TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
EDUC 5321: TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Name:_ZEKERIYA YUKSEL__

Date: 12/06/2014__________
REFERENCES

This template is adapted from

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/documents/et14techplan.doc
(n.d.). Retrieved December 7, 2014, from
http://www.ncsl.org/portals/1/documents/educ/item013161.pdf
New Cyber Safety Website for Teachers, Students. (2012, October 15). Retrieved
December 7, 2014, from http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2012/october/new-cybersafety-website-for-teachers-students
(n.d.). Retrieved December 7, 2014, from
http://harmonytx.org/WebShare/DOWNLOAD_CENTER/pdf/handbooks/HPS_Stude
nt_Handbook_English.pdf

INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
The plan should guide the LEAs use of education technology for the next three
years.

List specific start and end dates (7/1/xx to 6/30/xx). Provide a brief overview
of the LEA, its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs
website.
Years Included in the Plan: 7/1/2015 to 6/30/2018
A brief overview of the LEA: Harmony Public Schools (HPS) are charter
public schools which are operated by a private board of directors. It serves
K-12 students. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Education are heavily emphasized in HPS schools. Its 100% college
acceptance rate is very impressive over the years. High Expectations,
Dedicated Staff, Working Together, Character Matters and STEM for All are
HPS core values.

HPS has recently released its 2020 Strategic Plan with 5 goals.
1- Maximizing every student learning
2- Recruit, and retain highly qualified staff members
3- Improve its operational effectiveness and efficiency
4- Increasing the financial accountability at every level
5- Building a strong public support
HPS is one of the RTT-D federal grant winner in 2013. HPS has two (2) goals
which were described in its grant application document.
1-Personalized learning goals
2-Technology-based approaches
HPS has provided its students 1-to-1 Chromebook in 6-12 grade level.
Students received a great opportunity to maximize their learning with
adaptive-learning software in math and ELA. These software increases the
personalized instruction opportunity at each campus. HPS has also worked on
developing a dashboard to provide its internal public valuable data about
metrics and key performance indicators regarding customizing education.
Harmony's vision is to lead our students from the classroom into the world as
productive and responsible citizens, and even Nobel laureates. And also HPS
mission is to prepare each student for higher education by providing a safe,
caring, and collaborative atmosphere featuring a quality, student-centered
educational program with a strong emphasis on Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics.
Its location: 43 campuses across the State of Texas. The central office is
located at 9321 W. Sam Houston Pkwy S. Houston, TX 77099.
Demographics: 48% Hispanic, 19% African American, 18% White, 14%
Asian and 1% others. Its free and reduced-price meals is 59 percent.
HPS Website: www.harmonytx.org

Describe how a variety of stakeholders from within the LEA and the
community-at-large participated in the planning process.
To receive all stakeholders opinions about the next three (3) year district
technology plan, the following activities were conducted.
1- Surveys were administered to get the opinions of internal and external
public.
2- Study groups were formed to address the needs
3- Interviews were done among a group of teachers, department heads,
assistant principals and principals
4- Other districts technology plans and articles were reviewed to
recognize the best practices
5- Community meetings held
6- The suggestion box is installed in the each campus lobby
Summarize the relevant research and describe how it supports the
plans curricular and professional development goals.

Summarize the plans major curricular and professional

development outcomes that are supported by research.
HPS has only one goal with this technology plan. It is improving and
maximizing each student academic success. This plan will provide
opportunity teachers to enhance their capacity and capability of
meeting the needs of all students in their classroom. Students will
have the opportunity to receive the appropriate level of education via
software. They will experience the joy of individualized learning.
Professional development is easier right now with online professional
development opportunities. No need to travel and be hurry to meet
certain dateline of the workshops. It helps districts to save money.
I reviewed National Conference of State Legislatures article about
How Education Technology Leads to Improved Student Achievement.
The article and research were done to support our plan.
Numerous examples are available to illustrate how technology meets
these goals. The late Dr. Jan Hawkins, former director of the Center
for Children and Technology, suggests that technology is a powerful
tool that gives teachers, students and others new ways to address
problems such as shortages of materials, time and professional
development.

