| Goal addresses |
Goal Statement |
Reference Section(s) |
Objectives |
Assessment |
| equity
of access |
PPS
will meet the technology needs of all students and staff,
including those with exceptional and/or special needs |
Section 4
Section 8
|
- Provide capable hardware/software/facility/training/instruction
in each year of the plan
- Provide and maintain Enterprise-level
network (INET)
See appendix 4
- Provide administrative
and technical support
- Provide adequate funding
for the above
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| student
learning |
Teachers
will integrate technology with the curriculum to increase
student learning
Students will pursue subjects that require
the use of technology |
Section 3 |
- Increase
student use of available technology for desktop publishing
- Increase
student use of spreadsheets and databases to 15% district-wide
(baseline is 3%);
- Increase
the number of classrooms using electronic communication
to support the Learner Expectations
- Engage
students in media-centered curricula activities that integrate
the use of technology for student production of portfolios
to demonstrate learning
- Increase
the use of technology in the research process
- Offer a course in structured
programming at each high-school and
a professional-level course at the PATHS vocational high
school, and monitor
# of students who complete it successfully.
- Introduce online programming
module an after school or enrichment opportunity, monitor
# of students.
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| staff
and teaching and learning |
Teachers will use technology to
support their instruction
Teachers
will integrate technology into their curricula
Teachers will use technology to inform
instruction and classroom assessment and report on learning
results. |
Section 7
Section 12
|
- All teachers will be able to use
email on some level.
- 100% of teachers will complete
a technology profile; 80% will sign them.
(See
appendix 18)
- 50% of teachers will use e-mail
as a medium to communicate teaching ideas and learning
opportunities; the baseline is the number of teachers
at level 3 or above on Electronic Communications.
- 40% of teachers will develop and
access Teacher Web Pages to communicate learning opportunities
to other teachers and staff.
-
Develop and support classroom mentors with district guidance,
supported at the building level by Building Technology
Coordinators.
-
Increase # of teachers at infusion level (an average over
all 5 Profile sections) to 20%. (See appendix 17)
- Teacher use in Technology Profile
Section 5 (databases and spreadsheets), infusion level,
will increase to 20% and integration level will
increase to 10 %. (See appendix 17 for June 2007
data.)
- 100 percent of secondary teachers
will use an electronic online gradebook (PowerTeacher)
for course grades--integrated with the Student Information
System (PowerSchool).
- All elementary teachers will use
a Standards-Based digital Progress Report developed
in PowerSchool.
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| community
connections |
Establish
community connections through the Technology Advisory Committee
(TAC),Teacher Classroom Web Pages and the Portland Partnership
Continue to educate the Portland Community about
technology and the PPS Technology Plan·
Teachers will
use technology as another means of communication with
families and the Portland community |
Section 1 |
- See
that each TAC member has at least one project or task
(related to skill and interest) with a measurable outcome
- Based
on community feedback, design vehicles to introduce parents
to technology resources in student learning
- Administer
the Middle-School Parent Survey and use the results to
structure classroom technology staff development and student-parent
conferences
- Offer
parent access to technology at home though structured
classroom assignments involving parent input.
-
Email and teacher Web Pages will be used to post all learning
opportunities and share best practices;
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|
| reporting
and assessment |
Teachers
will use technology to assess student performance
Administrators and staff will utilize
a variety of user-friendly applications for data input and
retrieval |
Section 7 |
- Increase
the number of teachers using available technology and
software to assess student work and /or performance. (Baseline
is the number of teachers at level 3 or above, on the
Database Profile section).
- PowerSchool Reports provided
by CTS
|
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| administrative
staff learning |
Administrators
and staff will use Microsoft Office to its full capacity
Administration and Support Staff will integrate technology
use into their work environment |
Section 9
Section 12
|
- Training
- Consult with Adult Education to
develop Secretarial curriculum
- Develop the admin support staff
profile and a curriculum aligned with it.
- Develop an administrative
technology survey to assess needs (see appendix
9);
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| adult literacy |
Expand
offerings of Portland Adult Education program
|
Section 5 |
- Research and plan to offer Native
Language classes to serve and assist populations new to
Portland
- Research and plan to offer Distance
Learning opportunities
|
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| technology
infrastructure and technical
support |
PPS
will provide Reliable
equipment
PPS will provide consistent, adequate
technical support for the INET and all PPS applications
|
Section 10
Section 9
|
- Technology Plan will be supported
and funded
- Computer Tech Services (CTS)
team will be staffed adequately (see
appendix 2)
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| supporting
resources |
Teachers
and administrative staff will have timely access to appropriate,
up-to-date information, by utilizing
online and other resources supported by PPS |
Section 9
Section 12
|
- Online Databases
- District-wide Library Catalog with
home access via Web
- Teacher and Admin Forms online
- Employee information lookup
- Document Imaging districtwide
- Phone/Email notifcation system
for parent attendance & other
- Web Hosting Service from 3IP
- PPS Web Page maintained
by CTS personnel
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