Technology Committee Structure

Overall Technology:

1.Executive Committee on Technology

2.Academic Committee on Technology

3.Administrative Committee on Technology

4.Technology Partnership

Andover web site -

1.Advisory Committee to Andover.edu

2.Web Coordinators

Executive Committee on Technology

Charge:The Executive Committee on Technology will be responsible for recommending policies, direction and priorities regarding the use and management of technology in supporting the academic mission and the administrative needs of the school, subject to review and final approval by Deans’ Council. The recommendations of the Executive Committee on Technology will be generated from the discussions and efforts of an Academic Committee on Technology (membership chosen by Dean of Studies) and an Administrative Committee on Technology (membership chosen by Chief Financial Officer), as well as from the Technology Partnership, the Advisory Committee to Andover.edu and periodic involvement from numerous other academy constituencies, such as students, parents, and alumnae/i and the Board of Trustees.

Meeting frequency: Monthly

Membership:

Valerie Roman, Director of Technology & Telecommunications
Margarita Curtis, Dean of Studies
Steve Carter, Chief Financial Officer
Marlys Edwards, Dean of Students and Residential Life
Henry Wilmer, Chair of Academic Committee on Technology
Elliot Hacker, Chair of Administrative Committee on Technology

Administrative Committee on Technology

Charge: The Administrative Committee on Technology will advise the Chief Financial Officer and the Director of Technology and Telecommunications on technological planning and efforts related to the academy’s administrative needs

Chair: Elliot Hacker, Comptroller

Meeting frequency: Regularly, depending on agenda. Currently, 2nd and 4th Tuesday of month.

Membership:

Valerie Roman, Director of Technology & Telecommunications
Steve Carter, Chief Financial Officer
Elliot Hacker, Comptroller (Chair)
Debbie Martin, Personnel Director
Herb Morton, Registrar
Jim Ventre, Admissions
Marlys Edwards, Dean of Students and Residential Life
Michael Williams, Facilities Director
Pat Diodati, Office of Academy Resources
Sharon Britton, Director of Communications

Examples of discussion topics:

Priorities for Datatel enhancements and projects (WebAdvisor, Safari, TopView, etc.)

Access to “selected” Datatel information via the Web/Intranet– student data, budget, etc.

Priorities, strategy and timeline for PA Intranet development

Training programs

Priorities for technology requests and submission of budget

Academic Committee on Technology

Charge: The Academic Committee on Technology will advise the Dean of Studies and the Director of Technology and Telecommunications on:

Strategic directions in applying technology -

the emerging technological needs of faculty and students
the appropriate technologies to support instruction in the institution

Practical considerations in implementing technology –

the technological priorities and instructional needs of the institution, given the limitations of scarce resources and expanding demand
strategies for introducing faculty to new technologies and their uses in instructional delivery.
policies related to use of shared technological resources
priorities for capital expenditures on educational technology

Chair: Henry Wilmer, Language teacher and Director of Language Learning Center

Meeting frequency: Regularly, depending on agenda. Currently weekly.

Membership:

Valerie Roman, Director of Technology & Telecommunications
Margarita Curtis, Dean of Studies
Henry Wilmer, World Languages teacher and Director of LLC (Chair)
Bruce Bacon, Theater Chair
Catherine Tousignant, English teacher
Chris Walter, Music teacher
Elisabeth Tully, Library Director
Kate Dolan, Athletics
Peter Drench, History teacher
Suzanne Buckwalter, Math teacher
Tim Griffin, Art representative
Trish Russell, Science Chair

Examples of discussion topics:

Priorities, strategy and timeline for PAnet development – course development, student/advisors communications systems, etc.

IT literacy standards for students and teachers

Faculty technology professional development

Required and/or expected computer ownership by students and/or faculty

Required and/or expected use of email, voice mail, intranet by students and faculty

Classroom infrastructure needs and standards per discipline

Priorities for technology requests and submission of budget

Technology Partnership

Charge: The Technology Partnership is a regular forum for technical education, human networking and distribution of tools, and offers a vehicle for academy-wide technology planning and support discussions.

Chair: David Hasbany (Technical Services Director) and Aleta Sousa (PACC Director)

Meeting frequency: Quarterly

Membership:

The Technology Partnership includes members from Technology and Telecommunications and department representatives designated by the department chairs as the key users.

The key user is the first level of technical support for the department and serves as the liaison between the department and T&T when support or advice is needed. The key user is the person to whom department members first go to with technology questions and support issues,and will contact the HELP desk if unable to resolve the problem. The key user should also review and approve all requisitions relating to technology in the department.

Advisory Committee to Andover.edu

Charge: Composed of academy program directors, deans and department heads with strategic interest in the Phillips Academy Web site, the Advisory Committee to Andover.edu assists the director of communications in evaluating the effectiveness of and in recommending improvements of and enhancements for the academy Web site. Working as a team, committee members bring a “big picture” view to the development of the Web site, ensuring that the academy’s mission and image are well conveyed, that strategic interests are represented and addressed and that the Web site evolves as an effective tool for communicating with and serving the academy’s varied constituencies.

The work of the committee informs the budget process. Committee recommendations that have budgetary implications will be brought forward by the director of communications through the secretary of the academy who serves as budget coordinator for the Office of Communications. Recommendations for expenditures on Web improvements will be reviewed by the Administrative Committee on Technology before they are considered by Deans’ Council.

Chair: Sharon Britton, Director of Communications

Membership:

Sharon Britton, Director of Communications (convener)
Margarita Curtis, Dean of Studies
John Anderson, Director of College Counseling
Elisabeth Tully, Director, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library
Mike Ebner, Director of Alumni Affairs
Marlys Edwards, Dean of Students and Residential Life
Martha Fenton, Director of Athletics
Jane Fried, Dean of Admission
Elliot Hacker, Comptroller
Ellen Hardy, Director of Design Services
Valerie Roman, Director of Technology and Telecommunications
Tana Sherman, Director of Public Information and Web Development
Rebecca Sykes, Associate Head of School

The academy’s Webmaster and Web coordinator will attend committee meetings to provide technical support and advice as needed.

Web Coordinators

Charge: Working as a team, Web Coordinators keep andover.edu vibrant and up to date and implement improvements recommended by the Advisory Committee.

Chair: Tana Sherman (Director, Public Information and Web Development), and Ellen Hardy (Director of Design Services)

Membership:

Tana Sherman, Director of Public Information and Web Development
Ellen Hardy, Director of Design Services
3 Members from Communications
3 Members from Academy Resources
1 Member from Athletics
2 Members from Library
1 Member from Technology
1 Member from Addison Gallery
1 Member from PeabodyMuseum
1 Member from Summer Session