TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership
EDUC 5321: TECHNOLOGY FOR SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Name: Bulent Coban

Date: December 5, 2014

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). Provide a brief overview of
the LEA, its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs website.
Start date: 7/5/2015 to 7/10/2018
LEA Title: Harmony School of Art and Technology
LEA Region: 4
City, State, Zip: Houston, TX, 77054
Phone: (832) 433 7001
Number of students: 750
Percent of Economically Disadvantaged Students: %85
Website of the LEA: http://www.hsart.org/
Describe how a variety of stakeholders from within the LEA and the communityat-large participated in the planning process.
Community at large:
School Principal: Bulent Coban
Assistant Principals: Deborah Smith, Fikret Donmez.
IT Manager: Olimcan Juraev
Other Stakeholders
Parents
District superintendent
Cluster IT manager
Small businesses
Summarize the relevant research and describe 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.
We believe that technology implementation into the curriculum will improve
success of our staff and students. Regarding students academic goals, also
researches show that how technology implementation support and improve
students achievements.
Describe and cite the relevant research that supports the plans outcomes.
Fairfax County Technological Plan (2014) Retrieved from
http://www.fcps.edu/it/technology/documents.pdf
Describe the connection between the research and the plans goals.
The connection between the plans is that they both acknowledge the importance
of students becoming creative and critical thinkers, creating, communicating
citizens. Technology is crucial in obtaining these skills.
Describe information gathered from site visits, including best practices.
We will visit sister schools and look into their practices, share our technology
plan and receive feedback and suggestions on how it can be perfected.
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 4 questions for each subsection below)
Describe teachers' current access to instructional technology and current use of
digital tools.
1. What technology is currently available to all teachers?
Printers, laptops, IPad, projectors, class phones, Iphones, clickers, computer
lab desktop computers, smart boards, document cameras, and chromebooks.
2. How are hardware and software currently being used in classrooms at each
grade level and in each content area?
Teachers use their laptops for their planning, grading, comminication
needs, class activities, presentations, and attandence.
All teachers are able to print their print outs from teacher lounge printers.
All core subject teachers use chromebooks for PBL purpose.
Ipads are being used for special education and ESL students.
Accelerated Reader software is being used to track students reading
process.
Also Science and Math teachers use Study Island.
Math teachers use Aleks for their Math Lab classes.
ESL teachers use Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress.
Computer teachers use Learning.com, Adobe Software, Microsoft Office,
and Typing Master.

Describe 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.

How is technology being used by students in the library media center and
labs?
Students take regular technology application classes in the computer lab. Also
we have desktop computers in the library and technology rooms. Therefore
computer labs are being available for students only during their regular technoloy
class times. However students are able to go to library with their teachers
permission and finish their assignments with library computers.

Is technology currently available to students during after-school hours?

Given that many school assignments require students to access technology after
hours, where will students access technology to complete their work? Do they
have access in their homes, in community libraries, and/or at community
centers?
Library computers and chromebooks are available after school for students who
needs to finish any computer based assignment. For example students take their
AR quizes after school in the school library.
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for using
technology to improve teaching and learning. Describe how these goals align to
the LEA's curricular goals that are supported by other plans. Describe how the
LEA's budget (LCAP) supports these goals, and whether future funding
proposals or partnerships may be needed for successful implementation.
How will your curricular goals and needs influence your technology goals?
Administrators want to evaluate teachers on the go with their Ipads.
Science teachers are working very hard with students to meet the PBL goals.
However PBL requires computers or chrome books in the Science classes.
Math teachers have Math Lab classes besides the regular Math classes and they
have to work on Aleks assignments. Therefore they need laptop or chrome book.
Computer teachers are following their curriculum on technology applications and
they need some specific software and hardware for their classes.
These needs influence our technology plan.
Are targets for improvement in student achievement being met?
Technology usage brought education an undeniable positive effect and it
definitely improved students achievement. Since teachers use different methods
and materials to teach students, test scores had a significant improvement with
technology.
LEAs Budget Information and Support
Our school uses national grant to implement technology into the curriculum.
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, to address
Internet Safety and the appropriate and ethical use of technology in the
classroom.
How will teachers be trained to deliver Internet safety and ethical use
content?
We are providing online trainings and webinars for teachers to train them for

Internet safety and ethical use content.

