Caswell County Schools Technology Plan 2012-2014

www.caswell.k12.nc.us

Table of Contents

Page Vision 5

Strategic Priorities Overview 6

Priority 1: Shared Services Model 7

Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices 10

Priority 3: Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks

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Priority 4: Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development 17

Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for Your LEA 22

Appendix A (Policies and Procedures) 25

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CASWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS Technology Planning Committee/MTAC

Name

Job Title

Site

Amy Blackwood Media Coordinator South Ann Marie Holt Media Coordinator North

Beth Wood Media Coordinator Oakwood Carol Boaz Teacher Oakwood

David Useche CTO BYAB/Central Office Deborah Maxey Media/Technology Coordinator Bartlett Yancey High School Dianne Watson Technology Assistant N. L. Dillard

Donna R. Hudson Assistant Superintendent Central Office Jackie Yesalavich Principal Oakwood Jennifer Lunsford Teacher Assistant Oakwood

Mary Ivie Media Specialist N. L. Dillard Michele Purnell Media Stoney Creek Mindy Burton Teacher Assistant North Scott Powell Finance Director Central Office

Shelia Richmond Teacher South Susan Perdue IT Staff BYAB/Central Office

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CASWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS Technology Plan

2012-2014 Vision Statement

Vision Statement

The development and implementation of a district wide Technology Plan will support and enhance the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction strategic priorities of Shared Services Model, Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices, Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development and 21st Century Leadership. Our plan will greatly impact the structure of education and administrative practices in our schools. All these areas will be carefully coordinated to take the best advantage of this investment of funds, work and energy.

Improving student learning is the main reason to have instructional technology in today’s schools. The goal of supporting learning with technology cannot be based on an event, but rather on a coordinated evolutionary continuum. We further envision all students possessing the individual and collaborative skills necessary to be successful in a technologically rich society where information in content areas is changing on a regular basis.

The goal of Caswell County Schools is to create a technology rich environment and to facilitate experiences in each school and department that enhance student learning and increase staff efficiency. This environment and these experiences will provide all students and staff with the communication, information, and lifelong learning skills necessary to become effective and productive members of an increasingly complex global society.

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CASWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS Technology Plan - Strategic Priorities

2012 - 2014

With the guidance and support of the Information Technology Department and the implementation of the 2009-2011 Technology Strategic Plan, Caswell County Schools has been able to incorporate a constantly increasing amount of technology infused in the work of administrators, teachers, and students, as indicated in our last State Annual Media and Technology Report, collected in July of 2011, where the computer ratio per student as well as the number of resources at the schools continues to improve. With this reality, it is our responsibility to provide the best strategic plan to ensure equity is achieved using State School Technology Funds, other state funds, federal funds, and local funds as the Constitution of the State of North Carolina, in Article VII, mandates that ...equal opportunities shall be provided for all students.

Equal access to technology and 21st century opportunities are critical to ensuring the success of our students. The integration of 21st Century tools will prepare students to be career and college ready. Research shows that students’ exposure to various technologies is directly correlated to improved literacy and leads to growing confidence in their abilities to use technology in a meaningful way. Access to teaching and learning technologies does not necessarily lead to equity for staff and students. These technologies must be accompanied by ample professional development. Likewise, high–quality 21st century school and district leadership must also be our priority to fulfill the promise that all students graduate career and college ready.

Caswell County Schools recognizes the importance and necessity of the five over-arching priorities that the State Commission on School Technology has identified for all students to be future ready, to possess equal opportunities for taking full advantage of information and technology resources and tools, and to be taught in a way that maximizes the effective use of these technologies:

Shared Services Model

Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices

Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks

Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development

21st Century Leadership for each LEA These five priorities will be addressed in the following plan.

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Strategic Priority 1: A Statewide Shared Services Model Essential Questions for Caswell County Schools

How will we leverage collaborative purchasing to pay substantially less for technology services and platforms?

How can a Statewide Shared Services Model assist in shifting primary support from infrastructure to instructional needs?

