Maturity Benchmarks Survey Sheet

School Pseudonym: Park Ridge school district

Your Name or Group Name: Jaya Duffin
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. Emergent Ìslands Ìntegrated Ìntelligent Evaluator Comments
ADMÌNÌSTRATÌVE
Policy
behavioral
X
Policycomprehensive
policy that starts with
foundations of
educational goals for
the whole
district, then how
technology can
support this. Short and
easy visual of
planning and goals.
why is more important
than the how or actual
devices to buy.
Teaching is the
foundation, so
empowering teachers
is a
priority. Keeping
parents engaged and
informed so that they
can make
good informed
decisions. How do we
get the most "bang for
our buck¨ when
investing in technology
resources. Annual
meeting around the
action
plan.
resource/infrastructure
X
Planning
behavioral
x
70
stakeholders
(teachers, students,
admin, parents,
community) were
brought together to
discuss the larger
goals and what they
envisioned
for the district's
technology
advancement. There is
a technology
advisory group that
gets together once a
month to discuss the
plan and
any revisions that
should be considered.
The plan is considered
a living
breathing document
that changes as the
core changes (bottom
row of the
plan)
resource/infrastructure
x
Budget
behavioral
x
Less
than 10% of the
overall budget goes to
technology. For
schools majority
of the budget goes to
staffing. The reserve
budget here is larger
than
the technology budget.
47% of tech budget
goes towards staffing.
Question is how do we
divide the pie to get
the most of the
resources we
have? There is always
a new tool that people
want (when they
passed the
levy, teachers asked
for ipads) but how do
we use what we have
strategically to
empower and engage
the most people?
(teachers,
students, parents)
resource/infrastructure
x
Administrative Ìnformation
behavioral
x
Community
collaborates with
email, other
technology. Data is
stored and accessed
through data bases.
When a group such as
gifted and talented
wants to
set up a system to
track data, sign people
up for an event and
pay for
it, a website is
designed for them to
make that possible.
resource/infrastructure
x
CURRÌCULAR
Electronic Ìnformation
behavioral
x
resource/infrastructure
x
Assessment
behavioral
x
resource/infrastructure
x
Curriculular Ìntegration
behavioral
x
resource/infrastructure
x
Teacher Use
behavioral
x
resource/infrastructure
x
Student Use
behavioral
x
resource/infrastructure
x
SUPPORT
Stakeholder Ìnvolvemnt
behavioral
x
Stakeholder
Ìnvolvementstakeholders
are aware of the plan
and policies and are
involved. The levy
passing,
"bring your own
device¨ initiative,
planning committee,
teachers
training and TÌES
conference.
resource/infrastructure
x
Administrative Support
behavioral
x
Very involved
resource/infrastructure
x
Training
behavioral
x
There are 2 integration
specialists, one at
elementary, one at
secondary site level.
Have a tech
integration cohort
where they get college
credit through hamline.
TÌES is network of 36
school districts. They
have a yearly
conference, do
teacher training, tech
summer camp is a
week long training
offered to teachers,
trainings are also
offered online, or in
"flipped¨ format. All
about choice, since
people have different
learning
needs/preferences.
resource/infrastructure
x
Technical/Ìnfrastructure Support
behavioral
x
Tech
para's at all
elementary schools,
1.5 at middle school, 2
in HS.
network staff 2 people
internet and
telephones. 5 manage
computers,
switches, ÌOS, ipads,
printers. 1 person AV
needs. 5 people info
support
(student data, website,
database, etc.)
resource/infrastructure
x
CONNECTÌVÌTY Local Area Networking (LAN) behavioral x
resource/infrastructure
x
Yes, teachers are now
starting to have the
option of laptop versus
desktop
District Area Networking (WAN)
behavioral x
resource/infrastructure x
Ìnternet Access
behavioral
x
yes, bring your own
device, network has a
filter on it already
resource/infrastructure x
Communication Systems
behavioral x
resource/infrastructure x
ÌNNOVATÌON
New Technologies
behavioral
x
Flipped
learning, especially in
math. 500 middle
schoolers are part of
"bring
your own device¨ and
don't track HS but
majority bring one.
Use google
and moodle.
resource/infrastructure
x
Comprehensive Technologies
behavioral
x
.25
assistive technology,
thinking about ipads
and how they can
replace
more expensive and
outdated assistive
technology devices.
How to get
parents involved with
"bring your own
device¨
resource/infrastructure
x