Allegany-Limestone

Central School

Technology Plan

1 July 2010 - 1 July 2013

Address:

3131 Five Mile Road

Allegany, NY 14706

716-375-6600

Point of contact:

Cynthia S. Havers

Director of Instruction/Technology

375-6600 ext. 2043

URL:

http://www.alli.wnyric.org/District/Documents/WebsiteTechplan2010-2013.pdf

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction 3 District Vision Statement 4 District Mission Statement 5 Superintendent’s Guidance 5 Technology Vision Statement 6 Technology Mission Statement 6 Acknowledgments 7 Current Technological Environment 8 Technology Goals 9 Curriculum 10 Professional Development 13 Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support, and Software 15 Funding and Budget 16 Monitoring and Evaluation 18 Conclusion 21 Appendix A (Current 2010 Inventory) B (Acceptable Use Policy) C (Filtering Policy) D (Current networking environment) E (Software Inventory) F (Technology Surveys) G (ISTE standards for Teachers) H (ISTE standards for Students) I (ISTE standards for Administrators) As of May 12, 2010

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INTRODUCTION

The goal of the Allegany-Limestone Central Technology Committee is to help prepare our students for life in an information-based society. To do this we must integrate technology into the curriculum and the support services of the school district. In accord with New York State Education Department's Long Range Plan For Technology in Elementary and Secondary Education and the Learning Standards, this plan is scheduled in phases, which will make its implementation fiscally and educationally manageable. Working together with Erie I BOCES Regional Information Center, local computer educational specialists, and local industry program and systems analysis managers, we have developed the following plan. The ongoing use of available state aid incentive will help the district realize our vision of students as they prepare to work with the technology of the future. Our plan is an evolving one, with updates appended annually. It is a plan driven by the needs of our staff, students and community, with opportunities for all of those stakeholder groups to offer input into its design and updating process. Each year we encourage business, industry, parents and community members to join us in working on the plan, as well as in providing training on the use and implementation of the various components of technology. Our staff and faculty are on the team, involved in planning and training, and each member is part of an individual technology growth plan/process. We currently have two buildings with the middle school and high school in a combined building and the elementary school in a building. We average around 1450 students in grades pre K through 12 and we average around 110 students per year group. We currently employ approximately 130 teachers. We are a middle class rural community. We have al list of stakeholders on the acknowledgement page.

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DISTRICT VISION STATEMENT

We envision a school system that serves the educational needs of everyone in the community. We recognize that in order to meet with success, all individual needs of the learner must be addressed - academic, athletic, social, moral, and ethical. The learner will access information and use it critically and creatively to solve problems. The educational goals will be accommodated by providing an up-to-date technologically rich environment. The Allegany–Limestone Central School District will communicate effectively with the community to develop positive attitudes toward the education process and its end results.

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DISTRICT MISSION STATEMENT

The Allegany-Limestone Central School District is committed to serving the educational

needs of everyone in the community. Both the school and the community are accountable as providers for and recipients of life long learning. The cooperative effort will culminate in citizens who will be responsible and successful members of a constantly changing global society.

SUPERINTENDENT’S GUIDANCE

Each teacher will have a computer with projector and interactive white board system. They will have the knowledge to use technology as a tool to enhance their instruction. They will have a phone in each room. We will have four to eight student computers and laptop carts that may be scheduled to supplement their computer capability. In each building we will use the head end system to televise announcements and video to each room. We want to be able to meet and collaborate with teachers in small groups between building sites using technology. We will use distance learning video conferencing between buildings to link principals, superintendent, business manager, superintendent of buildings and grounds, curriculum coordinator, and technology coordinator. We will use Internet Protocol (IP) distance learning (with Polycom carts) to expand our curriculum beyond our current capability. We want staff and students to be able to interact by visual and audio with counterparts in various area schools or counterparts in other areas of the world. Our distance learning capability is mobile and can moved to any learning space with Ethernet capability to enhance the classroom instruction. Our Allegany-Limestone Central School Graduates must develop the knowledge, skills, and habits necessary to continue as life-long learners, effective life managers, and contributing community members. To that end, in combination with a strong academic foundation, Allegany-Limestone graduates will demonstrate the ability to be:

• Effective Communicators • Critical Creative Thinkers • Collaborative • Problem Solvers

We will use our technology initiatives and plan to enhance our District goals and student outcomes.

