Charter School K-12 Kayla Monschke

1. How did the plan meet the existing needs in technology, funding, and management issues?

"A good technology budget a

tied directly to district and school goals." (Johnson, 2011)ligns to goals. Budgets ought to be a subset of a larger technology plan that’s

2. How did the goals provide the measurable outcomes for future improvement?

"An advisory committee is a great help for the technology budget maker. A good advisory committee will also insist on some kind of assessment that helps answer the question, Did expending funds in this way have the anticipated result?" (Johnson, 2011)

"A sustainable technology practice means not purchasing more technology than a school can regularly maintain, upgrade, and replace. For example, let’s say that Johnson Middle School has 500 students and 20 classrooms. We want a computer in each of our classrooms (20) and a 4:1 student to computer ratio
throughout the school (125). That’s 145 computers in all. Computers much more than five years old become unreliable. If we’re going to replace our computers every five years, we need to purchase 20 percent
of them new each year. Therefore, our annual computer budget needs to be .20 replacement rate x 145 computers x $1,000—or $29,000—this year and every year from now on. If you don’t maintain the technology, you get unreliable computers that teachers won’t use." (Johnson, 2011)

"Do not keep computers going that are at end of life. Once a computer is more than five years old, we don’t fix it. Put the old machines that will be recycled when they break into non-missioncritical places." (Johnson, 2011)

"Technology training has three simple but important components. Every device, application, and system needs to come with instructions on why it’s useful, how to use it, how to use it to support teaching and learning." (Johnson, 2011)

3. How did the strategies defined to meet the proposed objectives?

"Successfully integrating technology into all facets of the school, especially classrooms, begins with a well-crafted technology plan that is aligned with the district and/or school strategic plans. Technology plans provide the vision for integrating technology into classrooms to enhance student learning." (Vojtek, 1998)

"Technology plans provide a systemic framework to coordinate efforts and assist districts in achieving their vision or something far beyond today's imagination through 'stretch' goals." (Vojtek, 1998)

"No matter the underlying reason for writing a technology plan, the most important part of the technology plan is the process of creating the plan and involving key stakeholders throughout the initiation, implementation, and institutionalization phases of the plan." (Vojtek, 1998)

"All key stakeholder groups should be involved in developing a district and/or school technology plan. Consider including representatives from these groups: administrators, coordinators (especially building and district technology coordinators), staff developers, teachers, classified support staff, parents, members of school councils, business/school partners, and students." (Vojtek, 1998)

References:

Stretching Your Technology Technology Dollar.Full Text Available By: Johnson, Doug. Educational Leadership, December 2011, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p30-33

Start with a good plan to achieve your vision.Full Text Available By: Vojtek, Robert; Vojtek, Roseanne O'Brien. Journal of Staff Development, Spring 1998, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p59-61