Technology Plan

Goals, Objectives and Strategies

Environment

GOAL 1: Provide a safe, flexible, and effective learning environment for students and other education stakeholders in each of our schools.

Objective 1.1: Challenge each staff member to model ethical behavior when utilizing technology.
Strategy 1.1.1: Provide resources for good Digital Citizenship for both staff and student use through the Goochland Citizenship21 website. Evaluate: promote online resources and track hits to webpages. Budget: no direct cost; responsibilities of supervisor of instructional technology/webmaster.
Strategy 1.1.2: Clearly articulate expectations for ethical behavior in the division acceptable use policy for students and staff. Evaluate: Publish a revised A.U.P. that accommodates the latest trends and technologies by August, 2010. Budget: no direct cost; responsibilities technology team and school board.
Strategy 1.1.3: Teachers will take an ethics of cyberspace and Internet safety course at their first year of employment with the school division, and every 5th year thereafter in a more condensed, refresher format. Evaluation: supervisor of instructional technology and human resources department. Budget: no direct cost.

Objective 1.2: Continue to deliver and assess a comprehensive Internet safety and ethics program through all grade levels.
Strategy 1.2.1: Continue incorporation of internet safety topics in the K-12 curriculum in targeted areas in all subject areas. Evaluate: Study changes made to curriculum by lead teachers and department chairs, K-12 annually. Budget: lead teacher and department chair responsibilities with instructional budget.
Strategy 1.2.2: Deliver lessons to students on topics of internet safety, including: cyberbullying, copyright, password selection, identity theft, and electronic communications. Evaluate: Teacher evaluations and expectations in Continuous Professional Development Portfolio. Budget: no direct budget implication.
Strategy 1.2.3: Teachers will use Digital Citizenship resources (online links) following the Goochland Citizenship21 model when using computer/technology resources. Evaluate: Maintain Digital Citizenship microsite and track usage in teacher plans and website hits. Budget: No direct budget implication; responsibilities of supervisor of instructional technology and building principals.

Objective 1.3: Utilize all available media for improving communication between all education stakeholders.
Strategy 1.3.1: Encourage clarity & professionalism in the use of electronic media (e-mail, microblogging, blogging, chat, PowerSchool) to communicate with parents about student progress. Evaluate: Evaluate yearly; provide best practices at New Teacher Academy and in Ethics course for teachers new to the school division. Budget: responsibilities of supervisor of instructional technology, Human Resources department. No direct cost.
Strategy 1.3.2: Continue the Goochland Blogging Initiative utilized as a communications medium between classroom and families. Evaluate: Principals evaluate blogging habits of teachers set by A.U.P. expectations in teacher evaluations. Budget: Server replacement, $8000, SY2009-2010.
Strategy 1.3.3: Utilize microblogs and other RSS-capable communications online to communicate division-wide alerts. Evaluate: Division webmaster, website analytics. Evaluate annually as part of webmaster job duties. Budget: No budget implication.
Strategy 1.3.4: Utilize a SIS with parent and student logons to check academic progress. Evaluate: Information services specialist will provide a usage report. Budget: Annual maintenance and technical support, $11,500.
Strategy 1.3.5: Utilize School Messenger system to communicate division-wide alerts by phone. Evaluate: assistant superintendent, principals deliver messages; usage report tallies success of calls and e-mails Budget: Annual maintenance and technical support, $2,500.
Strategy 1.3.6: Partner with county/community government/organizations to extend availability of broadband-based Internet access throughout the county. Evaluate: evaluate biannually through technology department. Budget: $72,000 per year (networking hardware, firewall, and professional/support services provided through a cooperative partnership with the county government: value at ~$70,000 per year).
Strategy 1.3.7: Create a level of transparency among the stakeholders within the community through the use of read/write websites (Eagle Eyrie, Bark of the Dog). Evaluate: Review needs annually with building principals. Budget: no direct cost, accommodated through blogging and Web servers.