How can a Statewide Shared Services Model enable increased infrastructure and technology efficiency and sustainability?

How can a Statewide Shared Services Model provide higher service reliability?

How can a Statewide Shared Services Model facilitate more strategic budgeting models for our LEA/Charter School?

Current Status and Moving Forward In the last 12 years and with the use of E-rate, EETT, State PRC 015 and local funding, Caswell County Schools has been able to develop the needed infrastructure to allow users access to multiple technologies, educational and administrative resources through the school network. The Wide Area Network, formed by point-to-point microwave signals, has been increased in the past year to 150 MPS to each one of the remote sites. This increase in the speed translated in an actual reduction of costs for the lease of the WAN, of which, e-rate funds paid ninety per cent. We have also increased the speed to the Internet Connection to 100 MPS and reduced costs of management for these services by becoming direct customers of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) who is now our Internet Provider. To reduce costs on maintenance and local human resources, in the past three years Caswell County Schools has relied upon hosted cloud services; these services include Learning Management Systems (LMS) such as Novanet and Renaissance Products for reading and math, Web Hosting, professional development, media and library databases and more. These new forms of applications and services have shown the advantages of recent advances in virtualization and cloud computing. We applaud the state initiative to implement and deploy an education cloud solution with shared services to assist in shifting primary support from infrastructure to instructional needs, to enable increased infrastructure and technology efficiency and sustainability, to provide higher service reliability and to facilitate more strategic budgeting models for our school district. To successfully be able to take advantage of this, we will continue to invest funds and efforts to maintain and increase a reliable, high-bandwidth, low latency network connectivity.

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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives: Strategic Priority 1: A Statewide Shared Services Model Caswell County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan... ACRE Technology infrastructure to support curriculum and assessment system in our district. Career and College Ready, Set, Go! Improve Student access to Technology in preparation for online assessment Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work

Provide student, teacher, and administrator access to a Learner Management System, Learning Object Repository, and web collaboration tools at each school through local and NC Cloud.

1. Statewide Shared Services Model

Suggested Targets

Year 1 July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

Year 2 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Yearly Evaluation

Reduce operating costs by facilitating a more strategic budgeting model

Goal: Implement the use of Windows based ISIS System in 100% of schools for budgeting management, purchasing and reporting that allows blending of funds and planning. Responsible: IT and Finance Directors

Goal: Implement the use of Windows based ISIS System in 100% of Departments for budgeting management, purchasing and reporting that allows blending of funds and planning. Responsible: IT and Finance Directors

Provide content filtering in accordance with the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA).

Goal: Maintain a In house Filter Content System for 100% of sites with reporting capability and flexibility for 21st century resources and toolsResponsible: CTO

Goal: Evaluate the NCREN Filter Content Solution for one site to obtain input for a possible transition to that system.Responsible: CTO

Reduce operating cost and increase net security by implementing cloud based firewall solution.

Goal: Evaluate one cloud NCREN firewall solution such as ZScaler for possible transition to that system. Responsible: CTO

Increase network storage space for database, backups and operational processes

Goal: Evaluate and implement a storage solution cloud-based or in house to provide at least 1 TB space for network users. Responsible: CTO

Increase the wireless connectivity range and capacity for users’ access to web resources.

Goal: Conduct a Wireless Network Assessment for each site to determine weak signal areas and add additional Access Points to increase range and capacity by at least 3%. Responsible: CTO

Improve Network security and connectivity for reliable access to educational and administration services.

Goal: Conduct one full network assessment with the use of MCNC Connectivity services. Responsible: CTO

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Strategic Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices Essential Questions

What is universal access to personal teaching and learning devices?

Why do our teachers and students need access to personal teaching and learning devices?

How will we provide ample access to individual teaching and learning devices?

What models can be used for implementing universal access to personal teaching and learning devices in our LEA/Charter.

