Humboldt City Schools
Technology Plan
2006-2009
1. Vision
The Vision of Humboldt City Schools is to unite in a common purpose for providing tools, training, and support of educators. Each child in Humboldt City Schools will have the opportunity for a positive future and a sense of well being through the direct efforts and coordination between education, citizens, state government, and business.
The Belief of Humboldt City Schools is that unless modern technology is incorporated extensively in public education, our schools will cease to be relevant in the lives of our students.
2.
Overview
In 1994, the district employed its first Director of
Technology. The goals set forth then was
to develop a technology plan based upon the State of
To ensure equal access to advanced technology for all students, teachers, and administration.
To enable students to use advanced technology to become independent life long learners.
To empower teachers to use advanced technology as a tool.
To prepare students to work in the information age.
These principles which formed the foundation are found in the technology plan for the
School system are clearly articulated in the four nation goals for technology in education.
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All teachers in the nation will have training
and support the need to help
students learn using computers and the information superhighway.
§ All teachers and students will have modern multimedia computers in their classrooms.
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Every classroom will be connected to the
information highway.
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Effective software and on-line learning
resources will be an integral part of every
every school’s curriculum and will be based on the state curriculum guidelines for technology.
3. Needs Assessment
The technology needs of the Humboldt City Schools are determined by the
districts’
technology committee using E-TOTE evaluations, the Tennessee STAR Charts,
and
a local needs assessment survey completed by the school systems community
stockholders.
At the beginning of each school year, all teachers will assess their own
technology level, as
well as their students level of technology. Both groups will be asked at the end of the
school
year to re-assess their level of competency. These results will be complied and the
technology committee will evaluate the results.
The Technology Coordinator, Title Director and the Instructional
Supervisor, after discussing
the results with the committee, will plan district wide professional
development needs for the following school year, using relevant research and
data collected.
4.
Stakeholders
Stakeholders who are involved in the development of the plan include parents, community members, administrators, and teachers. Stakeholders determine goals and discuss the needs
of the district. The group was made up of the following: Jerry L. Harris, Director of Federal Programs; Wayne McLemore, Supervisor; Wayne Sheehan, Technology Coordinator; Teresa Wynn, Teacher; Jenny DeLoach, Teacher; Diane Spain, Teacher; Guinda Flippin, Parent and Community member; Lujuana DeBerry: Parent and Community member: and Jane Wyatt; Librarian. (New parents will be selected each year.) The findings of this group will determine what will be needed to improve education and library services for the district. The district will set up a website (www.humboldtschools.com) to inform parents and the community of the use of technology. Through the use of this website, more parents will become involved with their child’s school.
5.
Goals and Objectives
Humboldt City Schools District Three Year Plan
Vision/Desired Results: Humboldt City Schools will provide an educational setting
where computer literacy and technology enhance the
learning process and prepare individuals for the work force
and/or post-secondary studies.
Target Area: Technology
Goal Statement: To implement technology that will improve student
achievement, classroom instruction, and thereby better prepare our students for the future.
Objectives
|
Time Frame |
Estimated Resources |
Person(s) Responsible |
Means of Evaluation |
|
2006-
2009 2006-2009 2006-2009 2006-2009 2006-2009 |
School Funds Grants School Funds Grants School Funds Grants School Funds Grants |
Administration Technology Coordinator Administration Technology
Coordinator Faculty Administration Technology
Coordinator Faculty Administration Technology
Coordinator |
Installation
of additional equipment Upgrading
current equipment Purchase
and installation of software and upgrades Documentation
of Pro- fessional
development activities; observations in the classroom Installation
of new and/or updated equipment Network
installed at the Central
Office to the schools Website
on-line for Humboldt City Schools |
|
Objectives |
Time Frame |
Estimated Resources |
Person(s) Responsible |
Means of Evaluation |
|
6. Provide greater access to
computers by students 7. Special needs students will have assistive technology |
2006-2009 2006-2009 |
School
Funds Grants School
Funds Grants |
Administration Technology
Coordinator Administration Technology
Coordinator |
Installation
of new computers; observations Installation
of assistive technology; observations |
***The time line for implementation is the same as listed in item 6 listed below.
6.
Timeline
In 2006-07, 75% of our teachers will effectively integrate advanced technology into their daily curriculum. In 2007-08, 85% of our teachers will effectively integrate advanced technology into their daily curriculum. In 2008-09, 95% of our teachers will effectively integrate advanced technology into their daily curriculum.
7. Funding (Yearly Budget)
The funding of this technology plan comes from the following sources:
a) BEP $62,000.00
b) E-Rate Funds $22,000.00
d) Title II $ 6,000.00
$ 90,000.00
Expenditures
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See Appendix A
8.
Equity and Equitable Access
The
ensure that the entire school
population of teachers, learners, and administrators would receive equal access
to technology and learning objectives.
