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North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School District

2013-2016 TECHNOLOGY PLAN JULY 1, 2013 – JUNE 30, 2016

TECHNOLOGY PLAN CREATION DATE: 04-11-2013

Table of Contents Needs Assessment .................................................................................................................... 2

Goals and Objectives ................................................................................................................. 3

Implementation Strategies/Activity Tables .................................................................................. 6

Professional Development Strategies .......................................................................................13

Educators Professional Development ....................................................................................13

Technical Staff Professional Development ............................................................................16

Technology Inventory ................................................................................................................17

Funding Plan .............................................................................................................................21

Evaluation Plan .........................................................................................................................25

Appendix A – Technology Survey (Faculty) ...............................................................................27

Appendix B - District Technology Committee 2012-2013 ..........................................................37

Needs Assessment

The District has an active Technology Committee that has been part of the District for the last 10

years. The District Technology Committee is formed by educators, technology staff, community

members and students. The District Technology Committee is the main tool the District uses to

continually evaluate the current Technology initiatives in the District, gather feedback regarding

new needs that could be addressed with Technology, and address the long term plans regarding

the role of Technology in the District. Most of the needs identified in this plan come from the

regular discussions on the District Technology Committee, and the District Technology Committee

had input in the objectives and action plans provided in this plan.

In the 2012-2013 school year an additional committee was formed as the District piloted a 1:1

initiative with two classes across the District. This committee helped identify the needs related to

a larger 1:1 implementation in the District. The implementation of a 1:1 program was part of the

2010-2013 Technology plan, and continue to be in this current plan. Therefore the feedback from

the Pilot Committee was used in preparing the objectives and action plans on this current plan.

In addition to the forums mentioned above, the Technology Department conducted in 2012-2013

a survey to all teachers and administrators to gather information on staff's feelings and attitudes

about technology, their current use of technology, their views on the current state of Technology

in the District, and how they see the future of Technology in the District. We used this information

in preparing the objectives and action plans listed in this plan.

In the year 2011, the District as a whole embarked in constructing an Strategic Plan for 2012-

2017. The process involved participation of not only District staff, but also the input from parents

and other members of the community. There is a section on the Strategic Plan that deals with

Technology. It should not be a surprise that the direction presented in this Technology Plan is in

line with the needs identified in the Strategic Planning process, as well as with the action plans

currently present in the District Strategic Plan.

Finally, the District actively participates on the Hunterdon County Technology Council, which

incorporates the Technology leaders of each school district in Hunterdon County. The input of the

council has greatly shaped the goals and objectives presented in this plan.

Goals and Objectives

The following are the key Goals and Objectives identified for this plan:

Goal 1: Students, teachers and administrators will have equitable access to education

technology in order to transform classrooms into personalized, digital learning

environments.

Objectives:

1.1 All students will be assigned a mobile device to be used in the classroom and at home.

1.2 Teachers will be assigned a mobile device to complement their current technology

toolset and facilitate integration of the students’ mobile device in the classroom.

1.3 Teachers will be trained in the use of technology as a transformative tool towards a

personalized learning environment.

Goal 2: Students will use and improve their technology literacy in order to become college

and career ready and succeed in a global society.

Objectives:

2.1 Teachers will use technology-based lessons to enhance students’ technology literacy.

2.2 Students will receive training in the areas of internet safety and network etiquette.

2.3 Students will receive training in the areas of electronic research and intellectual

property of electronic content.

2.4 Students should actively use the technology tools provided to them by the District.

2.5. Lesson plans should include a reference to the technology used and its alignment to

NJ Technology Standards and an adopted Technology Integration tool.

Goal 3: Educators will continually improve their skills and knowledge to effectively use

education technology to implement the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards

and effectively implement digital formative and summative assessments.

Objectives:

3.1 The District will adopt a Technology Integration tool to facilitate educators in

implementing technology in the classroom and administrators in evaluating technology

use.

