LEA Technology Plan

1
LEA Technology Plan

• Education Technology Implementation and Planning
  Services
• January 2005

2
LEA Technology Plans Due

• November 1, 2005
• 500 p.m.

3
LEA Technology Plans

• 2005-2009

4
Format Submitted as

• Three hard copies that include the web link to
  where the plan is posted on the school district
  website.
• We recommend that you remove all technical
  diagrams from your online tech plan.

5
State Legislation requiring a technology plan

• North Carolina law GS115C-102.6D
• Each local school administrative unit with a
  local school system technology plan approved by
  the State Board of Education may use funds
  allocated to it to implement its local plan or as
  otherwise specified by the General Assembly.

6
Federal Legislation requiring a technology plan

• SEC. 2414. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
• (a) IN GENERAL- To be eligible to receive a
  subgrant from a State educational agency under
  this subpart, a local educational agency or
  eligible local entity shall submit to the State
  educational agency an application containing a
  new or updated local long-range strategic
  educational technology plan that is consistent
  with the objectives of the statewide educational
  technology plan described in section 2413(a), and
  such other information as the State educational
  agency may reasonably require, at such time and
  in such manner as the State educational agency
  may require.

7
Who should complete the plan

• In keeping with the North Carolina vision of
  building collaborative partners and leadership, a
  Media and Technology Advisory Committee provides
  the optimal medium for creating a system-level
  technology plan and for implementing a strong
  educational technology program. Planning is most
  effective when those responsible for the
  instructional program are involved in designing,
  implementing, and making decisions about
  administrative and educational technology.
  Students are more likely to be successful in
  achieving in-depth learning when the
  administrative and teaching staff and the
  community build a collective vision for
  technology that is connected to teaching and
  learning.

8
LEA Template Format

• The North Carolina Educational Technology
  Plan template has been designed to reflect North
  Carolina's Strategic Plan for Excellent Schools,
  The ABCs Plus to achieve the state education goal
  of First in America by 2010.
• High student achievement
• Quality teachers, administrators and staff,
• Healthy students in safe, orderly and caring
  schools
• Strong family, community and business support,
  and
• Effective and efficient operations

9
Components of the LEA plan

• A Signature page signed by the LEA Board Chairman
  and Superintendent
• A list of technology committee members
• A unique vision statement that is consistent with
  the state technology plan vision
• Five sections addressing the five strategic
  priorities
• A completed policy chart
• A completed TCO findings page
• A completed two-year budget entry form
• School and District Network Diagrams

10
Each of the ABC Priority sections should include

• Current Situation
• Strategic Priority Chart

11
The Current Situation Guiding Questions and
Goals and Objectives chart components

• In order to meet all of the specifications
  required by state legislation, the guiding
  questions and list of chart components have been
  provided to assist you in completion of a plan
  that will meet the board approval.
• Please address these items with thorough answers.

12
Submission of Budget

• You will submit annually
• A budget for the upcoming fiscal school year
  (July 1 June 30).
• A planning budget for the following fiscal school
  year
• The budget spreadsheet will be due each year on
  November 1.

13
How will we evaluate?

• The LEA Technology Plan Evaluation Guide.
• If you have addressed the item thoroughly that
  item will be checked off as complete.
• If the item is not addressed completely, it will
  not be checked. On that page will be a comment
  explaining what needs to be done to complete that
  item.
• Once the plan has been reviewed, you will receive
  a copy of the evaluation guide and it will be
  noted if you need to make any changes
• For your plan to be approved, you must have a
  check for every item.

