Instructional Technology Update

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Instructional Technology Update

• Dr. Mike Hall
• Deputy Superintendent for Instructional Technology

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The Transformation of IT
IT in Georgia has been approximately 85 data and
15 instructional. Up until the spring of 05 the
IT division at the DOE consisted of the following
departments
Develop- ment
Instructional Technology
Internal Technology
IT

• GLC was in Curriculums budget/our shop
• Statewide Network
• ETTCs delivery of InTech Teacher Training

Quality Assurance
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Because of the New SIS
IT has split and all Data Management including
Development, Internal, and QA are listed under
the policy division.
Develop- ment
Instructional Technology
Internal Technology
IT

• GLC was in Curriculums budget/our shop
• Statewide Network
• ETTCs delivery of InTech Teacher Training

Quality Assurance
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Organizational Structure
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Instructional Technology Goals

• Provide quality access/connectivity/filtering in
  all systems. Movement toward mobility.
• Provide instructional equity in our schools
  through course offerings and highly qualified
  teachers.
• Improve teaching environments promote 21st
  century classrooms. Movement toward 11
  ubiquitous computing.
• Provide concentrated, valuable online resources
  for instruction and professional learning.

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Current Infrastructure Resources

• Statewide Network Access/Connectivity
• ETTCs 13 centers located in Legislative
  districts. Each center supports
  students/schools/districts in their area
• Georgia Virtual School 65 course offerings,
  relationship with GVTC.
• Georgia Standards.Org Digital Library Project

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Instructional Programs

• Direct Instruction
• Georgia Virtual School
• Title II-D 3-5 Math Grants
• 11 Test Projects
• Model Schools
• Teacher Professional Learning/Resources
• Georgia Standards.Org
• GPB Online (Professional Learning)
• SAS in School Online Content

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Instructional Programs

• Access/Connectivity
• Statewide Network
• Title II-D Wireless Grants
• Georgia Tech Wireless Demo/Resources
• Armed Forces Student Locator (Test program)
• NCLB Requirements
• 8th Grade ICT Literacy (2006 requirement)

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Instructional Resources

• Media
• Georgia Read More

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Instructional Technology Budget

Total Budget 29,046,379
No further donations after FY05
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State Funds

• 6510 Office of the Deputy
• 296,077
• 6525 National Science Center Foundation
• 1,416,750 Moved to Curriculum (Science)
• 6570 - Ed. Technology
• 1,179,939
• 3,535,009 Statewide Network
• 6575 ETTC
• 3,961,541
• 6580 GLC (GSO)
• 1,298,573
• 6585 Georgia Virtual School
• 1,835,000

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Federal Appropriations Title II-D
0 to 10,000,000 (est.)
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FY2006 Federal Appropriations Title II-D

• 5 to GDOE Consolidated Admin Fund and technical
  support for II-D programs
• 50 of the remaining funds must go to schools as
  formula grants
• the other 50 of the remaining funds must go to
  schools as competitive grants

FY 04 C/O
391,418
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Georgia Partnership Donation

• 2,000,000
• This money is a carryover from the FY05 budget.
  There will be no further donations from this
  source.

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Program Expenditures

• ETTCs - 1,961,541 2,000,000 FY06 enhancement
  (3,961,541) (S)
• Statewide Network - 3,535,009 (S)
• Georgia Virtual School - 1,835,000 (S)
• 450,000 base 1,385,000
• Model Schools - 700,000 (P)
• Teacher Resources/Professional Learning -
  900,000 (S, F, P)

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Program Expenditures

• Federal formula grants to school systems (Title I
  eligible) 7,200,284 (F)
• Federal Competitive Grants to school systems
  (Application Title I eligible) (F)
• Wireless Schools - 2,018,750
• Math 3rd-5th grade - 5,181,534
• Technical Support for Federal Programs (required
  by NCLB)
• Technology Planning - 502,150
• Data collection and research - 248,875
• Student technology literacy - 241,418
• 11 Georgia School for the Deaf - 150,000
  (200,000P)

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Program Expenditures

• Georgia Read More - 50,000 (P)
• GALILEO (Support payment with BOR) - 50,000
  (P)
• Armed Forces Locator Test - 72,000 (P)

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Title II-D Mandated Goals

• Improve student academic achievement through the
  use of technology.
• Assist every student in crossing the digital
  divide by ensuring that every student is
  technologically literate by the time the student
  finishes the eighth grade.
• Encourage the effective integration of technology
  resources and systems with teacher training and
  curriculum development to establish
  research-based instructional methods that can be
  widely implemented as best practices.

