Technology Plan

Action Plan - Goal 1: Student-Centered Learning
Local Goal: Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union will utilize technology to support the development and provide exemplars of 21st Century skills expected of students and teachers.

Action Step	Description	Staffing	Infrastructure	Budget	PD	Y1/Y2/Y3	Data Collection
1.1	Students and Teachers use online document development and storage for productivity and collaboration	Teachers Tech integration specialists	Access to mobile computers Network resources Internet bandwidth	Local budgets, Title IId/IIa, Erate, and other grants to support computer access and network infrastructure costs. Bandwidth costs vary by school from $15/month to $580/month.	Provide district and/or local level training to teachers	Y1 Provide access and training to teachers and opportunities for students to create, collaborate, and submit work online. Y2/Y3 Ongoing access, training, and opportunities.	Evaluate mobile computer use and effectiveness through student and teacher participation/use of online document collaborations. Teacher/Student survey indicating number of opportunities.
1.2	Students and Teachers will develop Electronic Portfolios - an ongoing discovery from k-12, artifacts of learning, student-generated driving questions, reflection includes technology required/used to develop portfolio/items	Classroom teachers Lead teachers	Online "repository" for e-portfolio artifacts (ie: EPearl) Increased bandwidth to server-based resource	$3000: Server $60/month: Increased bandwidth to server.	Tutorials, demonstrations by teachers, workshops (in-district), lead teachers working with small groups of teachers over time, in-school supports.	Y1 introduced to teachers in FNESU, available to lead teachers to begin implementing Y2/Y3 increased classroom participation, multi-year development of portfolios	Student artifacts in Electronic Portfolios Teacher Portfolios
1.3	Policy/Procedures - evaluate our Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to address 1-Personal Devices, 2-reflect the needs of teachers, students, and parents/guardians 3-recommend revisions to school boards, 4-address internet safety and content filtering decisions AUP supports-encourages student learning by reflecting new technologies/media, selection of appropriate technologies & resources	Administrators Teachers Tech specialist team - including student participation	None	None	Time for Administrators and Tech team to meet	Y1 - Evaluate the current AUP and compare to Survey results and apparent needs, propose new draft Y2 - New AUP will be in place Y3 - Ongoing re-evaluation of existing AUP and current needs/survey results	Survey results Meeting notes AUP drafts
1.4	Teachers will be encouraged to take the role of facilitator, learning with the students in project-based, student-centered environments/opportunities.	Teachers Tech integration	Online resources for teachers to access technology-rich applications and activities.	Title IId/IIa will support professional development activities	In-service and other PD opportunities will model "teacher as facilitator", not only specific to technology integration.	Ongoing - PD opportunities will continue to support this model whenever possible regardless of "content". Ongoing - FNESU will collect and provide teachers with online access to technology-rich applications and activities as exemplars.	Administrator evaluation of teachers in the role of facilitators of learning. Database of applications/activities

Indicators of Success:
1. All students in grades 4-12 will participate in online collaborative document development as indicated by an annual Teacher/Student survey.

2. All teachers will provide students with electronic portfolio opportunities on a regular basis.

3. The AUP will be annually reviewed and updated by an FNESU-wide Technology Team, beginning in Fall 2009.

4. All administrator evaluations will reflect an assessment of teachers as facilitators of learning with technology.

5. The FNESU website will provide resources, or links, to technology-rich applications and activities.

Action Plan - Goal 2: Leadership in a Student-Centered Learning Environment
Local Goal: Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union administrators will promote student-centered learning by developing student and teacher leaders of Technology Integration.

