Caribou School
Department
“Striving for Excellence –
Preparing for Life”
Technology Plan
Year 6
2004 - 2007
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Contact: |
Brenda Felch, Assistant Superintendent Caribou ME 04736 207-496-6311 bfelch@mail.caribouschools.org |
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Approved: Revised: |
June
1998 |
State
Requirement 1. Community
and Parental Involvement
Federal Requirement J. Parental
Involvement
A planning committee consisting of teachers, administrators, parents and community members developed Caribou’s Technology Plan in 1998. It includes our vision for technology, goals for implementation, and a three-year action plan. Annually, goals are reviewed, action steps accomplished are noted, and new action steps are added.
Planning Committee Members for the 2003-2004 school year are:
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* Marty Belanger |
Teacher |
* Greg Lockhart |
Business / Community |
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* Londa Brown |
High School Librarian |
* Frank McElwain |
Superintendent |
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Teacher |
* Lynn McNeal |
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* Brenda Felch |
Curriculum Coordinator |
* Al Menard |
Adult Ed. Director |
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* Dan Gallagher |
Computer / Electronics Maintenance Tech. |
* Lisa Milliard |
Data Management Specialist |
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* Mike Gardiner |
Tech. Coordinator |
* Diane Parent |
Middle School Principal |
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* Gail Hagelstein |
Middle School Librarian |
* Todd Player |
Business / Community |
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* Sandra Hallowell |
CMS Tech. Teacher |
* Lisa Pucci |
Parent |
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* James Jalbert |
Computer / Electronics Maintenance Tech. |
* Dale Saucier |
Parent / Community |
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* Louise Jose |
Teacher
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* Dave Silsbee |
Business / Community |
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CMS Teacher |
TARGET: Parents are active members of the Caribou Technology Plan committee. They have helped with the development of the plan and will continue to be active members of specific task teams that advocate use of technology to accomplish work. Parents are also invited and sometimes required to participate in technology related activities. Specific activities include:
- CMS Laptop Parent Nights – 1 in the fall to inform parents on the uses and 1 once the students have shown that they are responsible enough to bring home
- CHS parent participation in Pinnacle e-mail
- Parent training for Pinnacle on the Web
Assessment: The following assessments will be used by the planning committee to ensure that community and parental involvement is achieved:
·
Technology Planning Committee Members List
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# of parents participating in the CMS Laptop Parent Nights - provided by CMS Administration
- % of parent participation in Pinnacle e-mail – found on student registration forms
NEEDS: The following items are needed to ensure the target is met for community and parent involvement:
· K – 12 e-mail notification process
· K – 12 Parent training for Pinnacle on the Web
RESOURCES: Caribou School Department website www.caribouschools.org
State Requirement 2. – Vision
Caribou
Technology Vision Statement
We envision that technology will continue to evolve, expand within society, and broaden our connection and interaction with the world. We believe that Caribou students must effectively use technology to retrieve, evaluate and utilize information. Furthermore, students must be creative in applying and integrating technology in their work as:
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Effective Communicators
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Life-Long Learners
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Responsible Citizens
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Responsible/Collaborative
Workers
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Comprehensive Thinkers
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Knowledge-Based Persons
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Holistic Persons
The Caribou School Department must be
adequately equipped with technology, which is supported, maintained, and
equitably distributed. Staff must be
appropriately and sufficiently trained to use and apply technological
information. It is paramount that the
citizens of Caribou partner with the school department in realizing the
importance and value of integrating technology into their lives and into the
education of our students.
State Requirement 3. Goals
Federal Requirement B. Goals
Caribou
Technology Goals
Goal #1
All teachers will have immediate access to and will integrate the technology necessary to facilitate Learning Results implementation through curriculum, instruction and assessment.
Goal #2
All staff will have access to ongoing training and support appropriate to their level of use and responsibility and will be encouraged to expand their knowledge and skills at increasingly higher levels.
Goal #3
Technical support services will be available to maximize the application and integration of technology to support student learning.
