Priority Two: Facilities and Infrastructure Objective: Establish a classroom standard for technology

Leads:

 Mr. Saleh, Director of Technology

 Ms. Simmons, Business Administrator

 Ms. Jimenez-Johnson, Assistant Superintendent of Schools and Instructors

Step
	Action
	Person Responsible
	Resources Required
	Timeline
	Evaluation Metric
	
1
	Gather information on the use and benefits of classroom technologies.
	Find industry leaders opinions on employee qualifications they are looking for.
	Complete research on different classroom technologies and their efficiencies.
	Reach out to local colleges and understand the skills they want students to have leaving high school.
	Complete research on teacher retention related to classroom technologies that are available to teachers.
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Schools, Supervisor of Science, Engineering, and Technology
	Research, meeting times, meeting dates
	October 2020
	Initial Educational technology report with evidence of required technology in classrooms included with the 5-year educational facilities plan.
	
2
	Create a classroom standard around Educational Technology Report
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator
	N/A
	November 2020
	Classroom standard plan created
	
3
	Present plan to key stakeholders and the Board of Education
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator
	N/A
	December 2020
	Presentation

4
	Create a deployment plan around pushing classroom technology throughout the district
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator
	N/A
	January 2020
	Deployment plan created
	
5
	Find funding for classroom technology standard.
budget planning with Principals
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator, Building Principals
	Funding for classroom technologies
	February 2021
	Funding is available to proposed classroom technology plan
	
6
	Deploy technology to one school as a pilot for the technology standard
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator, Principals
	Ordering all technology. Installation of technology. Professional development to learn how to use the technology.
	June/July 2021
	First selected school will be used as a pilot
	
7
	Create PD plan and hire an Instructional Technology Coach for continuous professional development for teachers.
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Schools
	funding for new position and PD plans
	Septembe r 2021
	New position is filled and PD sessions are available. Assessment tools and surveys are created to evaluate implementation and classroom use.
	
8
	Develop research around how technology was used in the classrooms of the pilot school.
	Show how this will improve instruction
	Help teacher retention
	Assist students in becoming global citizens
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator, Principals
	Surveys, classroom visits
	October 2021
	Classroom technologies in the pilot school are shown to be effective.
	
9
	Continue with deployment plan to all other buildings.
	Director of Technology, Business Administrator, Principals
	Ordering all technology. Installation of technology. Professional development to learn how to use technology.
	Septembe r 2022
	Create a checklist of completion for each classroom in each building.

Priority Two: Facilities and Infrastructure Objective: Create a protocol for garnering shared input in order to make joint decisions related to technology

Leads:

	Mr. Saleh, Director of Technology

	Ms. Dent, Director of School Innovations, ELA & ESL

Step
	Action
	Person Responsible
	Resources Required
	Timeline
	Evaluation Metric
	
1
	Create a district-wide technology committee with representatives from every building, including administrators, parents and students. The Technology Committee will meet 5 times a year. (October, December, February, April, and June)
	Analyze and discuss current classroom technology
	Future classroom technology initiatives
	General improvements that can be made within the district (e.g., software updates, apps or extensions)
	Review technology survey data and make conclusions based on results
	Mohammed Saleh
	N/A
	September/Octo ber 2020
	Agendas & Sign-in sheets. Principal’s recommendations of technology committee members.
	
2
	Annual survey regarding the quality of service of technology sent out to all faculty and staff. Survey will be sent out three times a year. (October, January, June)

      The overall perception of the technology in the district
	Quality of service/efficiency of the department
	Mohammed Saleh

Patricia Dent
	Google Forms
	October and June every year
	Survey Results. Evaluate results and create an executive summary with conclusions and recommendations.

3
	Technology Committee Develops a 3-year educational technology plan based on conclusions from meetings, discussions, and surveys.
	Technology Committee
	Meeting times, meeting dates, survey results, industry research
	July 2022
	A three year educational technology plan is created and presented to the Superintendent of Schools and Business Administrator

Priority Two: Facilities and Infrastructure Objective: Create failover systems to ensure faster, more reliable, secure network and internet connectivity

Leads:

	Ms. Simmons, Business Administrator 	Mr. Saleh, Director of Technology

Step
	Action
	Person Responsible
	Resources Required
	Timeline
	Evaluation Metric
	
1
	Evaluate the current internet and systems usage. Create a usage report that narrates current usage and possible recommendations if needed.
	Technology department
	Funding/Monitori ng software
	January 2020
	An evaluation report is created and an executive summary is provided to the Superintendent of School and Business Administrator with recommendations.
	