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TECHNOLOGY VISION

STATEMENT The knowledge and skills demanded of today's young adult places different demands on the Allegany-Limestone Central School District than in the past. Graduates of our school will require significantly different knowledge and skills than previous generations. Our young adults will need to know how to learn, solve problems, and make decisions in rapidly changing environments. This mandates that technological tools and applications play a substantially increasing role in the different programs at Allegany-Limestone Central School. New sets of learning outcomes must be addressed, and creative new teaching and learning environments must be developed. This can only be accomplished by developing a consistent system of staff support and an infrastructure of technological support, which includes, but is not limited to hardware and software, internet, networked/interactive video, satellite and telecommunications capabilities. This will provide teachers, administrators, support personnel, and students with the technical knowledge, productivity tools and skills to be more productive teachers and learners.

TECHNOLOGY MISSION

STATEMENT

The Allegany-Limestone Central School District will educate all of our learners to be problem solvers, able to access and use information, make decisions in an information-rich environment, and communicate effectively as they live and work successfully in our global society.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The original base plan is the result of time and effort contributed by each of the following: Mrs. Lois Bergan - Elementary Teacher Mrs. Cynthia Havers - Technology Coordinator Mrs. Charlene Sendlakowski - Elementary Librarian Ms. Colleen Brawdy - High School Librarian Mr. William Fancher - High School Band Director Mrs. Ruth Wahl - High School Teacher Mrs. Susan Pircio – Middle School Teacher Mr. William Himan - High School Teacher Mr. Terrence Jones - Elementary Computer Teacher Mrs. Gail Ayers - Elementary Teacher Ms. Lisa Silver - Elementary Principal Mr. Ralph Gardner - Network Manager, St. Bonaventure University Ms. Kathy Kohl - Dresser Rand Mr. JR Trimm - Independent computer technician Mrs. Doreen Trimm - ALCSD Cafeteria Staff We would like to thank the above members of the original technology committee for the great base plan they created. We thank the current members:

Mr. Lois Bergan – Elementary Teacher Mrs. Cynthia Havers – High School Principal Mrs. Ruth Wahl - High School Science Teacher Ms. Colleen Brawdy – Middle/High School Librarian Mrs. Rebecca Austin—District Literacy Coach/Reading Teacher Mr. Terrence Jones – Elementary Teacher Mrs. Denise Goodman – Middle School Computer Teacher Mrs. Suzi Snyder—High School English Teacher Mrs. Linda Dodd-Nagel—Middle School Math Teacher Mrs. Cyndy Christopher---Elementary Principal Mrs. Ann Hultberg--- High School English Teacher Mr. Todd Miller---Elementary Teacher Mr. Dan Waugaman---High School Science Teacher Mr. Tom Hagen – Technology Coordinator Mrs. Michelle Trietley – District Parent Mrs. Rhonda Powell – Cafeteria Manager Mr. Seth Heffern – District parent Mrs. Lori DeGroff – District resident

