Maturity Benchmarks Survey Sheet

School Pseudonym: PCA Your Name or Group Name: Jennifer Heckel Clearly mark the box that best represents the level of maturity achieved at your school site. Please refer to the Model Benchmark Rubric for detailed descriptions of the categories. behavioral Policy resource/infrastructure Emergent Islands Integrated Intelligent Evaluator Comments some technology allowed in school; not every type such as cell x phones allowed. there is a written policy, but is only accessible to administrators x presently Montly reviews at faculty meetings and weekly reviews at administrative meetings discuss the direction of technology-use in our x school Not all administrators are on board with the direction we are going. Most are open to ideas and trying new things, so new technology use is included in all x meetings. Multiple budgets allowed; no set direction as to where to get the technology x noted. Most technology is sought after using grants. The school has a technology budget, and teachers can use their classroom budgets to acquire x technology. Report cards, attendance, and grade books all kept online x using Powerschool.

behavioral

Planning

ADMINISTRATIVE

resource/infrastructure

behavioral

Budget resource/infrastructure

Administrative Information

behavioral

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behavioral Electronic Information x resource/infrastructure x

behavioral Assessment

x resource/infrastructure CURRICULAR behavioral x x

Curriculular Integration resource/infrastructure

x behavioral x Teacher Use resource/infrastructure

Available to all administrators. Student use is limited, but staff is dependant on electronic information for communication and research purposes. Lack of depth of resources for the amount of students present in school Some high school teachers are using technology for assessment purposes, but hardly any elementary teachers currently use technology for assessment beside online grade books/attendance. Powerschool for all teachers and administrators. Hardly any regular technology use in lessons besides a few high school teachers. High school science and math teachers have SMART boards, as well as 6th grade teachers. Otherwise, the rest of the school shares 3-4 other SMART boards placed around the school. Most teachers seem uninterested in using the technology given. High school teachers have more access to technology, and most elementary teacher have access to some technology they could use.

behavioral Student Use x

resource/infrastructure x

behavioral x

Stakeholder Involvemnt

resource/infrastructure x

behavioral x Administrative Support SUPPORT resource/infrastructure x behavioral x Training resource/infrastructure x

Technical/Infrastructure Support

behavioral x

Technology use and resources are watched carefully, and some devices are not approved to be in school currently such as cell phones, facebook, and twitter. One computer lab for elementary and one for high school, multiple computers for student use in library. Many teachers and support staff attend meetings, but only few seem to regularly participate in these planning sessions. Most teachers, support staff, and administrators attend meetings. Office workers are generally not present. Noticed on-going discussion with administration and teachers regarding technology. Weekly administrative meetings, faculty meetings, and other special meetings have some discussion regarding technology. Many teachers and support staff attend training sessions. Training sessions led by in-house experts or people from the school trained in that technology. There is an IT department that most staff use. IT department tends to be short staffed and hard to access.

resource/infrastructure x behavioral Local Area Networking (LAN) resource/infrastructure x District Area Networking (WAN) behavioral resource/infrastructure x x x

behavioral CONNECTIVITY Internet Access

x resource/infrastructure x

behavioral Communication Systems

resource/infrastructure x

INNOVATION

New Technologies

behavioral x

All technical support comes from inside the building through the IT department. Little outside help was noted. Staff use is mostly data-related, but is throughout the whole building. HIgh-speed internet available to all staff currently through ethernet connection. None noted None noted Staff uses internet extensively, while student use is very limited and filtered currently. Mostly high school students in elective use the internet at school. Elementary students are trained in how to use the internet in their weekly computer class. Access in all locations with ethernet cords. E-mail is widely used throughout the building. E-mail is the main source of communication between staff currently. E-mail is available to all staff. Student do not currently have access to e-mail at school. New technologies tend to be accepted by most staff, but few actually try and regularly impliment the technology.

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behavioral Comprehensive Technologies

resource/infrastructure x

New technologies are regulary obtained through grants. There is moderate implimentation by staff. There is evidence of newer-technology being used, but the number of devices is limited compared to the amount of students. Limited number of devices in the school. Most deviced are signed out and shared on a regular basis.