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BENCHMARK 2: Technology Integration and Literacy
 || Continue to provide ongoing PD opportunities in current and innovative technologies
 * **//Technology Integration//** || **//Current Status//** || **//Action Plan//** || **//Timeline//** || **//Responsible Parties//** ||
 * Outside Teaching Time - At least 85% of teachers use technology every day, including some of the following areas: lesson planning, administrative tasks, communications, and collaboration. Teachers share information about technology uses with their colleagues. || It is estimated that 86% of the staff use technology everyday for professional activities.

Move toward a paperless, electronic system of communication within the district. || Ongoing 2010-2011

Ongoing 2010-2011 || Dir of Technology PreK-12 Building Principals Instructional Tech Coordinator Curriculum Supervisors

Assistant Superintendent Dir of Technology PreK-12 Building Principals || 
 * For Teaching and Learning - At least 85% of teachers use technology appropriately w/students every day to improve student learning of the curriculum. || Continue to expand the usage of X2 – Aspen

Explore Aspen's Learning Community for Blogging, Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs), and Wikis ||  ||   ||
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Adopt X2 Health Component

According the 2009 TSAT, 58% of teachers use technology within their classrooms at least once a week. This is up 8% from 2008. 

Teachers collaborated formally & informally to apply at least one Web 2.0 tool to their teaching & learning environment. Professional development, train the trainer model, as well as Inst. Technology support services were dedicated to this initiative. 

Continue PD opportunities through in-service, courses, workshops and Summer Institutes that focus on best practices in tech integration.
 * Pilot Aspen’s Learning Community for Blogging, (VLEs), and Wikis

Expand the Learning Community Pilot

Continue to expand access to technology in labs, classrooms, and with laptop carts throughout the district.

Provide projection devices for all classrooms by dept or grade level. || Yearly 2010-2013…

2010-2011

Late 2011 or Fall of 2011-2012

2012-2013

Spring 2011

August – July Yearly 2010-2011

2010- 2011 ELA DHS & DMS ALDEN Grade 5 2011-2012 SS DHS & DMS ALDEN Grade 4 2012- 2013 Electives DHS & DMS Alden Grade 3 Chandler Grade 2

August – July Yearly 2010-2011 || Dir of Technology PreK-12 Database Manager

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Database Manager Instructional Tech Coordinator

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Database Manager Instructional Tech Coordinator Curriculum Supervisors

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Database Manager Instructional Tech Coordinator Curriculum Supervisors

District Nursing Staff

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Technology Steering Team

Building Principals PD Committee Instructional Tech Coordinator

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Principals and Dept Chairs Curriculum Supervisors Instructional Tech Coordinator ||
 * **//Technology Literacy//** || **//Current Status//** || **//Action Plan//** || **//Timeline//** || **//Responsible Parties//** ||
 * At least 85% of eighth grade students show proficiency in all the Massachusetts Recommended PreK-12 Instructional Technology Standards for grade 8. || [[image:file://localhost/Users/joanne/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image008.png width="537" height="3"]] Technology Survey given to 8th grade students in June. || Establish new K-8 Guideline Team

DPS will review DESE Tech Literacy Standards and Expectations for Gr K-12 and revise the existing DPS Tech Guidelines. || September- 2010

October-January 2010-2011 || Dir of Technology PreK-12

K-8 Guideline Team || 
 * 100% of teachers are working to meet the proficiency level in technology, and by the school year 2010-2011, 60% of teachers will have reached the proficiency level as defined by the Massachusetts Technology Self-Assessment Tool (TSAT) || Continue to have staff complete TSAT annually to assist in defining technology PD needs.

Continue to differentiate PD offerings to meet the needs of all staff.



Continue to offer graduate level tech courses.



Continue to implement the train-the-trainer format to develop tech leaders at each school.

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PD Days August – July Yearly 2010-2011

YEARLY 2010-2011

YEARLY 2010-2011 || Dir of Technology PreK-12 Instructional Tech Coordinator

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Instructional Tech Coordinator Professional Development Committee

Assistant Superintendent Instructional Tech Coordinator

Building Administrators Instructional Tech Coordinator Curriculum Specialist || Instructional Technology Specialist (grant funded), Media Specialist, Curriculum Supervisors, Tech Dir PrK-12, and VP’s at Alden and DMS provide tech instruction for staff. Teachers serve as train-the-trainer tech leaders at each school.   ||
 * **//Staffing//** || **//Current Status//** || **//Action Plan//** || **//Timeline//** || **//Responsible Parties//** ||
 * The district provides one FTE instructional technology teacher per 60-120 instructional staff. ||

Request part-time Instructional Technology Specialist for DHS, DMS, Alden, and Chandler.

Continue train-the-trainer teachers within each school to serve as technology leader. || August – July Yearly 2010-2011

Budget process 2010-2011 If necessary 2011-2012, 2012-2013.

August – July Yearly 2010-2011 || Dir of Technology PreK-12 Instructional Tech Coordinator Curriculum Supervisors Vice Principals (Alden and DMS) Train-the-trainers at each school

Dir of Technology PreK-12 ||
 * The district has staff dedicated to data management and assessment || [[image:file://localhost/Users/joanne/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image016.png width="537" height="3"]] DPS has one full-time Registrar and one part-time database manager. || Increase part-time database manager to full-time. || Yearly 2010-2011

Request increase for 2011-2012 school year. || Dir of Technology PreK-12

Dir of Technology PreK-12 Superintendent of Schools School Committee ||