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CURRENT TECHNOLOGY

ENVIRONMENT We currently have five PC labs in the district. We have 21 laptop carts which we move to different rooms as needed to supplement PCs in the rooms for special projects. We also have at least six PCs in each MS/HS classroom. We have at least 2-3 PCs in each elementary room. All of the PCs systems in the District are networked. We have the library in each building networked for a shared library lending service through our local BOCES. We use CD-ROM, DVD, digital cameras, scanners, Elmo presenters, classroom projectors, networked copiers, rover pads, one plotter, and color and laser printers throughout the district. All of our networked PC's are internet/multimedia capable. We are in the Gigabit Ethernet project to enhance our network capability. We provide our students with the best possible curriculum that we can with our current technology and with the addition of distance learning we can expand our curriculum outside our walls. We begin software exploration in kindergarten; and by the end of grade five, our students have a solid foundation in keyboarding and word-processing and have been exposed to the Internet for class prep, extensive databases through the library, presentation tools and a variety of content software. In the Middle School, students continue to process information using word processor, database and spreadsheet software. They explore desktop publishing, art, and presentation software, along with content specific programs. Students will also have an introduction to computer programming. The technology curriculum at the high school level offers a variety of courses using computers. There are programming courses (with Java), web page design, software exploration classes, research using the Internet, technology courses such as Project Lead the Way, business courses, and English courses. We require that all of our graduates complete at least one of these courses. High school students have school email accounts. Classroom teachers at all levels now use computers for e-mail, class presentation, research and class preparation. We are using technology to support our students with Internet based academic software as well as credit recovery and credit rescue (NovaNet), academic support such as Zoom Text and Kurzweil scanning/reading software. We can use technology better to supplement the students who need academic intervention services. We have barely touched the surface of what can be done. Professional development and training will help our staff and teachers explore more possibilities for use of technology in instruction. We cannot afford to pass up this opportunity to give our students the knowledge to be competitive.

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TECHNOLOGY GOALS

For telecommunications and information technology

1. Make more instructional use of the new Gigabit wide area network.

2. Technology curriculum program to improve teacher use and knowledge of technology and the teacher use of it in their classrooms.

3. Learn to use our distance learning over IP capability to enhance our curriculum and

instruction.

4. Master the new student management system (PowerSchool) that involves teachers, students and parents in students’ success through shared information on student assignments and grades through the internet.

5. Students with technology skills to compete in college or in the working world to include:

a. Email b. Internet c. Presentations d. Word documents e. Printing f. Research g. Web logs (Blogs) and social networking

6. Teachers use high-speed network to stream video to support their classroom instruction. 7. Continue to explore uses for the wireless network and other technologies.

8. Remain open to future uses of technology in the areas of telecommunication and social

networking; such as telephones (upgrades or move to VOIP), cell phones, and pagers.

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CATEGORY: CURRICULUM Required element: Curriculum Integration Need: Goals and strategies, aligned with state and national standards for using telecommunications and technology to improve teaching and learning. Recommendation: Integrate technology into the classroom and provide more access to technology that supports curriculum. A. Solution:

1. Provide opportunities for student research and communication. [ELA1, MST2, MST5, SS5, LOTE1]

2. Establish a plan for rotating and updating clusters of 6-8 computers in 3. classrooms in MS/HS. Clusters of 2-3 computers in each elementary school. 4. Establish a system to inform teachers of curriculum software available on site. 5. Provide sufficient training and up-to-date information sessions for

teachers. This is an essential part of our belief that technological skills of staff will enhance the skills of students, making them better equipped to handle today’s high standards of learning and job requirements.

6. Use technology to supplement ability to provide students Academic Intervention Services.

7. Project Lead the Way to challenge and add the pre-engineering curriculum. 8. Use NovaNet (internet based software) to aid in credit recovery and credit bearing

course to help provide alternative for students who are struggling. 9. Use our distance learning capability to expand our curriculum for students needing

courses outside our regular curriculum. 10. Computer and technology teachers closely working with subject area teachers to

integrate technology into all curriculum work.

B. Benefit: 1. All students will have sequential and progressive curriculum that is coordinated with

previous curriculum, which reinforces and builds knowledge to the next level. 2. Reinforce learning without unnecessary duplication of learning and skills. 3. Compatibility among the machines in the district to allow cross curriculum

standardization. 4. Graduating students will have competitive technology skills. [CDOS3] 5. Staff and students will be better prepared to face the future. 6. Students will be able to apply technological knowledge and skills. [MST5}

Each classroom will be equipped with projectors and white board interactive technology. Teachers will use these technologies to enhance their presentation with live streaming video, interactive lessons from the web, and Powerpoint presentations. We will use the NovaNet interactive internet based software both for credit recovery, core curricula, dropout prevention, alternative instruction, summer school, special education and response to intervention.

