SPENCER COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
GOING THE DISTANCE FOR ALL STUDENTS!
http://publicschools.spencercounty.ky.gov/

Technology Plan: 
Spencer District
Taylorsville, Kentucky

http://publicschools.spencercounty.ky.gov/

Prepared Date: December 30, 2012
Plan Start Date: July 1, 2013
Plan Updated December 30, 2013
Plan Expiration Date: September 30, 2014
Approved Date: Pending Commonwealth Approval

Acknowledgments

District Technology Staff		School Technology Coordinators 	
Eric Cecil  CIO		Andy Henderson Spencer County High	
Sam Skinner  Network Admin		Rhonda Cox Spencer County Middle	
Kyle Murphy Technician
Scott Schweitzer TRT   		Kari Santos Taylorsville Elementary
Lisa Rowe Spencer County Elementary	
			
School Library Media Specialists		Curriculum Specialists 	
Marlene Kleinjan Spencer County High		Norma Thurman District Level	
Rhonda Cox Spencer County Middle			
Crystal Little Taylorsville Elementary			
Bridget Murphy Spencer County Elementary			
Parents/Community Members 		Students 	
Patti Cotton			

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments…………………………………………………………………i
Table of Contents………………………………………………………………...ii
Executive Summary……………………………………………………………...1
Planning Process / Methodology……………………………………………….2
Technology Vision and Goals…………………………………………………..3
Staff Training/ Professional Development Goals………………………….….7
Current Technology and Resources…………………………………………...8
Timeline…………………………………………………………………………...9
Evaluation………………………………………………………………………..10
Budget……………………………………………………………………………11
Attachments/Appendices………………………………………………………12

Executive Summary
Information Technology believes in the utilization of technology as a tool in the 21th century classroom. This tool must be used to differentiate and enhance learning in all subjects for every student and safe schools. Students use United Streaming media programs and the internet to reinforce subject matter. Our goals are to build and maintain an infrastructure throughout the district to supply access to these technologies and more to support the needs of all schools and students. This includes wired and wireless connectivity to the intranet and internet. It is the schools that decide what edges devices are needed for their students. These needs are exposed in a school level technology plan. 

Information Technology will assist each school in preparing a technology plan tailored to their needs. Each plan will include current technology, future technology needs and technology consumable needs. All Core academic subjects should be presented with 21st century themes such as innovation, information, media, life, career, and technology skills.

http://www.p21.org/overview/skills-framework The key elements of 21st century learning are represented in the graphicand descriptions below. The graphic represents both 21st century skills student outcomes (as represented by the arches of the rainbow) and 21st century skills support systems (as represented by the pools at the bottom).   
Planning Process / Methodology 
The technology committee’s role is to give guidance to District level infrastructure needs and future needs. The committee will be tasked with evaluating the goals met and unmet by completion of this technology plan. Technology committee shall meet at least three times per school year. The first meeting shall take place during the first grading period of the school year. The second shall take place during the month of January. The third shall take place during the final grading period of the school year. Additional meetings may take place if committee so chooses. 
Technology Vision and Goals 
Provide equal and increased access to technology tools in accordance with the master plan ratio for each school level.  Continually improve upon the speed of network and internet connections. Utilizing a TRT (Technology Resource Teacher) to provide meaningful training in the integration and usage of District invested technologies for all staff. 
	Technology is the pencil and paper of our times. It cannot replace a teacher. Our teachers must be proficient in the integration and usage of all the tools in their classroom including technology. Technology must be used to engage and enhance the learning experience in all subjects. Teaching students how to use technology is not a substitute for using the technology to create a better learning conduit for the student. 
	We must have 100 percent participation from every teacher. If the classroom has technology, then that technology must be used to integrate and enhance learning for each student in that classroom. Each teacher will be tested for proficiency via a digital driver’s license. They will use, but not limited to http://otis.coe.uky.edu/DDL/launch.php and http://ignition.everfi.net/  to complete this testing. This can be revisited each year for additional knowledge.  
Goal 1
Partner with each school to create and implement a school building technology plan for the purposes of district infrastructure planning. Matching funds will be distributed to the schools based on competitive and non-competitive rating of building technology plan and student population.  

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities
Strategy/Activity	Begin Date	End Date	Cost	Funding Source	Instructional Outcome	
Meet with school technology committee  to gain an understanding of infrastructure needs based upon schools tech plan 	07/01/13	06/31/14	Time	General Fund	Better implementation of technology in the classroom 	
Matching funds will be reviewed and accessed for distribution via rubric & student population	05/01/13	07/31/14	$50,000	Kets Matching
General Fund	Increased student engagement of core curriculum  	
Investigate student value of return on investment for technology & one to one initiative 	05/01/13	07/31/14	Time	General Fund	Increased access to technology tools and resources. 	