Objective 1.4: Maintain and increase secure network bandwidth at all buildings within the division to optimize learning opportunities.
Strategy 1.4.1: Partner with county administration to deliver wireless point-to-point Internet access to satellite elementary schools. Evaluate: evaluate biannually through technology department, technical coordinator Budget: SY2010-2011, projected savings of $12,000 annually. No direct cost to school division through a cooperative partnership with the county government.
Strategy 1.4.2: Utilize dual-wireless network topology in each school building to secure internal networked assets from guest wireless network. Evaluate: evaluate ongoing by technical coordinator. Budget: SY2009-2010, $12,000 upgrade. No recurring cost.
Strategy 1.4.3: Develop plan to replace aging internal network infrastructure at schools. Evaluate: technical coordinator and technology department by SY 2012-13. Budget: SY09-10, $15,000 upgrade. No recurring cost.
Strategy 1.4.4: Explore emerging communication options from vendors to increase overall internet bandwidth to division. Evaluate: evaluate annually by technical coordinator and technology department Budget: No budget implications at this time.
Strategy 1.4.5: Maintain a CIPA-compliant internet filtering appliance for network traffic that is presented to students that allows for staff overrides of blocked content. Evaluate: evaluated annually for budget and feature compliance by technical coordinator Budget: Annual $11,000.
Strategy 1.4.6: Maintain the secure network infrastructure to enable eSOL testing annually. Evaluation: regular monitoring of network by technical services coordinator. Budget: $160-180K annually (State funding).

Objective 1.5: Maintain a regular communication between staff (teachers and administrators) to assess instructional needs and technology applications.
Strategy 1.5.1: Building administrators will have a recurring dialog with staff at faculty meetings focused on issues relating to technology. Evaluate: superintendent’s evaluation of principals. Budget: No direct cost.
Strategy 1.5.2: Publish an e-mail newsletter and podcast series focused on technology applications, news, and procedures. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology job description, ongoing. Budget: No direct cost.
Strategy 1.5.3: Include technology staff (ITRT, instruction, library media specialists, support) in delivering professional development and instructional initiatives. Evaluate: Evaluate annually with central office directors, instructional team, and building principals. Budget: professional development, budget 40 hrs/year $3000.
Strategy 1.5.4: Have instructional technology represented on the division-wide instruction committee. Evaluate: integration of technology and support in planned professional development will be evaluated annually. Budget: No direct cost.

Engagement

GOAL 2: Meet the needs of the twenty-first century learner by providing instructional support through both innovative and proven means with technology.

Objective 2.1: Increase number of active, student-centered classrooms that effectively utilize available technologies.
Strategy 2.1.1: Establish guidelines and provide support for planning lessons incorporating available technologies in classrooms (Promethean board, ActiVotes, ActivSlate). Evaluate: Lead teachers/department chairs, supervisor of instructional technology, ITRTs will report time annually. Budget: professional development time from instructional budget.
Strategy 2.1.2: Engage students at their ability level by adopting the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in instructional practices. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology, ITRTs, teachers. Evaluate: follow-through with classroom observations by building administrators. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 2.1.3: Challenge teachers and students both to adopt twenty-first century skills into project-based experiences following the Goochland G21 framework. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology and building principals will evaluate this strategy annually as part of teachers’ G21 project planning sessions. Budget: responsibilities of supervisor, instructional technology and instructional team. $70 annually for G21 Faire award.
Strategy 2.1.4: Deploy table-based computing devices for elementary learners (i.e., SMART Table) to support differentiation and UDL in elementary classrooms. Evaluation: begin deployment of 3 tables per school in SY 2013; outfit all elementary classrooms by SY 2016, K-2. Budget: $31,500 for initial deployment and professional development. Additional funding, $52,000.