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The 8th grade curriculum will include a basic computer course which integrates all the technologies and software in the district. It also includes an internet safety instruction component that meets the state and federal criteria for internet safety. Various standards that tie into the NYS/ISTE standards are in parenthesis after the skills described in this technology plan. Included in this plan are the ISTE technology standards at appendix g,h,I of this plan.

CATEGORY: CURRICULUM

Required element: Student Achievement Need: Research based integration of technology into the curriculum for student academic improvement. Recommendation: Provide hardware and training on new innovations in technology. A: Solution:

1. Provide additional hardware such as DVD capability, digital cameras, scanners, laptops, and other technological innovations as needed.

2. Provide training and ongoing support for current and new technology, including, but not limited to video technology and pocket PCs and interactive board systems.

3. Professional development provided for the teachers to integrate technology into their curriculum.

4. Instruct the students in the use of the student portal in PowerSchool to have access to their own grades, assignments, and attendance.

5. Provide administrators Principalm software to have access to the student data base to include schedules, pictures, and emergency information.

B. Benefit: 1. Students will be able to keep abreast of changes and advances in technology. 2. Students will be able to compete fairly with their peers and to access information necessary for research and other learning processes. [ELA1, MST2, MST5, CDOS1-3]

3. Teachers have additional tools to aid presentation and learning with their classes. 4. Students can use the student portal to track their current grades and monitor their own

progress through the marking period and not be surprised by where they are. 5. Adminstrators use Principalm software to have access to student information and keep

them where they should be when they should be there and focused on their studies. CATEGORY: CURRICULUM Required element: Technology Delivery Need: Plan delivery of specialized courses or curricula through technologies, including distance learning and the Internet.

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Recommendation: Develop a coordinated delivery plan using classroom instruction, distance learning and the internet. A. Solution:

1. Use distance learning (Polycom carts) to deliver instruction in curriculum not offered. 2. Use the internet to deliver classroom instruction, quizzes, test preparation to students

where they can get to it from home or in other classrooms or homerooms. 3. Use the internet to deliver NovaNet software to the students for credit recovery and

credit repair so they can get it at home or in other classrooms. 4. Use the Gigabit network for Broadband Wide Area (WAN) for data and the Internet. 5. Continually look for opportunities to upgrade the system to keep the hardware, software,

telecommunications, and local area network (LAN) updated so delivery is enhanced. 6. Use the Moodle intenet software to deliver lesson plans and teacher led collaborative

effort in learning. B. Benefit:

1. Improved delivery and communication capability with staff, students and community. 2. Delivery of high speed internet allows video streaming to classrooms as another tool. 3. Maximum use of distance learning opportunities delivered directly to classrooms with the

Polycom distance learning carts. 4. Increased use of credit recovery and credit repair internet delivered software will

maximize the opportunity to keep students in their cohort and on track to graduate. 5. Make our technology delivery plan most efficient to maximize use of funds, equipment,

student achievement and services. CATEGORY: CURRICULUM Required element: Parental Communications and Community Relations Need: Strategies to promote parental involvement and to increase communication with parents and community, including a description of how parents and community will be informed of the technology to be used with students. Recommendation: Develop a plan to partner with parents and the community to increase student achievement and keeping students on track and in school. A. Solution:

1. Use the school web site to disseminate the technology plan to parents. 2. Use the community school newsletter to disseminate information on technology and

inform the parents of pertinent updates to the website. 3. Get parents involved by pushing NovaNet software home to the students who are using

it for credit recovery and credit repair. Get the parents involved in getting the students through to graduation.

4. Use the Parent Portal in PowerSchool to partner with parents on keeping students in school by keeping up with their attendance, grades, and other information pushed out through the parent portal.

