Action Step/Strategy

Timeline

Required Resources

Persons Responsible

Evaluation

4.1.  Develop team and assess needs of system --- choose software.

∙Aug. – May

∙Software

∙Budget

∙Hardware

∙Technology Director

∙Technology Assistant

∙Teachers

∙Are the needs assessed?

∙Choices made of software and hardware

4.2.  Workshops locally and statewide

∙Academic year

∙Workshops – local and state

∙Budget/Stipend

∙Technology Coord.

∙Assistant Coord.

∙Presenters

∙Committee members

∙Were presentations made or attended locally or within the state?

∙Evaluation form of teachers utilizing in classroom

4.3.  Budget local money to buy new and update equipment.  Write technology grants.

∙Academic year

∙Budget to purchase new equipment and update equipment

∙Grant writing

∙Principal

∙Technology committee

∙Technology Director

∙Technology Assistant

∙Director of Schools

∙School Board

∙Did the system receive grant money?

∙Did the system receive local money?

4.4.  Budget locally.  Have team access current programs and recommend new software.

∙Academic year

∙Budget locally

∙Technology Team access current programs

∙Were purchases made?

∙Were upgrades completed?

4.5.  Use software that comes with book.  Team provide software list for teachers approval.

∙Initial planning in summer period to school year

∙Academic school year

∙Curriculum software

∙Textbooks (resources)

∙Budget

∙Technology Team

∙Teachers

∙Curriculum Supervisor

∙Were curriculum objectives and software correlated?

4.6.  Team/system purchase software recommended by teachers.

∙Feb. – June

∙Software

∙Textbook Co.

∙Budget

∙Technology Team

∙Teachers

∙Principals

∙Director

∙B.O.E.

∙Was software purchased to correlate the text?

4.7.  Team write grant

School Board fund.

∙Jan. to new budget time in July

∙Grant writing

∙B.O.E. budget

∙Technology Team

∙Principals

∙Teachers

∙Are there computer labs in the Middle Schools?

4.8.  Provide timely training on updating skills on hardware and software needs.

∙Academic year

∙Training at T.E.T.C.

∙Budget monies

∙Other training

Technology Team

∙Did member attend T.E.T.C.?

∙Were other training sessions attended?

4.9.  Budget money and have Technology Committee determine needs of each school.

∙July 1 – June 30

∙Budget

∙Hardware

∙Software

∙Furniture, C.O.W. (computers on wheels)

∙Technology Team

∙Principals

∙Teachers

∙Librarians

∙Are there Computers on Wheels in 5^th – 12^th grades?

4.10.  Technology Committee will study needs and availability of computer use in K-4 schools.

∙Academic year

∙Budget

∙Assessment form

∙Technology Team

∙Principals

∙Have needs been met?

4.11.  Technology Committee will investigate needs and cost of Distance Learning.

∙Academic year

ongoing

∙Checklist from students and teachers

∙Technology Team

∙Principals

∙Teachers

∙Analyze data from checklist

4.12.  Technology Committee will determine best hardware and software packages and recommend to Board of Education for purchase.

∙Academic year

ongoing

∙Budget

∙Technology Team

∙Director of Schools

∙Agreement on recommendations for consideration.

4.13. Technology Committee will compile from teachers and Technology Director needs and wants.  What is working well and what needs changing.

∙Academic year

ongoing

∙Budget

∙Technology Team

∙Teachers

∙Principals

∙What did review reveal?

∙New plan reached?

4.14. ∙Technology committee will develop a survey and distribute to all parents.

∙ Fall 2003 – Develop survey.

∙ Spring 2004 – Distribute survey and compile survey results.

∙Survey

∙Technology Team

∙Parents

∙Complied survey results.