Describe and cite the relevant research that supports the plans
outcomes.
Technology helps prepare students for a world where they will
compete with the best and brightest individuals from every corner of
the globe. In addition, some argue that todays students, surrounded
by digital technology since infancy, differ fundamentally from previous
generations of learners the U.S. educational system was designed to
teach. Further embedding technology in education at all levels uses
the tools students are accustomed to using outside the classroom,
further engaging students in the learning process.
Information is just one click away from students. It brings the world
into the classroom. Teachers who use technology covers the need of
different learners' needs easily. We are a citizen of a country, but we
are talking about digital citizenship. People are becoming global
citizens with the improved technology. Schools and administrators
should consider the needs and find ways to model and implement
technology to immediately catch up the current trends.
The purpose of using technology should be to meet already
established educational goals, and must be accompanied by a teacher
who is properly trained to integrate it into teaching and instruction, as
well as strong school leadership that ensures effective deployment and
implementation. Adequate technical support and the appropriate
school infrastructure, including adequate access to computers and
bandwidth, are also important conditions that will help ensure
technology has a positive effect on student learning and achievement.
The study addresses the importance of implementing the technology,
technical support, infrastructural needs for a successful technology
implementation and the effect of the plan. As we mentioned above,
the purpose of technology implementation and preparing the
technology plan for addressing the needs is increasing the students
success.

Describe the connection between the research and the plans

goals.
The research emphasizes the importance of the technology
implementation and targeted the key legislators to get their attention
to this important matter. They are the rule makers and their
involvement is important because of the State allotment for education
and technology portion of the allocation. Our technology plans goal
and the article emphasize the same thing which is increasing students
learning by engaging them, giving opportunity to teacher to enhance
their knowledge and curriculum in their classroom, providing a quality
professional development.
Education technology is increasingly important in light of the changed
learning needs and styles of todays students.
Technology can assist with aspects of professional development that
ultimately can lead to better teaching.

Describe information gathered from site visits, including best

practices.
The below is the summary of some best practices of others that we
consider when we develop our technology plan to address the needs.
1-Maine has been a pioneer in providing laptops for all seventh and
eighth grade students and teachers in the state.
2- The U.S. Department of Education, in a review of literature on
middle school math interventions, included Cognitive Tutor, as well as
another software program called I CAN LEARN, to be among the only
interventions that the department reviewed with rigorous evidence of
improving student achievement.
3- The Enhancing Missouris Instructional Networked Teaching
Strategies (eMINTS) program has been found to improve student
achievement by improving the outcomes of students on test scores.
4- Student achievement has increased in schools and districts that
have ensured seamless integration of information systems using the
Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF).
5-According to Education Week, only five statesArkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana, Ohio and Tennesseehave advanced data systems for both
students and teachers and the ability to link information from these
two systems.

All those best practices emphasize the same theme which technology
usage increases the learning of students. Students can be tutored by a
software.
CURRICULUM COMPONENT CRITERIA.
The Plan must establish clear goals and realistic strategy for using
telecommunications and information technology to improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)
Describe teachers' current access to instructional technology and
current use of digital tools.
1-What technology is currently available to all teachers?
The followings are the current inventory of teachers access to technology at
our schools.
1-to-1 computer in every school computer lab
Networked printers
Wireless network throughout each campus including cluster and central
offices
Servers
Internet/Network connectivity in every classroom
Google Docs and storage space for teachers and students
All teachers and principals have a laptop computer
Video conference capability
Projectors and digital cameras
Student Information system
Every campus has computer labs
Document cameras
Speakers
Microphones
Video cameras
Surveillance cameras
Dashboard
Software in Math, ELA, and Science
Robotics
Clickers
Scanners
IPads
Adobe Digital School Collection
Adobe Creative Suite
Vernier Probe Software
IP Telephone/Voice Mail

2-How is technology currently being used by teachers and

administrators to promote effective classroom instruction and school
management?
Technology usage is routine practice at HPS campuses and every classroom.
Five (5) additional hours provided to students in ELA and Math to work on
their personalized tasks in their Chromebooks.
The below software are available to students and teachers to personalize and
maximize students learning which leads to academic growth and success.
Subject

