General Information:
“Employee access to the Cape Elizabeth School District’s computers, networks and Internet services are provided for administrative, educational, communication and research purposes consistent with the Cape Elizabeth’s educational mission, curriculum and instructional goals. General rules and expectations for professional behavior and communication apply to use of the Cape Elizabeth School District’s computers, networks and Internet services.
Employees are to utilize the Cape Elizabeth School District’s computers, networks and Internet services for school-related purposes and performance of job duties. Incidental personal use of school computers is permitted as long as such use does not interfere with the employee's job duties and performance, with system operations or other system users. "Incidental personal use" is defined as use by an individual employee for occasional personal communications. Employees are reminded that such personal use must comply with this policy and all other applicable policies, procedures and rules.”
From: Cape Elizabeth School Board Policy Manual - FILE: GCSA-R
EMPLOYEE COMPUTER AND INTERNET USE
Classroom Technology:
•Many classrooms come equipped with a multimedia computer that has e-mail, Internet access, and the standard software packages.
•Most teaching staff will have laptop computers with standard software tools.
•Printing is available to a networked laser printer at each grade/department level.
•Color printing is also available on a limited basis in each building.
•Each school has at least one computer lab available for classroom teacher’s use.
•Standard software includes:
AppleWorks - No longer supported (All staff should be moving documents towards MS Office)
Microsoft Office
Browsers (Internet Explorer, or Firefox)
FirstClass Client (e-Mail)
PowerSchool Teacher Web GradeBook (Electronic Grading Software)
•To ensure our district is complying with copyright procedures all software wll be installed by technology staff.
•Many software companies have “Home Use” license options for school staff. This means that some software packages you have in school may also be installed on your home computers while you are an employee of the school district. To check if software is available for home installation please contact the technology staff.
Staff Development:
Cape Academy, a week-long technology staff development opporrtunity is usually held the second week of August each year. Technology staff development opportunities also will be available throughout the school year. Watch for announcements via e-mail, faculty meetings, and your school mail boxes.
Internet Filtering:
Our district uses an Internet filtering service district wide on all school computers. This is necessary to comply with the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) federal law for school and library computers. All computers are set to access the Internet only by going through this filter. This will restrict access to sites our students shouldn’t be going to. School staff have
capabilities to override the filter if you find it is limiting your access to sites you feel are necessary for your students.
Please remember that Internet filtering is just one tool provided by our district to help staff when using the Internet with their students.
“Teachers or supervisors who utilize school computers for instructional purposes with students
have a duty of care to supervise such use.”
We also have installed a Firewall to prevent attacks and unauthorized access to our district’s networks from outside. This firewalls also limits the access to the outside of our networks (Internet) by only going through this firewall.
Purchasing Computers through the School Department:
Staff may purchase computers through the School Department at educational pricing. The technology staff is willing to help you with selecting a system and getting a price quote for that system. When the system is delivered our staff will install software available to you as an employee of the school district. Please note that some software may have to be purchased by you for home use. If you choose to purchase a computer through the School Department the entire cost of that system is due when you receive your computer. The School Department does not sponsor any payroll deduction, payment plans and cannot accept purchases with credit cards.
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