Technology Master Plan
Implementation Progress
V 1.7 January 2008
Activity/Implementation Legend
Goal 1: Leverage Technology in Learning
Goal 1A: Increase student achievement and learning through classroom and media center use of technology.
Task
Goal 1Aa: Include software and web-based resources in the materials adoption cycle.
Goal 1Ab: Increase the five-year replacement budget to include vital technology programs not currently funded.
Goal 1Ac: Implement access solutions and assistive technology toolboxes for Special Education.
Goal 1Ad: Provide district licensing to online databases and services that support curriculum and student assessment.
Goal 1Ae: Establish and fund equitable technology program standards.
Goal 1Af: Cultivate the use of additional technologies.
Goal 1Ag: Implement literacy support in all schools.
Goal 1Ah: Acquire three floating multimedia carts per school.
Goal 1B: Ensure students are well prepared for a technology-rich society and workplace.
Goal 1Ba: Make frequent and real-world use of technology throughout the curriculum.
Goal 1Bb: Develop district-wide elementary-level technology guidelines.
Goal 1Bc: Support the revised middle school technology curriculum through required software purchases.
Goal 1Bd: High school curriculum reviewed and synced with the new elementary and middle level information.
Goal 1Be: Integrate instruction on the ethical use of technology into the regular curriculum.
Goal 1Bf: Develop, adopt, and implement an information literacy plan.
Goal 1Bg: Revise and update the elementary keyboarding curriculum.
sGoal 1C: Implement technology to the teacher’s desktop.
Goal 1Ca: Purchase and install computers, networking, and software for teacher use.
Goal 1Cb: Acquire & implement effective curriculum correlation, data management, assessment, and reporting software.
Goal 1Cc: Provide teacher access to a “data warehouse” to access and analyze student achievement data.
Goal 1D: Pursue use of web-based online courses to support student achievement.
Goal 1Da: Assess demand by BVSD & home-schooled students through studies, focus groups, and surveys.
Goal 1Db: Implement online programming, provide infrastructure, determine course provider(s), establish enrollment
processes, and provide staff.
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Goal 2: Expand the Electronic Culture to Improve Communication, Productivity, and Efficiency
Goal 2A: Improve district communications.
Task
Goal 2Aa: Implement a single district-wide e-mail system with tight integration to other mission-critical systems.
Goal 2Ab: Purchase and deploy mailing list (list serv) software.
Goal 2Ac: Design, develop, and implement a unified voice communications system.
Goal 2Ad: Place all important district documents and forms online for ready access.
Goal 2Ae: Engage teachers and staff in online collaboration and sharing of instructional and learning resources.
Goal 2Af: Enable fax capacity from the desktop.
Goal 2Ag: Implement district-wide video conferencing and distance learning.
Goal 2Ah: Implement Global Positioning System (GPS) software and hardware to track school buses and vehicles.
Goal 2Ai: Upgrade the security monitoring system to improve functionality and to modernize the system.
Goal 2Aj: Enhance building access and video surveillance security systems throughout the district.
Goal 2Ak: Upgrade the two-way radio communication system so that all district radios can communicate with each other.
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Goal 2B: Achieve system-wide efficiencies through web-enabled applications.
Goal 2Ba: Purchase and implement new applications software to support enterprise-wide business functions.
Goal 2Bb: Replace or upgrade the student information system and enable standards-based report cards.
Goal 2Bc: Implement electronic document management and workflow.
Goal 2Bd: Upgrade library automation systems to utilize district-wide union cataloging.
Goal 2Be: Enable central electronic file storage for students and teachers.
Goal 2Bf: Pursue software integration tools to reduce redundancy of efforts and reliability of information (SIF).
Goal 2Bg: Augment staffing to support development and integration of web-based and web-enabled applications.
Goal 2Bh: Upgrade core enterprise apps to current versions, web-based interfaces and tight application integration.
Goal 2Bi: Implement new administrative technology for Special Education.
Goal 2Bj: Integrate management functions to make student records, attendance, grade book, report card generation, and
data warehousing available online to teachers’ desktops.
Goal 2Bk: Acquire new hardware for the Custodial Department, health rooms, and school cafeterias.
Goal 2Bl: Pilot technologies that may increase efficiencies.
Goal 2C: Improve school-to-home communications.
Goal 2Ca: Improve information dissemination to the community.