Software
Reading Eggs
Study Island (K-12)
ELA
Istation (K-5)
Accelerated Reader (K-8)
Reasoning Minds Grades 2-4
Math
Aleks Grades 5-12
Measuring Up (5th & 8th)
Science
Study Island
Students in the computer labs have the opportunity to learn and practice
their knowledge. Every student has one computer during computer class to
develop well-grounded technology proficiency skills including taking
online/virtual courses, using tools for document creation and publication,
making online research, enhancing their communication and collaboration,
and taking care of their blended learning portions of their courses.
Describe students' current access to instructional technology and
current use of digital tools. Include a description about the LEA
policy, practices, and/or replacement policy that ensures equitable
technology access for all students.
1-Do all student groups have equal and appropriate access to the
available technology?
HPS is a non-discrimination agency. We received local and federal public
funds. Therefore, all have the same opportunity to use the resources, to
apply for a position, to receive benefits and to access the facilities.
The HPS non-discrimination statement is It is the policy of HPS not to
discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, or disability
in its programs, services, or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972; and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. For

inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies, please contact Section

504/ADA.
A report from the U.S. Department of Commerce found that minority and
low-income students are much more likely to rely on their schools to provide
access to computers and the Internet, and noted the substantial equalizing
effect of schools on both computer and Internet use as compared to use at
home.
Based on the above fact, HPS campuses have at least one computer lab
equipped with internet for its students. Those students who are in need and
depend on school to complete their assignments and researches have access
to computer lab and resources in after school and even Saturdays.

2- What steps is the LEA taking to ensure equity of access for all
students regardless of their academic standing, socioeconomic level,
proficiency in English, or disabilities?
We conduct professional developments about discrimination to all employees
every year so that all of our actions are taken by our employees reflect the
non-discrimination policy. We have an internal audit department to review
our practices. Any employee and parents may apply to EEOC and OCR if they
feel they are discriminated. Each campus including central office has an
assigned person who deals with discrimination cases.
According to our admission policy, HPS cant select its students. It is first
come, first serve basis. We conduct public lottery every year in March to
select the winners.
We have campus ESL and Special Education coordinators to coordinate and
accommodate the needs. Cluster coordinators audit the campus coordinators.
Central Office directors monitor all activities and develop policies and
procedures to ensure all students receive the same quality of instruction,
access all the resources and use the technology without facing any
discrimination.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities,

for using technology to improve teaching and learning. Describe how
these goals align to the LEA's curricular goals that are supported by
other plans. Describe how the LEA's budget (LCAP) supports these
goals, and whether future funding proposals or partnerships may be
needed for successful implementation.
1-Are targets for improvement in student achievement being met?
Last year, we provided 1-to-1 Chromebook to all students in 6-12 grade
without any exclusion. We asked our teachers to have five (5) periods lab
hours in Math and ELA. Odyssey and Aleks are the software that we used to
customize the instruction. We administered NWEA tests three times last year
to measure and monitor the students growth. Based on the test results,
each student content was customized.
The Texas Education Agency released the 2014 state accountability system
ratings for more than 1,200 school districts and charters, and more than
8,500 campuses. 38 out of 40 Harmony campuses (95%) achieved the rating
of Met Standard compared to 85% that of all Texas schools.
80% (32 out of 40) of HPS campuses have earned at least one distinction
designation compared to 52% of all Texas campuses. 30% (12 out of 40) of
HPS campuses earned distinctions in all available areas compared to 4.7% in
Texas.
The outcome is the proof of the successful technology implementation
throughout the organization.
2- What are the LEAs curriculum goals and plans for assisting
students to meet content standards and demonstrate college and
career readiness?
The following table summarizes our 2015 college readiness goals.

