TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
EDUC 5321: TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Name:____NGOZI J. EJIM___________

Date: ________12/06/14_____________

This template is adapted from

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/documents/et14techplan.doc

INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
The plan should guide the LEAs use of education technology for the next three
years.

(7/1/14 to 6/30/17). This is an imaginary school (TEXAS ISD) where I am the

Superintendent.
The Texas ISD Technology Plan was developed over the course of several months by
many District stakeholders using multiple resources.
Instead of being a static plan for purchasing equipment, running wires, and training
people on the latest software, the plan will serve as a dynamic blueprint for providing
students and teachers with tools to gain the knowledge and skills required for teaching,
learning, and working in the twenty-first century.
Roy Smith (Chief Information Officer), Joyce Meyer (Educational Technology Director),
Arthur Tony (Technical Services Director), Johnny Fort (Enterprise Applications,
Support and Reporting Director), Mark Putin (Applications Development and
Management Director), Allergra McSmith ( Interim Career and Technology Education
Director), Tanya Sony ( Local Services Manager), Darren Mayor (Remote Services
Manager), Dr. Sammy White (Educational Technology Coordinator), Lei Hei
(Educational Technology Coordinator), Katy Dames (Library Media Services
Coordinator).
The Texas ISD Technology Plan outlines the goals, objectives, and strategies that are
necessary to support the Districts goal of improving instruction for all students by
creating engaging activities, programs, tasks, assignments, and opportunities that result in
high levels of student achievement. This plan is based on the five key areas of the Texas
Plan for Technology and is aligned with No Child Left Behind and E-Rate criteria. The
four goals are:
1. Improving academic achievement, including technology literacy, of all students

through the integration of technology into curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

2. Increasing the capacity of educators to integrate technology effectively into
curriculum, instruction, and assessment through ongoing, sustained, high quality
professional development.
3. Increasing the level of instructional, technical, and administrative support of the
integration of technology into curriculum, instruction, and assessment through planning,
budgeting, and funding.
4. Increasing the level of student and teacher support and access to commonly used,
specialized, new and emerging technologies, including but not limited to computers, the
Internet, and network resources.
The TEXAS ISD Technology Department continually provides training in the integration
of K-9 Technology Applications TEKS into grade level core curriculum, training for the
integration of technology into all curricula areas 10-12, training for applications used in
the classroom and training in the area of information literacy. The Campus Technology
Plans are based on annual needs assessment performed at each campuses and customized
to provide teachers with professional growth opportunities using a variety of delivery
models.
CURRICULUM COMPONENT CRITERIA.
The Plan must establish clear goals and realistic strategy for using
telecommunications and information technology to improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

The Texas School Performance Review (TSPR)

The STaR Chart Data (100% teacher completion)
Cisco Certified Partner Network Review and Proposed Plan
Wired/Wireless Network Assessment - planned to begin 2014
Gartner Technology Research Firm delivers ongoing assistance for Long Term Strategies
and Planning
Documents generated internally by the district for purposes of planning have also
assessed needs. These include:
District-wide input from Technology Leadership Committee members to
formulate technology priorities these being reoccurring verbal interactive
discussion sessions conducted by CIO on a monthly basis.
The TEXAS ISD Technology Plan, Campus Technology Plans and revisions
resulting from stakeholders feedback
The District Strategic Plan.