3.2 Educators will attend at least one technology-related professional development class

per school year.

3.3 Technology tools and findings will be shared among colleagues in monthly department

meetings as a regular agenda item.

3.4 All faculty members will receive training on key areas of technology and information

literacy.

3.5 The district will research, adopt and implement a standard assessment tool that can

be used to evaluate student achievement and growth.

Goal 4: The District will continuously improve and maintain the technology infrastructure

necessary for the school community to access electronic information, and support on-line

learning communities in addition to PARCC on-line testing.

Objectives:

4.1 The District will research and adopt technology that will allow easy access to student

information from a single source.

4.2 District staff will use technology as the main conduit to communicate all important and

timely information to parents and the greater community.

4.3 The technology infrastructure and servers will allow for seamless sharing of

documents among fellow educators and across the two high schools.

4.4 The network infrastructure will be continually improved to allow adequate throughput

and capacity in order to keep pace with additional devices added to the network.

Goal 5: The District will provide adequate resources to support technology-rich learning

environments and for implementation of PARCC guidelines.

Objectives:

5.1 Professional staff will receive repairs to equipment, or be provided a spare unit to work

with, within a timeframe that will not affect instruction.

5.2 Staff will be provided an easy method to troubleshoot problems, and if necessary

submit a trouble ticket.

5.3 The district will research, adopt and implement technological solution that can be used

to administer the PARCC assessment.

5.4 The District will provide training and support for faculty in newly implemented

technologies.

Implementation Strategies/Activity Tables

Goal 1: Students, teachers and administrators will have equitable access to education technology in order to transform classrooms into personalized, digital learning environments.

1.1 All students will be assigned a mobile device to be used in the classroom and at home.

Action Plan/ Major Activities Staff Resources Timelines Indicator of

Success

Research program models and devices and propose a deployment plan.

Coordinator of Technology, DTC, Schools Administration

Vendors, other school districts, literature. July 2013 Deployment Plan

Deploy selected program(s) as described in the deployment plan. Technology Staff

Staff, Funds, Space, Time

November 2013

Successful Distribution

Evaluate selected program(s) as described in the deployment plan and propose changes as needed.


Surveys, observations

Continuous, Annually

Presentation to BOE

1.2 Teachers will be assigned a mobile device to complement their current technology toolset and facilitate integration of the students’ mobile device in the classroom.


Success

Research devices, gather feedback from teachers and select a device or set of devices for staff.

Coordinator of Technology

Vendors, other school districts, literature. July 2013 Device Selected

Deploy selected devices to teachers. Technology Staff

Staff, Funds, Space, Time August 2013

Successful Distribution

Evaluate teacher usage of deployed devices.


Surveys, observations

Continuous, Annually

Device and Network monitoring records

1.3 Teachers will be trained in the use of technology as a transformative tool towards a personalized learning environment.


Success

Research best practices and successful programs for student-centered instruction and project-based learning using technology and propose IT professional development recommendations.

Coordinator of Technology, AP for Instruction

Vendors, other school districts, literature. July 2013

Presentation to Professional Development Committee

Deliver professional development with In-House and Third-Party resources as per agreed recommendations.

Professional Development Committee

Time, Schedule

September 2013 onwards

Scheduled professional development

Goal 2: Students will use and improve their technology literacy in order to become college and career ready and succeed in a global society.

2.1 Teachers will use technology-based lessons to enhance students’ technology literacy.

Action Plan/ Major Activities Staff Resources Timelines Indicator of Success

Promote the use of technology tools among teaching staff via email, staff portal, professional development days, and staff meetings.

Coordinator of Technology, Supervisors Time Continuous Lesson plans

Highlight examples of interesting technology-based lessons via articles/posts on district's and school public websites.

Supervisors, District Communicator Coordinator

Time, Web Space Continuous

Information posted on websites.

2.2 Students will receive training in the areas of internet safety and network etiquette.


Develop and distribute instructional material on Internet safety and network etiquette.