Every year one for first semester and one for second semester, teachers will
attend to internet safety and ethical use training sessions on a professional
development day.
How is access to only appropriate educational online resources
accomplished?
Our computer lab computers and library computers have filtering system, and
also our students are learning how to use online resources appropriately for
their needs. Also all teachers use Net Support software to monitor students
computer use.
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 4 questions for each subsection below)
Summary of the teachers' and administrators' current technology proficiency and
integration skills and needs for professional development.
1. How does your LEA regularly assess teachers ability to utilize technology
in a standards-based curriculum?
Harmony School of Art administrators does a formal observation every
semester and several walkthroughs during a quarter. During those visits,
teachers are assessed for their use of technology.
2. After collecting and analyzing professional development needs, what are
the local, regional, and online professional development opportunities to
meet identified needs?
Locally we are asking our IT Manager to fill our teachers needs in terms
of technology, regionally we are a part of Region 4 and they are very
flexible and are willing to work with us to meet our needs. We are reaching
out to Region 4 and they are offering us professional development
opportunities. As for online opportunities, our instructional coordinators are
organizing webinars so as to update our administrators in any needed are.
Once administrators are informed, it trickles down to the department
heads, team leads and teachers.
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for providing
professional development opportunities based on your LEA needs assessment
data and the Curriculum Component of the plan.
1. What professional development will be provided to ensure teachers and
administrators will be able to effectively accomplish the curricular goals for
students described in section two?
Teachers and administrators will be given training on how to achieve
curricular goals, during the designated professional development days by
speakers from Region 4 and by instructional coaches.
2. What professional learning will be available so teachers and

administrators can effectively use technology to assist with student

assessment?
For each technology software that is purchased, we are going to request
from the supplier company to come and give our teachers and
administrators training on how to utilize the source. For the technological
hardware, we are going to send our IT manager to get the training and
help teachers to set up and teach how to use the hardware.
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 4 questions for each subsection below)
Describe the existing hardware, Internet access, electronic learning resources,
technical support, and asset management already in the LEA that will be used to
support the Curriculum and Professional Development Components of the plan.
1. Does LEA have an inventory system or does one need to be developed to
track the type and age of hardware?
Harmony School of Art has a very limited inventory listed in the database
such as laptops, PC, Monitors, mouse, chrome books. It definitely needs
to be updated.
2. What is the capacity and configuration of networks in the LEA? Are any
areas not able to meet the LEAs needs?
The capacity and configuration of network is as good as a small scale
business and is able to meet the needs. However we would like to take a
level further and change switches so that it will more compatible.
Describe the technology hardware, electronic learning resources, networking and
telecommunications infrastructure, physical plant modifications, technical
support, and asset management needed by the LEA's teachers, students, and
administrators to support the activities in the Curriculum and Professional
Development components of the plan.
1. How will resources be distributed (individual license, server license, or
online applications)?
Our all technology applications are being purchased by the district. We request
our needs and number of people who will use the program and our district
purchase all the technology applications for us. Also teachers are allowed to use
free open source online applications for their classes.
2. What technology access do parents have at home? What technologies do
parents prefer for home/school communication?
Our parents prefer to use phone calls and email communication methods usually.
Also school website is providing update information for parents about the school
events.

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 4 questions for each subsection below)
Describe the process for evaluating the plan's overall progress and impact on
teaching and learning.
1. How will the LEA know whether implementation of this plan has made a
positive impact on classroom, library, and school and LEA management?
Harmony School of Art would like to receive feedback from classroom
teachers, the librarian and administrators on the efficiency of the
technology plan. Depending on the amount of positive feedback or the
negative feedback, it will be decided if the implementation has a positive
impact.
2. What indicators of success will be used?
Teachers will look into student test scores, librarians will look into the
increase on the reading levels and the amount of Accelerated Reader
results, and the management will look to see if administrative tasks have
been made easier thanks to technology.
Describe the schedule for evaluating the effect of plan implementation, including
a description of the process and frequency of communicating evaluation results
to tech plan stakeholders.
1. What process will be used to make mid-course corrections as a result of
the monitoring effort or the evaluation?
We will have audits from our central office to make sure that we are under
compliance with our technology plan requirements. Based on the audit
reports we are going to be making amendments in our practices.
2. How will teachers, parents, and other stakeholders provide suggestions
and opinions in the evaluation process?
We will post a survey to our school website and kindly ask our
stakeholders to fill it out, give feedback and suggestions to make our
technology implementation successful.