Objective 2.2: Deliver professional development for teachers and administrators on effective models that address the relationships in the TPACK (Technology Pedagogy and Content Knowledge) model.
Strategy 2.2.1: Focus PD time training on technological, content-technological, and technological-pedagogy knowledge centers. Evaluate: Identify sessions that follow TPACK design in upcoming PD at least 2 per year beginning in SY 2011-12. Budget: instructional materials, $500 annually.
Strategy 2.2.2: Create training sessions that are content-specific that utilize and increase technology integration. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology. Offer at least 3 courses per year that focus on content-specific technology integration beginning in SY 2011-12. Budget: professional development; already listed, $3000/year.
Strategy 2.2.3: Deliver professional development opportunities that model UDL principles. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology. Offer at least one course per year that addresses UDL principles. Budget:  $1400 SY 2011-12, SY 2012-13 conference attendance.

Objective 2.3: Explore the use of new and emerging technologies to engage learners.
Strategy 2.3.1: Assemble a group/committee tasked with identifying emerging technologies that could positively impact instruction. Evaluate: technology department, ongoing. Publish and present report annually to school board. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 2.3.2: Leverage relationships with vendors to acquire loaner equipment for piloting emerging technologies. Evaluate:  technology department, ongoing with vendors. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 2.3.3: Create a budget and systems to support pilot efforts. Evaluate: director of technology (secondary education). SY 2012-ongoing, $5500 annually beginning in SY 2012-13.

Objective 2.4: Enable anytime learning among stakeholders utilizing online resources.
Strategy 2.4.1: Encourage teachers to use their blogs as a showcase for successful learning activities and student artifacts. Evaluate: building principals evaluate teachers and their blogging habits on frequency (once per week) and content of blogs. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 2.4.2: Encourage the use of social bookmarking (Diigo, Delicious) for sharing useful online resources. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology and ITRTs and media specialists.  Standardize one social bookmarking service among all teachers by SY 2014-15. Budget: no direct cost, free resources.
Strategy 2.4.3: Utilize free Moodle and other online services to expand secondary course offerings. Evaluate: secondary guidance counselors, administrators, and supervisor of instructional technology. Plan to expand online offerings with self-built courses by SY 2012-13. Budget: SY 2011-12 upgrade Moodle server for students, $8000.
Strategy 2.4.4: Deploy tablet- and touch-based technologies for take-home use at a 1:1 ratio in secondary schools for access to Web-based learning resources and virtual textbooks. Evaluate: Evaluate current offerings in SY 2013-14, deploy at GMS in SY2014-15, deploy at GHS in SY2015-16. Budget: $560,000 estimated, from hardware lease renewed in SY 2014-15.

Objective 2.5: Support teachers by utilizing specialized technology expertise (TPACK) & personnel.
Strategy 2.5.1: Publish best practices through regular communications from the technology department (blog, wiki, e-mail newsletter, podcast series). Evaluate: ongoing responsibility of supervisor of instructional technology and ITRTs. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 2.5.2: Increase the current ratio of instructional technology resource teachers to 1:school. Evaluate: school board, superintendent, and technology department. Budget: Begin SY 2012-13 $50,000, SY 2013-14 $100,000, SY 2014-15 $150,000.
Strategy 2.5.3: Supplant the duties of the school-based ITRT to include technical, break/fix support. Evaluate: technology department. We can accommodate specialization of more personnel when they possess a wider skillset. Required by SY 2014-15. Budget: personnel accommodated above, through ITRT.