Current Status and Moving Forward Universal access to personal teaching and learning devices refers to a computing device assigned to all members of the school, including administrators, teachers, and students. While this has most often been referred to as "a laptop for every child" or a one-to-one laptop implementation, today's mobile technologies mean that a laptop is only one option as a personal learning device. While a digital learning device can be a powerful learning tool when not connected to the school or home network, the true potential is realized when network/internet connectivity is consistently available. Experience and studies show that one-to-one personal teaching and learning device implementations can greatly foster the 21st century skills necessary for future-ready learners. Another driving force that supports the critical need for one-to-one personal teaching and learning device implementations in North Carolina is the increased prevalence of online assessments with the implementation of the Instructional Improvement System (IIS). This IIS will "house" other state End of Course (EOC) and End of Grade (EOG) assessments, as well as formative and benchmark assessments. It will also be a clearinghouse for data used to make decisions in the state's schools and classrooms. Further, it will provide tools for administrators, teachers, and learners to be successful in the 21st century schools and classrooms of North Carolina. In North Carolina, EOC assessments will be 100% online beginning in the 2013-2014 academic year, with EOG assessments following. Caswell County Schools has implemented the use of mobile labs in the last 5 years to provide learning devices access to more students and staff. Currently we have 20 mobile labs holding between 16 and 26 laptops/netbooks each for the use of complete classes at all levels. In addition to this, we maintain and support fixed resource computer labs in all schools and media centers to allow teachers to bring their classes and provide students on-line resources and tools. A big percentage of our teachers have also been assigned a laptop or netbook for use in the classroom, at home or for professional development activities. Our goal is to continue to increase this number to be able to reach all students, teachers and classrooms. Our commitment, also, is to continue researching avenues of funding for implementing universal access to personal teaching and learning devices initiatives.

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Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices

Suggested Targets Year 1 July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

Year 2 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Yearly Evaluation

Increase overall access to personal learning devices.

Goal: Increase the number of laptops assigned to teachers by at least 10% Responsible: CTO/ Superintendent Goal: Increase the number of laptops and/or mobile devices assigned for student use in the school by at least 10% Responsible: CTO/ Superintendent

Goal: Develop a plan to strive to provide all teachers and students with a personal teaching and learning device in an effort to reach 1:1 computing device ratio. Responsible: CTO / MTPC

Goal: Communicate the plan by publishing it on the district web site, including progress/status for at least 1 year Responsible: CTO, M&T School Staff

Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives: Strategic Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices Caswell County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan... ACRE Career and College Ready, Set, Go! Purchase of computer equipment Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work Training for teachers and Staff

Goal: Increase the number of laptops assigned to teachers by at least 20%Responsible: CTO/ Superintendent Goal: Increase the number of laptops and/or mobile devices assigned for student use in the school by at least 20% Responsible: CTO/ Superintendent

Utilize Personal Learning Devices to promote student owned learning.

Goal: Each month, publish new links, best practices and other articles and lesson plans on the school websites that relate to personal devices utilized for teaching and learning for teachers to access. Responsible: Media Coordinators

Provide support for teacher and administrator progress and evaluation according to MCREL standards.

Goal: Provide all administrators with mobile wireless devices to access the on-line observation and evaluation instrument to be used from any classroom. Responsible: CTO

Goal: Provide all administrators with mobile wireless devices to access the on-line observation and evaluation instrument to be used from any classroom. Responsible: CTO

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Strategic Priority 3: Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks

Essential Questions

What are digital teaching and learning resources? What are digital textbooks?

Why do teachers and students need access to digital teaching and learning devices?

What are the benefits of digital textbooks?

What are open educational resources and how can they is used?

How can access to these resources be increased in our LEA?

