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: Erdem Denizli

Date: 11/22/2015

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/xx to 6/30/xx). Give a general overview
of the LEA, its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs
website.
Start date: 8/19/2015 to 7/10/2018
LEA Title: Harmony Science Academy
LEA Region: 4
City, State, Zip: Houston, TX, 77099
Phone: (713) 492-0214
County District Number: 101861
Number of students: 562
Percent of Economically Disadvantaged Students: %73
Website of the LEA: http://hshigh.org/
Define how a variety of stakeholders within the LEA and the community-atlarge participated in the planning process.
List of stakeholders within LEA:
The Principal: Mahir Subas
Assistant Principal: Kelly Burnham
IT Manager: Zhanibek Makheen
Computer Teacher: Melanie Kern
Community stakeholders:
Parents: Henry Orazu, Jasmine Murphy, Hanna Abuzaid
Teachers: Syed Hasan, Kimberly Cropper, Mary Walker

Department heads: Gercek Boz, Elizabeth Parchman, Randolph Nichols, Selena

Ruiz
Instructional Coaches: Sedat Ademoglu, Megan Spears, Robert Thornton
The entire stakeholders that are mentioned have an assembly regularly once in
every month. This team reports their calls to the school administration after the
meeting.

Summarize the relevant research and define 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.
Define and cite the relevant research that supports the plans outcomes.
Define the connection between the research and the plans goals.
Define information gathered from site visits, including best practices.
The main fact is that students achievement will increase.
Handbook for Technology Planning in Texas Public Schools, winter 1991 retrieved
from http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED368328.pdf
Harmony Science Academy Technology Plan has been formed and developed to
answer all the needs of the Texas E-Plan and also to assist the district by a strategic
plan for technology. The plan has four prominent outcomes. These outcomes are
expressed below:
Practicable:
This plan has been formed and developed to get utilized by not just technology
experts, but also by the staff whose technology standard and level may differ. Plan
has been worked on in a drill down format which allows the users to find the
prominent data and drill down the specified data, when necessary.
This plan aims to answer school necessities:
IT department knows their role to develop the effectiveness of technological
devices and also student results. IT department provides continuous reinforcement
to stakeholders with webinars and other staff trainings.
The plan is revised regularly:
Since there have been so many technological changes and it still does,
stakeholders can examine into and revise the plan from time to time. The districts
strategic plan also contains needs for regular, which can be annual updates.
The plan is realistic:
Every suggestion offered in this plan has been examined by Harmony staff to
approve that the institution is financially realistic and plans support the students
development.
Stakeholders will investigate to compare and evaluate various technological
installations in our and also other school districts.
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)

Define teachers' current access to instructional technology and current use

of digital tools.
1) What kind of technology is available for teachers recently?
In the school, the staff have access to laptop, printer, chromebook, projector,
classroom phones, mimio pad, smart board, document cameras, clickers,
calculators and internet.
2) How are hardware and software currently being utilized in classrooms at
each grade level and in each content area?
All the students in the campus are able to utilize and get benefit of our
computer labs. Our school has a total of 2 computer labs which contain 52
desktops computers in total. In addition to this, all our classrooms have a
chromebook cart which has chromebooks as the number of students in that
class which students can get benefit of. Projectors in the classes and other
technology materials have been organized with respect to their requests.
Students and staff have been using some of the applications and software that
are mentioned below:
Database: Database is used to take and track the attendance, grading, student
personal records, discipline system, etc.
Eduphoria: Lesson planning, curriculum, test scores are major aims of
Eduphoria.
AR: Students take the test of a book they read and ELA department is able to
track the students progress.
Study Island: Science and ELA teacher use Study Island to provide
additional online exercises.
ALEKS: ALEKS is used by math department in the classroom to provide
practice about the topics which students have studied already or the ones who
want show individual effort.
Rosetta Stone: LOTE Department use to help students develop their language
skills.
Pearson Realize: Online resources, textbook, homework and practice
software of our mathematics textbook company.