Objective 2.6: Utilize local consortia and organizations to add value to our technology practices.
Strategy 2.6.1: Maintain membership by technology personnel in the Virginia Society for Technology in Education and related organizations (ISTE, etc.). Evaluate: meet goal to send at least 50% of instructional technology team annually. Budget: $2000-10,000 annually for VSTE/ISTE conference.
Strategy 2.6.2: Maintain membership in Greater Richmond Area Educational Technology Council (GRAETC, EdTech). Evaluate: ongoing technology department participation, report findings to team. Budget: travel ($400 annually for mileage).
Strategy 2.6.3: Maintain membership in MERC through VCU to benefit from research being conducted on instructional practices. Evaluate: technology department participation. Budget: travel ($300 annually for mileage), $3629/annually membership cost from instructional budget.
Strategy 2.6.4: Participate in local grant consortia to supply hardware/software to the division (CVC, ScriboDigita, JabrDigitAL). Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology. Budget: travel ($400 annually for mileage) paid by grant.
Strategy 2.6.5: Participate in RSCPS; utilize services provided by WCVE Community Ideas Stations. Evaluate: duty currently assigned to high school media specialist. Budget: travel ($250 annually for mileage).
Strategy 2.6.6: Maintain membership in Virginia PowerSchool Users Group Evaluate: Director of Technology. Budget: $200 for county membership annually.
Strategy 2.6.7: Participate in PowerSchool University annual training. Evaluate: Director of Technology Budget: Two participants $2000 tuition per person plus $2000 in expenditures (travel, lodging, etc.) annually.

Application

GOAL 3: Provide students with opportunities to apply technology effectively to gain knowledge, develop skills, and create and disseminate artifacts that reflect their understandings.

Objective 3.1: Create opportunities throughout the curriculum for practicing the division’s 12 defined twenty-first century skills.
Strategy 3.1.1: Define and develop a twenty-first century skill strand throughout the division’s K-12 curriculum. Evaluate: to be completed by SY 2013-14 by lead teachers/department chairs in conjunction with supervisor of instructional technology. Budget: 20 teachers $25/hour @16 hours in SY 2013-14 ($8000).
Strategy 3.1.2: Publish a G21 best practices digital warehouse of tested project-based lessons. Evaluate: to be undertaken by supervisor of instructional technology by expanding our already-existing G21 Project Faire initiative; evaluated as part of job responsibilities by director of technology. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 3.1.3: Continue the deployment of G21 projects and planning sessions focused on the development of twenty-first century skills. Evaluate: instructional team in conjunction with supervisor of instructional technology. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 3.1.4: Develop a G21 Teacher’s Academy to focus resources on classroom reform utilizing technology with a twenty-first century skills-based curriculum. Evaluate: ITRTs and supervisor of instructional technology to invoke G21 Teacher Academy with grant funding between SY 2012-15. Budget: $14,000-50,000 dependent solely upon grant funding (Shovel Ready Project)

Objective 3.2: Increase the amount of project- and problem-based learning experiences throughout the division’s classrooms.
Strategy 3.2.1: Implement a Children’s Engineering program at the elementary level. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology by SY 2012-13. Budget: $500 annually for supplies, $2500 startup cost for training from instructional budget.
Strategy 3.2.2: Provide professional development opportunities to help teachers plan and manage projects that incorporate technology Standards of Learning in their classrooms. Evaluate: ongoing, supervisor of instructional technology and school administrators. Budget: already identified; $3000 annually for after-school instructors.  SY 2013-14, upgrade Moodle server for staff development, $8000.
Strategy 3.2.3: Increase the number of G21 projects undertaken by teachers each school year. Evaluate: By SY 2014-15, teachers on average will complete 3 or more G21 projects planned in conjunction with instructional leadership team, and supervisor of instructional technology and school-based ITRTs. In SY 2009-10, the requirement for teachers is set at 1 one such project during the academic school year. Budget: no direct cost.

Objective 3.3: Meet the needs and interests of all students with through providing elective course offerings in technology.
Strategy 3.3.1: Explore developing technology curriculum for following areas: 3D design, Computer Programming, Information Systems Management, Computer Science, Computer Networking, Game Development, Computer Repair. Evaluate: technology team and secondary administration. Budget: hire of new high school technology instructor @ $50,000 in SY 2014-15.
Strategy 3.3.2: Expand the technology curriculum with at least 2 new courses by SY 2014-15. Evaluate: Director of Technology (secondary education) and school-based administration. Budget: already identified, 3.3.1.

