Tech Plan Template - Casey County Schools Funding Year 201… · Web viewSix-Year Technology Cost...

Technology Plan Casey County School District

Liberty, Kentucky

http://www.casey.kyschools.us

Creation Date: 12/19/2013

Plan Start Date: July 1, 2014Plan Expiration Date: June 30, 2015

http://www.casey.kyschools.us/

Acknowledgments

District Technology Staff Jerome Cummins CIO/DTC

School Technology Coordinators

Alejandra Woodrum, System Analyst Robin Buis, Jones Park Elementary

Roy Huff, LAN Tech

School Library Media Specialists Curriculum Specialist Dale Hoskins, Casey County High Amy Thompson, Walnut Hill Elem.

Additional District Contributors Josh Blevins, Casey High Principal

Kathy Fogle, Casey Middle Principal

Shawn Pierce, Jones Park Elem. Principal

Boyd Harris, Liberty Elem. Principal

Judy Phillips, Walnut Hill Elem. Principal

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Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................1

PLANNING PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY...............................................................2

CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES.............................................................3

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS....................................4

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS – EVALUATION.........8

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS..............................................................9

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS – EVALUATION..................................11

STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS...................................12

STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS – EVALUATION.........13

TECHNOLOGY GOALS.................................................................................................14

TECHNOLOGY GOALS – EVALUATION......................................................................16

BUDGET SUMMARY.....................................................................................................17

ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL)...............................................................19

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Executive Summary The initiatives and programs identified within this plan support the Kentucky Board of Education goals of (1) High student performance, (2) A strong and supportive environment in each school for every child, and (3) High-quality teaching and administration in addition to the Casey County Board of Education Commitment to Student Achievement. We continue to broaden the scope of our infrastructure to include support for devices previously not considered for educational use. Newly upgraded WLAN and one-to-one initiatives like the newly issued 400 Chromebooks provide students with more access to technology and resources than the traditional workstation. It is our plan to expand the use of tech tools such as tablets, readers and web books. We have provided operating system upgrades on workstation to provide an enhanced online testing experience for secondary students at middle and high school grades.

The focus of this plan is to identify and ensure the infrastructure necessary to support those identified goals, provide the necessary tools to identify student needs via formative and summative assessments, and to have properly trained teachers and staff to intervene on the students’ behalf to help them achieve their highest potential. Our commitment to high student achievement will continue with ongoing parent involvement. We acknowledge the demand on parents and since the quality time parents have to spend with their children is so vital, we will use mobile on-demand technology parents use to communicate student achievement, safety and well-being. While continuing to use traditional web pages, we are communicating more with automated voice like One Call and IC’s new portal app and using social media.

We are committed to educational improvement. Last year our school district ranked in the top 25% among Kentucky school district test scores. This year we ranked better than 85% of school districts in KY – “Success Keeps Moving”. We credit that to hard work and focused effort toward that end. Part of that effort is quality control in the execution of aligned curriculum. We continually support each other in striving to improve education and conduct educational walkthroughs and evaluations to ensure quality control. Noted improvements have come from the immediate training material and online resources tied to the observation results. We will continue to make improvements based on data driven analysis.

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Planning Process and Methodology The technology planning committee meets in person and virtually to construct, review and revise the Casey County School District Technology Plan. The plan is evaluated throughout the year to monitor progress via walkthroughs, meeting attendance sheets and meeting notes, teacher lesson plans, technology reporting tools and Improvement Plan checklists (twice per year).The role of the technology committee is to lead the district toward the best educational experience for our students and teachers. This technology plan was devised by (1) identifying student educational need(s); (2) setting a plan of action where technology can serve to address those needs; (3) setting success goals with oversight; and (4) procure funds to support the action plan.

The tools and guides listed in the new KETS Master Plan and the Master Plan Budget helped us focus on evaluating infrastructure, learning devices, software and services needed to provide technology for successful learning experiences. School personnel evaluated test data and identified trends to which intervention plans were devised. Their impacts were studied against current infrastructure, hardware availability, and functionality. We planned what it would take in those instances to address deficiencies and will reevaluate the effectiveness of the changes and/or new implementation at such time sufficient to the project goals.

