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Kelly Cotton. Education. 1983 – Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcasting/ Multimedia 2008 – Texas Teaching Certification 2009 – Master’s Degree in Educational Technology Leadership. Spouse – David. Children. Mallory. Megan. Melody. Buckley. ZZ. Grandson Cash. Born March 1, 2014. Hobbies.
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Education • 1983 – Bachelor’s Degree in Broadcasting/ Multimedia • 2008 – Texas Teaching Certification • 2009 – Master’s Degree in Educational Technology Leadership
Spouse – David
Children Mallory Megan Melody Buckley ZZ
Grandson Cash Born March 1, 2014
Hobbies California Sea Lions
Assisting Raymondville ISD in Technology Integration Instructional Technology Facilitator Kelly Cotton
Staff Development • Conducted technology staff development for 15 years • Recent technology training for staff and administration subjects consist of Edmodo, MS Office Products, iPads in the Classroom (including troubleshooting), Free Online Resources (Remind 101, Aurasma), Troubleshooting the Equipment in your Classroom, Google and All It Has to Offer, Flipped Classroom, etc. • Follow-up with teachers on their own turf • Offer training videos, handouts available online, online meetings (meetings.io), and screencasts (Screencast-O-Matic)
Curriculum Development • Over 13 years of integrating technology into the k-8 grade curriculum • Experience with k-12 TA TEKS • Member of TCEA and belong to several Professional Learning Networks (PLN) to stay current on technology in education • Experienced in gathering formal and informal data and evaluating it in order to develop needs assessment to create and modify an instructional technology program.
Technical Support • Approximately 17 years technology troubleshooting • Almost that amount of time involved in decision making, purchasing and installing instructional technology components • Work with vendors regularly • Network with vendors and educators to stay on top of latest technologies and their uses in education intuidex.com
Budget and Inventory • Previous experience with instructional technology budget • Current experience with TTIPS technology budget • Free resources • Technology grants
Policy, Reports and Law • Created iPad Parent and Student Agreement for MJMS • Assisted with creating district AUPs • Keep updated on current laws, rules and regulations through PLNs and professional journals, periodicals and online resources • Experience with maintaining necessary files electronically and/or hard copies
Personnel Management • Management experience including selection, placement, discipline and dismissal of employees • Ongoing evaluation • Train and model expected performance for employees imbsystemsmag
Raymondville as a Technology Leader • Does not mean purchasing a lot of technology • Utilize the plethora of free resources • Technology integration involves everyone including administrators, faculty and staff, students, parents and the community…TRAINING AND EVENTS FOR ALL.
Kelly Cotton kmcotton@gmail.com 956-639-7951