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Several teachers in Woodburn Oregon have benefited from lessons learned by the Woodburn IT director, Chuck Dinsfriend, while he was in Perris. According to an article in the Woodburn Independent, the district has received 2 different technology grants in the past year that have added technology tools into the classroom. The first provided mobile whiteboards, projectors, and student response systems. The second was an ARRA EETT-C grant, focused on using technology to support English Language Learners. A technology integration coach is a piece of that grant, because coaching "works".

Looking at what Chuck has implemented in Woodburn, I can't help but feel that we have played a small part in their program. Jenny and Jody did a lot of fairly high profile Digital Classrooms work with Perris HSD; it seems likely that the success he saw teachers having with engaging students with those tools would influence his priorities as he moved on. And he has some experience with the coaching model for EETT we use; I can't help but wonder if he used some language and research on coaching that we provided when Perris partnered with us in the past, adapting it for his situation in Oregon. I hope so - I like the thought of our successful models being spread to other states!