2005-2009 LEA Technology Plan Evaluation Guide
LEA: Reviewer:
Date Reviewed:
To complete the six-page check sheet place a checkmark beside every item that has been completed in the technology plan. If an item has not been completed or addressed in the technology plan leave the space blank. Write the number of the incomplete item under the comments for that section with an explanation or suggestion for completion of that item.
The LEA Technology Plan includes the following:
_____1) A Signature page signed by the LEA Board Chairman and Superintendent
_____2) A list of technology committee members
_____3) A unique vision statement that is consistent with the state technology plan vision
_____4) A completed policy chart
_____5) A completed TCO findings page
_____6) A completed two-year budget entry form
_____7) School and District Network Diagrams
Comments:
High Student Achievement
The following questions are answered in the Current Situation:
_____a) How is your district currently using technology to support student achievement?
_____b) What key technology programs are in place to support student achievement?
_____c) How is technology being used in your district to assess and benchmark student achievement?
_____d) To what degree is the IMPACT Model for Media and Technology being implemented in your schools? (address flexible access, personnel, resources and collaboration)
_____e) What is your average number of computers per classroom?
_____f) How many of your classrooms/schools have internet access?
_____g) What distance learning opportunities are available to your students?
_____h) How are digital resources (state provided or otherwise) made available to and utilized by students and teachers to support learning?
The plan includes at least one objective or strategy for the following:
_____1) Mathematics/reading scores improvement
_____2) Classroom use of student resources
_____3) IMPACT model implementation
_____4) Computer Skills Test score improvement
_____5) Computer Skills Curriculum implementation
_____6) Information Skills Curriculum implementation
_____7) Technology integration across the curriculum
_____8) Student distance learning opportunities
_____9) Assistive technology availability
Comments:
Strong Family, Community and Business Support
The following questions are answered in the Current Situation:
_____a) Is email provided for students, teachers, parents, community and business?
_____b) Are telephones provided in all classrooms? If not, what percentage of classrooms have phones?
_____c) Does your school use local media (TV, Cable, Radio Stations and Newspapers) to broadcast information?
_____d) Is a district Web site provided for access by Family, Community and Business?
_____e) Are Learning Centers (community or school) provided for access by Family, Community and Business?
_____f) Is computer access provided for agency partnerships? (Nurses, Social Services, Community Colleges)
_____g) Do you provide Internet and file access for Family, Community and Business. (wireless, dial-up, cable or fiber)
The plan includes at least one objective or strategy for the following:
_____1) Email access (staff, students)
_____2) Public relations (use of local Broadcast Media)
_____3) School and teacher websites
_____4) Learning Centers
_____5) Partnerships
_____6) Teacher/staff and student Internet and file access
Comments:
Quality Teachers Administrators and Staff
The following questions are answered in the Current Situation:
_____a) Describe how your staff development activities make use of resources provided by DPI such as Kaleidoscope, NCWise Owl, Intel Innovation, and eNC.
_____b) Describe the training resources your school (or school district) provides to support the staff development of teachers, administrators and others. (Examples are: Technology Facilitators, Train-the-Trainer groups, training facilities, on-line training, district Intranet, software, and hardware.)
_____c) Describe the requirements (or recommendations) that your school district places on employees for technology-specific staff development.
_____d) What web based resources (local and state) do your employees access to perform their work? (Examples are: NC WISE, CECAS, SEA, eProcurement, employee timesheets, Intranet, and email.)
_____e) What percentage of your technology budget is allocated to technology staff development? (You may include in-kind sources in calculating this percentage.)
The plan includes at least one objective or strategy for the following:
_____1) Teacher/staff skills assessment
_____2) Diverse training resources (local and online including DPI resources)
_____3) Follow-up support
_____4) Local certification and professional development requirements
_____5) Ethical and professional standards
_____6) Evaluation of training
Comments:
Healthy Students in Safe, Orderly and Caring Schools
The following questions are answered in the Current Situation:
_____a) How is technology used to support your Safe Schools Plan?
_____b) How is your Child Nutrition Department utilizing technology to support their work?
_____c) Describe any electronic surveillance systems currently being used in your schools?
_____d) How is technology used to support student programs like DARE, CIS, etc?
_____e) How is technology used to maintain student discipline data?
The plan includes at least one objective or strategy for the following:
_____1) School campus security (video, alarms, metal detectors, etc.)
_____2) School bus security (video, radios, cell phones, etc.)
_____3) Student and Staff ID systems
_____4) Student Information/Tracking Systems (SIMS/NCWISE, nutrition, etc.)
_____5) Internet and email filtering
_____6) Classroom telephone systems and other communications devices
_____7) Website use (district, school and classroom)
Comments:
Effective and Efficient Operations
The following questions are answered in the Current Situation:
_____a) What technology personnel are in place to support both instructional and administrative technology utilization by students, teachers and staff?
_____b) What federal, state, and local budgets are currently available for funding technology needs?
_____c) Is the network environment secure for student use?
_____d) Are suitable policies in place to guide appropriate actions?
_____e) Does the current bandwidth of your school LANS and district WAN adequately support the usage of the networks?
_____f) Is sufficient hardware available in your schools for ongoing use of computers for instruction?
The plan includes at least one objective or strategy for the following:
_____1) Policy
_____2) Budget
_____3) Personnel
_____4) Security
_____5) Administrative Applications
_____6) Hardware
_____7) Infrastructure-School Local Area Networks and District Wide Area Networks
Comments:
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