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Introduction
When creating or revising your district technology
plan, be sure to include essential identifying information on the
cover and introductory pages:
Cover Page
Name
of School District
SAU
Number
Starting
and Ending Year of the Plan
(Plan should be no more than a 3 year period)
Date
of Plan
School
Board Approved on (date)
The
plan should have official School Board approval. You may include
a letter or notation indicating the document has been approved
by the School Board, providing the date on which it was approved.
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Tech
Plan Committee
The
technology plan should indicate committee members' names, their
position and/or the stakeholder group they represent.
For
example:
- Susan
Afshourian, Principal, Sunny Side Elementary
- Walter
Zellwiger, School Board Member
- Alfonso
Franks, Grade 6 Teacher
- Haleh
Trasker, Library Media Specialist
This
is a group of stakeholders from the school district which should
not only be representative of a particular viewpoint, but also
acting in the capacity of liaison between the technology planning
committee and their constituents.
More
ideas:
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Keep
committee size manageable (under 12)
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Committee
should be a subset of larger local educational improvement
plan (LEIP) committee
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Committee
should have technology savvy teachers, parents, etc. as
well as non-technology oriented members.
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Description
of the District and Its Mission
A mission statement
provides a succinct descriptive paragraph of what a community
believes is its role in pursuing its vision of education. The
mission statement should be the same as or similar to the mission
statement included in a school district local educational improvement
plan (LEIP or DEIP). This is not just a mission statement about
technology, but rather a broad district level statement.
The mission statement should be
accompanied by a description of the district, including demographics
of the community and the schools. A few sentences with census
and other data will help provide the context for this section.
For example:
The Evergreen School District
consists of three schools, grades K - 12. Student enrollment
as of December 2003 totaled XXX. Evergreen belongs to School
Administrative Unit #999, with administrative offices in
Green City. The towns of Berne, West Berne, and Knox also
belong to SAU 999. All of these towns are located in the XXX
region of the state. According to the NH State Data
Center, the actual census for the town of Evergreen in 1990
was X,XXX. The projected census for the year 2000 is XX,XXX.
In the past, Evergreen was
characterized as a rural community with a stable population
of families who had roots in this town. More recently the
town's population has changed to include more professional
people who come from many walks of life and different parts
of the country.
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Technology
Vision
The technology vision statement
provides a clear, concise, and realistic statement of the future.
The vision statement gives a methodology for how technology will
support the school district mission. Some of the questions to
consider when formulating the vision statement include the following:
- How will technology
help you to get there?
- In what ways does technology
help you accomplish your mission?
- What does the future learning
environment in your district look like?
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ESSENTIAL
ELEMENTS
Ed 306 Minimum Standards for Public School Approval:
E-RATE:
- The
plan must include an evaluation process that enables the
school to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make
mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities
as they arise.
Tech
Plan Examples:
Links:
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