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The mission of Avondale High is to prepare all students for college by blending rigorous academic and vocational studies, providing numerous opportunities for Advanced Placement courses, and creating a culture of high expectations.

“Every Child. Every Day. College Bound.”

To provide all students access to a relevant and rigorous curriculum by integrating technology into daily lessons in order to allow students to become competitive job seekers in a technologically driven society.

Strengths•All classrooms are equipped with the latest technology (Smart-Boards. Promethean Boards, LCD Projectors, clickers).

•Four mobile labs equipped with wireless internet and learning technology

•Virtual Classrooms

Weaknesses•Ongoing teacher training

• Utilization of current technology

•Intimidation of technology

•Teacher complacency

•Follow-up/Follow- through(monitoring)

Opportunities•Federal Funds (Title I)

•Grants (STEM)

•Expanded services to meet broader range of student needs

•Arrival of new technology

Threats•Incomplete mandatory training

•Ensure time borrowed from the designated training day does not result in staff failing to complete statutory/mandatory training; leading to local authority censure.

To realize the benefits of technology Provide instruction that will integrate

technology into the school curriculum Provide teachers with the opportunity to

use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents and the community in order to nurture student learning

Provide ongoing professional development in current technology

Using Promethean/SmartBoard or wireless carts in the classroom three times per week

Using technology to communicate with parents

Update school websites monthly Keep grades current in eSIS in order to

allow parents to be knowledgeable of student progress

Projectors Wireless Carts with laptops and netbooks Promethean Boards Teacher Work Stations Smart-Boards Student Work Stations iRespond (student response systems)

Active Studio Smart Notebook Gizmos Kurzweil Intellitools FitnessGram Read 180

Provide training and support strategies to ensure that the staff has the appropriate competencies and continuous support needed to use educational technology to deliver and support instruction

Provide training on available software Provide training on instructional delivery

through the use different websites Collaborative Monday planning sessions to

include instructional technology

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Item Cost Justification

Promethean Board $25,900 To facilitate technology integration in the classroomsCSIP – pgs. 3,7,10,13 and 22

Substitute Teachers $11,300 Certified teachers will have professional release time for collaboration and data dialogue

Benefits $3390 Substitute benefits

Weekly review of lesson plans Weekly focus walks 4.5 - week progress reports Student Work Interviews

April 2010– Technology Needs Assessment June 2010 - Summer Professional Development

(new teachers) August 2010 - Setting up teacher websites August 2010 - eSIS grade-book training September 2010 - Promethean Board/Smart

Board Training January 2011 – Software updates and hardware

retraining April 2011 – Technology Needs Assessment