4. Roles and Responsibilities
Director of Technology
Administrative Assistant to
Technology
Network Engineer
Communications Engineer
Computer Services Manager
6. sponsibilities
Responsible for providing strategic direction and long-range planning for the deployment,
integration and operation of technology in all aspects of the district’s instructional, business,
and construction programs. Responsible for overall management and
Assist with daily operation of technology department office and provide secretarial services
to the Director of Technology and other staff.
Installing, maintaining and supporting all of the district’s computer communication networks.
Ensure the smooth operation of the communication networks in order to provide maximum
performance and availability for the district’s users.
To assist the Director of Communications in the district’s overall communications program
through effective, professional communications with internal and external audiences and
support the Communications Department’s day-to-day functions. Ensure that
communication and public information activities contribute to the attainment of district goals
and objectives. The Communications Specialist will perform and coordinate public relations
and marketing activities as assigned.
Supervise and direct the PC repair & maintenance for the district.
7. Supervise and direct the PC repair & maintenance for the district.
Perform installation, upgrades and troubleshooting to provide and maintain effective
telephone usage throughout the district.
Understand and be capable of answering user-directed questions on all NISD supported
technology including, but not limited to, Windows, MS Office, Word, Excel, Groupwise and
the functions of NISD-supported hardware and other end-user software.
Provide support in curriculum delivery, staff development, instructional resource selection,
and effective instructional strategies at the campus level. Act as the liaison between the
district and campuses to identify and solve instructional technology-r
Provide training and support to campus staff to facilitate the effective use of technology in
instructional programs, to include but not limited to, instructional planning, model teaching,
content development and training.
Resposible for evaluating the campus technology needs and making sure teachers are
implementing it in their curriculum. It is important for the principal to model technology to
set the example for the campus.
8. Goal: Within the next 3 years, Gene Pike Middle School will focus on moving from Developing Tech to Advanced Tech
Objective: Gene Pike Middle School will provide technology infrastructure and staff development so that we may implement re
Target: Teachers, administrators, students
ANALYSIS AND LESSONS
LEARNED / ACTION IMPLEMENTATION RESOURCE
STRATEGIE TIMELINE ALLOCATIONS
Provide teachers and January 2010 - April Staff Development,
students training or 2010. Various computer
assistance in classrooms software programs,
to a ensure each are computer lab
using software programs
adequately.
$2000/yr
Implement more Beginning in January None expected
opportunities for students 2010 to May 2010
to use ipods, computers
(desk top, lap top and
netbooks), Elmo, CPS
Chalkboard and other
software applications.
9. Create a campus media Begin in June 2010 to $40,000
room for distance learning August 2010 A classroom will need to
opportunities used one or be remodeled and
more classes at a time. provided with chairs,
tables and the necessary
equipment for distance
learning to occur.
Provide all secondary September 15, 2011 Each student will receive
students with netbooks to their own netbook and
ensure that they have software. Students will
access to as much pay an insurance fee of
technology as possible. $75 a year. The district
will pay $500,000 to get
started
10. Developing Tech to Advanced Tech
development so that we may implement relevant technologies that will allow students opportunities to learn with and through technology.
FORMATIVE MEASURE ROLES OF RESPONSIBLE
STAFF DEVELOPMENT EVALUATION PARTIES
Staff will have an ▪ STaR Chart growth The Principal and the
opportunity during their ▪ Student surveys instructional technology
PLC period to learn ▪ Success in using blogs coach oversees staff
strategies to integrate and other technologies in development
blogs, podcasts, the classroom opportunities and the
interwrite, CPS ▪ Academic Excellence progress teachers are
chalkboard, clickers into Indicator System making.
their curriculum. ▪ PEIMS
Students will use online ▪ Student surveys The Principal ensures that
surveys to indicate ▪ teacher surveys teachers are giving
▪ District Improvement students the hands-on
Plan technology opportunities.
▪ Campus Improvement
Plan
▪ teacher lesson Plans
11. Teachers will need to be ▪ Student surveys The Principal will need to
trained in how to ▪ Community surveys oversee the remodeling
incorporate distance ▪ Teacher surveys project. The network
learning into their ▪ Campus Improvement engineer will need to
curriculum. Examples will Plan make sure the room has
be provided. Campus adequate infrastructure.
support will be available The Instructional
to ensure success. Technology Director will
oversee the equipment for
the room.
Teachers will need to be ▪ Student surveys The Director of
trained in how to ▪ teacher surveys Technology will oversee
incorporate netbooks into ▪ District Improvement issuing the project. The
their instruction. Students Plan Instructional Technology
will need training in how ▪ Campus Improvement Coordinator and the
to use and take care of Plan campus Technology
the netbooks. They will ▪ teacher lesson Plans Coaches will be
need to be taught the responsible for working
acceptable use policy. out the kinks at the start
of the school year. The
principal will communicate
the needs of the school to
director and coaches.