Define 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 the students have equal and appropriate access to the technology provided
in the school?
Every student in our school has equal access to computer lab within the class hours.
Students are able to get benefit of the chromebooks in the classroom if the teacher desires
or if it is necessary for the lesson. All the students have equal access to technology
materials at Harmony Science Academy.
2. What are the typical frequency and the type of utilization (technology
skills/information and literacy installed into the curriculum)?
Every teacher uses chromebook in their own classroom, specifically Algebra 1,
Geometry, English 1 and English 2 classes have plus 5 hours which are designed for the
students to practice in these periods. Computer labs are also available when there are no
computer classes and they are available to be utilized depending on their availability.
Technology is used to:
Organization of systems in the school which helps developing the cooperative
working and communication among the staff.
Provide staff development activities, not only about system, as well as about
instructional best practices, available Harmony sources, progress and rules, etc.
Dashboards that are used to explain the information visually, which makes it
easier to understand.
Educational Software such as ALEKS, Study Island, etc. all are utilized to
develop student learning by solving and going through more practice.
Naviance software is used for college application process and career search.
Define goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for using
technology to improve teaching and learning. Define how these goals align
to the LEA's curricular goals that are supported by other plans. Define 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 goals and an integration plan, including yearly activities, to use
technology and to increase teaching and learning?
Harmony Science Academy will focus on providing opportunities for students to get
prepared and ready to 21st century learning skills. Based on the Common Core State
Standards, range of activities will be used which can assist to improve these skills in an
academic plan. A survey is held both at the beginning and the end of every year and the
data will be utilized to assist the decisions and continuous feedback is given by
administrators and other staff. Every student will be told and taught about the technology
skills that are needed in the class, based on recent standards which is until June 2017.
Students will get this training to locate, search and also evaluate the data and resources on
the Internet June 2017. Every student will receive this training to get technological skills
until December 2015.
2. How these goals will be assisted from the budget?
Harmony Science Academy continues to develop budgeting and funding plans among an
annual structure. The district supplies necessary funds from various sources such as
general funds, E-Rate, Technology Grant and Application Grants. General funds are the
daily operations such as copy machine, phones and computers. All of the chromebooks
and development of the software and hardware technologies are to be received from
technology grant. The E-Rate Program is a federal program which is the sponsorship of
the districts networks services. E-rate funds are utilized to lower the expenditure of local
as well as long distance services and Internet connectivity.
Define goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, to address
Internet Safety and the appropriate and ethical use of technology in the
classroom.
1. How the teachers will receive the training to learn Internet safety and ethical use
theme?
Teachers will receive staff developments about the online safety and ethical usage of
Internet at the beginning of the school year.
All the computers will have internet filtering system installed for safe Internet usage.
Teachers will be taught about the awareness of plagiarism and teachers will receive an
extra training about controlling and grading the assignments in a fast and secure way.
2. What are the goals to achieve the ethical and safe usage of Internet by student?
There will be training for students regularly and essentially.
There will be an Online Internet safety lesson which has to be completed by
December 2015.
Teachers will assist the students to comprehend clearly about the necessary skills for
ethical usage of technology, legal and illegal downloading and to prevent cheating.

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)

General abstract of the teachers' and administrators' present technology

proficiency and integration skills and necessities for staff training.
1. What do teachers and administrators think about the necessities of staff
trainings?
If a program will be installed to the school, sufficient training must be
organized for all the users to develop the benefit and effectiveness of a new
technology. Although the technology is user friendly, the first experience of
trying it in the classroom without attending a training session about that
technological tool. Teachers and administrators may desire to know and get
familiar about how they should use and get most accurate usage for a specific
technology in their own areas.
2. Are administrators able to assist teachers with the installation of technology into
daily curriculum?
The administrators of our school are really tending to install technology into
curriculum. Cluster offices directed the schools to utilize technology as much
as they can in the regular classes. Core subject teachers are supposed to
implement the programs into the classes and find some ways to use more
technology in the classes. Other staff members technology utilization can be
mentioned as really supportive. The school has received their technology grant
the previous year and the administrators lead the teachers to implement
technology to their classes more all the time.
Define goals and an integration plan, with yearly activities, to provide staff
training chances related to your LEA necessity assessment information
and the Curriculum Component of this plan.
1. What kind of professional learning will be prepared so teachers and
administrators can be informed about the decisions using information to
answer individual student academic expectations?
All the clusters at our district have data analysts for collecting data and translate
the official staff in all the schools. They visit the schools in a certain and designed