Current Status and Moving Forward The true power of technology in the hands of our teachers and students is unlocked by adequate access and proper use of digital resources. Today's digital teaching and learning resources are delivered by the Internet, either via the web or as an educational application on portable media devices, interactive tablets, and smart phones. Digital resources are provided in a variety of online formats: encyclopedias, catalogs of multimedia assets, periodicals, collaborative tools, etc. Using traditional resources and models of instruction is increasingly more difficult and inherently less relevant for the learners in North Carolina's schools. It is critical that our schools shift from traditional print and "technology disabled" resources to digital and technology-enabled teaching and learning resources. Traditional books and textbooks are examples of resources that can be delivered via digital mediums. Benefits of this model include access to current information, the ability to easily customize the curriculum, and the ability to offer quality materials at a much lower cost. In Caswell County Schools, teachers and students have been provided access to digital online resources such as Study Island, Renaissance Learning Application for Reading and Math, Education City and the repository on NCWiseOwl where students access quality research tools, periodicals and curriculum support materials. In addition to these, LEARN NC has also been implemented for several years as part of the Staff Development and classroom digital resources for all areas. Discovery Education videos have also been a part of the materials provided for the teachers use in the classrooms, particularly in the middle and high school levels. Digital Textbooks have not been within the financial reach of our district; however, one of the driving forces behind making digital textbooks affordable is the Open Education Resources movement. A technology-enabled initiative, the OER movement is an effort to create and share teaching and learning content that is free and open on a global level. Another way for us to have access to more affordable resources in the near future will be NC Education Cloud, which will include a platform to enhance access to digital resources and content.

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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives: Strategic Priority 3: Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks Caswell County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan... Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work Access to additional digital resources 3: Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks

Suggested Targets Year 1 July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

Year 2 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Yearly Evaluation

Shift from traditional print and paper-based resources to affordable, current online resources

Goal: Provide all 3-12 teachers and students with licenses and access to at least one on-line textbook resource for complementary activities, content and practices. Responsible: IT and Curriculum Directors

Goal: To procure at least one selection of e-books and electronic text and information sources available for checkout and download to personal devices in the school. Responsible: Media Coordinators / Principals Goal: Conduct an e-readers (nook, kindle, etc.) pilot program downloaded with electronic textbooks and required readers. Have e-readers available for library checkout in an effort to move away from print sources.Responsible: CTO, Principals, Media Specialist, Classroom teachers.

Use digital content aligned specifically to Common Core and NC Essential Standards

Goal: Provide resources for Media and Technology Staff and some teachers to participate in at least 6 hours of training for the use of any digital content aligned to Common Core and NC Essential Standards. Responsible: CTO

Goal: Provide at least 10 hours of in-school training for teachers to use digital content aligned to Common Core and NC Essential Standards. Responsible: Media and Technology Coordinators

Ensure equity to digital teaching and learning resources from school to school in your LEA.

Goal: Continue to provide full licenses for Discovery Education, Study Island, resources for all middle and high school teachers and students Responsible: IT and Curriculum Director

Goal: Provide licenses for Discovery Education and Study Island Resources to all schools in the district Responsible: IT and Curriculum Director

Goal: Provide access to all Elementary teachers to Think Central or similar Resources for reading Responsible: IT and Curriculum Director

Goal: Procure licenses for all schools for those digital resources that have provided good results and impacted students motivation and learning such as BrainPop, Education City, ThinkCentral, etc. Responsible: IT and Curriculum Directors

Provide equitable and additional access to digital resources

Goal: Provide 100 MB high-speed Internet Services to all schools for reliable access to digital resources on-line Responsible: CTO

Goal: Provide Wireless access to Internet Services in 100% of learning areas in the schools to facilitate access to on-line digital resources. Responsible: CTO

Goal: Evaluate and implement at

least one cloud apps solution for education such as Google Apps to provide more teaching, learning, and communication and collaboration resources for teachers and students. Responsible: CTO, MTPC

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Strategic Priority 4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development

Essential Questions

What skills are needed to transition to digital teaching and learning resources?

How can these skills be delivered and sustained to our LEA teachers and administrators?

How do teachers, administrators, and staff work with colleagues to guide our LEA toward more effective uses of 21st Century tools for teaching, learning, and managing instruction?