Focus Area

Performance Indicator
Combined
Math
Avg. SAT score
Reading
Writing
SAT Participation (12th Grade)
Combined
Math
Avg. PSAT score

College Readiness

Reading
Writing
% of students scoring 3 and above in AP
tests
% of AP participation (12th grade students
who took at least one AP)
% of Dual Credit participation (12th grade
students who completed at least one Dual
Graduation Rate
% of 12th graders enrolling in 2 or 4 year
post-secondary school

Annual Target
2% increase in mean
score
1% increase in mean
score
2.5% increase in
mean score
2.5% increase in
mean score

2015

min 80%

80

1502
525
489
488

2% increase in mean
134
score
2% increase in mean
46
score
2% increase in mean
45
score
2% increase in mean
44
score
20% increase first
55
year
Min 40%
Min 45%
100%

Min 90%

Cluster
Coaches,
Counselor
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Counselor
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Counselor
Coaches,
Counselor
Coaches

Campus
Principal, Counselor, AP
Assessment, SAT Teacher
Principal, Counselor, AP
Assessment, SAT Teacher
Principal, Counselor, AP
Assessment, SAT Teacher
Principal, Counselor, AP
Assessment, SAT Teacher
Principal, Counselor, AP
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Assessment

Cluster
Counselor
Cluster
45
Counselor
Cluster
100
Counselor
Cluster
Counselor, Principal, Counselor, College Eng
90
College
Officer
Engagemen
40

Central Office
Curriculum
Directors (6-11)
Curriculum
Directors (6-11)
Curriculum
Directors (6-11)
Curriculum
Directors (6-11)
Curriculum
Directors (6-11)
Curriculum
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Counselor

We have high expectations from our students and teachers. To accomplish

those goals, technology and its implementation play an important role. Our
100% college acceptance rate is phenomenal.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, to

address Internet Safety and the appropriate and ethical use of
technology in the classroom.
1-What LEA board policies will be or have been developed to
implement Internet safety instruction?
The safety of our children is our first priority. To establish a safe
environment, we invest in this area over the years. Our board adopted
policies and our top administration develop procedures to ensure that
students safely surf on the internet.
With school back in session, one topic thats on many class curriculums
around the nation is cyber safety. After all, its a hyper-connected world
with texting, social networking, email, online gaming, chat, music
downloading, web surfing, and other forms of wired and wireless
communication now a regular part of childrens lives.

The FBI has a new program that can help. Today, as part of its longstanding
crime prevention and public outreach efforts, the FBI is announcing a free
web-based initiative designed to help teachers educate students about cyber
safety.
FBI agents were called about conducting cyber security presentation to
students.
The schools Internet access is filtered with one of the highest-rated Internet
filtering systems to protect students and staff.
The board adopted Student Acceptable Use Policy to address all the possible
issues. Students who fail to follow policy and procedures will be disciplined
according to the HPS Student Code of Conduct. In some special cases, law
enforcement agencies may be contacted.
2- How are students using online communication technologies,
including but not limited to social networking and instant
messaging?
Students cant access online communication technologies during their
educational times. Students are expected to follow the Student Acceptable
Use Policy at all times. To get the awareness of the policy, students and
parents are asked to read the policy and sign the acknowledgement
document.
I have read and agree to abide by the Harmony Public Schools Student
Acceptable Use Policy. I further understand that any violation of this policy
may constitute a criminal offense. Should I commit any violation, my
Internet and computer access privileges may be revoked, and school
disciplinary action and/or appropriate legal action may be taken.
Students have access to online communication technologies in a structured
environment.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT

The Plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff
understands how to use these new technologies to improve education services
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Summary of the teachers' and administrators' current technology

proficiency and integration skills and needs for professional
development.
1-Are administrators able to support teachers with the integration of
technology into daily curriculum?
We expect our principals to become the instructional and technology leaders.
They model the new implementation before we ask our teachers to
implement and use the new technology or instructional programs. We
provide ongoing professional development to our teachers for ensuring that
the new implementation is successful. Administrators consider the need of
technology workshop and reserve allocations for those workshops while
working on their school budget.
2-How does your LEA regularly assess teachers ability to utilize
technology in a standards-based curriculum?
There are district level instructional coaches and a data analyst to supervise
the technology integration at each campus. Their responsibility includes
determining the instructional technology needs of each classroom as well.
They constantly monitor teachers via each software dashboard and prepare
report to share with administrators for enforcement purposes. Those reports
provide a great opportunity to discover the failure and develop new
strategies to solve the problem that we face.
The below is one of the generic report that we develop and share.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities,