Action Step	Description	Staffing	Infrastructure	Budget	PD	Y1/Y2/Y3	Data Collection
2.1	Students and teachers will be given the opportunity to participate in distance learning coursework and/or professional development.	Local tech lead teachers and/or librarians Tech specialist team	Updated web page and email postings of online courses LNV or other interactive video equipment in each school	$2,000/school for interactive video equipment $10,000 for shared OdysseyWare (or similar) online coursework curriculum $2,000/school for subscribing to interactive courses/opportunities	Train lead teacher in each school to be point of contact for online studies. In-school support of interactive video system training	Y1: Train lead teachers, train in-school tech supports, update website and email posting with calendar of opportunities, subscribe to online and/or interactive courses/workshops Y2/Y3: Additional/ongoing opportunities available	Student & Teacher participation in online courses Amount of interactive/online activity offered per school.
2.2	Curriculum mapping efforts will reflect student-centered learning with embedded technology-rich opportunities	Teachers Technology Committee Curriculum Coordinator	Online access to curriculum mapping site.	Cost included with subscription to Rubicon curriculum mapping tool.	During Curriculum Mapping in-services the technology integration committee will work with content/grade level areas to "tag" curriculum with "tech" opportunities	Y1: work with content/grade level areas during scheduled in-services Y2/Y3: ongoing efforts to collaboration of content/grade level teacher and technology committee members	Curriculum units will include embedded technology-rich lessons and opportunities
2.3	Video examples and resources of "21st Century" learning will be available for teachers to see what is expected in the 21st century world. Community partners will be associated with this action.	Technology Committee School-Community liaison Lead teachers Community partners	Website access to organized library of 21st Century resources and exemplars.	$1,000 annual stipend for school-community liaison to video community partners and 21st Century examples, gather resources and post to FNESU website	Schedule meeting time/collaborations with technology committee and community partners Time to train liaison regarding website and video posting.	Y1: teachers informed of efforts, reflective "roundtable" for teachers and tech committee to discuss these skills with community partners, gather/video examples of skills Y2/Y3: ongoing collection/posting of examples	Website resources available
2.4	Technology specialist team, including students, will be developed in each school to support student centered learning.. Tech teams will foster ownership, problem solving, students as "experts", and opportunities for older students facilitating tech integration with younger students, teachers, and peers.	Contact person from each school to be the Tech Team facilitator Students recruited for the tech team Teachers and administrators recruited for the tech team	Clearly defined expectations for students on the tech team (responsibility, privileges, appropriate use, etc)	$1,000 annual stipend for a contact person to facilitate tech team at each school.	Facilitator of tech team will recruit and train - with technology coordinators support - students in after school sessions regarding skills, responsibility, privileges, and appropriate use.	Ongoing: recruit and train capable students each year to sustain the team after each graduating class leaves, pursue community service credit for students' time, recruit teachers and administrators to be part of this support team.	Number of students participating in each school’s tech team.
2.5	Students & teachers presenting to -modeling technology with school boards (stakeholders)	Tech specialist team	none	none	Support to setup electronic presentations at school board meetings	Ongoing: students and lead teachers/administrators will present real examples/experiences of technology at school board meetings or other stakeholder meeting opportunities	Record of student and teacher presentations at board meetings.
2.6	Credit bearing technology integration course/and or summer institute offered in FNESU, which allows teachers to receive resources they can immediately implement in their classrooms	Course instructor(s)	Available resources (ie: laptops, Smartboards, Ipods, etc) that teachers would also have access to during the school day	$1,200 (tuition reimbursement) per teacher who completes the course for tuition and resources to implement technology integration in their classroom	Courses could be offered in traditional face-to-face, online, or combination of these methods at various times of the calendar year.	Y1: Course offering could include Electronic Portfolios and/or Technology Integration "Boot Camp" Y2/Y3: ongoing course offerings, and/or new course offerings.	Dates, locations of course offerings.
2.7	FNESU administrators will expect that professional development and teacher observation evaluations directly connect to 21st Century learning.	Administrators Teachers	none	$695 per school for teacher evaluation software (ie: Eduphoria) to enable mobile electronic evaluation data collection	Ongoing PD will address technology integration and 21st Century Learning skills.	Y1: All administrators identify 21st Century expectations in evaluation criteria, and expect teachers to connect those to any PD opportunities possible Y2: Encourage all teachers to attend at least PD opportunity that includes 21st Century connections Y3: All teachers attend PD that directly connects to 21st Century skills.	Teacher evaluation criteria that includes technology integration expectations Contributions by teachers attending PD opportunities to the FNESU 21st Century activities database/website resources.

Indicators of Success:
1. All schools will have access to interactive video resources and/or other distance learning opportunities.

2. FNESU website will host a calendar of distance learning opportunities and links for teachers and students to access.

3. Curriculum units that include embedded technology-rich activities will be shared with all teachers.

4. Teachers will have available a website of exemplars, composed through a collaborative Tech Committee and Community partners, of authentic 21^st Century Learning.

5. Each school will have a “Tech Team” comprised of lead teachers and students to assist and facilitate technology integration.

6. Examples of student technology-rich student work will be presented at school board meetings on a regular basis by students and teachers.