From last year’s plan we decided to provide an environment within which to allow smart communication devices to communicate, we have experienced a bottleneck in the system – bandwidth. Overall bandwidth usage has exploded and we continually monitor resources. The lack of overall out-of-district bandwidth is negatively impacting most all operational functions including Infinite Campus, email and Internet.

One of the outcomes from our parent/community communication efforts has been an expectation that information flow be dynamic. We plan to improve our use of One Call to keep our parents informed. We had planned to move to MAP and completely away from ThinkLink for one of our assessments, but that did not happen. The teachers are giving us feedback that they are comfortable enough with MAP now and again we expect to standardize on MAP as our common assessment tool.

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Current Technology and ResourcesTechnologies in place include all classrooms wired and connected to the Internet. We are currently installing high density wireless to ensure quality service to all classrooms and common areas. We have 641 student workstations, mostly in labs, and have 172 of those in elementary classrooms. We have recently added over 400 Chromebooks to student use, 360 are classroom sets and 48 are one-to-one checkouts. We have just over 150 student workstations that are end-of-life (over 6 yrs.) in May of 2014. All student workstations are running on Windows 7 with Office 2010 and all Chromebooks have the latest system updates. There is a limited number of iPads in the district for student use and all were purchased to meet specific needs and goals. Workstations and Chromebooks are managed for the students and teachers. All classrooms have telephone service, but our tech center, high school and middle school have phone systems that are fourteen years old. They still function but are in need of upgrade. All schools have security camera systems, but we have older analog systems at two elementary schools that are seven and eight years old. The camera system at the middle school and high school were installed in the Spring of 2008 which puts them at six years old and we are seeing difficulty in playback with them (also analog). We have an online helpdesk ticket system to streamline maintenance requests and reporting.

We have two full time technical staff, in addition to the CIO, who take care of troubleshooting and repairs, manage network resources and maintain user resources. For training we use a combination of online streaming video, text and point-of-need resources for specialty topics such as MDM (mobile device management). While we will have to maintain a managed workstation enterprise environment and a Google domain it looks like the next move in education will be supporting other mobile devices.

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Curriculum and Instructional Integration Goals

Goal 1Improve student academic achievement through technology.Action Plan: Projects/Activities

Project/Activity Instructional Outcome

Indicator Timeline Person(s) Responsible

Funding Source

MAP testing Benchmark testing for all students to determine placement for RTI and track growth

MAP data results 08/01/14 – 05/25/15

Principals, Curriculum Coach, All Teachers

Title I

Study Island Create pathways in SI based on MAP data so instruction is individualized

SI and MAP data 08/01/14 – 05/25/15


Title I

Renaissance Place Students use Accelerated Reading and Math and Math Facts in a Flash

AR, AM and AFIAF data

08/01/14 – 05/25/15


Title I

Chrome Books Increase students’ knowledge through various programs using Chrome Books

Use of Chrome Books

08/01/14 – 05/25/15

Principals, Curriculum Coach, Chrome Book teachers

Local funding

Intervention Lab An added second computer lab will be used as intervention and enrichment

Use of intervention lab

08/01/14 – 05/25/15


Local funding

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Goal 2Students will use technology to learn, to communicate, increase productivity, and become competent users of technology.

Action Plan: Strategies/ActivitiesStrategy/Activity Instructional

OutcomeEvaluation Timeline Person(s)

ResponsibleFunding Source

Compass Learning software will be utilized for interventions, reinforcement, and enrichment of core academic standards

Students will understand that technology is used in all content areas to support directed and independent learning

Compass Learning formative assessments results

7/1/2014 – 6/30/2015

Computer Lab teacher, classroom teachers, and library media specialist

Instructional funds

Goal 3Improve student academic achievement through technology.

Action Plan: Projects/ActivitiesProject/Activity Instructional

OutcomeIndicator Timeline Person(s)


Students will participate in online learning using Compass Learning

Students will use technology to complete directed and independent learning

Individualized program reports

7/1/14 – 9/30/15

Elem. Principals, Terry Price, Cynthia Durham, CIO/DTC

Local, Title I, $5,300

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Goal 4Students will gain technology competencies through a variety of teacher-led instruction, online assessments and interactive activities.




Students will use word-processing skills to produce documents required for Career Education.

8th grade students will utilize the computer lab to create a resume, conduct career research of Kentucky’s fourteen career clusters to complete research worksheets, and complete ILP components required for each grade level.

Resume, ILP data reports, research data report.