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Title II-D Expenditures by Goal

• Improve student academic achievement through the
  use of technology
• eMath competitive grant (5,181,534)
• Wireless competitive grant (2,018,750)

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Title II-D Expenditures by Goal

• Assist every student in crossing the digital
  divide by ensuring that every student is
  technologically literate by the time the student
  finishes the eighth grade
• formula grant for providing equitable access to
  technology (7,200,284 in Title I schools)
• 8th grade tech literacy program (241,418)

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Title II-D Expenditures by Goal

• encourage the effective integration of technology
  resources and systems with teacher training and
  curriculum development to establish
  research-based instructional methods that can be
  widely implemented as best practices
• Science based research and evaluation (398,875 -
  technical support/admin funds)

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Title II-D Expenditures for All Goals

• Technology Planning - 502,150
• Supports all 3 II-D goals
• Needed to qualify all GA schools for 39,751,064
  federal funding
• Facilitates the evolution of teaching and
  learning into a 21st century model

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Title II-D Wireless (2,018,750) Outcomes

• 117 educators received professional development
  addressing the unique instructional issues of a
  wireless 11 teaching/learning environment.
• 39 classrooms equipped as wireless 11 pilot
  environments.
• Impact evaluated through surveys and observations.

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Title II-D eMath (5,181,534) Outcomes

• 1000 educators (700 grade 3-5 math teachers)
  received professional development each year
  04-08.
• 126 classrooms equipped with modern technologies
• More than 31,000 3rd-5th graders taught by
  teachers highly qualified in
• using technology to improve student achievement
• mathematics instruction
• designing instruction based on the GPS.
• Impact evaluated by science based research (first
  results in July 06).

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ETTC State Funding History
ETTCs receive 2.5 million in annual funding
from their host institutions to support the
statewide initiatives
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ETTC Program Support

• Division for Curriculum and Instruction
• Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) Online
  Content (State/57,750)
• Develop online training modules for all of the
  GPS to give school districts the opportunity to
  redeliver to their teachers in a more cost
  efficient and time effective manner.
• Online Assessment System (State/504,504)
• Provide training to every public high school
  science teacher on OAS with the purpose of
  improving student performance on the science
  portion of the High School Graduation Test
• Assist the school system technology staff in
  preparing OAS for use by classroom teachers
• Exceptional Students/Special Education
  (Federal/202,941)
• Promoting the effective use of technology for
  disabled students

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ETTC Program Support

• Division for School Improvement
• Data Utilization Guide (ETTC State funding)
• Disseminate and train system level personnel on
  the Data Utilization Guide with an emphasis on
  student level data analysis
• LEA Consolidated Application (ETTC State funding)
• Delivering LEA Consolidated Application training
  to each school system (Federal Funding Vehicle
  for over 1B to districts.)
• Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) Leadership
  Training (ETTC State funding)
• Develop online modules that provide the GPS
  Leadership Training for new and existing
  school/district level administrators

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ETTC Program Support

• Division for Quality Assurance and Internal
  Technology
• Georgia State Student Information System
  (Partnership/294,200)
• Assisting school systems in electronically
  reporting accurate information to GADOE through
  state and local Student Information Systems
• Adequate Yearly Progress/AYP (ETTC State funding)
• Providing content and technical support to local
  school personnel in the verification and
  uploading of AYP documentation.

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ETTC Program Support

• Office of Instructional Technology
• Georgia Virtual School (State/276,100)
• Work as a Regional Facilitator for public,
  private and home school students with End of
  Course Testing (EOCT)
• Georgia Standards.org (Federal/350,400)
• Training school systems on the use of the Managed
  Learning System (MLS)
• Tagging of existing GLC resources for inclusion
  in the MLS and facilitating the creation and
  tagging of new resources
• Title II-D Programs (Federal/502,150)
• Technology Plans
• Assisting the GADOE and local school systems to
  produce, implement and evaluate high quality
  technology plans, as required by NCLB and the
  federal e-rate program
• 11 Wireless and eMath Grants
• Monitoring and evaluating Title II-D formula and
  competitive grant programs
• Science-based Research and Evaluation

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ETTC Equipment Refresh

• Funding Allocation
• All 13 ETTCs were provided with 40,192 to
  refresh their training lab equipment
• As well, 10 of the ETTCs were provided an
  additional 45,420 to establish a 21st Century
  Model Classroom
• The other 3 ETTCs were provided these classrooms
  through a test program involving outside
  contributions (04-05).
• This is Phase 1 of a 3 year equipment refresh
  program to ensure the ETTCs are structured as
  effective demonstration sites for effective
  technology use.