Objective 3.4: Increase the number of collaborative learning activities within and outside the division for students.
Strategy 3.4.1: Partner with neighboring school divisions’ classrooms. Evaluate: Increase number of G21 inter-school projects each year at each building; evaluated by building principal. Budget: $200 annually for travel.
Strategy 3.4.2: Adopt a “sister school” alliance with foreign countries. Evaluate: Establish at least one international sister school for each building in Goochland County by SY 2013-14; supervisor of instructional technology and building administrators, superintendent. Budget: no direct cost.

Objective 3.5: Embrace the Virginia Technology SOL throughout the curriculum.
Strategy 3.5.1: Target technology SOL in the division’s curriculum. Evaluate: By SY 2014-15, identify the full complement of Virginia technology SOL in each curriculum strand and area, undertaken by lead teachers/department chairs in coordination with building-level ITRTs. Budget: instructional budget, lead teachers.
Strategy 3.5.2:  Teachers will identify VA Technology SOL in lesson plans.  Evaluate: division wide by SY 2013-14. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 3.5.3: Assess the Virginia Technology SOL in grades 5 and 8. Evaluate: Beginning in SY 2011-12, begin implementation of a valid technology test in grades 5 and 8 with coordinator of testing, ITRTs, and supervisor of instructional technology. Budget: development of technology questions added to marking period tests by ITRTs; $1000 per grade level for test.
Strategy 3.5.4: Target the Virginia Technology SOL in subject-specific contexts in marking-period tests and in secondary course final examinations. Beginning in SY 2012-13, begin modification of marking period exams by lead teachers/department chairs in conjunction with building-level ITRTs; completed by SY 2014-15. Evaluate: secondary assistant principals. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 3.5.5: Maintain availability of SOL-aligned and ISTE NETS-S-aligned software and subscription services that work with current hardware and infrastructure. Evaluation: Review software and online subscription services that are evaluated to offer good value for money, meets standards and curricular needs. Budget: ~$20-40,000 annually.
Strategy 3.5.6: Standardize a keyboarding education program for elementary learners in grades 2-5. Evaluate: by SY 2011-12; responsibilities: director of elementary education, ITRT. Budget: $15,000 in SY 2013-14 for additional “Writer” carts for keyboard practice.

Objective 3.6: Empower administrators to evaluate good teaching and learning in an effort to support teachers.
Strategy 3.6.1: Develop an observation instrument that evaluates teaching of 21st century skills, project- and problem-based approaches centered on the division’s G21 model. Evaluate: supervisor of instructional technology with instructional leadership team by SY 2011-12. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 3.6.2: Provide professional development to administrators on evaluating 21st century teaching and learning. Evaluate: Ongoing; director of technology in conjunction with supervisor of instructional technology, annually. Budget: no direct cost; leadership retreat.
Strategy 3.6.3: Administrators provide timely feedback on observations that meet the expectations of both boomer generation through generation y teachers using technology. Evaluate: in conjunction with a new instrument, ongoing beginning in SY 2012-13. Budget: no direct cost.

Tools

GOAL 4: Provide students and staff with access to authentic and appropriate tools to gain knowledge, develop purposeful skills, extend capabilities, and create and share artifacts that demonstrate student achievement.

Objective 4.1: Provide opportunities for secondary students to obtain industry certifications (software, hardware).
Strategy 4.1.1: Increase class opportunities at the secondary level. Evaluate: Director of Secondary Education, high school principal.
Strategy 4.1.2: Increase the number of secondary teachers with current industry certifications. Evaluate: Following guidelines of federal Perkins Grant, 5 teachers by SY 2015-16. Budget: funded through CTE budget.
Strategy 4.1.3: Obtain the software/hardware needed to provide the industry certification. Evaluation: Director of Technology. Budget: Upgrade of FinalCut Suite, $2000 in SY 2012-13. Upgrade of Adobe Suite, $10,000 in SY 2012-13.