August 2014- May 2015

Casey Middle Administrators, Curriculum Coach, Career Teacher

SBDM Funding District Staffing Allocations

Students will utilize computer labs to generate a multimedia presentation for Science.

7th & 8th grade students will produce a PowerPoint presentation to meet the requirements of their Science course.

PowerPoint presentation product, in students’ working portfolios.

August 2014 –May 2015

Casey Middle Administrators, Curriculum Coach, Classroom Teachers

SBDM Funding

Students will participate in online testing for MAP (Measure of Academic

All students will exhibit basic technology skills needed for online navigation.

Testing data reports and analysis during teacher PLCs (Professional

August 2014-May 2015


Title I Funding

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Progress). Learning Communities)

Students will utilize Study Island website to enrich classroom learning.

All students will exhibit basic technology skills needed for online navigation

Completed Study Island data reports.



Title I Funding

Students will use Personal Response Systems to answer test items.

All students will be familiar with use and operation of remote response devices for testing.

Completed testing data reports.



District Funding

Students will utilize CIITS program to complete Assessments in Social Studies.

All students will exhibit basic technology skills needed for online navigation.

Testing data reports and analysis during teacher PLCs.



KET

Identified students will utilize BrainChild, an on-line math program, to remediate/ enhance math skills.

Students will exhibit basic technology skills needed for online navigation.

Testing data reports and analysis during teacher PLCs.


Casey Middle Administrators, Curriculum Coach, Classroom Teachers, RTI Math monitor

District FundingTitle I Funding

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Curriculum and Instructional Integration Goals – Evaluation

Administrators, Curriculum Specialists and teachers will use the data from Compass to identify and provide instruction for RTI students. We will also use as a predictor for MAP and ThinkLink assessments to make sure our tools are in alignment with common core. Data will be analyzed by teachers in PLCs. Our interim comparisons will be used as a predictor for state assessments. This process will allow for adjustments early on and along the entire learning plan. Curriculum specialist, administrators and teachers will discuss the results during regular scheduled PLCs (Professional Learning Communities). During those discussions, determinations will be made as to the effectiveness of our technology integration as it applies to the normal teaching process and intervention strategies. Seat time and access to technology will be tallied and evaluated. Adjustments can be recommended during these PLCs which will steer our integration.

Strategies and activities listed will be monitored by Casey Middle Administrators, Curriculum Coach and Classroom Teachers. All online learning will be monitored by the Classroom Teacher, Curriculum Coach, RTI Math monitor (BrainChild only), and School Administrators. Online learning results will be used to provide other skill based learning experiences using technology such as Personal Response Systems. Students will receive communication and job skill strategies during ILP development. Literacy goal indicators will be directly evidence through curriculum scoring and as such, intervention strategies will be used by persons closest to the instruction to make the student successful. Our expectations are that the students will become more responsible users of the technology tools.

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Student Technology Literacy Goals

Goal 1Students connect technology and content to create projectsAction Plan: Strategies/Activities

Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome


Funding Source

Computer based projects such as word processed documents, PowerPoints and other media presentations

Students knowledge of computer skills will increase

Student projects 08/01/14 – 05/25/15


Local funding

ILP Students will complete ILPs beginning in 6th grade

ILP completion 08/01/14 – 05/25/15


Local funding

Goal 2Students will be proficient in the use of technology to become more academically aware and responsible using a variety of instructional tools while independently monitoring progress. Action Plan: Strategies/Activities

Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome


Funding Source

All Students receive Computer applications course and embedded technology instruction

Literacy and proficiency towards technology skills: use of Microsoft office, online validity, online

Student projects, Signed ISafe agreement,

Present-5/20/15 Teachers –Counselors

N/A

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safetyInfinite Campus-student Portal

Student tracking and self assessment of progress

IC usage report Present- 5-20-15 Administrators, Counselors, and Curriculum specialist

N/A

Goal 3Students will develop technology literacy in the area of communication through the use of the internet, telecommunication devices, and other means to collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, teachers, and other audiences.




