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2010-2013 By Raquel Cantu Lamar University, EDLD 5362, ET8021

District Technology Plan. 2010-2013 By Raquel Cantu Lamar University, EDLD 5362, ET8021. District Profile. ESC Region: 10 Number of Campuses: 39 Total Student Enrollment: 33755

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2010-2013 By Raquel Cantu Lamar University, EDLD 5362, ET8021

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  1. District Technology Plan 2010-2013 By Raquel Cantu Lamar University, EDLD 5362, ET8021

  2. District Profile • ESC Region: 10 • Number of Campuses: 39 • Total Student Enrollment: 33755 • Percent Econ. Disadvantaged: 80.31%

  3. District Technology Budget • Teaching and Learning : $23,086,876.00 • Educator Prep and Development : $4,329,478.00 • Leadership, Administration and Support : $1,284,501.00 • Infrastructure for technology : $16,733,929.00 • Total Technology Expenditures: $45,434,774.00

  4. Needs Assessment Process • Texas Campus STaR • Teacher /Student Surveys • Interviews • Metrics • Analyzed Include: • Infrastructure • Hardware • Software • Programs • Courses • Student Achievement • Technology Resources • Staff Development • Teacher Lessons • Student projects • Technical Support Metrics

  5. Technology Needs As a result of the Needs Assessment process, the Long Range Planning Committee identified the following needs to be addressed by the long range plan: • Written curriculum must include the integration of technology. • Instruction must develop students’ higher order thinking skills, creativity and problem solving • provide more professional development to teachers and administrators • move toward its goal of a one‐to‐one environment for all students and teachers. • provide more online learning opportunities for students and teachers

  6. Technology Needs Cont’d. • promote the use of digital resources • Continue to use technology as a means to provide information to parents and the community • All district systems must be upgraded on a regular basis to support departmental functions. • The district student information system needs to be replaced due to discontinued support by the company. • provide a robust, reliable infrastructure to support the instructional needs of teachers and students • The District wireless infrastructure needs to be upgraded with more security.

  7. Student Profile The committee also created a profile of what a student should know and be able to do to be successful in Irving schools and beyond. Students must: • Evaluate & apply information • Think critically • Access and find relevant information • Problem solve • Write for an authentic audience • Demonstrate financial literacy • Become well rounded in academics, fine arts, and athletics • Develop active listening skills • Work, think, and produce collaboratively • Use available technology • Understand the legalities and ethics of technology • Be risk takers • Be flexible and open to new ideas • Be productive citizens • Develop a sense of responsibility rather than entitlement • Demonstrate social responsibility • Develop life‐long learning skills

  8. Goals Objectives Strategies Evaluation

  9. GOALS Goals are designed to address the following components of the Texas’ 4 Long Range Plan • Goal 1 -- Teaching and Learning • Goal 2 – Educator preparedness and development • Goal 3 -- Leadership, Administration, Support • Goal 4 – Infrastructure

  10. Objectives Objectives address goal needs. They are documented to be correlated with four State and Federal mandates within the plan. NCLB- No Child Left Behind E- Rate- FCC Universal Service Fund LRPT – Texas’ Long Range Plan for Technology STaR -- School Technology and Readiness Chart * Each objective lists the funds necessary to accomplish the objective.

  11. Strategies Objectives are followed by strategies that will help accomplish each goal. They are outlined in the following manner: Specific Task Timeline Status Person(s) Responsible Evidence State and Federal Correlates

  12. Goal 1 Irving ISD will Infuse higher level thinking with technology and quality instruction to ensure engaging learning experiences for all teachers and students. LRPT category: Teaching and Learning

  13. Goal 1 • Objectives : Integrate Technology Applications TEKS and higher order thinking into 100% of curriculum areas. Increase technology integration 10% annually as demonstrated by students, teachers and administrators. Strive to achieve and maintain a personal computing device ratio of 1:1 for both students and professional educators.

  14. Goal 2 Irving ISD will support assessment and planning through the use of technology. LRPT category: Teaching and Learning

  15. Goal 2 • Objectives: Provide adequate technology to support all district planning and assessment systems.

  16. Goal 3 Irving ISD will educate all students and teachers in responsible technology use. LRPT category: Teaching and Learning

  17. Goal 3 • Objectives: Provide opportunities to orient students and teachers in appropriate use of technology. Provide opportunities to educate students, teachers, and parents in Internet safety including but not limited to identity theft, malware, social networking tools, and cyberbullying.

  18. Goal 4 Irving ISD will Ensure educator professional development is on‐going, high quality, based on the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), and increasing in rigor so that student learning and 21st century skills are increased. LRPT category: Educator Preparation and Development

  19. Goal 4 • Objectives: Provide differentiated, informal and formal, job‐embedded technology training based on campus needs. Model ways to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities by increasing the use of technology where appropriate in all staff Development. 100% of instructional staff will apply professional learning to improve instructional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership by promoting and demonstrating effective use of digital tools and resources.

  20. Goal 5 Irving ISD will Ensure 100% administrative participation in appropriate, current and new software programs. LRPT category: Leadership, Administration and Support

  21. Goal 5 • Objectives: Increase administrator participation in training by 10% to use new and existing software programs. Increase the use of technology to improve and expand communication.

  22. Goal 6 Irving ISD will Provide leadership to leverage technology for the improvement of teaching and learning in every classroom daily. LRPT category: Leadership, Administration and Support

  23. Goal 6 • Objectives: Provide leadership to leverage technology for the improvement of teaching and learning in every classroom daily. Identify needs, procure and maintain technology resources for continued improvement of teaching and learning.

  24. Goal 7 Irving ISD will Increase reliability of district instructional technology equipment, data processing services, network equipment/facilities, and telecommunications equipment to ensure dependable and continuous operations 24/7. LRPT category: Infrastructure for Technology

  25. Goal 7 • Objectives: • Increase reliability of district instructional technology equipment, data processing services, network equipment/facilities, and telecommunications equipment to ensure dependable and continuous operations 24/7. • Develop a system that is sustainable with available funds.

  26. Evaluation of Technology Plan IISD will use: • Texas Star Chart • LoTI levels of teacher performance as measured through walk through evaluations • Quantity and quality of TechFusion submissions by teachers • Quantity and quality of Media Fair entries • Quality of student products • Quantity and quality of technology ideas embedded in the curriculum • Blackboard (number of hits on server) • Number and types of online learning sessions

  27. Evaluation Cont. • Monitoring and documentation of community and parent involvement • Records of staff member participation in technology training monitored by attendance sheets and professional development records • TAKS scores, district interim assessments, and a district‐developed technology standards assessment. • data from networking monitoring tools, hardware and software inventories, repair data, and other technical support metrics • Updates on an annual basis, if needed, to reflect the district’s current financial ability or the advent of new technologies

  28. Suggestions for Technology Plan • Plan could be outlined more in depth about exactly what experiences students should be exposed to. • Provide more Professional development opportunities • Campuses should have equal access to technology • Students should have input in what they believe they want as their technology goals. • Provide additional personnel for assistance with professional development and for technological issues.

  29. BOARD GOAL Require all professional staff to effectively facilitate teaching and learning by actively participating in high quality staff development and using a variety of technological resources to engage students so that all graduates can succeed in a 21st century environment.

  30. References • IISD Technology Plan. Written by the Technology Planning Committee, 2009. • Irving ISD image(slide 1) retrieved from www.irvingisd.net

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