Goal 2
Maintain and Improve Speed and access of District network infrastructure, intranet, internet, and phone connections.
Action Plan: Strategies/Activities
Strategy/Activity	Begin Date	End Date	Cost	Funding Source	Instructional Outcome	
Bandwidth packet shaping tool for district network	07/01/13	06/31/14	$25,000	Kets Matching
General Fund	Better access to educational programs, web sites & online testing	
Increase the wireless coverage throughout the schools	07/01/13	06/31/14	$20,000	Kets Matching
General Fund	Increased access to mobile devices for online learning 	
Goal 3
Continue the Technology Resource Teacher (TRT) District program to be utilized in each school. 
Action Plan: Strategies/Activities
Strategy/Activity	Begin Date	End Date	Cost	Funding Source	Instructional Outcome	
Employ one Technical Resource Teacher (TRT) to implement TRT district program	07/01/13	06/31/14
	$49,000	General Fund	Assist in the integration of technology tools to enhance core curriculum 	
Orientation of schools network & technology in the classroom	07/01/13	06/31/14	Time	General Fund	To gain a better understanding of teachers technology needs in the classroom	
TRT will spend full days at each school throughout the week	07/01/13	06/31/14	Time	General Fund	Individualized observation, feedback, & assistance to teachers for integration of technology with core curriculum in the classroom   	
TRT will present no less than 10 district TRT sessions throughout the school year	07/01/13	06/31/14	Time	General Fund	Assist in the integration of technology tools to enhance core curriculum	
Goal 4
Complete evaluation of the district TRT program 

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities
Strategy/Activity	Begin Date	End Date	Cost	Funding Source	Instructional Outcome	
Evidence shall be collected & reviewed in the form of classroom technology integration observation survey (TRT), walk through technology use survey (principal), sampling of teacher lesson plans (TRT), & prof of increase student performance (DAC)  	07/01/13	06/31/14	Time	General Fund	Insure effectiveness of district & schools technology plans	
Goal 5
Review and score each school’s technology plan 

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities
Strategy/Activity	Begin Date	End Date	Cost	Funding Source	Instructional Outcome	
Evaluate each school’s technology plan. Score them for funding. Include needs to the infrastructure in the District technology plan   	07/01/13	06/31/14	Time	General Fund	Insure effectiveness of technology funding and utilization	

Staff Training/ Professional Development Goals 
Provide a basic proficiency test for the necessary technologies used in the classroom located at. http://www.microsoft.com/about/corporatecitizenship/citizenship/giving/programs/up/digitalliteracy/asmt/instructions.aspx?lang=eng&aid=as26b. Every teacher shall take and pass a digital license online test. They will use, but not limited to http://otis.coe.uky.edu/DDL/launch.php and http://ignition.everfi.net/  to complete this testing. This can be revisited each year for additional knowledge.  Every teacher shall take and pass these assessments with no less than 80% success. Results must be emailed to the TIS for recorded completion of exam no later than august 30th. The approved list of software technology is as follows: District Library software Destiny, Email Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Access, Internet Safe Search, Renaissance Place reading, Movie maker, SIS, Best practice backups.

Current Technology and Resources 

We have 98% of our classrooms outfitted with one teacher computer and one projector. We currently have: 1000 plus computers, 14 copiers, 50 plus printer, 50 plus projectors, 50 plus switches, 4 main line dark fiber connections, 12 servers, 300 plus phones, 5 phone systems, 5 Cable TV connections. Enrollment is 2800 plus students, 400 plus staff. I.T. Services employs 4 full time District level personnel (Director, Network Admin, Technical Resource Teacher, and Network Tech).The network stays up 95% of the time. Client work orders receive a 5 day repair average or less. There is a need for more staff to cut repair time to the client and maintain a healthy network that will stay up 99% of the time. Battery backups at key network junctions will aid in keeping the network up and operational for 99% or better.

General Issues 

First and foremost, the current budget is not enough to maintain and advance the complete needs of the district. We are tasked with bridging the increasing needs of the district with limited funding each and every year. Staff development is an ongoing process. We continually train on current and new technologies. Keeping technical staff is becoming an issue due to the limited pay scale compared to industry standards. Getting students on a computer and logged in is an issue of time. We are currently working on a fixed login for local services to speed this access time up and maintain current security standards. We currently budget for Microsoft Campus Agreement that allows us to keep up with the latest software and operating systems upgrades. We require each school to submit a school technology plan to provide needs assessments for infrastructure and edge devices. These technology plans are the blue print for the distribution of and equal access to district technology funding.  