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Statewide Videoconferencing

• All 13 ETTCs, along with GADOE, are equipped with
  videoconferencing equipment
• Benefits
• More effective collaboration between ETTCs,
  GADOE, and local/state/national/international
  school districts
• Modeling effective 21st Century technology for
  schools statewide
• Opportunity for Virtual Field Trips
• More efficient sharing of instructional best
  practices
• Provides a higher level of time and cost
  efficiency than face to face meetings by saving
  time and fuel resources
• Leverages previous and current investments in
  telecommunications
• Increased Professional Development opportunities

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K-12 Statewide Network

• Federal E-Rate funding pays for 75 of the
  Network, contingent on state funding
• Each Georgia 1 spent leverages federal 3
  (E-Rate).

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GA Virtual School Program
Number of Units Enrolled by District
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GA eLearning The Foundation
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GA eLearning Students
Fall 634 Predicted 2,366
To be determined
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Creation of GAVS

• 2004 Governor proposal that every high school
  have access to 2 AP courses
• 35 of systems lt 2,500 students
• 47 schools no AP courses 22 more served by GA
  eLearning
• 2005 May 4 - Governor signed bill creating GAVS
• July - GAVS funded per unit (not per student) for
  a maximum of 2,000 units for SY 05-06

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Start-up of Other State Virtual Schools
300 students
2,800 students
3,100 students
1,000 students

GAVS is funded in unit increments. Per student
cost based on an average of 3,100 students.
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FTE Funding Per Student Formula

• 3,536.70 per FTE/589.45 per segment
• 2,129.57 direct instructional costs (teachers
  counselor)
• 948.42 training online teachers, staff
  development, and facilitator training (courses,
  instructors, support)
• 409.77 indirect instructional costs (course
  development, revisions, enhancements, e-books,
  software, labs, registration, regional support
  ETTCs, learning management system)
• 48.94 media services (online support materials
  and accesses)
• courses subject to curriculum changes, GPS,
  testing, etc. changes

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GAVS Funding
1,385,000 450,000 DOE
1,835,000 972,700
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Registration

• Public school students given priority
• Registration staggered by school size
• 1st small schools (0-500)
• 2nd medium schools (501-1,500)
• 3rd large schools (1,501)
• Open enrollment for all public schools students
• Open enrollment for all students

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Fall 2005 Enrollment
1,110 attempted enrollments
Denial reasons include no local school/district
policy, no facilitator in place, not appropriate
for schedule, and other.
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Fall 2005 Enrollment
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Enrollment by NCED Statistics School Code
Designation
Registration is staggered by school size with
public schools receiving priority.
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The GSO Web Portal supports the following DOE
goals

• New curriculum published and used
• Recruit, Train, and Retain
• Reduce the number of teachers who leave the
  profession for reasons of job dissatisfaction
• Ensure a highly qualified teacher for every
  classroom

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How?

• New Curriculum Alignment Search Engine
• Resources aligned to the GPS
• Access to a multitude of resources outside of our
  current collection- and aligned to the GPS
• New Instructional Resource Builder
• Resources to support and implement the new
  curriculum can be developed by curriculum
  experts, teachers, and educational partners
• Professional Development Resources
• Training Materials including videos
• Best Practices
• First Year Teacher Support and Resources

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GSO Budget
New Search Engine Database
Contracts andPer Diem
Professional Learning
Additional Resources Aligned to Georgia
Performance Standards
Personal Services
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Current Usage Statistics

• 2,690,000 unique visitors this year (2006)
• Over 14,000 published lesson plans
• 16,807 registered users

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Partners in Education
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Programs
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Contact Information

• Mike Hall
• mhall_at_doe.k12.ga.us
• 404-819-5235 cell
• 404-657-0810 office Donna McDermott