School Technology Eval

8/3/2019 School Technology Eval

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SchoolAnonymous K-8 SchoolSeattle, Washington

Demographics

This school is a small Catholic school located in an urban area. The enrollment at thisschool is around 250 children in grades kindergarten through eighth grade. 40% of thestudents at this school qualify for free and reduced lunch. 40% of the students at theschool are female and 60% are male. Race/ethnicity at our school consists of 7%Black, 7% Hispanic, 20% White, 27% Multiracial, and 39% Asian/Pacific Islander. 10%of the students at this school are ESL.

OverviewConnectivity Filter scored the highest overall on the Maturity Model Benchmarks.Connectivity had high marks on all areas with the exception of type Behavioral under the category of District Area Networking (WAN).

Administrative Filter scored lowest overall on the Maturity Model Benchmarks.Administrative Filter scored low in all categories with the exception of the AdministrativeInformation category.

AdministrativePolicyBehavioral: EmergentResource/Infrastructure: EmergentThe school does not currently have a policy on technology use. Faculty and staff useappropriate technology inconsistently. The school has adopted PowerSchool, anelectronic database, within the last 12 months. Attendance, grades, report cards are

input in this program. The school also completes paper versions of the data that is inputinto the PowerSchool system.

PlanningBehavioral: IslandsResource/Infrastructure: IslandsFormal planning takes places but it is isolated to specific projects with some connectionto other planning efforts. Currently the school is planning and working towards using atechnology based standardized test called MAPS. MAPS testing will begin Winter 2010.

Budget

Behavioral: EmergentResource/Infrastructure: EmergentThe school does have a limited, specific technology budget. The budget includespaying for tech support. Other budgets are not considered for technology. Mosttechnology at the school was purchased with grant money.

Administrative InformationBehavioral: Integrated

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Resource/Infrastructure: IntelligentThis school does use an electronic administrative system called PowerSchool.Attendance and report cards are required to be recorded by all staff throughPowerSchool. PowerSchool is available to all administrators and staff.

Curricular Electronic InformationBehavioral: IslandsResource/Infrastructure: IslandsStudents and staff are somewhat dependent upon information resources and utilizethem often. The school’s staff members are ages 23 to 65. The staff members under theage of 30 are very dependent upon electronic information while staff members abovethe age of 30 use electronic information sparingly. Students have access to desktopcomputers and laptops while at school.

Assessment

Behavioral: EmergentResource/Infrastructure: IslandsAssessments at this school are paper and pencil tests. Winter 2010 the school willbegin using a standardized test called MAPS. It is not sure how long the school will useMAPS as the ITBS test might soon be mandated by the district.

Curriculum IntegrationBehavioral: IslandsResource/Infrastructure: IntegratedCurriculum is somewhat dependent on technology. Classrooms are equipped with aSMART board and the Elmo (document camera). The extent to which the curriculum is

dependent on technology varies from teacher to teacher. The teachers in the schoolunder the age of 30 are very dependent on using technology to teach to curriculum.Teachers above the age of 30 are not dependent on using technology to teach thecurriculum.

Teacher UseBehavioral: IntegratedResource/Infrastructure: IntegratedTeachers use technology daily for administration and curriculum. Teachers usePowerSchool for attendance and grades daily. Teachers use SMART boards, the ELMO(document camera), Internet, and their personal work laptops daily. All teachers have

access to appropriate technology in their work area.

Student UseBehavioral: EmergentResource/Infrastructure: IslandsStudents use technology sporadically, primarily for remediation and enrichment.Students use Internet, laptops, and desktop computers for research and wordprocessing.




SupportStakeholder InvolvementBehavioral: IslandResource/Infrastructure: Island

Stakeholders include teachers, administration, students, parents, and parishioners.Teachers and administration are engaged in the planning and implementation procedureof technology in the school. Parents and parishioners are aware of the planning andimplementation of technology however they are not engaged in the process. Studentsare not involved in the planning and implementation process.

Administrative SupportBehavioral: IntegratedResource/Infrastructure: IntegratedAdministration at the school consists of a principal, school accountant and secretary.The staff (administration and teachers) participate in on-going discussions about

technology in the school and the support needed. There is formal administration, timeand support allocated at the school for the planning and implementation process of integrating technology into the school. The school has a limited technology budgettherefore the faculty of the school must formally discuss ways to meet the technologygoals of the school.

TrainingBehavioral: IslandsResource/Infrastructure: EmergentMany staff members participate in technology training activities. The school has limitedformal training because of the limited technology budget.

Technical & Infrastructure SupportBehavioral: IntelligentResource/Infrastructure: IslandsAt the school there is limited formal technical assistance. Once a week the schoolallows a tech person to make sure there is no technical difficulty. Faculty can consult thetech support if necessary. When formal and informal training is available all staff utilizethe help efficiently.

Connectivity

Local Area NetworkingBehavioral: IntegratedResource/Infrastructure: IntelligentThe faculty’s use of the Local Area Network is limited to data, but is extensive andsophisticated. The networking is comprehensive and expandable for data, voice, andvideo.

District Area Networking




Behavioral: IslandsResource/Infrastructure: IntegratedThe faculty uses district services often, but in very traditional and basic manners. Thedistrict area networking infrastructure has dedicated, high-speed lines with several dataservices are available.

Internet AccessBehavioral: IntegratedResource/Infrastructure: IntelligentMost faculty and students at the school use the Internet frequently. Teachers at everygrade level integrate the Internet into their lessons. The extent to which the teacher integrates the Internet into the curriculum varies. Students have access to the Interneton any computer in the school. All locations in the school have direct Internet access.

Communication SystemsBehavioral: Intelligent

Resource/Infrastructure: IntelligentE-mail is an integral part of the school learning and support communications. All facultycommunicates via E-mail. This includes communicating to parents of students and other staff at the school. There are 5 families in the school who do not have access to theInternet. Those families receive paper communications. The weekly communicationenvelop is paper. That will be paperless by fall of 2011. E-mail is available to all staff and students at the school.

InnovationNew TechnologiesBehavioral: Islands

Resource/Infrastructure: IntegratedNew technologies are accepted by many staff members. Opportunities for experimentation on the new technologies are limited because of the lack of training thatis needed. This is a result of the limited technology budget.

ComprehensiveBehavioral: IslandsResource/Infrastructure: IslandsThe technology at the school is becoming more comprehensive such as the use of SMART boards and the Elmo (document camera). Available technology utilization islimited to one or two types of technology for most staff and students.

ConclusionThis school fell into the Islands Stage 39% of the time which was the most commonplacement for this school. In order for the school to rank higher on the TechnologyMaturity Model Benchmarks the school must implement a budget for technology. Thiswould allow faculty opportunities to gain an in depth knowledge of current and new




technology by attending or hosting trainings. This would also allow for technologyupgrades and services to the technology.


Documents

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