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B. Benefit: 1. Parent Portal increases communications with parents on grades and attendance. 2. Increased use of community newsletter to communicate current tech info with the

community and parents. 3. Maximum use of technology at home to allow student access to Intenet based software

we are using in school like Castle Learning, NovaNet, and the student/parent portal. CATEGORY: CURRICULUM Required element: Collaboration Need: Plan delivery of specialized courses or curricula through technologies, including distance learning and the Internet. Recommendation: Develop a coordinated delivery plan using classroom instruction, distance learning and the internet. A. Solution:

1. Work with the local BOCES to coordinate the GED program and their specialized curriculum to keep students in school and working toward achievable goals for graduation.

2. Collaborate with the Building Intervention Teams (BIT) to coordinate technology assistance needed for students they have identified as needing assistance.

3. Collaborate with the Committee for Special Education (CSE) to coordinate technology assistance needed for special education students.

4. Use the internet to deliver NovaNet software to the students for credit recovery and credit repair so they can get it at home or in other classrooms. Collaborate in student progress between students, subject area teachers and NovaNet assistance.

5. Use our contact at the county for adult learning services for students who are struggling to stay in school after exploring all of our in school options. Also to help community members who come in for help in furthering their education. Use of NovaNet software to work with the students for credit recovery, dropout prevention, and summer credit.

6. Establish a subcommittee within the technology committee to look at current social networking tools (i.e. facebook, myspace, youtube, etc) for potential academic use for collaboration.

B. Benefit:

1. Improved collaboration and communication capability with staff, students and community in getting students into the right programs to keep them moving to graduation.

2. Closer coordination with teachers, parents, administrators and students with BIT teams and CSE. Getting the right technology to help the students that need tech assistance.

3. Maximum use of distance learning opportunities delivered directly to classrooms with the Polycom distance learning carts.

4. Increased use of credit recovery and credit repair internet delivered software will maximize the opportunity to keep students in their cohort and on track to graduate. Collaboration with parents, subject area teachers, students, and NovaNet aides.

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CATEGORY: Professional Development Required Element: Professional Development Need: Strategies for providing ongoing, sustained professional development for teachers, principals, administrators, and school library media personnel to ensure that staff know how to use the new technologies to improve education or library services. Recommendation: Develop a plan for ongoing technology training. A. Solution: 1. Maintain contact with staff development committee for personnel training. 2. Evaluate and prioritize training needs and requirements through annual surveys. 3. Mandate basic training for all staff. 4. Offer yearly refresher courses. 5. Allocate appropriate time for training (Administration).

6. Evaluate community needs. 7. Schedule and implement technology training on each staff development day. 8. Surveys will be administered annually to students and staff to develop tech training 9. Use the State ISTE standards for developing the tech training.

B. Benefit: 1. Staff will have common base of knowledge. 2. Staff will have step-by-step progression of technological skill development. 3. Skills will be maintained. 4. Equipment will be used effectively and with more confidence. 5. Community involvement will increase. The present level of staff skills were assessed on the last staff survey with 20% basic or non-user with technology, 59% Comfortable (proficient) with technology, and 21% Confident (exemplary) with technology. A staff survey will be administered at the end of each school year to assess the current benchmarks in the different areas of staff skills. Each teacher will include as part of their own Professional Development Plan an individual technology growth plan to work on their weakest technology skills. Included in appendix f are the staff technology survey and the student technology survey.

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Action Plan Timeline Professional development

Actions needed to achieve goal

Staff Development

Person(s) Responsible

Date each action will be Completed

Indication of Success

Increase the staff proficiency through

professional development classes to raise staff proficiency to proficient or exemplar

level.

Use the 4 of 5 staff

development days each year to

add some tech training each

session. Weekly tech training

offered at “technology

café” sessions.

Tech coordinator

June 2011 goal of 90%

(June 2012

goal of 95%)

(June 2013 goal of 100%)

Increase the percentage of

staff proficiency from 80% to

90%.

(95%)

(100%)

CATEGORY: Professional Development

Required Element: Supporting Resources Need: Strategies and supporting resources such as services, software, other electronically-delivered learning materials, and print resources that will be acquired to ensure successful and effective uses of technology. Recommendation: Every teacher should address an individual technology growth plan in their Professional Development Plan. A. Solutions:

1. Provide awareness sessions and survey staff knowledge and needs. 2. Train all staff in use of word processing, database, spreadsheets, presentation/desktop

publishing/Homepage software, and electronic communications. 3. Support staff development in a variety of ways using different formats for in-service,

including, but not limited to, turn-key training, during and after-school workshops, peer mentoring, BOCES training, and after school training starting December 2009 .