for providing professional development opportunities based on your
LEA needs assessment data and the Curriculum Component of the
plan.
1-What professional learning will be available so teachers and
administrators can make informed decisions using data to meet
individual student academic needs?
NWEA tests are administrated three (3) times in a year to determine and
monitor each student academic growth. There are district level instructional
coaches and a data analyst to supervise student learning and make datadriven instructional decisions for our students.
NWEA data report shared with all stakeholders to make appropriate
decisions.
And also program/software usage report is another tool to monitor students
progress. Based on this report, we accommodate each student workload.
Below is one example to determine the software usage. It enables a quality
data for teachers and administrators to make a data driven decisions to
improve the usage of the software and students learning.

2-How will teachers and administrators be trained and provided ongoing support in the effective integration of technology into the
curriculum?
Cluster instructional coaches visit teacher classroom to provide support. Each
teacher has a mentor to receive ongoing support. Central office and cluster
office personnel provide ongoing professional development throughout the
year. Webinars and surveys are other tools to enhance the familiarity of our
faculty members with technology. Reports are prepared by coaches and data
analyst to discuss and discover the opportunities.

INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SOFTWARE, AND

ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPONENT CRITERIA
The Plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services,
hardware, software, asset management, and other services that will be needed to
improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe the existing hardware, Internet access, electronic learning

resources, technical support, and asset management already in the
LEA that will be used to support the Curriculum and Professional
Development Components of the plan.
1-What technologies are available to facilitate home/school
communication such as email, web pages, and voice mail?
HPS schools utilize the following technology resources to coordinate the
communication between school and parent.
1-Constant Contact
2-School Reach
3-Homegrown student information system
4-Gmail
5-Websites
6-Social Media including Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and YouTube
7-E-newsletter weekly/ monthly
8-Voice mail
9-Surveys
10-Parent Mobile
2-Who provides technical support and what is the response?
The HPS Central office has an IT department and cluster offices have a
cluster IT coordinator who coordinates the campus computer teachers. This is
the structure of our technical support group. The Student Information Team
is composed of three (3) people to support the concerns about the student
information system. Our people receive adequate support from these groups.
Academic department has an instructional technology director to coordinate
all the concerns about the instructional technology applications.

Describe the technology hardware, electronic learning resources,

networking and telecommunications infrastructure, physical plant
modifications, technical support, and asset management needed by
the LEA's teachers, students, and administrators to support the
activities in the Curriculum and Professional Development
components of the plan.
1-How will parents and community members be able to access school
information from home computers?
Parents provided access information to our student information system. Each
school website has a database section.

They can use their credentials to log in. They may review their childrens
contact, test, grades, graduation plan, homework, schedule, discipline,
library and lunch/breakfast information.

They may download the parent mobile application to access the same
information and may receive alert notification about their childrens current
status.

2-Is there sufficient electrical capacity and outlets to support the

hardware and infrastructure planned for each site? Has the electrical
and heating, ventilating and air conditioning system been evaluated
and any necessary upgrades planned?
All computer labs have adequate outlets to support all computers. Because of
the heat is produced by computers and students, the computer labs AC
system was designed differently to address the possible problem. All
computers have a surge protector. Server rooms have separate AC units. All
of our building is in full compliance with each city requirement. The system
was evaluated and there is no findings in terms of electrical capacity and
HVAC. If there is any finding in the future, it will be addressed immediately.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION COMPONENT

The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor
progress toward the specific goals and make mid-course corrections in response
to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe the process for evaluating the plan's overall progress and
impact on teaching and learning.
1-What indicators of success will be used to evaluate whether
implementation of the plan has made a positive impact on student
achievement?
Technology implementation and all those infrastructural investment have one
goal which is increasing students' learning.
Quality electronic learning resourcesin addition to being learner
appropriate, aligned to state and local standards, and built around effective
pedagogy and instructional designcan provide many educational benefits,
including:

Engaging students through multi-media, interactive content;

Strengthening understanding and thinking skills through exploration,
collaboration and creation;
Adapting to support differentiated or personalized learning for students
who have a specific learning style, pace or needs;
Keeping knowledge current and the information accurate;
Enhancing accessibility for physical or learning disabled students
through assistive technologies and presentation of content in
alternative modalities; and
Integrating testing and classroom management tools, thus allowing
realtime tracking of student performance to inform instruction and
provide accountability

As a result, students STAAR test scores and other accomplishments will be

used to evaluate the effectiveness of the technology plan. The following goal
table will be used as a rubric as well.

