Norman Booker III, Principal
Many High School
100 Tiger Drive
Many, Louisiana 71449
318-256-2114
Table of Contents
Introduction
Vision
Goals
Beliefs
Objective 1: Professional Development
Objective 2: Integration of Technology and Learning
Objective 3: Technology Leadership, Policy, and Accountability
Objective 4: Effective Use of Technology Funding and Resources
Objective 5: Public Awareness
Evaluation
Technology Support Team and Committee
Needs Assessment
Timeline
Introduction
Many High School continually strives to provide every student with the best possible education, preparing all students to function effectively in the society in which they live. Therefore, we believe all students in Many High School must develop competencies in using and applying a broad range of technologies to support lifelong learning.
Vision
Many High School's vision is to aid its students in becoming skilled, knowledgeable, independent, and self-directed learners who are comfortable with and proficient in using technology in all its forms as information resources. Through the use of technology, with its varied aspects and applications, each student at Many High School will be afforded opportunities and challenges that will allow them to successfully engage the future.
Goals
Beliefs
Every Many High School student should have the opportunity to acquire the technological knowledge and skills necessary to compete in a global economy and to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship.
Many High School faculty should provide appropriate integration of technology with standards-based curricula and instructional management to enhance student learning.
Each Many High School faculty member should be competent technology users.
Many High School faculty, parents, and community/business leaders should share the responsibility to develop, implement, and utilize standards-based technology programs in Sabine Parish.
OBJECTIVE 1: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Many High School educators will take advantage of opportunities for professional development in the use of technologies that will enhance teacher effectiveness, student achievement, and instructional management.
Strategies
A.1. Provide training and support strategies to ensure that the staff has the appropriate competencies and continuous support needed to use educational technology to deliver and support instruction.
A. 2. Provide opportunities for all staff to enhance their educational technology knowledge and skills.
A. 3. Provide educators with access to professional development in the use of educational technology in order to prepare them to help students meet high academic standards.
KEY TASKS |
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
FUNDING SOURCES |
TIME LINES |
| Build school technology support teams. | School Staff |
1998 and Ongoing |
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| Provide opportunities for all teachers to enhance their educational technology knowledge and skills by funding substitutes and travel assistance. | District/School |
LEARN |
1998 Ongoing |
| Technology awareness and skills training. | District/School Staff |
LEARN |
1998 Ongoing |
| Develop school educational technology plans, including professional development | District Staff/School Staff |
LEARN |
1998 |
| Maintain professional library of technology materials | School Technology Coordinator |
School/Library Funds |
1998 |
OBJECTIVE 2: INTEGRATION OF TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING
Many High School staff, in order to assist in improving student performance, will have access to curricular materials and resources that support the use of technology in teaching, learning, and instructional management.
Strategies
A.l: Integrate technology with state and district content standards to help attain high academic achievement.
A.2. Develop and implement school plans that integrate technology and curriculum and define measures for documenting success in raising student achievement levels.
A.3. Implement local curriculum based on state content standards for high academic achievement.
KEY TASKS |
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
FUNDING SOURCES |
TIME LINES |
| Provide opportunities for students to apply state of the art technology to critical thinking, communications, data collection and analysis, and problem-solving. | District/ Schools/ Teachers |
Fall,
1997 |
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| In collaborative teams of district, community, and school representatives, select and develop text and resource materials that promote technological skills and competencies students need upon graduation. | District/
School/ |
LEARN |
Ongoing |
| In collaborative teams of district, university, community, and school site coordinators, select and evaluate technology-based instructional management systems to: (a) document student progress and (b) provide information needed to assess and evaluate instructional planning. | District/
School/ |
LEARN |
Ongoing |
| Provide support for administrators, teachers, paraprofessionals, and staff on software that is grade level or task appropriate. | District/ Technology Coordinator/ School Technology Planning Committee |
LEARN |
Ongoing |
| Provide opportunities and training for parents on hardware, software, and online options at the site level. | Site Technology Coordinator/Teachers |
Ongoing |
OBJECTIVE 3: TECHNOLOGY LEADERSHIP, POLICY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Discerning leaders at the school level will (a) choose technology policies and procedures that promote achievement by all students, including those with special needs, and (b) carefully monitor the effectiveness of technology use throughout the education system.
A. School Strategies
Develop a schedule for the technology infrastructure: maintenance, support, upgrading, expansion, and addition of new technologies.
a) Develop an inventory of technology equipment in the school, updated yearly.
b) Identify specific technologies that will need to be purchased.
c) Use technology in the curricula.
d) Document lesson plans using technology and curriculum standards for enhanced student learning.
e) Analyze student performance to ascertain levels of improvement in student achievement.
f) Monitoring student performance to improve achievement.
g) Use developed policies concerning ethical and legal issues such as acceptable use, copyright, security, confidentiality, and equity of access; monitor local procedures for adherence to these policies.
KEY TASKS |
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
FUNDING SOURCES |
TIME LINES |
| Establish School Technology Committee to provide advice on technology implementation. | School Technology Coordinator | 1998 |
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| Develop and revise Many High School Technology plan | MHS |
1998 Ongoing |
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| Establish school-approved policies, including policies concerning ethical, legal, and security issues. | MHS |
1998 Ongoing |
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| Implement the integration of technology in the curricula. | District
and School Technology Coordinators |
1998 Ongoing |
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| Document student success in using technology to identify problems, collect and analyze data, and organize and convey information | School
Technology Coordinator |
1998 Ongoing |
|
| Develop and implement a plan for evaluating the effectiveness of technology use by teachers and administrators. | School
Technology Coordinator |
1998 Ongoing |
OBJECTIVE 4: EFFECTIVE USE OF TECHNOLOGY FUNDING AND RESOURCES
Many High School will encourage the efficient use of funds and resources in a manner, which ensures that all schools and students have access to technologies that improve student competencies.