Technology Staff Time

November 2013 Material Distributed

Schedule general presentations on Internet safety and network etiquette.

School Administration, Guidance, Technology Coordinator

Time, Presenter Continuous

Presentations scheduled

2.3 Students will receive training in the areas of electronic research and intellectual property of electronic content.


Develop and distribute instructional material on intellectual property, fair use, and Creative Commons guidelines.

Media Center Specialist Time

November 2013

Material Distributed/Posted

Schedule general presentations on intellectual property, fair use, and Creative Commons guidelines.

School Administration, Guidance, Technology Coordinator

Time, Presenter Continuous

Presentations scheduled

2.4 Students should actively use the technology tools provided to them by the District.


Develop and distribute instructional material to help student properly use the technology tools provided.

Coordinator of Technology, Technology Staff Time

November 2013

Material Distributed/Posted

Evaluate students' usage of technology tools provided and propose adjustments if necessary.

Technology Staff Surveys Continuous

Technology Tool Records

2.5. Lesson plans should include a reference to the technology used and its alignment to NJ Technology Standards and an adopted Technology Integration tool.


Create an online area that provide easy access to NJ Technology standards and Technology Integration tool.

Technology Staff

Time, Web Space January 2014

Web Space provisioned

Evaluate lesson plans for inclusion of the required references. Supervisors Time Continuous Lesson Plans

Goal 3: Educators will continually improve their skills and knowledge to effectively use education technology to implement the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards and effectively implement digital formative and summative assessments.

3.1 The District will adopt a Technology Integration tool to facilitate educators in implementing technology in the classroom and administrators in evaluating technology use.


Success

Reseach successful technology integration tools and propose one tool to be use in the district.


Literature, other districts

November 2013

Presentation to DTC

Create an online area that provide easy access the selected Technology Integration tool.

Technology Staff Web Portal

November 2013 Portal

3.2 Educators will attend at least one technology-related professional development class per school year.


Success

Schedule adequate technology-related professional development classes during cafeteria days.

Technology Staff, Professional Development Committee Time Annually

Schedule of Classes

Include attendance in technology related professional development in the Professional Improvement Plan for all teachers.

Department Supervisors

Time, Professional Development Schedule Annually Submitted PIP's

3.3 Technology tools and findings will be shared among colleagues in monthly department meetings as a regular agenda item.


Success

Schedule a technology-sharing segment at all departments staff meetings

Department Supervisors

Time, Research Ongoing Meeting Agendas

Promote new tools through department website and staff portal. Technology Staff, Teachers

Web Site, Portal Ongoing Website, Portal

3.4 All faculty members will receive training on key areas of technology and information literacy.


Success

Develop and deliver training on critical skills to faculty members

Professional Development Committee, School Library Media Specialist

Time, Online Resources Annually

Training Schedule

3.5 The district will research, adopt and implement a standard assessment tool that can be used to evaluate student achievement and growth.


Success

Research standard assessments tools on the basis of features, previous successful implementations, and cost and select one tool.

Coordinator of Technology, AP for Instruction, DTC

Time, Online resources July 2014

Presentation to DTC

Develop a plan for implementation, including a pilot stage, for the selected tool.

Coordinator of Technology, DTC Time August 2014 Deployment Plan

Deploy the selected tool according to implementation plan. Technology Staff

District Funds, Time August 2014 System deployed

Provide ongoing staff training on the selected assessment tool.

Technology Staff, Professional Development Committee Time

August 2014, Ongoing

Training Schedule

Goal 4: The District will continuously improve and maintain the technology infrastructure necessary for the school community to access electronic information, and support on-line learning communities in addition to PARCC on-line testing.

4.1 The District will research and adopt technology that will allow easy access to student information from a single source.


Success

Research technology tools that will allow easy access to student information and propose the migration towards that tool.

