District Technology Plan

revised June, 2007


Goals and Objectives for Use of Technology

 

Goal addresses Goal Statement Reference Section(s) Objectives Assessment
equity of access PPS will meet the technology needs of all students and staff, including those with exceptional and/or special needs

Section 4

Section 8

  • Provide capable hardware/software/facility/training/instruction in each year of the plan
  • Provide and maintain Enterprise-level network (INET)
    See appendix 4
  • Provide administrative and technical support
  • Provide adequate funding for the above
 
student learning Teachers will integrate technology with the curriculum to increase student learning

 

 

 

 

 

 


Students will pursue subjects that require the use of technology
Section 3
  • Increase student use of available technology for desktop publishing
  • Increase student use of spreadsheets and databases to 15% district-wide (baseline is 3%);
  • Increase the number of classrooms using electronic communication to support the Learner Expectations
  • Engage students in media-centered curricula activities that integrate the use of technology for student production of portfolios to demonstrate learning
  • Increase the use of technology in the research process

  • Offer a course in structured programming at each high-school and a professional-level course at the PATHS vocational high school, and monitor # of students who complete it successfully.
  • Introduce online programming module an after school or enrichment opportunity, monitor # of students.
 
staff and teaching and learning

Teachers will use technology to support their instruction

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers will integrate technology into their curricula

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers will use technology to inform instruction and classroom assessment and report on learning results.

Section 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 12

  • All teachers will be able to use email on some level.
  • 100% of teachers will complete a technology profile; 80% will sign them.
    (See appendix 18)
  • 50% of teachers will use e-mail as a medium to communicate teaching ideas and learning opportunities; the baseline is the number of teachers at level 3 or above on Electronic Communications.
  • 40% of teachers will develop and access Teacher Web Pages to communicate learning opportunities to other teachers and staff.
  • Develop and support classroom mentors with district guidance, supported at the building level by Building Technology Coordinators.

  • Increase # of teachers at infusion level (an average over all 5 Profile sections) to 20%. (See appendix 17)
  • Teacher use in Technology Profile Section 5 (databases and spreadsheets), infusion level, will increase to 20% and integration level will increase to 10 %. (See appendix 17 for June 2007 data.)

  • 100 percent of secondary teachers will use an electronic online gradebook (PowerTeacher) for course grades--integrated with the Student Information System (PowerSchool).
  • All elementary teachers will use a Standards-Based digital Progress Report developed in PowerSchool.
 
community connections Establish community connections through the Technology Advisory Committee (TAC),Teacher Classroom Web Pages and the Portland Partnership


Continue to educate the Portland Community
about technology and the PPS Technology Plan
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Teachers will use technology as another means of communication with families and the Portland community
Section 1
  • See that each TAC member has at least one project or task (related to skill and interest) with a measurable outcome
  • Based on community feedback, design vehicles to introduce parents to technology resources in student learning
  • Administer the Middle-School Parent Survey and use the results to structure classroom technology staff development and student-parent conferences
  • Offer parent access to technology at home though structured classroom assignments involving parent input.
  • Email and teacher Web Pages will be used to post all learning opportunities and share best practices;

 

 
reporting and assessment

Teachers will use technology to assess student performance

 

Administrators and staff will utilize a variety of user-friendly applications for data input and retrieval
Section 7
  • Increase the number of teachers using available technology and software to assess student work and /or performance. (Baseline is the number of teachers at level 3 or above, on the Database Profile section).
  • PowerSchool Reports provided by CTS
 
administrative staff learning Administrators and staff will use Microsoft Office to its full capacity


Administration and Support Staff will integrate technology use into their work environment

Section 9

 

Section 12

  • Training
  • Consult with Adult Education to develop Secretarial curriculum
  • Develop the admin support staff profile and a curriculum aligned with it.
  • Develop an administrative technology survey to assess needs (see appendix 9);
 
adult literacy Expand offerings of Portland Adult Education program Section 5
  • Research and plan to offer Native Language classes to serve and assist populations new to Portland

  • Research and plan to offer Distance Learning opportunities
 
technology infrastructure and technical support PPS will provide Reliable equipment

PPS will provide consistent, adequate technical support for the INET and all PPS applications

Section 10

Section 9

  • Technology Plan will be supported and funded
  • Computer Tech Services (CTS) team will be staffed adequately (see appendix 2)
 
supporting resources Teachers and administrative staff will have timely access to appropriate, up-to-date information, by utilizing online and other resources supported by PPS

Section 9

Section 12

  • Online Databases
  • District-wide Library Catalog with home access via Web
  • Teacher and Admin Forms online
  • Employee information lookup
  • Document Imaging districtwide
  • Phone/Email notifcation system for parent attendance & other
  • Web Hosting Service from 3IP
  • PPS Web Page maintained by CTS personnel
 


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