Objective 4.2: Provide students online learning opportunities inside and outside of the division.
Strategy 4.2.1: Continue participation in the Virtual Virginia program. Evaluation: high school administration. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 4.2.2: Explore partnerships with area school divisions to share instructors using available courseware software (Moodle, Blackboard). Evaluation: Director of Secondary Education to evaluate annually; at least one partnership by 2013-14, three or more partnerships by 2015-16. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 4.2.3: Utilize available tools (Moodle, iTunes U) to provide enrichment opportunities to students within the division from home. Evaluation: Selection and evaluation of grade- and subject-level tools annually by instruction team. Budget: no direct cost, seeking free and open-source tools.
Strategy 4.2.4: Participate in the Center Stage partnership to gain expertise in media production and work towards industry certification. Evaluation: CenterStage Partnership Committee. Budget: $150 for FinalCut Pro Certification Test: 1 teacher, SY 2010-11; 5 students by SY 2012-13 ($900).

Objective 4.3: Provide supports of time and technology to share content and expertise among staff in the division.
Strategy 4.3.1: Provide planning time for teachers to collaborate with colleagues both across the curriculum and between grade levels. Evaluation: school principals. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 4.3.2: Provide online storage for web-based content sharing (Wiki server, blogs, social network) and e-mail. Evaluation: technology team for support and implementation. Budget: costs for some of these services are addressed with services from other strategies. $1000 annually for e-mail server subscription, $600 in SY 2009-2010 for RAID backup for e-mail archiving.

Objective 4.4: Provide students with Internet-capable hardware solutions that foster opportunities for multimedia creation.
Strategy 4.4.1: Increase the machine-to-student ratio of technology to include network connected laptop, desktop, and handheld devices for students. Evaluate: director of technology on allocation of funding from lease and state SOL-readiness funds. Budget: $45,000 in SY 2009-10; $140,000 in SY 2010-11 (state and local funding), $300,000 annually towards lease 2011-2015. Also see Strategies 2.1.4, 2.4.4.
Strategy 4.4.2: Evaluate emerging technologies to target instructional best-practices. Evaluate: technology department, ongoing. Budget: any direct costs are reflected in Strategy 2.3.3.
Strategy 4.4.3: Provide device check-out for students. Evaluate: expand pilot begun in SY 2009-10; technology department and library media specialists. Budget: $2500 earmarked for repairs/replacement annually. See Strategy 2.4.4.
Strategy 4.4.4 Provide students with cloud-based solution (GoogleApps, Microsoft Office Live) to accommodate student access to coursework digital files regardless of location. Evaluate: continue to expand pilot in SY 2009-10 to accommodate all secondary students in SY 2010-11. Budget: e-mail archiving services, SY 2012-13 onward @ $4500 annually.
Strategy 4.4.5: Maintain and modernize the TV studio with digital workflow at the high school/middle school complex. Evaluate: Coordinator of technical services for implementation. Budget: Funding from technology with additional sources: in SY 2010-11 $15,000; SY 2011-12 $15,000, SY 2012-13 $50,000.
Strategy 4.4.6: Repair and maintain computers and associated peripherals in good working condition throughout the life of ownership. Evaluate: annually by technology team. Budget: $16,000-25,000 annually.

Objective 4.5: Provide teachers and administrators with multimedia authoring capabilities using currently implemented platforms.
Strategy 4.5.1: Provide MacBook or MacBook Pro laptop computers for each teacher and administrator. Evaluate: ongoing; technology department. Budget: $100,000 annually towards lease plan for SY 2011-2015.
Strategy 4.5.2: Provide webmail access to teachers. Evaluate: ongoing; technical coordinator responsibility. Budget:  included in email server license.
Strategy 4.5.3: Maintain currently deployed software tools for communication, record keeping, productivity. Examples include: iWork, iLife, WordPress, Moodle, ExpressionEngine, etc. Evaluate: standardize platforms to reduce additional professional development costs. Budget: Software costs are referenced already elsewhere.