Coordinator of Technology, Technology Staff, Principals, Assistant Principals, Supervisors, DTC

SIS Software, Time June 2014 Presentations

Develop an implementation plan for the selected tool.

Coordinator of Technology, DTC Time August 2015

Implementation Plan

Provide ongoing staff training on the selected tool.

Technology Staff, Professional Development Committee Time

August 2015 ongoing

Lesson Plans showing the use of the tool

4.2 District staff will use technology as the main conduit to communicate all important and timely information to parents and the greater community.


Success

Provide ongoing staff training on mass communication tools such as School Messenger

Technology Staff, Administrators, Support Staff

Mass Comm. System Ongoing

Electronic Communications Records

Promote the use of department websites as a link to the greater community.

Technology Staff Web Site Ongoing

Department Websites

4.3 The technology infrastructure and servers will allow for seamless sharing of documents among fellow educators and across the two high schools.


Success

Improve the current Storage Area Network to allow faster exchange of information.

Technology Staff

District Funds, Hardware August 2013

Additional Storage installed

Continually improve the district server infrastructure to meet the user demand of the services provided.

Technology Staff

District Funds, Hardware Ongoing Servers renewed

Provide ongoing training on the staff portal technology.

Technology Staff, Professional Development Coordinator Time Ongoing Portal use by Staff

4.4 The network infrastructure will be continually improved to allow adequate throughput and capacity in order to keep pace with additional devices added to the network.


Success

Improve the current wireless network infrastructure to support additional load with at least one access point on every other classroom.

Technology Staff, Custodial Staff


New AP and associated equipment deployed

Increase the district's Internet bandwidth to al least 200Mbps. Technology Staff


Internet Bandwidth provisioned

Upgrade the district core network infrastructure to allow additional uplink speed from the access switches.

Technology Staff


New Core Equipment installed

Goal 5: The District will provide adequate resources to support technology-rich learning environments and for implementation of PARCC guidelines.

5.1 Professional staff will receive repairs to equipment, or be provided a spare unit to work with, within a timeframe that will not affect instruction.


Maintain an inventory of spare equipment for replacement of units that cannot be repaired immediately.

Technology Staff

District Funds, Hardware Annually Inventory Reports

Update the district's online helpdesk system to improve on the reporting of incident resolution.

Technology Staff

Time, Helpdesk Software August 2014 Upgrade completed

5.2 Staff will be provided an easy method to troubleshoot problems, and if necessary submit a trouble ticket.


Update the district's online helpdesk system to better align it to ITIL concepts.

Technology Staff

Time, Helpdesk Software August 2014 Upgrade completed

Continue to augment the number of technical tips on the district technology knowledge base.

Technology Staff

Time, Helpdesk Software Ongoing

Number of knowledge based articles increased

5.3 The district will research, adopt and implement technological solution that can be used to administer the PARCC assessment.


Research technology solutions available to administer the PARCC assessment.


Time, PARCC, HCTC August 2014 Presentation to DTC

Develop Technology recommendations of the district implementation of the PARCC assessment.

Coordinator of Technology Time August 2014

Presentation to DTC, School Principals, and BOE

5.4 The District will provide training and support for faculty in newly implemented technologies.


Maintain a portfolio of Technology Services provided in the District. Technology Staff Time Ongoing Published portfolio

Develop training material for newly implemented technologies.

Technology Staff, Department Implementing the Technology Time Ongoing

Material Distributed/Published

Schedule training sessions for newly implemented technologies at the time of implementation.

Professional Development Coordinator, Technology Staff Time Ongoing Training Scheduled

Professional Development Strategies

A series of professional development initiatives are proposed in alignment with the objectives

previously set in this plan. Two areas of professional development have been identified:

● Educators Professional Development

● Technical Staff Professional Development

Educators Professional Development

The following are the professional development initiatives proposed in this plan. Those initiatives

that are currently implemented are identified in the list:

● Each department must select a Technology Turnkey Teacher that will be a “go-to person”

for their colleagues in their department to discuss technology use.

