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LEA Technology Plan
Education Technology Implementation and
Planning Services
November 2007
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LEA Technology Plans Due
November 1, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Effective dates for LEA
Technology Plan are
2008-2012
LEA Tech Plan submission
should include
Three hard copies that include the URL for the
plan on the district website.
– For network security, technical diagrams
should be removed from your online tech
plan.
State legislation requires an LEA
technology plan
North Carolina GS115C-102.6D
Each local school administrative unit with a
local school system technology plan
approved by the State Board of Education
may use funds allocated to it to implement its
local plan or as otherwise specified by the
General Assembly.
Federal Legislation requires an LEA
technology plan
§ 2414. LOCAL APPLICATIONS.
– (a) IN GENERAL- To be eligible to receive a subgrant
from a State educational agency under this subpart, a
local educational agency or eligible local entity shall
submit to the State educational agency an application
containing a new or updated local long-range strategic
educational technology plan that is consistent with the
objectives of the statewide educational technology plan
described in section 2413(a), and such other
information as the State educational agency may
reasonably require, at such time and in such manner as
the State educational agency may require.
Drafting Your Plan
In keeping with the North Carolina
vision of building collaborative
partners and leadership, a Media and
Technology Advisory Committee
provides the optimal medium for
creating a system-level technology
plan and for implementing a strong
educational technology program.
Drafting (con’t)
Planning is most effective when those
responsible for the instructional program are
involved in designing, implementing, and
making decisions about administrative and
educational technology.
Students are more likely to be successful in
achieving in-depth learning when the
administrative and teaching staff and the
community build a collective vision for
technology that is connected to teaching
and learning.
LEA Template Format
The North Carolina Educational Technology Plan
has been designed to reflect North Carolina's
Future-Ready Schools for the 21st Century.
The Future-Ready Goal sections include:
• Globally Competitive Students
• 21st Century Professionals
• Healthy And Responsible Students
• Leadership For Innovation
• 21st Century Systems
The components of an LEA Technology plan are
1. A Signature page signed by the LEA Board Chairman and
Superintendent
2. A list of MTAC members
3. A unique vision statement that is consistent with the state
technology plan vision
4. Five sections addressing the five Future-Ready Goals
5. A completed policy chart
6. A completed two-year budget entry form
7. School and District Network Diagrams
Each of the Future-Ready Goals
sections should include
• Current Situation
• Strategic Priority Chart
The Current Situation Guiding Questions
and Goals and Objectives chart
components
• In order to meet all of the specifications
required by state legislation, the guiding
questions and list of chart components have
been provided to assist you in completion of
a plan that will meet the board approval.
• Please address these items with
thorough answers.
Budget Submission Timeline
Submit a budget spreadsheet that
includes
1.Technology or LEA budget for the
upcoming fiscal school year
(July 1 – June 30)
2. A planning budget for the following fiscal
school year
This budget spreadsheet is
due annually on November 1.
Evaluation Guide
An item thoroughly addressed
– Will be checked as complete
An item not addressed completely
– Will have a comment explaining what needs to be
done
A copy of the evaluation guide will be sent
– Will include notes if changes are needed
For approval every item must be complete.
Strategies for Globally Competitive Students
1.
Provide instructional technology tools and training to
foster mathematics/reading score improvement
2.
Develop classroom use of student resources in
support of the NC Standard Course of Study (i.e.. NC
WiseOwl, Kaleidoscope, SAS inSchool)
3.
Promote the implementation of the IMPACT model
4.
Provide a plan (curriculum integration and necessary
remediation) designed to improve Computer Skills
Test scores
5.
Promote the Computer Skills Curriculum
implementation and integration across all grade levels
and subject areas
Strategies for Globally Competitive Students
6.
Promote the Information Skills Curriculum
implementation across all grade levels
7.
Promote technology integration across the curriculum
8.
Provide student distance learning opportunities in order
to provide equitable educational opportunities to all
students
9.
Proved assistive technology resources in order to
provide equitable educational resources to all students
10. Provide the opportunity for global exchange projects for
students
11. Provide support for Early College (or similar) programs
Strategies for 21st Century Professionals
1. Provide an opportunity for teacher/staff skills
assessment
2. Provide diverse training resources (local and online
including DPI resources)
3. Provide the opportunity for follow-up support
4. Provide local certification and professional
development requirements
5. Promote ethical and professional standards
6. Provide evaluation of training
7. Promote readiness of an educator to design,
implement, and discuss assessment strategies
("assessment literacy.")
8. Provide Global awareness training
Strategies for Healthy Responsible Students
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4.
Provide adequate, safe education facilities that support
high student performance through the use of variety of
technology resources that include: alarm systems; fixed
and mobile metal detectors, ID card systems.
Provide for a safe environment by monitoring of student
movement through the use of variety of technology
resources that include: buses equipped with video
cameras; video camera systems to monitor schools,
playgrounds, parking lots and sports areas
Provide a means for faculty and staff to communicate
through the use of school-wide telephones, cell phones,
intercoms and radios
Provide an adequate, safe method for monitoring
student performance through methods that could include:
student information system programs such as SIMS and
NCWise; student management programs such as LSystem; nutritional tracking systems like Nutri-Kids and
Point of Sales
Strategies for Healthy Responsible Students
5. Provide a safe environment for data to be collected and
used through the use of: Internet Filtering based on
CIPA; email filtering; up-to-date school and district
websites that includes the use of email to
communicate with parents and students; and other
security measures
6. Provide flexible, equitable access to resource
7. Provide opportunities for students to learn and model
ethical and personal responsibility
8. Provide policy and procedures to address global,
ethical and responsible use
9. Provide technology used to educate, monitor and
maintain healthy student lifestyles
Strategies for Leadership for Innovation
1.
Provide opportunities for leadership that
enables teaching and learning collaborative
project
2.
Provide for school and district MTACs to help
guide decisions making
3.
Provide leadership communication tools and
venues
4.
Provide leadership created professional
growth opportunities
5.
Provide partnerships in support of education
6.
Provide a process for addressing ongoing
change
Strategies for 21st Century Systems
1. Provide a system policy and policy management that
support technology in schools
2. Create a budget system that allows for continued support
and growth
3. Provide the necessary technical and instructional
personnel to support technology in schools
4. Provide adequate security of students and networks
5. Provide administrative applications in support of
education
6. Provide plans for the maintenance and replacement of
hardware
7. Provide and secure infrastructure including School
Local Area Networks and District Wide Area Networks
8. Provide communication and collaboration tools for
student, teacher and administrative use
Considerations for Accessible Technology
(to be addressed throughout the plan)
1.Provide adaptive and instructional technology for special needs
populations.
2.Include funding for assistive technology in the budget for special
education departments.
3.Identify and provide specialized instructional resources for at-risk
students and for remediation needs.
4.Identify and analyze assistive technology resources that
accommodate individual student learning needs.
5.Apply assistive technology to the instructional process and evaluate
its impact on learners with diverse backgrounds, characteristics and
abilities.
6.All school districts shall establish a process and written guidelines to
provide consistency in serving various learning styles through
adaptive/assistive technology services and devices, in accordance
with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 1997 (IDEA).
Web site with documents to
download
http://etips.dpi.state.nc.us/techplan0812/default.html