The
§ 1437 Students
§ 110 Teachers
§ 2 Elementary Schools
§ Preschool
§ 1 Jr. High School
§ 1 High School and Vocational School
§ 1 Family Resource Center
§ 1 Central Office
§ 1 Alternative School
§ 71.99 district poverty level
The primary objectives of equity and equitable access are:
- One high-performance, networked computer for every 3 students.
- One high-performance, networked computer for every teacher.
- All teachers will have training and support.
- A fully functional local area network in every school with each classroom
connected.
- Every school with at least one active network drop in each school delivering
data services, Internet, and e-mail.
- At least one computer lab in the Jr. High with Internet access.
- At least one computer lab in each Elementary school with Internet access.
- Instructional software available to every computer.
- Every school directly connected to the wide area network.
- The Central Office with a complete area network and access to the wide area network.
- The wide area network that will allow the schools to implement a standard accounting
package and transfer students attendance records.
- Schools needs will be the basis for immediate upgrades and technology expenditures.
9.
State Standards
The Central Office will maintain a Watchguard firewall for WAN Internet protection from
spoofing e-mails, viruses, and pornography that may enter the network.
The school district is required to adhere to state standards with respect to using technology
effectively to support training and learning. The Humboldt City School System using the
state standards as a basis has further developed local standards to include private sectors
needs.
Local technology procurements are directly related to these standards. Technology funds must be spent to reduce the access gap and bring all schools to achievement of the equity objectives.
10.
Access of Funds
State, Local, and Federal funds the school system. Using the Universal Service Fund (E-
Rate) to purchase servers, internal connections, telecommunication services, and maintenance.
11.
Standard-Based Procurement
The Humboldt City School System will be creative with bids that will last the entire fiscal
year for computer purposes. Also, the district has a process for record keeping of equipment
located at the schools. The purpose of this inventory is to perform an analysis on the existing
equipment as it relates to standards and interoperability of systems and programs.
12.
Access to Networks
The school district will have access to a fiber wan with 1GB connectivity between schools and 100 MB connectivity within the buildings. A local vendor will provide internet access to an access point at the high school.
13. Access to Computers
The average ratio of standard computers throughout the school district at the present time is
1 per 3 students, with each child averaging 6 hours per week on a computer.
14.
Interoperability
All computer hardware, software, networking infrastructure must be compatible. The
Technology Coordinator will insure that all hardware and software purchased will be
compatible.
15.
Leadership
The Humboldt City Schools District Technology Coordinator along with the Director of
Schools will provide the leadership for the district, with input from all stakeholders. Along
with the general oversight of the schools technology, the Coordinator should explore and
encourage the use of innovative strategies that integrate and deliver effectively into
curriculum administration. These strategies should be based on current research, aligned
with State standards and will lead to improvement in student achievement.
16.
Policies and Procedures
The school board policy 4.406, adopted 12-12-02, addresses the employee use and oversight
of the school’s technology, the use of the e-mail, the student’s use of technology and the
Internet safety procedures. Each teacher and student must sign a prepared form that
addresses the general rules and procedures for the use of technology.
17. Collaboration Among Educators and Community
Partners
The Humboldt City Schools three year plan for technology provides for training, equipment,
networking, and infrastructure necessary for collaboration among educators and community
partners. The following is a list of some examples:
a) The collaboration between regular classroom teachers and the computer aids in the
use of each schools computer labs with the CCC Program.
b) The collaboration between regular classroom teachers and the school librarian and
computer aides in the use of the Accelerated Reader Program, the Plato program as
well as the development of research projects.
c) The collaboration between the teachers, Principal’s Office, the Guidance Office, and
the Supervisor for attendance in working with grades and attendance.
d) The collaboration between Central Office and
the
Provide adult computer literacy classes.
e) The collaboration between community partners, parents, and school personnel to
develop this technology plan.
18.
Access for Individuals with Disabilities
The district shall provide for assistive and adaptive technology. The district has actively
participated with advocacy groups for the disabled to ensure that all schools are fully
cognizant of their responsibility to provide equal educational opportunities as they procure
learning technologies. The district also promotes state guidelines for providing equitable
access to technologies for individuals with disabilities such as those published by the Office
of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education.
19. Assessment and Evaluation
This plan will be evaluated annually by the District Technology Committee. The committee
will use the local needs assessment, E-Tote evaluations, Tennessee STAR charts,
technology inventories, analysis of software, analysis of T-CAP scores, review of policy and
procedures, review of goals and objectives and time-lines. This committee’s goal will be to
update this plan each year with new goals and objectives and timelines.
Appendix A
Technology Budget
Humboldt City Schools
2006-2009
(Future year’s funding is pending
and final amounts/costs are approximate)
