Tavelli

Instructional Technology Plan

 

 

 

Date Submitted:

March 8, 2004

 

 

 

 

Dan Lawler

Site Administrator                                                                                                     Date

 

 

Rob Deakin

Building Technology Coordinator                                                                            Date

 

 

Bob Curran

District Support Technician                                                                                     Date

 

 

 

District Data Communications                                                                                Date

 

 

 

Instructional Technology Approval                                                                           Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Role of the Technology Team

 

Planning

 

ü      Prime facilitation group for planning of technology within the building. 

ü      Each member represents their area but also represent the school globally. 

ü      The team will meet at least once a month on a regular basis to revisit goals, assess the goals and monitor the implementation of the technology plan and to evaluate its impact on classroom instruction.

 

Leadership

 

ü      The team should be the force behind training the staff with technology.

ü      The team should be the force behind integrating new technologies into the classroom.

ü      The team should be the first line of help when staff members have needs and question about the use of technology.

ü      The team should consistently and systematically research and understand what the current trends in technology mean to their school and share that information with the staff

 

Training

 

ü      The team should have a level of expertise over and above the expectations of the school staff.

ü      This higher level is to be shared and used to train other staff members, either through formal training sessions or on a one-to-one basis.

ü      The team should seek to train themselves, either through formal training sessions or on a one-to-one basis, systematically and on-going every year.

 

Purchasing

 

All school technology purchases should go through the technology team first to:

ü      allow more efficient use of technology money

ü      stop purchasing duplicate copies of software

ü      assure that purchases adhere to district hardware and software guidelines

ü      allow purchases of “value-added” hardware and software

ü      allow a body of people to have school-wide knowledge of hardware and software inventory and uses.

 

Evaluation and Review

 

            At the end of each school year, a spring Technology Team meeting should be reserved to review and evaluate the success of the technology implementation and make necessary modifications for the next school year.  A copy of the evaluation and modifications should be sent to the District Technology Coordinator.

 

 

Technology Team Leader

Members Name:  Rob Deakin

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill
  • should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • establishes meeting times on a consistent basis
  • establishes team norms
  • establishes timelines and deadlines
  • sets the agenda for all meeting

 

 

Building Technology Coordinator

Members Name:  Rob Deakin

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill

§         should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education

§         acts as a liaison between the district and school to help bring information to the school and attends all BTC meetings always held the last Tuesday of each month

  • typically acts as the facilitator of the school’s Technology Team
  • keeps database of software and hardware
  • maintains software and hardware according to district standards
  • communicates with information systems, district technology trainers, and pupil services on an ongoing and periodic basis.

 

 

Building Technology Support Technician

Members Name:  Bob Curran

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill

§         should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends of technology hardware and software

  • helps maintain database of software and hardware
  • maintains software and hardware according to district standards

 

 

Media Specialist

Members Name:  Rob Deakin

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill
  • should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • acts as a liaison between the district and school to help bring information to the school
  • brings knowledge of the appropriate use of technology in learning
  • brings knowledge of the appropriate use of resources needed to support and enhance learning
  • models the integration of technology into the classroom
  • brings an understanding of curricular design from a global perspective
  • brings knowledge of the use of technology in information access, use and evaluation
  • brings knowledge of the Information Literacy and Instructional Technology Curriculum

 

 

Administrator

Members Name:  Dan Lawler

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill
  • should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • builds accountability and support in development and implementation of the plan
  • brings a global financial perspective of the school
  • brings a global curricular perspective of the school
  • enforces the vision, mission and beliefs of the school

 

 

 

 

Parent / Community Member

Members Names:  Brent Spomer

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill
  • should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • brings a perspective of the home/school connection
  • brings different perspectives on solutions
  • understands the technologies needed to be successful in the workplace
  • able to tap into a variety of community resources

 

 

Teachers

Members Names:  Melanie Mierzwa, Colleen Pfiefer, Rhonda Hitchcock, Shana Boxler, Karen Hancock, Christy Swinson, Hayden Camp, Gail Baker

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill
  • should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • brings an intimate knowledge of when and how students learn best
  • brings and understanding of their classroom commitment to the schools vision
  • brings a global perspective of grade levels and/or departments

 

 

District Technology Support Technician

Members Name:  Bob Curran

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • should commit themselves to achieve a higher level of technical expertise and skill
  • should commit themselves to understanding current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • brings a technical perspective of hardware and software issues within the building relative to the district
  • brings a working knowledge of systems, hardware and software and their compatibility at their site.

 

 

District Technology Trainer

Members Name: 

Responsibilities: 

  • helps foster a climate of open and honest communication within the team
  • informs schools of current and future trends in the integration of technology in education
  • provides updates on district hardware and software standards
  • keeps pricing issues updated
  • attends site technology team meetings as needed
  • approves site technology plans