● A group of teachers should be selected as Technology Trainer Teachers and will be

assigned a rotational duty on the media center of each school.

● Late summer training program for all staff.

● Ongoing monthly workshop program (webinar based).

● Regular PD day workshops (already implemented, will continue).

● Eventual “Trainer Days” where an external trainer can come to school to work with

teachers for a day - available as Budget permits.

● Moodle courses for staff (already implemented, will continue)

This plan proposes that the District should focus on providing training to the technology turnkey

and trainer teachers, who will in turn train the rest of the staff. This provides for an affordable

strategy. This strategy has been used with success in the past.

Staff will be trained on the basic use of the device selected as part of objectives 1.1 and 1.2. Staff

will be also trained on using the device for basic workflows in the classroom (give assignment,

collect assignment, annotate, give assignment back to students). Once the staff feels comfortable

with the device, they should be able to start finding ways to use the device to facilitate the

incorporations of the standards on their lessons.

Staff will be trained in techniques that match objectives 2.1, 3.4, and in line with the technology

integration tool selected in 3.1. Example of material teachers are expected to be trained on

include:

● Flipped Classroom – A model of teaching where class time is mostly spend practicing and

enhancing new concepts introduced at home via recorded or online material.

● Project Based Learning – Learning that happens as students discover concepts and

principles of a subject or topic while researching a way to solve a guiding question

(project).

Because it is expected that students will be participating in activities in electronic form (based on

objective 1.1), staff should be able to acquire immediate feedback for each student and discover

trends on student progress. On the same line, staff will be trained in available tools following

objective 1.3 regarding personalized learning environments. Some examples of tools staff might

be trained on to facilitate personalized learning include:

Edmodo - A learning management tool that provide student feedback in a social media form

together with online assignments and progress tracking for students.

Socrative - A classroom response system (similar to clickers) that teachers can use to poll

students at any time during a lesson and gather immediate feedback on the student

understanding of a lesson.

LanSchool - A classroom management tools that offer some of functions on Socrative, but also

allows class management on an individual basis.

Moodle - A traditional learning management tool that provide extensive analysis of grades

collected thru online assignments at the individual and group level.

Staff will receive training on 21st Century Skills such as Fair Use, Intellectual Property, Network

Etiquette, and Critical Thinking so that they can transfer this knowledge to the students. The

following are two examples of workshops staff should receive:

● Responsible Digital Citizenship – A 21st individual should engage society in several ways

including through the use of Information Technology and Communications tools. Learning

the appropriate use of these social communication media is vital in becoming a successful

21st century individual.

● Critical Thinking – A 21st century individual has a wide range of information readily

available from multiple sources. Being able to organize and select sources and information

is vital in becoming a successful 21st century individual.

Staff will be offered training on assistive technologies in coordination with the Special Services

Department. This training will be delivered as part of the initiatives outlined above.

Surveys of our professional staff will be conducted through the District Professional Development

Committee and the Technology Department to ascertain the current level of expertise and general

need among staff members in course offerings to further utilize technology in instruction. As a

result of previous surveys, we have determined that our staff members are continually growing

technologically. While staff members are at different levels of technology integration, most have

taken advantage of various training sessions and are incorporating technology into their

instruction at some level.

These professional development initiatives will be coordinated with the Assistant

Superintendent’s office, the professional development coordinator, and the Coordinator of

Technology:

● Mike Hughes – Assistant Superintendent

● Guillermo Vargas-Dellacasa – Coordinator of Technology

● Steven Schultz – Professional Development Coordinator

Technical Staff Professional Development

In addition to professional development opportunities for educators, technical staff members are

provided with training on new technologies to provide an efficient technology infrastructure.

Formal professional development has been offered in solutions such as VMWare and resources

are purchased to continually support the professional growth of technology support staff.

