of time on hand.
ý Be expected to work wonders with older computers.
ý Be expected to know all this stuff and still relate in a
positive manner to human beings.
ý Be a scapegoat for teachers who are not taking personal
responsibility with technology.
How to really alienate yourself in record time:
ý Be a helicopter coordinator: hover
over others and control all technology as your personal fiefdom.
ý Make the principal dependent on you by not sharing your
knowledge or building systems to support the school, and by
controlling the technology cards.
ý Monopolize technology decisions in your school.
ý Talk in technobabble to impress (or confuse) others.
ý Ignore your customer’s needs, characteristics, and
desires.
ý Keep your focus on technology, not on your business needs.
ý Be condescending to others.
ý Support the needs of the high-end user and ignore the needs of
the masses.
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