A. Strategies
A.1. Encourage school/business partnerships and matching fund programs.
a) Brief local agencies, businesses, and community groups of the need for business education cooperation and public funding for technology.
1) WalMart matching funds
2) Chamber of Commerce orientations
3) Vo-Tech/High School cooperation
4) Business partnerships
b) Survey businesses to determine each one’s willingness and possible methods of contributing funds and/or other technology support
A.2. Develop a funding schedule for the technology infrastructure: maintenance support upgrading, expansion and addition of new technologies.
a) Develop an inventory of technology equipment in the business department and individual classrooms, updated yearly.
b) Identify specific technologies that will need to be purchased.
c) Follow district standards for purchasing new equipment and the upgrading of current equipment.
KEY TASKS |
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
FUNDING SOURCE |
TIME LINES |
| Develop and implement technology plan for consolidated funding to provide technology infrastructure with costs and resource requirements. | School Technology Committee |
1998-99 Ongoing |
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| Identify specific technologies that will need to be purchased. | School Technology Committee |
1998-99 Ongoing |
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| Develop standards for purchasing new equipment and the upgrading of current equipment. | School Technology Committee |
1998-99 Ongoing |
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| Update and revise inventory of technology equipment in business department and individual classrooms. | Classroom Teachers |
Ongoing |
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| Brief local agencies, businesses, and community groups of the need for business/education cooperation. | School Technology Committee |
1998-99 |
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| Survey businesses to determine willingness and possible methods of contributing support | School Technology Committee |
1998-99 Ongoing |
OBJECTIVE 5: PUBLIC AWARENESS
Many High School will foster community and parent motivation for student achievement through the use of educational technology.
Strategies
A.1. Provide parent workshops at school to increase parent awareness of technology.
A. 2. Construct school homepage to provide access to current, effective, and
informative educational resources.
A. 3. Construct and maintain school homepage with current information concerning
students, faculty, and programs.
A. 4. Establishment of Internet access available to MHS students.
A. 5. Provide local area newspapers and radio coverage of school related technology
developments
KEY TASKS |
RESPONSIBLE PARTIES |
FUNDING SOURCE |
TIME LINES |
| Provide parent technology workshops | School Technology Coordinator and Committee |
1998 and Ongoing |
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| Construct and maintain school home page | School Technology Coordinator and Committee |
1997 and Ongoing |
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| Provide and enforce acceptible use policy | Principal, School Technology Coordinator and Committee |
1997 and Ongoing |
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| Publicize technology developments and utilization | School Technology Coordinator and Committee |
1998 and Ongoing |
Evaluation
| Objective | Evaluative Documentation | |
| 1 | Professional Development | Sign-in sheets for district and school level technology training |
| Published list of the technology support team (MHS faculty) | ||
| Published school technology plan | ||
| Published bibliography of professional technology materials | ||
| 2 | Integration of Technology and Learning | Teacher lesson plans |
| Parent training sign-in sheets | ||
| 3 | Technology Leadership, Policy and Accountability | Published inventory |
| Published acceptable use policy | ||
| Published Many High School technology plan | ||
| Teacher portfolios of student successes | ||
| 4 | Effective Use of Technology Funding and Resources | Copy of letter and survey sent to local businesses |
| Published list of specific technologies to be purchased | ||
| Published inventory and updates | ||
| 5 | Public Awareness | Parent workshop sign-in sheets |
| Published school homepage | ||
| Student acceptable use policies on file | ||
| Copies of technology publicity in local media | ||
Many High School Technology
Support Team
and
Technology Committee
| Anita Barnhill Librarian |
Keith Menard Physical Education Department |
| Cindy Byles Science Department |
Sandra Heard English Department |
| Susan Carnline Business Department |
Kara Stevens Math Department |
| Darrin Dyess Physical Education Department |
Kenneth Ammons Ammons & Associates |
| Nancy Lambert Business Department |
Denise Williams Parent, Brookshire Bros. Pharmacist |
| Annette Parker Science Department |
Ronald Brandon Attorney |
| Rebecca Penfield Math Department |
Scott Gewin Parent, Medical Center Pharmacy. |
Needs Assessment
To meet our goal of integration of technology into all aspects of instruction and to realize our vision of helping all students become comfortable with and proficient in using technology , Many High School needs to expand our network by adding ten computers so that each classroom will have access to at least one computer. In order to facilitate use of the computers by an entire class, we need a "rolling computer lab" which would consist of thirty laptop computers and two rolling carts for computer storage, and more network drops in each classroom. An onsite managed intranet would greatly improve teacher use of computer resources. Expanded computer resources, in the form of an online card catalog and an updated automated circulation program, must be made available in the library/media center. In order to maximize the benefits of the resources described above more training for teachers would be essential.
Timeline
Fall, 1997---Teacher Competency Assessments Begin
Promotion of Student Acceptable Use Policies Begins
November, 1997---School Homepage Launched
January, 1998---New Computers Placed in Classrooms
March 1, 1998----New School Technology Coordinator Named
April, 1998----Technology Inventory Completed
Rough Draft of Technology Plan Submitted
Spring, 1998---School-based Teacher Training
May 1, 1998---Final Draft of Technology Plan Submitted
Publish Technology Plan on School Homepage
Fall, 1998----Compile and Publish List of Specific Technologies to be Purchased
Parent Technology Inservice
Survey of Local Businesses
Spring, 1999---Update Annual Technology Inventory
Review Technology Plan