3. Goals – Articulate specific goals, aligned with the Maine Learning Results, for using advanced
technology to improve student academic achievement.
In order to support academic achievement, Cape Elizabeth School District supports the following guiding principles from the Maine Learning Results as well as our district's Future Direction Plan. Our ultimate goal is a computer literate student and staff population that will be better able to assist in maintaining high student achievement.
GUIDING PRINCIPLES FROM THE MAINE LEARNING RESULTS:
I. A CLEAR AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR
a. Uses oral, written, visual, artistic, and technological modes of expression;
b. Reads, listens to and interprets messages from multiple sources.
II. SELF-DIRECTED AND LIFE-LONG LEARNER
a. Creates career and education plans that reflect personal goals, interests and skills, and available resources;
b. Demonstrates the capacity to undertake independent study; and
c. Finds and uses information from libraries, electronic data bases, and other resources.
III. A CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL PROBLEM SOLVER
a. Observes situations objectively to clearly and accurately define problems;
b. Frames questions and designs data collection and analysis strategies from all disciplines to answer those questions;
c. Identifies patterns, trends, and relationships that apply to solutions to problems; and
d. Generates a variety of solutions, builds a case for the best response, and critically evaluates its effectiveness of this response.
Cape Elizabeth School District Goals
Goals developed using the points below from the National Education Technology Plan:
1. Strengthen Leadership
Encourage school, district and state leaders to not only supervise, but provide informed, creative and ultimately transformative leadership for systemic change of the rapidly evolving development of information and communication technology.
Invest in leadership development programs to develop a new generation of tech-savvy leaders at every level.
Retool administrator education programs to provide training in technology decision making and organizational change.
Develop partnerships between schools, higher education and the community.
Encourage creative technology partnerships with the business community.
Empower students' participation in the planning process.
2. Innovative Budgeting
Develop a yearly budget generated successfully through innovative restructuring and reallocation of existing budgets to realize efficiencies and cost savings with the new focus geared towards the educational objectives in terms of how they support student learning and specific educational goals. Determine the total costs for technology as a percentage of total spending.
Consider a systemic restructuring of budgets to realize efficiencies, cost savings and reallocation. This can include reallocations
in expenditures on textbooks, instructional supplies, space and computer labs.
Leasing with 3-5 year refresh cycles.
Determination of total costs for technology as a set percentage of total spending
3. Improve Teacher Training
Ensure that all teachers have sufficient training in the effective use of technology to enhance learning within the classroom. Give teachers access to research, examples and innovations as well as staff development to learn best practices.
Improve the preparation of new teachers in the use of technology.
Provide professional development for effective technology integration and to increased student learning.
Ensure that every teacher has the opportunity to take online learning courses.
Ensure that every teacher knows how to use data to personalize instruction. Teachers should have the ability to interpret data to
understand student progress and challenges, drive daily decisions and design instructional interventions to customize instruction for every student's unique needs using PowerSchool.
4. Support E-Learning and Virtual Schools
Provide an environment to make it possible for students at all levels to receive high quality supplemental or full courses of instruction personalized to their needs via an E-Learning environment as well as to enhance professional development for teachers.
Provide every student access to E-learning.
Provide opportunities for teachers to participate in E-learning training.
Encourage teachers to teach using an E-learning format such as MOODLE.
Encourage the use of e-learning options to meet No Child Left Behind requirements for highly qualified teachers and supplemental services.
Explore creative ways to fund e-learning opportunities.
5. Ensure Broadband Access
Broadband access 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year to help teachers, students and parents realize the full potential
of this technology and broadband technology needs and have it properly maintained.
Ensure broadband capabilities and access are reliable.
Make broadband available all the way to the end-user for data management, online and technology-based assessments, e-learning,
and accessing high-quality digital content.
Have available adequate technical support to manage and maintain computer networks, maximize educational uptime and plan for
future needs.
6. Move Toward Digital Content
Encourage the use of multimedia or online information (digital content) which offer many advantages, including cost savings, increased efficiency, improved accessibility, and enhancing learning opportunities in a format that engages today's web-savvy students.
Ensure that teachers and students are adequately trained in the use of online content.
Encourage ubiquitous access to computers and connectivity for each student.
Consider the costs and benefits of online content, aligned with rigorous state academic standards, as part of a systemic approach to
creating resources for students to customize learning to their individual needs.
7. Integrate Data Systems
Develop and utilize an integrated, interoperable data system that allows better allocation of resources, greater management efficiency,
and online and technology-based assessments of student performance that empower educators to transform teaching and personalize instruction.
Establish a plan to integrate data systems so that administrators and educators have the information they need to increase efficiency
and improve student learning.
Use data from both administrative and instructional systems to understand relationships between decisions, allocation of resources
and student achievement.
Ensure interoperability between schools for cost savings.
Use online testing to focus on improved instruction through rapid assessment and feedback.
Use assessment results to inform and differentiate instruction for every child.
Thomas Memorial Library Goals
1. Address the technology training needs of the library staff.
2. Expand and enhance the online public access catalog (OPAC).
3. Expand scope of the library's web site.
4. Provide electronic resources to the public.
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