Focus
Area

Performance Indicator

% of students who met

STAAR standard

% of all students who

met advanced
performance in STAAR

Stude
nt
perfor % of students
manc meeting or
e
exceeding
individual growth
target in NWEA
MAP

Mat
h

Annual Target

Grades

25% of students
who did not meet 3 thru
last year will meet
11
this year

1% of students who
did not meet
3 thru
advanced standard
11
last year will meet
this year

Subject

All, Math, ELA,

Science, SS,
Writing

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Data
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ons

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10

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Winter 2015

2015

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Math

% of students at or
5% of students who
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based on NWEA ding 2014 will meet in
10
MAP
Winter 2015

Campus

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Science, SS,
Writing

K thru
10

5% of students who
Mat did not meet in Fall K thru
h
2014 will meet in
10
Winter 2015

Cluster

Cluster
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t of Schools,
Data
l, AP
Curriculum
Analyst, Assess
Directors (3-5),
Coaches ment,
(6-11), Special
, Special Teacher
Populations
Populati
ons

meeting 50% min

standard

meeting 50% min

standard

Central Office

Math

Reading

Lang. Usage

Principa
Curriculum
Data
l, AP
Directors (K-2), Analyst,
Assess
(3-5), (6-11) Coaches
ment,
Principa
Curriculum
Data
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Directors (K-2), Analyst,
Assess
(3-5), (6-11) Coaches
ment,
Principa
Curriculum
Data
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Directors (K-2), Analyst,
Assess
(3-5), (6-11) Coaches
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Principa
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Data
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Directors (K-2), Analyst, Assess
(3-5), (6-11) Coaches ment,
Teacher
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Curriculum
Data
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Directors (K-2), Analyst, Assess
(3-5), (6-11) Coaches ment,
Teacher
Principa
Curriculum
Data
l, AP
Directors (K-2), Analyst, Assess
(3-5), (6-11) Coaches ment,
Teacher

50%

50%

50%

60

57

56

2-How will the LEA know whether implementation of this plan has
made a positive impact on teaching and learning?
Each student academic background is different. The content that teachers
deliver should be individualized. It is not easy to do. Schools are struggling
because of State budget cuts in the past. Therefore, they increase the
enrollment capacity of the schools to find a solution. This leads to more
students in the classroom. Every school cant afford teacher aides as well.
This is a great challenge to solve. When we consider the ESL and special
education populations as well as all subcategory groups, the challenge that
we face is getting bigger. The perfect solution is technology implementation.
The TEA accountability rating will be used to determine whether the plan
implementation is successful or not.
NWEA MAP growth data for each student will be an alternative measurement
tool to make a data oriented decision about the plan success.
The goals that are discussed above are the indicators and our expectations
from technology implementation.

Describe the schedule for evaluating the effect of plan

implementation, including a description of the process and frequency
of communicating evaluation results to tech plan stakeholders.
1-How often will data be collected and summarized? Who is
responsible?
Data analysts are responsible for reviewing and preparing reports for all
stakeholders. NWEA tests are administered three (3) times. The growth data
will be collected three (3) times. We have two (2) mock tests as well. Mock
tests results also another measurement instrument of the plan success.
TEA release only one time rating in a year.
All these data will be carefully reviewed by the team to determine whether
the plan successful or not.

2-How will teachers, parents, and other stakeholders provide

suggestions and opinions in the evaluation process?
Texas Academic Performance Report will be shared with internal and external
stakeholders. The report will be reviewed during addressing the needs of the
school. Need committee will consists of parents, teachers and administrators.
Town hall meeting will be held to receive community feedback about the
technology plan, academic performance of the school and overall school
functions. A satisfaction and school climate survey will be administered to
receive feedback. Teachers have opportunity to share their
feedback/concern/suggestion via online suggestion/feedback form. A
suggestion box will be installed to collect parents feedback.