Objective 4.6: Empower all school staff with telecommunication services between division buildings and the world.
Strategy 4.6.1: Provide mobile telecommunication devices to administrators to promote safety and to provide access to realtime student information. Evaluate: 100% administrators by SY 2011-12.  Budget: $18,000 annually.
Strategy 4.6.2: Provide wireless capabilities outside of county network. Evaluate: use of “smart phones” with wireless internet. Budget: $7,000 annually
Strategy 4.6.3: Provide internal VOIP through a cooperative partnership with the county government. Evaluation: currently deployed. Budget: Maintenance cost $5,000 per year.

Results

GOAL 5: Use technology to support a culture of innovation throughout the division, with a focus on encouraging data-driven decision making for improving teaching and learning practices.

Objective 5.1: Empower teachers to be able to take the “pulse” of learners with data reporting tools.
Strategy 5.1.1: Utilize informal and formal formative assessment strategies in the classroom (Activotes, Moodle, polls). Evaluation: tailor technology professional development efforts based on feedback from teachers and ITRTs on needs. Use feedback for this plan and during year to meet teachers’ needs. Budget: purchase of additional Activotes at $3500/case in SY 2012-13 ($21,000 for 12 classrooms).
Strategy 5.1.2: Utilize informal and formal formative and summative assessment data to drive instructional planning. Evaluate: deployment and evaluation by instructional team and building administration as part of each school’s school improvement plan (SIP). Use system to accommodate 100% of marking period tests by SY2011-12. Budget: Just5Clicks subscription at $12,300/year annually.

Objective 5.2: Communicate continual academic progress with students and families.
Strategy 5.2.1: Utilize teacher blogs and division website to share artifacts of learning and communicate instructional goals.  Evaluate: ongoing, evaluated by building principals and supervisor of instructional technology. GCPS teachers have identified updates to be done to blogs on a weekly basis. Budget: no direct cost, utilizing blogging server referenced above.
Strategy 5.2.2: Accurately report student grades and attendance using PowerSchool SIS, utilizing parent access features. Evaluate: ongoing, evaluated by information technology specialist in coordination with building principals as part of teacher evaluations. Budget: referenced above, PowerSchool yearly subscription and training.

Objective 5.3: Share best practices and learning success stories.
Strategy 5.3.1: Maintain a wiki-based curriculum that shares high-quality resources for instruction. Evaluate: quality of materials will be evaluated continually by directors of secondary and elementary education. Lead teachers and department chairs to add at least one resource/semester. Budget: no direct cost, using current web server and lead teacher funding.
Strategy 5.3.2: Provide and encourage use of a social networking space for teachers to share best practices and learning successes. Evaluate: use will be evaluated and guided by the office of the superintendent.  Budget: no direct cost. Ning without ads is $19/month.

Objective 5.4: Support administrative responsibilities with solutions that save and maintain resources.
Strategy 5.4.1: Develop an affordable, customized human resources database system for tracking employee accounting (HR, leave, new hires). Evaluate: ongoing, technical coordinator with HR personnel at CO. Budget: $2500 for modifications, if needed over 6-year period.
Strategy 5.4.2: Partner with county government to provide connectivity services (Internet, wireless, telephone). Evaluate: ongoing, technical coordinator with county technology personnel. Budget: shared costs, referenced above.
Strategy 5.4.3: Partner with county government to share burden of accounting system and payroll services. Evaluate: ongoing, technical coordinator with director of operations/finance and county government. Budget: no direct cost.
Strategy 5.4.4: Maintain high standards of data quality through participation in the Investing in Data Quality (IDQ) program by the VA DOE. Evaluate: Evaluate data quality plan by end of SY 2011-12. Budget: no direct cost.

Objective 5.5: Support classroom teachers with technology that supports TPACK model with engaged learners.
Strategy 5.5.1: Continue deployment of interactive white boards, with connected speakers, video projection, and response system. Evaluate: check yearly on updates with IWBs for best-fit solutions. Budget: Outfit elementary classrooms @ $35,000/year in SY 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15.  
Strategy 5.5.2: Review and revise the technology plan on an annual basis to reflect budgetary realities, impact on instruction, and changing stakeholder support and needs. Evaluate: yearly review by planning committee. Budget: no direct cost.