Goal #4
All students will have access to the hardware, facilities, network and software necessary to support Learning Results implementation.
Goal #5
The partnership between the community, parents, and the Caribou School Department will serve to promote the importance and value of integrating technology.
State Requirement 4. Identify
Necessary Technology
TARGET: (How will CSD Identify Necessary Technology?)
All teachers will have immediate access to and will integrate the technology necessary to facilitate Learning Results implementation through curriculum, instruction and assessment.
All staff will have access to ongoing training and support appropriate to their level of use and responsibility and will be encouraged to expand their knowledge and skills at increasingly higher levels.
All students will have access to the hardware, facilities, network and software necessary to support Learning Results implementation.
ASSESSMENT: (How will CSD assess that the TARGET is met?)
Use technology assessment survey need results to determine professional development, hardware, software and other technology needs.
Review of current technology needs to determine upgrades.
NEEDS: (What is needed to meet and assess that this target is met?)
Monies
State
Requirement 5.
Collaboration with Adult Literacy Service Providers
Federal Requirement K. Collaboration
with Adult Literacy Service Providers
TARGET:
The Caribou School Department will provide opportunities for parents and other community members to learn to use technology to support students education.
ASSESSMENT: (How will CSD assess that the TARGET is met?)
- Number of Adult Ed Classes offered
- Number of community members who participate
- Credits earned through Caribou Adult Ed.
NEEDS: (What is needed to meet and assess that this target is met?)
· Adult Education’s Spring and Fall course offerings brochures
RESOURCES: Caribou School Department’s website www.caribouschools.org
State
Requirement 6.
Strategies for Improving Academic Achievement and Teacher Effectiveness
Federal Requirement A. Strategies for
Improving Academic Achievement and Teacher Effectiveness
ASSESSMENT: (How will CSD assess that the TARGET is met?)
Teachers and administrators will use student data to inform instruction, provide accountability and certify student’s achievement of the learning results.
Review of request/approval for professional development.
NEEDS: (What is needed to meet and assess that this target is met?)
Provide the time, expertise and opportunity to practice and share what was learned through professional development.
RESOURCES: Pinnacle Mentors – working with
small groups (divisions) or even individual teachers on working with their
Pinnacle Plus Grade book.
State
Requirement 7.
Integration of Technology with Curricula, Instruction, and Assessment
Federal Requirement H. Integration of
Technology with Curricula and Instruction
TARGET: The Caribou School Department has a comprehensive evolving curriculum design. All grade and course levels have specific curriculum maps aligned to the Maine Learning Results. Teachers will integrate / document use of technology into curriculum maps as developmentally appropriate. Teachers will increase their use of technology in instruction through but not limited to the following.
ASSESSMENT: (How will CSD assess that the TARGET is met?)
· Level 2 assessments are used to assess students’ achievement against the Learning Results. The documentation includes to what degree students are achieving.
· Revised Curriculum Maps that include technology as appropriate.
NEEDS: (What is needed to meet and assess that this target is met?)
· Time to revise curriculum maps
· Time for teachers to learn to integrate technology
· Hardware and software needs.
RESOURCES:
· NCS Pearson SASIxp
· Excelsior Software Pinnacle Plus System
· Use of Crystal Reports software to extract data
State
Requirement 8.
Technology Type and Costs, and Coordination with Funding Resources
Federal Requirement F. Technology
Type and Costs
Federal Requirement G. Coordination with Other Resources
TARGET: The technology plan includes a chart (pages 9
– 13) which include:
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goals
·
activities
·
hardware
/ software needs
·
funding
sources
·
specific
costs
ASSESSMENT: (How will CSD assess that the TARGET is met?)
The Caribou School Department’s Technology Committee reviews the three year technology plan on an annual basis. Updates, may include additions, deletions, or revisions and are approved through the technology committee.
NEEDS: (What is needed to meet and assess that this target is met?)
Resources allocated through different funding sources will be spent as designated. The Technology Planning Committee oversees the allocation of resources.