Utilization of Individual Learning Plan

To create resume and plan career pathways

Transcript evaluation and course selection data entered in ILP

Present- 5/20/15 Administrators, Curriculum Specialist, English Teachers, Computer Teachers

N/A

Use of Chrome Books, Student Presentations, and use classroom tweets and other social media

Students effectively communicate with a variety of audiences for authentic purposes-use of GoogleDocs, PPT, and social media

Student reflections, lesson plans, feedback from student presentations

Present- 5/20/15 Leathers, Computer Teachers,Embedded practices with other teachers

Local

Student Technology Literacy Goals – Evaluation

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Students will be proficient in technology and 21 Century skills as a result of completing computer based projects. ILP development will increase student knowledge of career opportunities and employment.

Strategies and activities listed will be monitored by each school. Compass Learning, Success Maker, STAR math and reading series, Accelerated math and reading and other lab activities will be monitored by the classroom teacher, curriculum coach and school administrators. Map, Thinklink, and Study Island results will be used to provide other skill based learning experiences using technology such as PRS (personal response systems). Students will receive communication and job skill strategies during ILP development. We have added print materials to parent/community involvement meetings to promote awareness and provide strategies for digital citizenship in addition to iSAFE and online safety courses. The literacy goals indicators will be directly evidenced through curriculum scoring and as such, intervention strategies will be used by persons closest to the instruction to make the student successful. Our expectations are that the students will become more responsible users of the technology tools.

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Staff Training/Professional Development Goals

Goal 1Teachers will improve classroom management and align student instruction to common core.




PD 360 resources for modeling and research based best practices will be correlated to classroom observations

Classroom management and student learning will improve

Future classroom observations, student test scores

7/1/2014-6/30/2015

School and district administrators, curriculum specialists, instructional supervisors

Local, State

Goal 2Teachers will use various electronic tools for student formative and summative assessments.




Teachers and administrators will receive training on Classroom Assessment for Student Learning

Students will achieve Mastery in content areas

Administrators will monitor teacher implementation of learning targets and assessments

7/1/14 – 9/30/15 Administrators, teachers, curriculum specialists

Local

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Staff Training/Professional Development Goals – Evaluation

Administrators will make at least two annual observations and then annually evaluate personnel and make recommendations for an employee improvement plan as needed. Observations, recommended improvement resources and evaluation notes will be shared with the employee and kept on record using our OBS/PD 360 toolset. Other school administrators, district curriculum coaches and instructional supervisors’ classroom observations during instructional walkthroughs aid in teacher/classroom effectiveness and improvement. A professional growth plan will be developed between the evaluator and employee and a midterm checklist will indicate progress toward meeting the plan goals.

Annual employee evaluations will measure how effectively the improvement goals have been met. Employees are trained at various intervals using methods of online media, print, knowledge base articles and on-site interactive knowledge transfer. Follow-up sessions are scheduled when required.

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Technology Goals Goal 1Provide reliable, high-speed access to teaching/learning resources.




High-speed network connectivity

Students will access learning resources, research and communication tools

Network uptime 7/1/14 – 9/30/15 Technology Dept. KETS, local, ERATE$21,600 annual dark fiber

Maintain routers and switches, upgrade other

Students will access learning resources, research and communication tools

Network uptime 7/1/14 – 9/30/15 Technology Dept. KETS, Local, ERATE$5140 annual

Goal 2Promote partnership between community and schools.




Upgrade telephone systems at middle, high and tech cntr.

Improve student perception of parent and school

Teachers are able to use telephones to communicate

7/1/14 – 9/30/15 CIO/DTC General Fund KETS $36120

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expectation with parentsMaintain an automated voice notification system

Parents will receive important school related announcements

One Call call logs will show communication with parents

7/1/14 – 9/30/15 DPP General Fund $5000

Provide telephone service to all sites

Improve student perception of parent and school expectation

Teachers are able to use telephones to communicate

7/1/14 – 9/30/15 CIO/DTC General Fund $37164 with USF 80% discount $7432.80

Provide Student Management System

Student progress can be monitored and intervention as needed by all stake holders using IC and Parent Portal.

Portal log 7/1/14 – 9/30/15 CIO/DTC, teachers, counselors, administrators, parents

KETS $14,380

Goal 3Support students using computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas.




Support On-line Library Catalogs for all schools - Destiny

Students will find books specific to their need.