Each new technology implemented in the District that requires intervention of third party vendors

include a knowledge transfer phase between implementer and district technology staff.

Each new technology implemented by District technical staff is carried out after successful

technical staff training via online, on-site or off-site training.

The current plan proposes to continue to provide these option for our technical staff.

Technology Inventory

The following table summarizes the current Inventory List of the District:

Computers

Laptops - Staff 358

Laptops - Students 370

Desktops - Staff 57

Desktops - Students 573

Servers

ESX Server (Two Processors, 8 cores/processor, 96M RAM)

3

ESX Server (Two Processors, 6 cores/processor, 32MB RAM)

1

General Purpose (One Processor, 2 cores/processor, 8MB RAM)

5

Routers/Switches

Internet Gateway (Cisco 2821) 1

Core Switch (Cisco 4506E) 2

IDF Switch (HP Procurve) 22

IDF Switch (3com) 3

Wireless Infrastructure

Access Points (Meru) 70

Controller (Meru) 1

Network Storage

Oracle iSCSI Storage 7410 (14TB usable) 1

Oracle iSCSI Storage 7310 (14TB Rep) 1

HP LeftHand Storage (2TB usable) 1

CoRAID Storage (14TB usable) 1

The District currently assigns a laptop to every teacher in the District for instructional purposes.

In addition there are 18 computer labs and 20 laptop carts for students. There is at least one

desktop computer on every room.

The District runs a virtual environment for its servers. Currently four physical hosts handle 34

virtual machines providing services such as email, web, share folders, user directory, student

information system, and helpdesk. To support this infrastructure three Storage Area Network

(SAN) devices utilizing Ethernet technology provide 16TB of usable data.

The network infrastructure is a collapsed and distributed campus LAN with two switches at the

core aggregating the traffic of 25 IDFs distributed across the two campuses in the District. The

campuses are connected via fiber optic link.

The District currently supports a 802.11 wireless network that provide network access across both

campuses. The current network is designed to provide coverage with minimum capacity.

The following technology upgrades to the inventory described above are needed in order to

achieve the objectives established on this plan:

Student Equipment - Additional student equipment will be required to accommodate the

objective of providing every student with a device. In addition, there likely be a need to add student

equipment to satisfy PARCC requirements. Any purchase of student equipment will be staged in

an effort to maintain a consistent budget during the years contained in this plan.

Wireless Infrastructure - Because of the additional number of devices that will be connected to

the District network, an upgrade on the wireless infrastructured is needed. This plan aims to

increase the number of Access Points from the current count of 70 to 190. The end result should

be a wireless infrastructure that will include a wireless access point on every classroom. This

design not only will satisfy the requirements in terms of capacity, but is compatible with a wireless

design on the 5GHz band, which opens the opportunity for the District to update to upcoming

wireless standards such as 802.11ac.

Internet Bandwidth - Because of the additional number of devices that will be connected to the

District network, an upgrade on the Internet bandwidth is required. This plan aims to increase the

District Internet bandwidth from the current 80Mbps to at least 200 Mbps. The current router that

connects the District firewall to the Internet is rated to sustain 75 Mbps of throughput with services

enabled. It is therefore necessary to replace the current Internet router with a model rated at 300

Mbps to 500Mbps. We will continue to maintain multiple providers and use BGP for load balancing

and redundancy, and therefore the new router should provide those functions.

Core Infrastructure - The current core infrastructure will be upgraded as the current lease

program the District used to procure the current equipment is expiring. The new core will have

additional switching capacity and will eliminate the current oversubscription on the line card

connecting to the server rack. However, we are also reducing the capacity of the WAN connection

from 10 Gbps to 1Gbps. Our records indicate that we topped the current connection at 0.25Gpbs

and therefore, while 10 Gpbs provides less latency, there should not be an adverse effect on

reducing the current WAN bandwidth. In the absence of a 10Gbps requirement on the WAN, the

cost of the core equipment (which also connects both schools) will be reduced. The plan is to

replace the current Cisco 4506-E switches that sit at our core, and replace them with switches

with additional switching capacity.