14
High Student Achievement

• Strategies
• Provide instructional technology tools and
  training to foster mathematics/reading score
  improvement
• Develop classroom use of student resources in
  support of the NC Standard Course of Study (i.e..
  NC WiseOwl, Kaleidoscope, SAS inSchool)
• Promote the implementation of the IMPACT model
• Provide a plan (curriculum integration and
  necessary remediation) designed to improve
  Computer Skills Test scores
• Promote the Computer Skills Curriculum
  implementation and integration across all grade
  levels and subject areas

15
High Student Achievement

• (cont)
• Promote the Information Skills Curriculum
  implementation across all grade levels
• Promote technology integration across the
  curriculum
• Provide student distance learning opportunities
  in order to provide equitable educational
  opportunities to all students
• Proved assistive technology resources in order to
  provide equitable educational resources to all
  students

16
Quality teachers, administrators and staff

• Strategies
• Provide professional development programs using
  diverse training resources (local and online
  including DPI resources) to address needs as
  determined by assessments
• Provide follow-up support to teachers and staff
  after training
• Integrate technology components into local
  certification and professional development
  requirements
• Communicate and promote ethical use of technology
• Communicate professional standards based on ISTE
  Guidelines
• Conduct an evaluation of all technology
  professional development and training

17
Healthy students in safe, orderly and caring
schools

• Strategies
• Provide an adequate, safe education facilities
  that support high student performance through the
  use of variety of technology resources that
  include alarm systems fixed and mobile metal
  detectors, ID card systems.
• Provide for a safe environment by monitoring of
  student movement through the use of variety of
  technology resources that include buses
  equipped with video cameras video camera systems
  to monitor schools, playgrounds, parking lots and
  sports areas
• 3. Provide a means for faculty and staff to
  communicate through the use of school-wide
  telephones, cell phones, intercoms and radios

18
Healthy students in safe, orderly and caring
schools

• (Continued)
• Provide an adequate, safe method for monitoring
  student performance through methods that could
  include student information system programs
  such as SIMS and NCWise student management
  programs such as L-System nutritional tracking
  systems like Nutri-Kids and Point of Sales
• Provide a safe environment for data to be
  collected and used through the use of Internet
  Filtering based on CIPA email filtering
  up-to-date school and district websites that
  includes the use of email to communicate with
  parents and students

19
Strong family, community and business support

• Strategies
• Provide email for staff, students, parents,
  community and business
• Provide information about your system to local
  media (local newspaper, broadcast television and
  cable).
• Provide access to a district website for
  students, parents, community and business
• Provide access to Learning Centers for students,
  community, business
• Provide access for agency partners to computers,
  and networks
• Provide Internet and file access for students,
  staff, community and business (wireless, dial-up,
  cable or fiber)

20
Effective and efficient operations

• Strategies
• Policy review, update and implement policies
• Budget- procure funding
• Personnel - assess if adequate support for
  technology program
• Security maintain adequate security standards
  and policies
• Administrative Applications provide appropriate
  applications to facilitate administrative and
  clerical operations
• Hardware provide a variety of hardware that
  meets state technical standards to support the
  instructional program
• Infrastructure-School Local Area Networks and
  District Wide Area Networks provide an
  infrastructure that supports the instructional
  and administrative requirements for all students
  and staff

21
Assistive TechnologySchool Division

• Provide adaptive and instructional technology for
  special needs populations.
• Include funding for assistive technology in the
  budget for special education departments.
• Identify and provide specialized instructional
  resources for at-risk students and for
  remediation needs.
• Identify and analyze assistive technology
  resources that accommodate individual student
  learning needs.
• Apply assistive technology to the instructional
  process and evaluate its impact on learners with
  diverse backgrounds, characteristics and
  abilities.
• All school districts shall establish a process
  and written guidelines to provide consistency in
  serving various learning styles through
  adaptive/assistive technology services and
  devices, in accordance with the Individuals with
  Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA).

22

• Web site with documents to download
  http//tps.dpi.state.nc.us/techPlan0509

23

• In compliance with federal law, including the
  provisions of Title IX of the Education
  Amendments of 1972, N C Public Schools
  administers all state-operated educational
  programs, employment activities and admissions
  without discrimination because of race, religion,
  national or ethnic origin, color, age, military
  service, disability, or gender, except where
  exemption is appropriate and allowed by law.
• Inquiries or complaints should be directed to
• Dr. Elsie C. Leak, Associate Superintendent
• Office of Curriculum and School Reform Services
• 6307 Mail Service Center
• Raleigh, NC 27699-6307
• Telephone [phone] fax [phone]