7. FNESU will host a credit-bearing Technology Integration course, at least annually.

8. Administrators will expect that teachers attending professional development activities will connect their learning to 21^st Century Skills and share their activities with colleagues on the FNESU website.

Action Plan - Goal 3: Flexible Learning Environments

Local Goal: Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union will use technology to provide 21st Century educational opportunities to students, including distance and online learning, and provide resources in ways that allow for varied access during and beyond the traditional school day.

Action Step	Description	Staffing	Infrastructure	Budget	PD	Y1/Y2/Y3	Data Collection
3.1	Administrators will communicate with school boards regarding flexible teaching contracts that provide extended school day opportunities for students. Teachers propose ideas/plans of "sabbatical" to administrators and school boards to use part of the school day or year to develop online resources or conduct online coursework.	Teachers Administrators School boards	none	none	Administrators must be informed about the benefits of offering extended day opportunities for students, and how teaching "sabbaticals" can support student achievement.	Ongoing: efforts to offer flexible teaching contracts, sabbatical or similar arrangements, will be ongoing negotiations with boards and teacher contract negotiators.	Teacher proposals Minutes from meetings indicating administrators have addressed this need with school boards.
3.2	FNESU will make available Online coursework (OdysseyWare), Moodle, LNV and/or other Distance Learning opportunities for students and teachers.	Curriculum Coordinator Tech Specialists	Interactive Video equipment and connections. Online access to coursework.	Costs could include online coursework fee (OdysseyWare is $6,000 for 10 seats), Interactive Video session fees, video equipment costs for schools without LNV (approximately $2,500).	In-school tech supports at the time of course Train Tech Team leaders & students to operate and troubleshoot distance learning equipment Take in-service opportunities to communicate to teachers that these resources are available.	Ongoing: purchase required online course offerings Y1: Promote Distance Learning programs to teachers, identify space for optimal participation, setup interactive video equipment/connections. Y2/Y3: Space allocate for distance learning so it is "streamlined" for easy participation	Distance learning opportunities. Student and teacher participation in "distance" learning
3.3	Schools will commit a fund, available for students to purchase online courses.	Administrators	Access and bandwidth varies depending on requirements of online courses.	Varies by school, but the commitment of funds should reflect a reasonable opportunity for students to access courses that are otherwise unavailable at their school.	Informational opportunity for administrators to be briefed about possible online course offerings.	Ongoing	School and/or Grants budgets reflect amount dedicated to purchasing online coursework.
3.4	FNESU High Schools and/or Career Center will provide an online "studies" course with teacher as a facilitator.	Classroom Teacher	Classroom with computer and distance learning equipment accessible.	No change in the local budget, as this should not be an "extra" teaching position, but represents a shift in course offerings. A teacher in each high school would dedicate at least 1 period of the day for a variety of "online studies" curriculum.	Identified teacher should be trained in distance learning methods, troubleshooting, and support of equipment.	Y1: identify a teacher(s) who could support online studies and complete required training, advertise course offerings to students during registration period Y2/Y3: begin offering online studies courses, expand as needed.	Number of students participating in online studies.
3.5	1 to 1 computing - within a certain time all schools will offer students devices (laptops, Ipods, Smartphones, e-book devices, etc) that can be used within and outside the school environment	Technology Team Administration Parents Students	Bandwidth and Wireless networks that support additional devices Devices installed with educationally appropriate applications	Varies depending on the type of devices and number. Bandwidth and wireless networks may need to increase in capacity at varying costs.	Teachers will be trained with the device(s) before deploying to students. Students and Parents/Guardians will be trained and AUP's signed before devices leave schools	Y1: Develop personal plan for device deployment (AUP and protocols), purchase devices, train teachers/staff, secure network infrastructure improvements, train students and parents/guardians Y2/Y3: Increase schools and students participating in 1 to 1 computing as the need becomes apparent	Number of student using "personal device" for school work Record of teachers providing paperless assignments Anecdotal record of student engagement and academic/behavioral improvements.
3.6	Online textbooks, databases, virtual field trips and other curriculum available to students and teachers. Classroom information available via Podcasting, Vodcasting, Wikis and/or other Web 2.0 collaboration tools.	Tech Team Teachers Librarians	Purchase and make available online textbooks and databases as necessary. Equipment to record pod/vodcasts, or otherwise digitize classroom content. Equipment to access online textbooks or e-books.	Costs vary greatly depending on the database, textbook, and equipment necessary. The anticipation is to offset the costs with fewer paper-based purchases.	Inform teachers at inservices of the digital content available to them. Provide workshops for teachers on how to create their own digital content (ie: Podcasts of lectures, Video of smartboard lessons, etc)	Y1: Purchase online textbooks and Library databases (ie: Vermont Online Library, ProQuest, Country Reports, GALE, Wilson, Listen-up Vermont, Britannica), encourage teachers to create a classroom site and add digital content in forms such as podcasts. Y2/Y3: Continue subscriptions as necessary, continue increasing and updating the amount of classroom-produced content available online for students. Y3: Require all teachers to have classroom digital conent, in some form, available to students online	Subscriptions to textbooks and databases. Survey of students who access digital classroom content. Survey of teachers supplying digital classroom content.