plan then explain the upcoming projects related to the information. Besides each
cluster have their own instructional coaches to support and assist struggling
teachers or any teachers who may need help about their areas. Instructional
coaches visit the campuses, schools and classes to assist teachers in the classroom
in case if they may be waiting or requiring help.
2. What kind of professional learning will be prepared so teachers and
administrators can efficiently and effectively utilize technology to support the
student assessment?
Various types of assessments have been organized and held in the school such as
NWEA, Mock STAAR, Benchmarks, etc. Our district gives teachers and admins
to have online access so that they can reach to district information to observe and
compare the data with other schools by using websites and web portal.
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)

Define the existing hardware, Internet access, electronic learning

resources, technical support, and asset management which are already in
the LEA that will be utilized to assist the Curriculum and Staff Development
Components of the plan.
1. Which technologies are available to enable and provide home/school
communication such as email, web pages, voice mail, etc.?
The school uses various different ways to provide communication with
parents/guardians. The website of the school, which is regularly updated, is a key
tool that we share and inform everyone about every upcoming event, news about our
school community. All students and parents/guardians have access to the database by
using the school website or the Harmony app to check and track the students grade,
attendance, discipline report and private information. As a school, we organize
school reach, which is a really effective and strong way of communication to reach
parents by their voice mail to let the parents know about the upcoming events. Our
weekly newsletter is sent on every Wednesday.
2. 2. Which technology access do the parents have at home? What kind of
technologies do parents prefer for home/school communication?

Parents generally prefer to use Harmony application to track their children progress
and data by using their cellphone. They also follow our websites for news. They have
rights to send email to a teacher for any subject or information necessary. The parents
can reach teachers by calling them from teachers school phone after school hours.
Define the technology hardware, electronic learning sources, networking
and telecommunications infrastructure, physical plant modifications,
technical support, and asset management that are necessary by the LEA's
teachers, students, and administrators to assist the activities in the
Curriculum and Professional Development components of the plan.
1. What kind of network developments (bandwidth, reliability, and hardware)
are necessary to assist this plan?
Upcoming tools are needed to achieve a District wide 1:1 application in
the upcoming school year.
Extra investment should be done for teachers computers and laptops.
Chromebooks should be upgraded and/or changed to iPads.
Technology tools and devices such as servers, filters, wireless access
points and core switching should be updated maximum in every 3 years
so that they all work properly.
2. What kind of technology is necessary to integrate the Curriculum and Staff
Training structures both for students and staff?
Chromebooks definitely should be upgraded for allowing them to
integrate with PBL projects. Science lab tools should be developed to
have advanced and better experiments and observations. Installing smart
boards to every class should be considered and applied if available.

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)

Define the process for evaluating the plan's general progress and effect on
both teaching and learning.
1. Which staff and admin members will participate in the monitoring and
evaluation period?

Harmony Science Academy principal, dean of academy and department heads will
observe and also assess and evaluate the situation every week by performing walk
through observations. District instructional coaches will also observe the process
every month by planning and organizing visits to the campus.
2. Which criteria will be used to evaluate the success (e.g., test scores, student
portfolios, percentage of students attaining grade-level content standards,
attendance, dropout rate, matriculation to college, or full-time employment)?
It will be measured and evaluated by tracking State test results, district assessment
results which is held every 9 weeks, NWEA scores, SAT/ACT school average scores
will be main evaluation about students success. For the big picture of the progress,
the school will track and evaluate the matriculation college information.

Define the schedule to measure the impact of plan integration; including a

description of the process and frequency of communicating evaluation
results to tech plan stakeholders.
1. In what frequency will information be gathered and summarized? Who is in
charge of the process?
Harmony Science Academy campus will gather information at the end of first
semester to observe and track the process and apply various changes to develop
the plan. Second data collection will be made at the end of the year and
stakeholders will check the one-year integration of the plan. This means, the
school will collect the information two times in every year. Our school principal
will have full responsibility of the process.
2. In what frequency will the status of the plan integration be reported to the
LEA superintendent and the stakeholders?
Stakeholders will collect the information two times in every year and they will
hold the second gathering at the end of school year. LEA will be reported about
the collected data after the gathering of all the information.