2
	Take results from the evaluation and adjust as needed. Purchase additional resources as needed. If a specific resource is reaching over 80% utilization then we need to expand capacity.
	Technology Department
	Funding
	March 2020
	Create plans to expand capacity if required and find available funding.
	
3
	Create redundant systems for each building with the use of additional services or software to assist in maintaining required uptime.
	Technology Department
	Funding, network configurations, additional technology equipment
	September 2020
	Redundant systems are purchased and tested. An annual evaluation report is sent to the Superintendent and Business Administrator.
	
4
	Create an annual self-evaluation of systems. The evaluation will have benchmarks for systems maintenance, updates, and uptimes. The evaluation will
	System Engineer, System Administrator
	Reporting logs, maintenance logs,
	October 2020
	The maintenance log is created and consistently updated. Presented to the Superintendent of

	help with budget creation and wish list of items.
				Schools and Business Administrator.
	
5
	Reconfigure network to help provide additional security, data management, and system resiliency.
	System Engineer, System Administrator, Network contractors
	Funding, network downtime
	August 2021
	Reconfigure network and create a checklist of industry best practices and standards for network configurations.
	
6
	Create a BYOD wireless network to have personal devices segregated from the district’s network.
	System Engineer, System Administrator
	N/A
	September 2021
	BYOD wireless network is created and implemented.
	
7
	Create a sandbox environment to test new updates and features on all district systems.
	System Engineer, System Administrator
	Additional Technology Equipment
	March 2021
	Sandbox environment is created and used for testing.
	
8
	Verify and create an annual report to the Superintendent of Schools and Business administrator of our backup systems. Report will include a report of successful backups and verify that backup systems are working properly.
	Director of Technology, Systems Engineer, Systems Administrator
	Funding, local and cloud-based backup software
	August 2021
	Backups systems are in place and tested each year.
	
9
	A security audit is complete of all district technology systems every three years.
	Security consultant company/Technology Department
	Funding
	December 2021, December 2024
	A security audit is complete and a list of items that need to be resolved.
	
10
	Evaluate all applications running on district systems and develop a plan to move systems to cloud-based software.
	System Engineer, Director of Technology, System Administrator
	Funding
	May 2022
	Applications that have the possibility of moving to cloud-based are moved off of the district's systems.

Priority Two: Facilities and Infrastructure

Objective: Acquire additional funding for the five-year facilities plan in support of creating new educational spaces (e.g., STEM labs, upgraded science labs, academies, an early childhood center and athletic fields)

Leads:

	Ms. Simmons, Business Administrator 	Mr. Saleh, Director of Technology

Step
	Action
	Person Responsible
	Resources Required
	Timeline
	Evaluation Metric
	
1
	All principals, administration, cabinet members, facilities infrastructure committee and student representatives speak with the architect to begin a long-range educational facilities plan.
	Principals, Supervisors, Cabinet members, facilities infrastructure committee, student representatives. Partett Somjen(engineer/archite ct)
	Meeting times, meeting rooms, architect/engineeri ng firm
	January 2020
	Capital improvement plan for educational facilities is created.
	
2
	The architect will produce a full plan for each location and share it with all principals, administration, and executive team.
	engineer/architect
	Meeting times, Meeting rooms, architect/engineeri ng firm
	May 2020
	The architect produces a full plan for each location.
	
3
	Refine all aspects of the educational facilities plans to make sure it is within the scope of each group's expectations
	Principals, Supervisors, Cabinet members, facilities infrastructure committee, student representatives, engineer/architect
	Meeting times, Meeting rooms, architect/engineeri ng firm
	August 2020
	Designs are completed and accepted by all stakeholders. Board of Education approves they have received the plans.
	
4
	Create a financial plan to pay for all projects in the long-range plan.
	Business Administrator, Director of Technology, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Schools
	Meeting times, Meeting rooms
	October 2020
	Financial plan created
	
5
	Present plan to the finance committee.
	Business Administrator, Director of Technology,
	Meeting times, Meeting rooms
	November 2020
	The financial plan is presented to the finance

		Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Schools
			committee with the approval and understanding of all funding sources.
	
6
	Present plan to the Board of Education and community members.
	Business Administrator, Director of Technology, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Schools
	Meeting times, Meeting rooms
	January 2020
	The financial plan is presented to the Board of Education with the approval and understanding of all funding sources.
	
7
	Facilities upgrade dependent on the Board of Educational approval. Upgrades can begin in 2021.
	Superintendent, Board of Education
	N/A
	March 2020
		
8
	Annual updates of educational facilities upgrade is presented to the board during the budget public hearing.
	Business Administrator
	meeting times, meeting rooms, presentation equipment
	Every April (during the budget public hearing)
	Board of Education and public are updated on the educational facilities upgrades.