4. Bring in experts for assistance with integration. 5. Personal technology needs questionnaires each year. (June 2010,June 2011,June2012) 6. Personal technology training plans based on individual needs. 7. Participate in Technology Integrator forum from BOCES starting September 2010. 8. Establish guidelines for purchasing software. Software committee established. 9. Provide software training workshops for new purchases. (After school forums each week

starting in September 2010). 10. Allow staff time for personal technology training.

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B. Benefit: 1. Educational process will be enhanced. 2. All staff will have a technological base of knowledge. 3. Communications will be improved. 4. Staff will be more cohesive, confident, and better prepared to use technology of 21st Century.

6. Implementation of the Learning Standards will be enhanced. 6. More standardized software. 6. Shared services and expertise. 6. Software continually updated and communicated out to staff and students.

CATEGORY: Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support and Software Required element: Infrastructure Needs/Technical Specifications, and Design Need: Strategies to identify the need for telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services to improve education or library services, and strategies to determine interoperability among the components of the technologies to be acquired. Recommendation: Provide sufficient technology to meet needs of students and district personnel. A. Solution: 1. Provide funding for equipment. Make use of grant funding, discount applications and state aid monies, which are available, while continuing the commitment that District funds are maintained. 2. Continually update district technology plan. 3. Provide and keep management workstations up-to-date. 4. Provide computers and other equipment for labs, libraries, classrooms, and offices. 5. Provide phone lines and cabling necessary for Local Area Network (LAN) within each building and Wide Area Network (WAN) between buildings. 6. Anticipate space and wiring needs for technology in all buildings.

7. Contract through BOCES for 10 Field Tech Equivalent (FTE) days. 6. Insure interoperability of equipment throughout the district by having one district image

That has our software and keeps the programs consistent throughout the district and control of software through security that does not allow users to load programs. Keep hardware consistent within buildings by planned upgrades and tech acquisitions. (Timelines for replacement/acquisitions on page 21.)

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B. Benefit: 1. More efficient use of funds 2. Streamlined record keeping 3. More efficient use of staff time 4. More consistent integration of technology into curriculum 5. Improved district-wide administrative management 6. Equipment will be networkable/compatible/upgradable throughout district. 7. More programs will be available to users. 8. Students will graduate with more competitive technological skills. 9. Student learning will be enhanced by the available technology.

10. FTE Support provides technical assistance and is aidable. 11. Consistent interoperability of software and hardware allows users to move throughout their buildings with consistent software and hardware.

CATEGORY: Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support and Software Required element: Increase Access Need: Strategies to increase access to technology for all students and all staff. Recommendation: Develop policies and plans to increase student and staff access to technologies. A. Solution:

1. Purchase and schedule portable equipment. 2. Develop and refine guidelines for student use of portable equipment. 3. Develop plans for off site access to Internet base software. 4. Increased student access to assistive technologies such as Dragon Naturally speaking, Kurzweil, and Zoom Text. 5. All current buildings must have adequate high and low voltage wiring, fiber/cabling, conduit and space for technological use and growth. 6. Faculty and staff have access to student database information in and out of school. 7. Provide administrators Principalm software to have access to the student data base to

include schedules, pictures, and emergency information. B. Benefit: 1. Staff and students will be able to perform tasks using portable equipment. 2. Developmentally disabled, hospitalized, and homebound students will remain up to date with classwork. 3. Staff and students will have constant access to library, local libraries, and other district resources via the Internet.

4. Administrative tasks and teacher gradebook work may be performed off site. 5. A fully networked district, allowing for worldwide communications.

(ELA1, ELA4, LOTE1, LOTE2) 6. Administrators use Principalm software to have access to student information and keep

them where they should be when they should be there and focused on their studies.