Classroom A/V Equipment - This plan maintains the ongoing effort to provide adequate

supplementary sound on all classrooms in the District. Therefore, during the duration of his plan,

we will be acquiring sound equipment until we complete all classroom with 40 Watts or more

amplified sound. In addition the District will continue with its plan to network all new projectors so

wireless projection is possible in all classrooms.

Virtual Environment - The District will maintain the current VMware environment consisting of 4

ESX hosts holding about 40 virtual machines. One of the ESX hosts will be upgraded to match

the capacity and power of the other three.

The following technology programs will be maintained while the duration of this plan:

Educators Equipment - The district will continue its current program of Teacher laptops, where

every teacher is assigned a laptop.

Administrators Equipment - The District will continue its current program that provides a

desktop or laptop to every administrator and several support staff members.

General and Specialized Labs Equipment - The District will continue its current program that

provides 18 computer labs (24 to 30 computers each) across the district for general and specific

purposes.

Storage Area Network - The District will continue to maintain an Ethernet based storage area

network to support both, our virtual environment and file storage.

Assistive Technology - The District will continue to maintain specialized equipment to allow

students to communicate and interact with the school community. Consultation with Child Study

Team members and the Director of Special Services allows the Technology Department to

provide appropriate and necessary equipment and software that will enable the students. Our

website was originally designed to conform to Federal Accessibility guidelines, and all future web

development will take these requirements into consideration.

Funding Plan

All budget amounts are proposed recommendations and are subject to Board of

Education approval for each fiscal year.

Technology funds are part of the regular fiscal budget and are derived from local and state

revenue sources. The projected budget amounts below will ensure that students and teachers

have access to technology to enhance academic achievement.

The specific purchases from each budget line item will be determined by the immediate needs of

the district. Priorities and immediate needs will be discussed at the District Technology Committee

as well as the Curriculum, Instruction & Technology Committee of the Board of Education. All

purchases are to follow the procurement rules set by the District and the State of New Jersey.

Major New Expenditures for this Plan

In addition to the regular operational budget required for the normal operation of the Technology

assets in the District, some of the objectives set on this plan require additional expenditures

beyond the regular operational budget in the next three years. The table below lists the major

expenditures expected:

New Asset Objective Projected

Procurement Cost

Projected

Operational Cost

(per Year)

Estimated Initial

Procurement

Year

Gradual

Implementation

(multiple years)

Upgrade Wireless

Network

4.4 $120,000 $3,000 - $8,000 2012 Yes

Devices for Students 1.1 $0 $250,000 - $400,000 2013 Yes

Internet Bandwidth 4.4 $0 $4,000 - $6,000 2013 Yes

Online Assessment

System

3.5 $0 $6,000 - $8,000 2013 No

Student Information

System

4.1 $0 - $100,000 $10,000 - $45,000 2015 No

Upgrade Storage

Area Network

4.3 $28,000 $3,000 - $5,000 2013 No

Technology

Personnel

5.1, 5.4 $0 $70,000 - $160,000 2013 Yes

Funding Strategy

At the request from the Business Office, the funding strategy for this plan should produce a

predictable budget for the duration of the plan.

All services, materials, and other resources will be purchased using funds allocated to one of the

following budget line items from the Technology Department budget.

In addition the Internet Bandwidth expenditures will come from the Telecommunications budget

lines of each school. Where a Telecommunication cost is shared between schools, the

expenditure will be split between the corresponding budget lines on each school.

In order to accommodate the new expenditures identified in this plan while containing their impact

on the Technology budget, the Technology Department will reduce current expenditures on areas

identified as obsolete and replaceable by new Technology included in the new expenditures

identified in this plan. In particular the Technology Department will:

Progressively cancel the “Desktop in every classroom” program.