How are teachers, administrators, and staff prepared to understand, implement, and assess the span of skills and processes that students need to succeed in the 21st Century?

How are teachers, administrators, and staff prepared to apply 21st Century assessment systems to inform instruction and measure 21st Century knowledge, skills, performance, and dispositions?

Current Status and Moving Forward Research on classroom use of technology has determined that teacher skills are fundamental for effective use of instructional technology and that professional development is the catalyst to transform teaching practices that successfully use technology. As technology increasingly becomes part of the K12 environment, the need for knowledgeable teachers to use these tools appropriately and effectively becomes essential. The new teacher evaluation system has given administrators leverage in counseling teachers about the requirement of technology integration. Technology professional development no longer means learning technology “skills” in isolation. A more integrated approach must be used in order for teachers to better understand the application of technology skills in the delivery of instruction. Teachers, Administrators and other Staff in Caswell County Schools currently receive professional development through a variety of resources including state and national conferences, on-line courses through Simple K-12 (InfoSource), LEARN NC, Webinars, Graduate-level courses, one-on-one instruction, and school or district-level training opportunities. Evaluation of IMPACT Model Schools indicates that teachers in schools with technology facilitators who model technology use for teachers and provide follow up support to training use technology for instruction more effectively. Caswell County Schools have relied on Media Coordinators and Media/Technology Assistants to undertake this role. The IT department has made efforts in the last few years to prepare the Media and Technology Staff for this new crucial set of fundamental tasks. DPI is working on implementing new standards, job descriptions and evaluative tools for Media and Technology Staff. According to State statistics, many of the individuals filling these roles have not been utilized effectively to provide instructional support for teachers. Our mission is to prepare our Media and Technology staff to be equipped and prepared for the new expectations in term of jobs descriptions, evaluations and school needs.

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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives: Strategic Priority 4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development

Caswell County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan... ACRE Career and College Ready, Set, Go! Technology Related Staff Development Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work Technology Related Staff Development

4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development

Suggested Targets Year 1 July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

Year 2 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Yearly Evaluation

Implement a plan for embedded technology-enabled professional development for teachers and administrators.

Goal: Provide at least 150 licenses for technology and computer applications on line professional development for teachers and staff through Simple K12 –InfoSource courses or similar application. Responsible: CTO

Goal: Provide at least 150 licenses for technology and computer applications on-line professional development, including on-line collaboration capabilities for teachers and staff through Simple K12 similar application. Responsible: CTO

Support models that promote and further the ideals of technology-enabled and integrated professional development

Goal: Provide resources for teachers and Media and Technology Staff to participate in at least 10 hours of on-line technology enabled and integrated professional development such as LEARN NC or any other available at the State level. Responsible: CTO, Curriculum Dir.

Goal: Provide all schools access and at least 5 hours of on-line technology enabled and integrated professional development such as LEARN NC or any other available at the State level. Responsible: IT and Curriculum Directors

Prepare media specialists and instructional technology facilitators to support digital reform.

Goal: Media specialists and technology facilitators will attend at least one state conference for technology and media specialists. Responsible: CTO

Goal: Media specialists and technology facilitators will attend at least one state conference for technology and media specialists. Responsible: CTO

Deliver Common Core and Essential Standards training to teachers using integrated technology as a model for further classroom integration.

Goal: Provide 5 hours of Common Core and NC Essentials Staff Development to all new staff members who require training with the use of updated technologies as a model for classroom integration Responsible: Curriculum Director

Goal: Provide 5 hours of Common Core and NC Essentials Staff Development to all new staff members who require training with the use of updated technologies as a model for classroom integration Responsible: Curriculum Director

Prepare staff for online assessment delivery.

Goal: To train new staff during their planning time on how to prepare students for an online assessment and how to administer an online assessment. Allow approximately one hour for each training session. Responsible: Curriculum Director, Testing Director and Testing Coordinators.