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CATEGORY: Funding and budget Required element: Budget and Timetable Need: Timeline and budget covering the acquisition, implementation, interoperability provisions, maintenance, and professional development related to the use of technology to improve student academic achievement. Recommendation: Provide timelines and budget to keep technologies updated including software, hardware, telecommunications, and curriculum support.

The New York State Department of Education and the Board of Cooperative Educational Services are offering aidable packages to districts attempting to purchase networked technology. Detailed requests for services from Erie I BOCES will continue to make this plan possible without added burden on the taxpayers of the district.

Estimated expenses for hardware/equipment/installation/network/maintenance/tech spt costs: phase 1: $200,000 phase 2: $200,000 phase 3: $200,000 Estimated expenses for licences/software/supplies/repairs: phase 1: $35,000 phase 2: $35,000 phase 3: $35,000 Budget for staff development and technology training will be carried under the auspices of the Curriculum Coordinator. Estimated expenses for staff development and technology training expenses: Phase 1: $20,000 Phase 2: $20,000 Phase 3: $20,000

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CATEGORY: Funding and budget Required element: Coordination of Resources Need: Strategies that will be used to coordinate state and local resources to implement activities and acquisitions prescribed in the technology plan Recommendation: Provide adequate long-term planning and sustainability for funding for technology. A. Solution: 1. Develop a long-range purchasing plan. 2. Coordinate funding sources such as Chapter I & II funds, PSEN, partnerships, occupational funds, grants, etc. 3. Develop community awareness and promote community access to technology.

4. Promote computer technology related fundraisers. 5. Purchase technology through the aidable scenario and through BOCES. 6. Continue to participate in e-rate funding projects.

B. Benefit: 1. Purchases would be cost and use effective. 2. Technology would be kept current.

3. Community would support technology effort. 4. Provide additional revenue.

CATEGORY: Monitoring and Evaluation Required element: Evaluation Need: Strategies the district will use to evaluate the extent to which activities are effective in integrating technology into curricula and instruction, increasing the ability of teachers to teach, and enabling students to reach challenging state and national academic standards. Recommendation: Evaluation process to determine how our plan is working toward our goals and how we measure our ongoing performance.

EVALUATION PLAN

The technology plan will be evaluated by the technology committee quarterly at the technology committee meeting. The committee will make suggestions on updates to goals, technology purchases, changes in technology integration and instruction in the classrooms, and recommend technology purchases. The committee will recommend changes to the technology plan and purchases to move the district toward updated goals and visions. The committee can also react to new technology and make course corrections to the plan.

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Administrators will evaluate the technology plan at least each year. Principals, superintendent, business official and coordinators will evaluate the plan in conjunction with the technology purchase plan for the next school year. Administrators will make course corrections to direct training or resources to meet the unmet goals. Each school will administer a technology survey each year to get feedback from the faculty and staff on their technology needs in both training and hardware. Results of the survey will help shape the training plans for staff professional development days.

ACTION PLAN: PHASES

This plan will be implemented in phases, at a recommended rate of one per year. Listed below are some suggested guidelines, to be considered by the district and to be altered if needed as the plan is updated in future.

Phase I (2010-2011)(Summer 2010) Finish equipping classrooms in the district with projectors and interactive white board technologies. Purchase of additional Elmo presenter units for high technology use classrooms. Implement replacement procedure for oldest (Dell 280s) computers on network (150 to 200 desktop computers) returned to BOCES and replaced with newer models. Put together software committee to get the district on a common set of software and a common standard. Improve the staff ability to work with NovaNet and interactive whiteboard technology by continuing staff training. Continue to update software, as well as communications lines/equipment. Make use of the Gigabit Ethernet network to enhance network speed and ability to handle digital transmissions. Replace or enhance one server per year. Add additional wireless capability at the elementary school. Explore and implement voice over internet protocol (VOIP) (Continue four year cycle for replacement of work stations and servers)