Goal 2Cb: Provide training and compensation to school web masters.
Goal 2Cc: Define regulations for school web page content.
InfoCentre
3A
Goal 3: Implement Technology Effectively
Goal 3A: Improve decision making regarding technology issues.
Task
Goal 3Aa: Move to an input-based, centralized decision making model for technology.
Goal 3Ab: Integrate technology planning into the school improvement planning process.
Goal 3B: Define the district’s core hardware and software standards.
Goal 3Ba: Define and publish district standards for desktop and laptop computer hardware.
Goal 3Bb: Define and publish district standards for servers, server operating systems, and server setup.
Goal 3Bc: Define and publish district standards for peripherals, fax machines, and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs).
Goal 3Bd: Continue to install backbone network infrastructure equipment to existing standards.
Goal 3Be: Purchase and install Microsoft Office suite as the district’s core desktop application software package.
Goal 3Bf: Review and update the core instructional software titles to support the needs of students and teachers.
Goal 3Bg: Continue a strategic and thoughtful migration to a district Windows standard in administrative computing.
Goal 3Bh: Develop district procedures for appropriate home use of Microsoft productivity software.
Goal 3C: Enhance the district’s technology infrastructure.
Goal 3Ca: Upgrade communication/data closet spaces for Design Criteria for BVSD Cable Infrastructure Systems.
Goal 3Cb: Define electrical requirements to meet future needs.
Goal 3Cc: Bring network installations and electrical plant up to standards.
Goal 3Cd: Implement caching at the Ed Center and at the three regional hub sites to improve the district network usage.
Goal 3Ce: Build a high-performance fiber-optic wide area network backbone.
Goal 3Cf: Define and build a cable television network in each school for broadcast of closed-circuit and cable television.
Goal 3Cg: Develop video production and distribution district wide.
Goal 3Ch: Supply each primary instructional space with a mounted TV/VCR or DVD set.
Goal 3Ci: Design, fund, and implement a robust network infrastructure.
Goal 3Cj: Upgrade or construct facilities to support technology or technology infrastructure.
Goal 3Ck: Construct a facility for video production and distribution.
Goal 3D: Enhance the district’s information security.
Goal 3Da: Implement recommendations from the information security needs analysis.
Goal 3Db: Implement web filtering controls to reduce unacceptable site access by students and staff.
Goal 3E: Support ethical and legal uses of technology resources.
Goal 3Ea: Maintain up-to-date policies for appropriate and ethical use.
Goal 3Eb: Implement an annual reminder to staff about appropriate technology use.
Goal 3Ec: Implement and maintain copyright policies.
Goal 3Ed: Integrate ethical use of technology into student and staff instruction.
Goal 3Ee: Ensure placement of acceptable use rules within student handbooks and district publications.
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Goal 4: Support Technology Effectively
Goal 4A: Engage staff in ongoing professional development to ensure technology use.
Task
Goal 4Aa: Provide ongoing content-specific training for teachers.
Goal 4Ab: Integrate technology into CSAP professional development.
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Goal 4Ac: Improve Advanced Placement (AP) teacher professional development through ACCESS web subscriptions.
Goal 4Ad: Provide ongoing core productivity applications training in applications such as Microsoft Office.
Goal 4Ae: Provide systematic training in core Internet, communications, groupware, and networked resources.
Goal 4Af: Provide systematic training in enterprise systems (e.g., Edulog, CIMS, AS/400, IGPro, SASIxp, etc.).
Goal 4Ag: Provide ongoing training in relevant hardware (e.g., scanners, bar code readers, etc.).
Goal 4Ah: Provide systematic platform-specific Macintosh and PC training and platform integration training.
Goal 4Ai: Establish technology acceptable use and security policies and procedures (e.g., virus control, etc.).
Goal 4Aj: Create technology standards and training expectations for new employees at all levels.
Goal 4Ak: Explore alternative methods of professional development, including streaming video and web-based training.
Goal 4Al: Adopt the State of Colorado’s technology proficiency standards for teachers.
Goal 4Am: Develop incentive strategies for staff to increase technology expertise and meet proficiencies.
Goal 4An: Provide an adequate computer lab for professional development of teachers and staff.
Goal 4B: Increase technical support for school sites.
Goal 4Ba: Increase Tier I technician support at the site level.