Indicators of Success:
1. Administrators will explore with teachers and with school boards the possibilities of flexible teaching contracts and sabbaticals for the purpose of providing rich 21^st Century opportunities.

2. Distance learning opportunities, including credit-bearing courses for High School students, will be available and utilized in every school.

3. At the High School level an online studies course will be part of the schedule to facilitate distance learning.

4. Schools will increase each year the number of “personal learning devices” employed in a 1 to 1 computing environment, moving towards full access for all students to appropriate computing devices.

5. Whenever possible textbooks, teachers’ lessons, and other classroom resources will be provide in a paperless environment.

Action Plan - Goal 4: Engaged Community Partners
Local Goal: Franklin Northeast Supervisory Union schools will use technology tools to develop partnerships within the local and global communities. These partnerships are founded with the aim of providing rich resources to students, building opportunities for learning, and helping foster overall community growth. They also assist schools in sharing relevant information with parents, community members, school partners, and other school sites.

Action Step	Description	Staffing	Infrastructure	Budget	PD	Y1/Y2/Y3	Data Collection
4.1	A Community "advisory" will be created to help develop 21st century-skills examples.	Community advisory board Administrators Technology Team	Online database of 21st Century exemplars available to teachers	$1,000 stipend for liaison to record, organize, edit and publish exemplars online.	Train liaison in skills necessary to publish exemplars.	Y1: develop community-school advisory, ongoing meetings to develop the idea of "what 21st Century" looks like outside of the school environment	Participation and meeting minutes Development of exemplars database available to teachers
4.2	FNESU will provide opportunities for global connections using communication tools and resources such as Skype and ePals.	Teachers Technology Team	Software and access to global partners.	None	In-service workshops to show teachers what sorts of global connections are available and how to create them.	Ongoing: make teachers aware of global connection opportunities, teachers use these resources in the classroom.	Survey of teachers and students regarding global connections.
4.3	Proper protocol/etiquette for digital communication.	Teachers Technology Team Librarians	none	none	Provide workshops and in-services to teachers regarding Acceptable Use, Internet Safety, and proper etiquette in digital communications.	Ongoing: encourage teachers to address AUP and proper etiquette before beginning any lesson involving digital communications, update these methods as expectations continually change	Record of workshops & in-services for teachers Survey of students and teachers regarding digital communications
4.4	FNESU will improve and update our schools' websites to include parent/guardian, community, and alumni connections and links/resources, as well as continue use of a student information database (ie: PowerSchool), a collaborative communication system (ie: FirstClass), and an early alert system (ie: AlertNow) that encourages parent/guardian, student, and school communications.	Technology Team Website maintenance person	website server/hosting SIS server Communication System hosting	$20,000 - SIS server, communications hosting, early alert system, and web server hosting $1,000 per school to develop and keep current individual websites	Training may be required for some Technology leaders to update/improve websites. Ongoing training of teachers for SIS and Communications software Ongoing training for administrators and staff of early alert system	Ongoing: Provide updated website information, continue training teachers with SIS and Communications software	Website counters records Log records available of each system (Alert Now, PowerSchool, and FirstClass)

Indicators of Success:
1. Development of a Community Advisory board consisting of community members, administrators, technology leaders, and teachers to advise and develop exemplars of 21^st Century Learning. The term “Community” shall include local and global participants.

2. Teachers in every school will expand their classroom wall to include global connections to other schools and/or resources.

3. FNESU will ensure appropriate education of Internet Safety and Acceptable Use Protocols for all students through classroom lessons and global interactions.

4. FNESU and it’s schools will improve and continue to encourage communications with parents/guardians, community, alumni, and other partners through appropriate technologies such as the district’s and schools’ websites, student information database, and our collaborative communications system.