Goal: To train new staff during their planning time on how to prepare students for an online assessment and how to administer an online assessment. Responsible: Curriculum Director, Testing Director and Testing Coordinators.

Prepare students for online assessment delivery.

Goal: Teachers in tested areas will schedule three 30-minute sessions of computer time to prepare students to successfully navigate through and take an online test. Responsible: Testing Director, Testing Coordinators, Classroom Teachers

Goal: Teachers in tested areas will schedule three 30-minute sessions of computer time to prepare students to successfully navigate through and take an on-line test. Responsible: Testing Director, Testing Coordinators, Classroom Teachers

Provide ongoing support and professional development necessary for use of data to inform instruction.

Goal: 100% of Middle and High School teachers of tested subjects will be trained to use EVAAS, NC FALCON and ClassScape to assess students' progress and re-plan instruction throughout the school year. Responsible: Curriculum Directors/Testing Director

Goal: 100% of Middle and High School teachers of tested subjects will be trained to use EVAAS, NC FALCON and ClassScape to assess students' progress and re-plan instruction throughout the school year. Responsible: Curriculum Directors/Testing Director

Utilize state procured resources such as NCWiseOwl, and other open education resources

Goal: Provide 5 hours of in-school training for teachers and staff in the use of NCWiseOwl and other open education resources. Responsible: Media and Technology Coordinators

Goal: Continue to provide at least 5 hours of training for teachers in the use of open educational resources on-line and require at least one lesson plan implementation per year that include these resources. Responsible: Media Coordinators, Principals

Maximize E-rate in support of instructional programs

Goal: Utilize E-rate funds for at least 24 hours of Basic Maintenance support for a more reliable network that holds all instructional programs. Responsible: CTO

Goal: Utilize E-rate funds for at least 24 hours of Basic Maintenance support for a more reliable network that holds all instructional programs. Responsible: CTO

Prepare teachers and administrators to lead 21st century learning environments

Goal: Provided at least 10 hours of training in the use of NC FALCON, ClassScape Benchmarks, EVAAS, Study Island, Nova Net and Wiki sites. Responsible: Testing and Curriculum Directors, Media Coordinators

Goal: Continue to participate in the CeCTO Program implemented by the UNC School of Government, MCNC, and the NCDPI IT Division and Connectivity Services and maintain the Certification up-to-date for our CTO. Responsible: Superintendent, CTO

Goal: Caswell County Schools will increase 21st Century education through technology based communication models such as the Common Core Standards and N.C. Essential Standards Wiki implementation skills. 100% of certified teachers will be trained on the use of Wiki sites and encouraged to participate. Responsible: Curriculum Directors

Goal: Caswell County Schools will use accountability tools and assessment measures for 21st Century Learning Environments. Teachers and administrators will be provided at least 10 hours of training in the use of NC FALCON, ClassScape Benchmarks, EVAAS, Study Island, Nova Net, Thinkfinity and Wiki sites. Responsible: Testing and Curriculum Directors, Media Coordinators

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Strategic Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts

Essential Questions

Are your LEA/Charter leaders prepared to lead and create a vision for 21st century education?

Are mechanisms in place for school leaders to create 21st century learning cultures?

Are professional growth programs/opportunities available to prepare teachers and administrators to lead 21st century learning environments?

Current Status/Moving Forward Creating 21st century learning environments is not about investing only in technology but also investing in people and creating a culture appropriate for 21st century learning. Caswell County Schools’ leaders have laid the foundation for 21st century learning by establishing and maintaining technology programs, resources and support, but there is still a lot to accomplish. We, as a district, must work together with the State in order to continue planning and implementing a successful education program grounded in the elements of 21st century skills and aligned with high-tech work environment and global economy. Our mission in this area is to assure that our schools create a culture that embraces change as dynamic continuous improvement. In this direction we could, with the support of DPI, promote and participate in the ISTE National Education Technology Standards for all educators: provide professional development opportunities for increasing the skills of our principals, directors and administrators to facilitate teaching, learning, and working in a 21st century education environment; determine and promote techniques and practices for transforming the interpersonal skills necessary to nurture and grow productive and balanced workplace relationships in virtual, high-technological environments; and, identify and promote opportunities for educators to upgrade professional skills and certifications and develop skills needed for participation in the online learning community.