Conclusions and Recommendations 
We do not believe that money fixes all ills, although we do think that given industry standards there are clear and accepted models for addressing technology needs through personnel. Well trained and committed technical personnel is a must for long term stability of any technical program. While we believe that pay does not assure a quality staff, it can however retain them. It is our belief that there may be an opportunity to hire a 185 day STC STLP person for each school to fulfill their technical needs throughout the school year. 

Acceptable Use Policy 
Is signed by every staff and student. Our AUP is listed on our website. 

Technology and Learning Statement 
The question is not whether we need to implement online learning, but will we do it efficiently. We believe in the 21st Century classroom environment where each student has access to a device that will connect them to a 24/7 learning portal. This portal will have multimedia lessons for the students. The students will not only be consumers of this multimedia but also producers. The teachers create a blinded lesson where the student will work together while in class to complete projects anywhere anytime.  

Technology Standards, Requirements, and Models for Technology and Learning
We have always and will continue to maintain the state’s standards for hardware in this district. 

Timeline
All staff training will start in the month of September. This will give teachers and staff time to settle in and sign up for what they need. All online assessments shall be completed by August 30th.  Evidence of technology integration shall be available prior to second and third technology committee meetings. Research for bandwidth tool must be completed and ready to implement before start of school year.   
Evaluation
There will be a meeting held the first Friday of every month at 8:00 am to review and evaluate the timeline and completion of the technology plan as listed in this document. Consideration will be given to all data as it pertains to measured progress.  
Budget

Information Technology receives its funding from three sources. The first is the general fund of Spencer Board of Education. The second is KETS matching from the state. The third is federal Erate for phones and internet connections. These funds fluctuate from year to year. In most cases we must commit the local general fund dollars before receiving any external funding.  
Annual Budget Summary	School Year 2012-2013

Note:  duplicate this page for each year as needed		
o	List the professional development and technologies to be acquired during each year of the agency’s plan.
o	Note: At least 25% of the funds allocated to an LEA through the Title II-D ED Tech Program, must be allocated for professional development activities.  
Acquired Technologies and Professional Development	Ed Tech Competitive Title II-D	Ed Tech
Non Competitive Formula Title II-D	E-Rate	NCLB/other than Title II-D	KETS	Other (GF)	
Classified Regular Salary               						$105,635.00	
Other employment contributions    						$25,947.00   	
Registration Fees & other Dues    						$1,500.00    	
Travel Expenses                            						$3,000.00    	
General Supplies                           						$2,500.00    	
Outside to Internal Phone lines     			$18,000			$11,000.00	
Server Maint. & replacement					$3,000.00	$3,000.00	
Disaster backup & recovery Maint.					$200.00	$200.00	
UPS Maint.					$500.00	$500.00	
Switches & wireless Maint. & replacement					$4,000.00	$4,000.00	
Fiber 63 Pole Connection to KU Fee yearly License 					$313.74	$313.74	
50 Wireless AP unit additions					$9,500.00	$9,500.00	
ES-SN-S10 Core Router
Maint. yearly License agreements 					$581.00	$581.00	
ES-SN-S11 Wireless Server Switch
Maint. yearly License agreements					$789.50	$789.50	
ES-SAS-S01 Wireless Access 
Maint. yearly License agreements					$135.00	$135.00	
ES-SAS-S03 Wireless Server Switch Software
Maint. yearly License agreements					$292.50	$292.50	
NMS-B25-25-UG Network Management Software
Maint. yearly License agreements					$877.50	$877.50	
NAC-A-20 BYOD Device Security tracking & Control
Maint. yearly License agreements					$1,200.00	$1,200.00	
Impero Desktop Support Software
Maint. yearly License agreements					$2,500.00	$2,500.00	
SIS Infinite Campus yearly License agreement					$9,250.00	$9,250.00	
Microsoft Campus Agreement yearly License					$4,902.50	$4,902.50	
Schools tech plan matching					$30,000.00	$30,000.00	
NAC-A-20 BYOD Device Security tracking & Control Installation
						$25,000.00	
Staff Training PD		$3,500				$3,500.00	
TOTAL		$3,500	$18,000		$68,041.74	$246,123.74	

Attachments/Appendices