Library reports will show activity level

7/1/13 – 9/30/14 CIO/DTC, LMS KETS $5000

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Technology Goals – EvaluationCasey County Schools operates and maintains a comprehensive and reliable telecommunication and data networks. The KETS Master Plan will continue to be the overall standard guide used in planning and purchasing hardware; however, depending on performance or educational outcomes negatively impacted by a product/service we will continue to upgrade and/or replaced as necessary. We will monitor metrics and evaluate infrastructure necessary to support identified strategies and activities to improve learning. Some tools we will use include KDE System Monitor, Google Analytics, SCCM, TMG, FastVue, teacher input and surveys. We have an online helpdesk system for reporting, tracking and recording user requests, repairs and maintenance.

The Technology department works with the curriculum team to ensure that technology needs are discussed or addressed as necessary. We are active in district planning to ensure that our network is kept up to date and capable of meeting the needs of the district. Some accountability tools used to evaluate planned goals and activities include:

Comprehensive District Improvement Plan is approved by the local board and submitted to KDE every other year with updates at the end of the first year. The district completes Implementation and Impact Checks biannually to reflect completion of activities and make mid-course corrections. Amendments are made as needed. Annual Technology Activity Report is approved by the local board and submitted to KDE in the fall. This report lists all technology purchases. Annual Technology Tools Readiness Survey is submitted to KDE in December. This report provides information on the status of the current technology inventory such as computing power, age and placement of resources. ThinkHelpDesk is used to track technology work orders. The DTC will share reports with the district technology department on an continual basis and address areas of need.

The Technology department works closely with the Curriculum Team at the district and school levels to monitor the successful testing programs (KOSSA, KYOTE, Compass, ACT, MAP, Common Assessments in CIITS, EOC, etc.) Curriculum team reports any issues for resolution and suggests changes as needed.

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Budget Summary

Note: duplicate this page for each year as needed (if a multiyear plan)

Acquired Technologies and Professional Development

Ed Tech Competitive

Title IID

Ed Tech Formula Title

IIDE-Rate NCLB/other than

Title IID KETS Other (Local)

High-speed connectivity 17,712 3888

Network core maintenance 5140

Automated call system and web site maintenance

8790

Telecom service, maintain telephone systems

30,000 42,000

Student Management System 14,380

Library Media Services (Catalog, KYVL)

5000 1627

Purchase computers, maintain/repair

34429 99,000

Software Maintenance Instructional

13,303 41,778 (Title I)

Technical Staff Training 4000

Technical Staff Salary 195,000

TOTAL 47,712 75,000 393,335

GRAND TOTAL $516,047

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Budget Summary – Narrative

The district technology department coordinates purchases and expenditures to provide all telecommunications and network services, computing hardware (learning devices, printing, scanning, cameras, projectors, etc.), Microsoft ESS program software, and many basic services and resources such as online library catalogs and iSafe Internet safety courses. The tech department also works with other department coordinators and schools in purchasing software specific to school needs. Please see the Appendix attachment to see the six year projection spreadsheet.

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Attachments/Appendices (Optional)

Six-Year Technology Cost Projection -Maintain current technology level and student to computer ratio (currently 3.5:1) r12/21/2012

Items Under KETS Master Plan

13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19Telephone System Replace 36120 14275 14375 6779Telephone System Maint 4512 4512 4512 4512 4512 4512School Leased Dark Fiber 21600 21600 21600 21600 21600 21600Data & Voice Wiring *20 (1993) Network Components Replace 40000 30000 30000 5500Network 8610 NxtBusDay maint. 5502 5502 5502 5502 5502 5502Servers 50000 Backup Exec VLA for Hyper V 2106 2106 2106 2106 2106 2106Web Site Hosting 2540 2540 2540 2540 2540 2540 Microsoft Campus Agreement 13303 13303 13303 13303 13303 13303 McAfee Endpoint (antivirus) 1150Infinite Campus (SMS) 14380 14380 14380 14380 14380 14380Follett (library automation) 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000 5000iSafe Gold (Internet Safety Sub.) 2600 2600 2600 2600 2600 2600

Document Cameras => 6yr.rep12-13 12000

LCD Projectors =>6 41000 41000 14850LCD Proj wiring - digital HW only 21,212 21,212 21,212 21,212 Printers, Instructional + Admin 7030 1100 6400 2500 24990 Computing Devices(3.5:1) 133600 133600 133600 133600 133600 133600Total 350505 268455 244755 320630 252018 258412MUNIS host from Finance Budget *not included in the cost table above -jcDistrict personnel costs or contracted labor not included.

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