Significantly reduce the “Computer on Wheels (COW)” program.

Significantly reduce printing costs.

In addition the Technology Department will seek to reduce expenditures in regular operational

costs. Examples include:

Renegotiate/Renew Telecommunications contracts for the 2013-2014 school year.

Renegotiate/Renew software contract such as Microsoft Open Volume Licensing

program.

Whenever possible all purchases will take advantage of pre-negotiated bid contracts available to

the District (e.g. NJ state contracts and Cooperative Contracts).

The Technology Department should use all available discounts and funding programs the District

qualifies. For example, the District should always file for E-Rate.

The cost of the major initiatives identified in this plan will be staggered over the next three years

to minimize increases over the new budget level.

While these actions do not eliminate the need for an increase in the Technology budget, they do

help mitigate the impact these new initiatives have on the Technology budget.

Estimated Budget

Following the strategy outlined in the previous section, the budget for 2013-2014 is

$1,013,017.25, and includes a $150,000 increase in the Technology budget.

The budget for future years will be worked out on every budgeting cycle. However, the goal is to

not increase the budget again in the remainder two years of the plan. In other words, increasing

the Technology budget in $150,000 in 2013-2014 will set a new budget baseline for future years

that should be maintained. As indicated before, the cost of the major initiatives identified in this

plan will be staggered over the next three years to minimize increases over the new budget level.

The projected numbers are as follow:

Additional Notes

Depending on the Student Information System selected there might be a special request to

accommodate the initial procurement of that system (i.e. in the event we move forward with a new

system, there might be a cost outside the $150,000 proposed increase during the rollout year of

the system).

The cost of Professional Development, which is part of this plan, is not part of the Technology

Department budget, although a small part of the professional services in the Technology Budget

is allocated for this purpose.

Evaluation Plan

The District Technology Committee (DTC) will be the primary agency to oversee and evaluate the

progress of this plan within our District. The DTC will have representation from students and staff

at both high schools, community members, district administration. Members of the Board of

Education will be invited to participate as well. Their recommendations will be submitted to the

North Hunterdon-Voorhees Board of Education through the technology office.

All goals and objectives presented in this plan are to be evaluated and monitored. Evaluation will

focus on the “Indicator of Success” for each major activity as indicated on the Implementation and

Activity tables presented earlier in this plan. Assessment/Evaluation and mid-course adjustments

will occur as follows:

● Gather regular feedback from administrator, teachers, parents, and students to measure

the impact of the major activities in this plan.

● Evaluate the progress toward the stated goals found within this District Technology Plan

annually.

● Review the District Technology Plan annually and revise components to meet current

district needs. New and revised goals and objectives will evolve from this process (mid-

course corrections). These revisions will be board approved as part of the yearly

assessment process.

● Communicate regularly with administrators, teachers, parents, and board members the

progress toward fulfillment of goals and plans for the future.

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Appendix A – Technology Survey (Faculty)

About You

Teachers Feeling Toward Technology

Technology Use

Professional Development in Technology

About Technology in the District and the Technology Department

Appendix B - District Technology Committee 2012-2013

Guillermo Vargas-Dellacasa Coordinator of Technology

Dr. Frank Helies Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum/Pupil Personnel Services

Dr. Richard Bergacs Assistant Principal for Operations, NHHS

Marguerite Betsill Technology Staff, VHS

Regina Cavo Teacher, NHHS

Brian Chisholm Teacher, NHHS

Lynne Diehl Teacher, NHHS

Leslie Edwards Media Center Specialist, NHHS

Sandra Hartman Teacher, VHS

Carla Heller Teacher, VHS

Michelle Kush Teacher, NHHS

David Novak Teacher, VHS

Janet Parziale Teacher, NHHS

Laurie Simpson Teacher, NHHS

Clarence Stone Teacher, VHS

Lauren Young Teacher, NHHS

Andy West Community Member

Debbie Close Community Member

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