The districts Instructional Management and Assessment System is PCG. This system is
used to provide a common curriculum online for all TEXAS ISD teachers and assessment
items for most subject areas. Data is provided on the student assessments for design and
improvement of programs and for focusing on students needing special assistance or at
risk.
The objectives and strategies to support the goals of the Texas ISD Technology Plan are
based on assessment data from Technology Excellence Indicator System Surveys,
Campus School
Technology and Readiness Charts, and feedback from the Technology Services Steering
Committee.
Implementation of the Campus Technology Plans includes strategies which align to ISTE
and SBEC standards.
GOAL 1: Improve academic achievement, including technology literacy, of all students
through the integration of technology into curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
Goal 2: Teaching and Learning - Students will seamlessly integrate technology to solve
real world problems through research, collaboration and communication.
Objective : Ensure that teachers use technology to provide learning experiences which
develop higher-order thinking skills and various collaborative learning opportunities.
Budget for this objective: $3,500,000.00
LRPT Category: Teaching and Learning
E-Rate Correlates: ER01
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT
The Plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff
understands how to use these new technologies to improve education services
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Plan outlined yearly in ETS Job Duties and Responsibility Document. Campus
Technology Plans, Technology Applications Curriculum,
Inter-Disciplinary Studies technology unit, Internet Safety Curriculum, Electronic
campus and student portfolios. Coordinators weekly status report.
Educational Technology Monthly Report.
Objective : Ensure that teachers use technology to provide learning experiences which
develop higher-order thinking skills and various collaborative learning opportunities.
Budget for this objective: $3,500,000.00
LRPT Category: Teaching and Learning
E-Rate Correlates: ER01

NCLB Correlates: 01 02 03 04a 05 06 07 08 11 12

Strategy: Provide each campus with Educational Technology Specialist support to assist
teachers grades K-12 with the integration of technology across the curriculum.
State: Original
Status: In Progress
Timeline: 2014-2015,2015-2016,2016-2017
Person(s) Responsible: Director of Educational Technology Coordinator Educational
Technology
Evidence: Documentation in Case Management System, district Educational Technology
Specialist (ETS) centrally housed and deployed as needed.
Comments: ETS deliver professional development to all instructional staff, work with
teachers to ensure student mastery of the TA TEKS, monitor the use of adopted
instructional materials, teach online safety and cyberbullying curriculum, assist teachers
in developing their websites and other tools for communicating with parents.
LRPT Correlates: EP01, LAS01, LAS02, LAS03, LAS06, LAS10, TL01, TL02, TL03,
TL05, TL08, TL10, TL12, TL14, TL16
Strategy 1: Continually evaluate, revise and implement a district-wide technology
integration model to increase the number of student-led learning experiences that develop
higher-order thinking skills and solve authentic problems through the use of technology.
State: Revised
Status: In Progress
Timeline: 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017
INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SOFTWARE, AND
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPONENT CRITERIA
The Plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services,
hardware, software, asset management, and other services that will be needed to
improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Assessment Process: Assessment was conducted by reviewing existing documents. The

primary focus was the use of the STaR Chart district summary data. Each chart indicator
was assessed for current district level and strategies developed to move the district
toward the Target Tech level in each area. We also reviewed documents of past
studies/reports such as the network audit. Reviewed documents came from both external
and internal studies/sources.
The STaR Chart Data (100% teacher completion)
Cisco Certified Partner Network Review and Proposed Plan
Wired/Wireless Network Assessment - planned to begin 2014
Gartner Technology Research Firm delivers ongoing assistance for Long Term Strategies

and Planning
Documents generated internally by the district for purposes of planning have also
assessed needs. These include:
District-wide input from Technology Leadership Committee members to
formulate technology priorities these being reoccurring verbal interactive
discussion sessions conducted by CIO on a monthly basis.
The TEXAS ISD Technology Plan, Campus Technology Plans and revisions
resulting from stakeholders feedback
The District Strategic Plan.
TEXAS ISD approved curriculum and courses
Needs assessment will continue on an ongoing basis by the Technology Leadership
Committee based on new needs, new priorities and/or new emerging technologies.
MONITORING AND EVALUATION COMPONENT
The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor
progress toward the specific goals and make mid-course corrections in response
to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

The Texas ISD Technology Plan was developed over the course of several months by
many District stakeholders using multiple resources.
Instead of being a static plan for purchasing equipment, running wires, and training
people on the latest software, the plan will serve as a dynamic blueprint for providing
students and teachers with tools to gain the knowledge and skills required for teaching,
learning, and working in the twenty-first century.
Continually evaluate, revise and implement a district-wide technology integration model
to increase the number of student-led learning experiences that develop higher-order
thinking skills and solve authentic problems through the use of technology.