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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives: Strategic Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts Caswell County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan... ACRE Career and College Ready, Set, Go! Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work: New Evaluation Strategies, Policies and Procedures 5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts

Suggested Targets Year 1 July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013

Year 2 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014

Yearly Evaluation

Create and lead a vision for 21st century education

Goal: Form a committee to revise all technology related policies, procedures and guidelines and to recommend any necessary improvements/changes that support 21st century leadership. Goal: Propose a new policy for Online Assessment and Instruction for Board Approval. Responsible: CTO, Assistant Superintendent, MTP Committee. Goal: Propose a new policy for BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) for Board approval Responsible: CTO, Assistant Superintendent, MTP Committee.

Maintain procedures to increase overall access to personal learning devices.

Goal: Maintain a reliable inventory to produce accurate information and statistics of computing devices in all schools. Responsible: CTO, M&T School Staff

Goal: Communicate AMTR results and needs based on inventories to all Administrators during at least two Staff Meetings. Responsible: CTO/ Superintendent

Develop strategic partnerships with community and business to promote 21st Century learning.

Goal: Continue to identify and promote opportunities to work with higher education institutions for educators to upgrade professional skills and certification. At least one form of Professional Development will be offered to our staff in collaboration with a higher education institution. Goal: Participate and collaborate in at least one local community and/or business event that involves 21st Century Learning Responsible: CTO, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum Dir.

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Appendix A: Policies and Procedures Caswell County Schools Technology Plan

Policy, Procedure, & Guidelines Implementation Chart

Policies, Procedures, & Guidelines LEA Policy Code or

Procedure

LEA Adoption, Implementation or Revision Date

Policies Required

A. Materials Selection Policy including internet resources (GS §115c-98(b)) 545 01/24/2005

B. Disposal of Equipment / Replacement of Obsolete Equipment (GS §115c-518) 555 04/14/2008

C. Hardware and Software Procurement (GS § 115c-522, 115c-522.1) 545 01/24/2005 D. Copyright and Plagiarism Policy (PL §94-553, 90 Stat. 2541), 525/630 1/24/05 09/26/11

E. Acceptable Use Policy (PL §106-554) (including existing 1:1, bring your own device) 630 09/26/11 F. Equipment/Materials Donation Policy (GS §115C-518) 520 1/24/2005

G. Data Privacy Policy (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99 (FERPA))

440/766/630 6/21/04 8/09/04 09/26/11

H. Inventory Control Policy (GS §115c-539, 115c-102.6A-C(5)) 510 1/24/2005 I. Access to Services Policy (GS §115c-106.2) 630 09/26/11 J. Online Assessment and Instruction Policy Planned Planned K. Advertising and Commercialism Policy (GS §115c-98) (Procurement and gifts ethics) 310 6/21/2004 L. Internet Safety and Ethical Use including Cyberbullying and Harassment

(CIPA, FERPA, GS 115C-407) 630 09/26/11

(Locally identified policies)

Procedures A. Hardware and Software Deployment 510 1/24/2005 B. Equipment maintenance and repairs PROCEDURE 7/15/2004

C. Outdated Resources and Equipment Replacement 545/555 1/24/05

4/14/08 D. Disaster Recovery of Data and Hardware GUIDELINES 7/15/2004 E. Administration of Online Courses 625 3/21/2005 F. Administration of Online Assessment

(Locally identified procedures)

Guidelines A. Policy Translation GUIDELINES 7/15/2004 B. Use of Digital Media and Resources GUIDELINES 7/15/2004 C. Instructional Use of Videos 625 3/21/2005 D. Development of Online Resources 625 3/21/2005 (Locally identified guidelines)

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