Goal 4Bb: Increase the number of annual workdays from 190 to 220 for building technology support technicians.
Goal 4Bc: Increase hourly compensation for building technology support technicians.
Goal 4Bd: Increase technical support at the site level to accommodate support for Special Education IEP implementation.
Goal 4Be: Provide increased central support for school-based server set up and maintenance.
Goal 4Bf: Increase central support to libraries and library services (e.g., media booking and cataloging).
Goal 4Bg: Increase technical support for each new technology initiative added (Tier I level).
Goal 4C: Increase site-level user and curriculum technology support.
Goal 4Ca: Provide a stipend for the building technology coordinator.
Goal 4Cb: Staff a district technology integration team for the purpose of helping teachers, administrators, and staff.
Goal 4Cc: Facilitate online sharing of successful strategies, lessons, and resources via the district’s intranet.
Goal 4Cd: Fund a full-time library media coordinator position to support the conversion of library media centers.
Goal 4D: Establish technology professional development sites.
Goal 4Da: Identify criteria that will determine which school sites qualify as professional development sites.
Goal 4Db: Support development of teacher best practice at identified sites.
Goal 4Dc: Institute site visitation and other methods of best practice dissemination.
3A
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3A
3A
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3A
InfoCentre
3A
Goal 5: Fund Technology Strategically
Goal 5A: Initiate total cost budgeting.
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Goal 5Aa: Develop standard acquisition and installation costing procedures for all technology initiatives.
Goal 5Ab: Ensure training is considered with all technology initiatives.
Goal 5Ac: Ensure operating costs are considered prior to all technology initiatives.
Goal 5Ad: Ensure replacement costs are systematically considered with all technology initiatives.
3A
Goal 5B: Secure initial technology funding.
Goal 5Ba: Create initial funding to bring schools up to specified hardware and software standards.
3A
Goal 5Bb: Develop a systematic recycling plan with all major computer suppliers to reduce disposal costs.
Goal 5C: Secure ongoing technology funding that is adequate, fair, and stable and that ensures our ability to stay current.
Goal 5Ca: Define and fund a four-year replacement plan for applications and desktop computer applications.
3A
Goal 5Cb: Upgrade the current replacement cycle from seven+ years to four years for hardware and software resources.
3A
Goal 5Cc: Enhance the instructional technology replacement plan to accommodate a four-year replacement cycle.
3A
Goal 5Cd: Define and implement a hardware and software upgrade plan for support services.
3A
Goal 5Ce: Define and fund a four-year server replacement plan.
Goal 5Cf: Fund the Microsoft Office suite of desktop productivity software for use on every computer district wide.
3A
Goal 5Cg: Fund anti-virus software on an ongoing basis for installation and use on every computer district wide.
3A
Goal 5Ch: Establish a district repair/maintenance budget for school-based computer hardware and printers.
3A
Goal 5Ci: Create a Technology Equity Fund to ensure comparable access to technology in all district schools.
3A
Goal 5Cj: Create Innovative Projects Grant Fund for researching innovation and best practice in instructional technology.
Goal 6: Provide Continuous Quality Improvement
Goal 6A: Evaluate and assess technology use in the district to ensure it benefits both student achievement and
administrative efficiencies.
Task
Goal 6Aa: Develop a rubric to assess the use of technology for student achievement and increasing proficiencies.
Goal 6B: Evaluate and assess emerging technologies for potential fit with future information and learning needs.
Goal 6Ba: Evaluate the potential and fit for wireless technologies.
Goal 6Bb: Evaluate the potential and fit for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) technologies.
Goal 6Bc: Evaluate the potential and return on investment (ROI) for School Interoperability Framework (SIF) technologies.
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Goal 6Bd: Evaluate providing next generation bandwidth.
Goal 6Be: Evaluate the uses of Instant Messaging.
Goal 6Bf: Explore uses of technology that save time or resources.
Goal 6C: Evaluate progress on the district’s long-range Technology Master Plan.
Goal 6Ca: Annually review progress made on the Technology Master Plan and its goals.
Goal 6Cb: Update the Technology Master Plan every two years.
Goal 6Cc: Begin preparing the new Technology Master Plan after four years.
Goal 6D: Reorganize the Information Technology Division to provide improved service to schools and operations.
Goal 6Da: Seamlessly integrate administrative and instructional technology functions.
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