SWAT MAKES A NEW "START"!

 Lucy Miller-Ganfield, M. Ed.

Founder of the SWAT Team Program

(13th year) via www.swatweb.net
lucyganfield@gmail.com

Order your SWAT program materials here!

Please feel free to donate to the SWAT program

AWARD Winning SWAT sites are announced!

Join others to learn how to design award-winning SWAT programs

for your school and community

Link to SWAT Purchase Order Invoice-PDF

Karen Cator, Director for the Office of Education Technology, congratulates Lucy, Chuck and Jessica for their efforts with the SWAT program!

I am honored to announce

January 25, 2010-Microsoft and the Corporation for National and Community Service Launch New Initiative to Promote Student Leadership in the Classroom - SWAT forms new Partnerships, read about it here.

The award-winning SWAT program blends well with the Technology and Service Learning Best Practices at any school. Lucy Ganfield, President of SWAT, Students Working To Advance Technology, provides the necessary replication resources, grants, and other PR information, for SWAT program implementation.

Schools purchase the resources, register with the SWAT Network, and have opportunities to collaborate with other SWAT Leaders. Many SWAT programs advance to win additional funding opportunities and recognition for their SWAT programs.

SWAT resources can be purchased by PayPal/ Credit card, or Purchase Order at this link http://www.swatweb.net/ materials.html

SWAT can be featured in any of several ways at your school:

    * After School Technology Club ( Elementary to High School)
    * Independent Study Course ( Middle and High School)
    * Service Learning Module
    * Summer Camp
    * Help Desk Support
    * Enrichment Class
    * Computer Buddy Support
    * Community Service Outreach Program
    * Technology and Media Services at School
    * Student Leadership Training
    * Teacher Internet Research and Special Technology Support
    * Computer Refurbishment Programs
    * Technology Recycling Projects
    * Students Helping Teachers Learn New Technology Programs

Please contact Lucy Ganfield, at lucyganfield@gmail.com for more information about starting a SWAT program at your school.

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Since its inception in 1997 and through past partnerships with several institutions SWAT Teams are taking the lead in supporting teachers and students with technology needs at their schools and in their communities. There are now hundreds of SWAT Team Programs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels throughout the United States and also some internationally.

The mission of the nationally recognized SWAT concept is to promote student leadership training, address technology competencies, provide outreach to the community through parent involvement, corporate support, and student community service, and to encourage collaboration among student SWAT Teams nationally.

A SWAT Team is directed by a motivated teacher and is comprised of any number of students who wish to form a structured group to advance the technology program at their school. The students advance their level of technical skills while also assisting other students, teachers and the community with computer skills. Students are required to fill out a job application and interview to be on the SWAT Team. National and State Technology Competencies are addressed as the foundation of the SWAT Team's Mission. The SWAT Team may consist of specialized "Task Force Teams" formed to address the job force objectives and the technology goals at any school.

Some suggested SWAT Task Force Teams are:

Web Site Masters
Teacher Internet Researchers
Computer Buddies
Media Crew
Mobile Unit/Community Service
Central Unit/Computer Maintenance

SWAT objectives and activities align with NETS
National Education Technology Standards for Students
See overview

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 Below are a few examples of how schools are using the SWAT concept:

Forest Park's SWAT program becomes the 'best practice' model for the State of Virginia!

http://www.wvonline.com/bms/ swat .htm

( Bridgeport Middle, WV)

http://www.person.k12.nc.us /phs/ SWAT .html

( North Carolina )

http://www.ecpps.k12.nc.us/cybercampus/swatcamp.htm

(Distance Education, NC)

http://www.rockhill.k12.sc.us/teachers/ides/croueche/students_working_to_advance _tech.htm  

 

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SWAT CD Copyright submitted to the Library of Congress, December 26th, 2001

Articles of Incorporation filed in North Carolina on September 13th, 2001