TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EDUCATION
Name: Ali Guven

Date: 12/6/2015

This template is adapted from

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/documents/et14techplan.doc

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

List specific start and end dates (7/1/15 to 6/30/15). Provide a brief overview of
the LEA, its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs website.
Harmony Science Academy West Houston is inclusive four year college preparatory
School. Our school is not only focused on Math, Science, and Engineering courses but
offers variety of Technology classes too. It is one of 43 schools in Harmony Public
School district in Texas. The school servers between K-12th grades, 935 students from all
around Houston with 78 staff members including administrators, aids, secretaries and etc.
Students demography is as its shown below.

Describe how a variety of stakeholders from within the LEA and the communityat-large participated in the planning process.
Stakeholders have been defined as anyone who related with the school. For this particular
task, school principal, assistant principal of academic and operation, school IT personal,
computer teachers, core subject teachers, district office budget and accountant, parent and
students representatives and local business owners have been involved whole processes.
Campus technology people and administrators have been taking the key role in creating
this plan, as they are the ones who involved, developed and will implement and evaluate
the program over the time.

Summarize the relevant research and describe how it supports the plan's
curricular and professional development goals.
Summarize the plans major curricular and professional development outcomes
that are supported by research.
Describe and cite the relevant research that supports the plans outcomes.
Describe the connection between the research and the plans goals.
Describe information gathered from site visits, including best practices.
Every professional institute needs to have system in placed that measures its ongoing
performance and develops plans for the future. Schools have the one of the dynamic
systems among all organizations and needs to meet with the local governments, parents,
students and communitys expectations. Every school must have a plan designed to
improve current technology level, students and teacher competencies in order to achieve
this goal.
The main target of the technology growth is improved learning and teaching. Increasing
the level of the technology usage and the quality of the work done in the campus.
Adapting technology into curriculum is another key component of the plan that enables
every individual to receive appropriate reflective of technology application.
Technology plan is not a simple plan that keeping the current inventory and focuses on
purchasing new technology to campus. It is more emphasizes establishing carrier goals,
includes professional development strategies.
By starting with an organization's mission and priorities, a technology plan
helps to clarify where opportunities exist to improve infrastructure or deliver
services in a new way(Technology Planning, 2008)
Technology Planning. (2008, November 1). Retrieved December 6, 2014, from
https://www.nh.gov/nhsl/electronic/documents/tech_planning.pdf

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 kind of technology is now available to all teachers and students?
Harmony Science Academy West Houston is assigning a laptop to each teacher who has a
class. Even some of the teacher aids are being assigned a laptop. Every classroom has
ducking station, projector which is already installed. For the 6th-12th grade students,
school has Chromebooks for them to take even at home and finish their homework.
2- How are hardware and software currently being used in classrooms at each grade
level and in each content area?
Starting from last year, school started to implement extended learning hours in Math and
ELA by increasing those classes hours into master schedule by using online learning
tools called ALEX. Middle school students between 6th grades through 12th grades have
been assigned a user name and password for that online software and a Chromebook to
achieve this goal. School has been adapted Accelerated Reading system in the curriculum
to engage students in reading. Every individual student required to read book and take the
test. So school assigned a desktop to each K-5th class a desktop.
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- Is there a specific technology available to all students?
So far every appropriate level of technology is available for all students.
2- Do all students have an equal and appropriate access to the available technology?
It looks like in our school every student does have an equal opportunity to use
technology. But still central office academic departments are in a consideration while
they are accommodating the technology employment accordingly to each grade levels.
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- What are the LEAs curriculum aims and plans for assisting students to meet
content standards and demonstrate college and career readiness?
Harmony Science Academy West Houston is a college preparatory school and its goal to
get all gradated students ready for life. Thus, the curriculum and competencies have been
aligned with Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) which is already set by Texas
Education Agency and every student needs to meet.
2- Are targets for improvement in student achievement being reached?
So far, I can say that the targets have been improved students success. State test results
are proving that statement. School has been improving its goals gradually.
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 are the LEAs curriculum goals and plans for assisting students to meet
technology literacy and information literacy skills?
The aim for the supporting students to meet the literacy are extending the learning
beyond school walls, interactive multimedia classes and described how a student can get
access to online textbook.
2- How are technology and literacy skills implemented in content area lessons?
Online learning tool (ALEX) has been embedded in Math and English courses. To spend
more time in those courses, the numbers of the hours were increased. Accelerated
Reading is also implemented in Reading classes. To reach this goal, school assigned a
specific teacher as reading specialist and authorized her to follow up how the students
progresses. This teacher regularly keeps track of classes and students level by using
certain software.

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- How does your LEA regularly assess teachers and administrators personal
technology proficiency skills?
According to Harmony Public Schools academic policy, a teacher needs to be
observed officially twice in a year and several times to be observed unofficially.
During those visits, one of the competency that teacher needs to demonstrate a
proficiency is technology. However there is not really a system in place to measure
administrators technology usage.
2- What do teachers and administrators consider as their needs for professional
development?
For the teachers throughout the year there are lots of professional developments. So they
are being trained in technology as well. The good thing is Harmony Public School has an
ongoing training policy. There is always a webinar to train teachers. Whenever an
employee needs training, they can request a workshop and mostly they get approved.
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 development will be provided to ensure teachers and
administrators will be able to effectively accomplish the curricular goals for
students described in section 2?
The professional development teaches teachers how to transform teaching and learning
by using technology more than how to use technology.
2- What professional learning will be available so teachers and administrators can
effectively use technology to assist with student assessment?
All Harmony Science Academy West Houston administrators will need to be attending in
trainings to focus on how to implement technology in school as part of technology plan.
School administrators also need to be attending trainings to learn how to be a role model
in the school.
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?
School has its own website where we post all information, news, calendar and upcoming
events. School also uses School Reach very frequently to notify parents. We every week
send out Wednesday mails as a soft copy. In this way parents are being able to learn their
childs progress any time whenever/wherever they want.
2- What technology access do parents have at home? What technologies do parents
prefer for home/school communication?
The most common technology that parents have at home is computer, smartphones and
internet. They usually use email and sometimes give phone call to communicate with the
school.
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- What technology is needed to implement the Curriculum and Professional
Development components for students and staff?
Harmony Science Academy West Houston offers continuing professional development
for the core subject and fine arts teachers in the area of technology usage for teaching and
learning.
2- What electronic learning resources are needed to implement the Curriculum and
Professional Development components for students and staff?
District/School technology specialist hiring will give an great effect on staff and
administrators about use of technology. Technology specialist can inspire school
community by training them and assist teachers to use technology more effectively.
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- How will the LEA know whether implementation of this plan has made a positive
impact on teaching and learning?
The board of trustees will receive annual report to make the ultimate decision on the
efficiency of implementing the program.
2- Who will participate in the monitoring and evaluation process?
Technology committee will evaluate the plans even though district IT director can take
key role on this plan. Technology committee has the following people; principal, assistant
principal of academic and operation and budget manager.
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 the responsible
person?
Harmony Science Academy West Houston will conduct annual comprehensive survey to
teachers, administrators, students, and parent to see how they feel about this
implementation. District data analyst will also evaluate the benchmark, MAP testing and
state test results to come up with efficiency of the program. And this whole process will
take 3 years to complete.
2- How will teachers, parents, and other stakeholders provide suggestions and
opinions in the evaluation process?
All these people will take the annual surveys to put their feedback in. There will be
annual focus group meetings about specific instructional technology subject with teachers
and community members.