Phase II (2011-2012) (Summer 2011) Emphasize staff integration of technology into the classroom and into curriculum. Encourage staff to get involved in distance learning by teaching distance learning courses in their areas of expertise. Continue to work technology solutions to minimize students not graduating or not staying with their class cohort. Sustainment by replacement of the oldest workstations within the district. Replacement or enhancement of one server per year. (Four year cycle for replacement of work stations and servers)

Phase III (2012-2013) (Summer 2012) Expansion of live video/video production capabilities. Students, staff and community will have access to activities, meetings, and educational offerings outside the district, as well as being able to originate our own events, and share them internally across the district. TV studio and production capabilities added to the MS/HS. Replacement or enhancement of one server per year. (Four year cycle for replacement of work stations and servers)

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Phase IV (Future phases) Continued sustainment of the workstation turnover. (Four year cycle for replacement of work stations and servers) Replacement or enhancement of one server per year.. Use technology committee, BOCES, and current periodicals to keep current and moving forward with technology.

Action Plan Goal 1: Communication between parents & staff will be enhanced

Actions needed to achieve goal

Staff

Development

Person(s) Responsible

Date each action will be

Completed

Indication of Success

School website to continue to add

technology information and links for both teachers and

the community

Work with the staff to keep their

TeacherWeb websites up to

date.

Tech coordinator and building

principals June 2011

Feedback from parents

and staff

Action Plan Goal 2: Student Management system

Actions needed to achieve goal

Staff

Development

Person(s) Responsible

Date each action will be

Completed

Indication of Success

Increase the use of the parent portal and student portal in the

PowerSchool student management system

Work with the staff, guidance,

parents and faculty to

“advertise” and inform parents

and students on the use of Portals.

Administrators and Tech coordinator

June 2011

Increase the percentage of

use by parents and students as

monitored by PowerSchool percentage use reports.

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Action Plan Goal 3: Improve staff and faculty use of technology

Actions needed to achieve goal

Staff

Development

Person(s) Responsible

Date each action will be

Completed

Indication of Success

Individual plans included in personal

Professional Development Plans for staff and faculty to improve their use

and comfort with technology

Work with the staff and faculty to improve their

individual technology skills.

Tech coordinator and building

principals June 2011

Improvement in amount

and quality of technology

use in classroom

presentations

The technology coordinator, business manager, building administrators, and superintendent will share the status of the phase implementations with the technology committee, pertinent BOCES staff, and the Board of Education. Assessments and survey instruments need to be developed and implemented each year to measure student and staff growth in regards to technology. Assessments and surveys developed and implemented to assess from graduates their preparation for college and the working world. We will base some of the evaluation process of our hard number assessments on the improvement in our “school report card”. We will also assess ourselves against the “No Child Left Behind” standards. Each phase above will be updated and revised annually since the technology changes so rapidly and the time frame is dependent upon local budget dollars as well as state aid money.

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CATEGORY: Monitoring and Evaluation Required element: Acceptable Use Policy Need: Strategies in place to monitor the district’s Acceptable Use Plan for staff and student use of technologies. Recommendation: Insure acceptable use policy (AUP) meets the state and federal criteria. Insure that the AUP is delivered to community, staff and students in multiple formats.

A. Solutions: 1. Publish the AUP in multiple sources to include email, website and plans. 2. Electronically delivered to all students and staff to read and acknowledge. 3. AUP given to all new students and redelivered to students electronically at network Logon. 4. AUP included in this plan at appendix B. 5. Filtering policy included in this plan at appendix C.

B. Benefits: 1. Widest dissemination possible to the community and the school. 2. Understanding of acceptable use by students and staff. 3. Support for the AUP generated in the community. 4. AUP and filtering policy meets state and federal guidelines.

CONCLUSION While this plan is comprehensive and written to be implemented in phases, we realize it cannot take into account technologies that do not currently exist. We also realize that we have not even considered some technologies that do exist, especially in the video area and satellite capabilities. We strongly urge those who follow through this plan to perform an annual updating of the document in order to revise it as finances, new technologies, and curricular needs dictate. We also respectfully request that the Board of Education approve and implement this long-range technology plan to help the students and staff of our district function in today's world of technology.