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DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY PLANBATH COUNTY SCHOOLS

Owingsville, KY

http://www.bath.kyschools.us

Creation Date: October 2014As per the SLD: The technology plan creation date is the month and year the technology plan was written, not the date when you began to develop or draft it. The SLD defines the creation date as the date it first contained the five required elements in sufficient detail to support the services requested on your Form 470. The creation date must be prior to the date the Form 470(s) is posted.

Plan Start Date: July 1, 2015Plan Expiration Date: September 30, 2016

Approved Bath County Board of Education: November 24, 2014Approved Date: Pending

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

District Technology Staff School Technology Coordinators Brenda Holder, DTC/CIO Ron Weaver, BCHSKeith Crouch, Network Administrator Lauren Colwell, BCMSJeremy Weaver, Network Administrator Michelle Lyons, CES/STLP Adviser

Shannon Hill, OES/STLP AdviserSchool Library Media Specialists Keri Johnson, BCMS/OES Technology Resource TeachersAaron Baldwin, BCHS/CES

Additional District Contributors Shelly Sanders, Board of Ed. ChairBarbara Razor, Board of Ed. V.ChairSandy Crouch, Board of Ed. MemberHurschell Rawlings, Board of Ed. MemberConnie Grimes, Board of Ed. MemberChristina Grace, Special Ed. DirectorBurnsy Stewart, Facilities DirectorTeresa Caudill, Assessment CoordinatorKaren Hammons, Instr. SupervisorKim Biddle, DPPRhonda Back, Elem Inst Coord/CIITSVickie Wells, Food Service DirectorJo Brewer, District Finance OfficerPaul Prater, BCHS PrincipalJohn Slone, BCMS PrincipalJerry Thatcher, CES PrincipalJarrod Slone, OES PrincipalTodd Neace, BCMS Asst. Principal

Other Students Kristal Robinson, BCHS STLP AdviserT. J. Knox, BCMS STLP AdviserJessica Haynes, CES STLP Adviser

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.......................................................................................1PLANNING PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY..........................................................5CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES..........................................................8CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS..................................10CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS – EVALUATION...........12STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS.........................................................12STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS – EVALUATION..................................16STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS...................................18STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS - EVALUATION.............20TECHNOLOGY GOALS......................................................................................22TECHNOLOGY GOALS – EVALUATION................................................................30BUDGET SUMMARY.........................................................................................30ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL).........................................................32

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

With financial support from the state of Kentucky and federal programs, Bath County School District continues to increase the availability of modern technology in K-12 classrooms. Teachers are receiving professional development to manage the integration of technology into effective lessons for students. Increasing technology proficiency in all buildings makes for technology-rich, engaging activities and projects for Bath County students.Network infrastructure improvements make it possible for the Bath County network to run more efficiently with centralized management of critical network resources and a centralized server farm to manage services for all schools. Server virtualization has decreased the actual number of servers onsite and has increased the management capacity of those virtual servers. State management of the diagnostic, GC and DC servers has kept down time to a minimum. Repair is done in a timely manner, and the district network runs more efficiently because of the state monitoring of network resources. The bandwidth provided by the state of Kentucky was upgraded from a 100M connection to a 250M connection before school began in August 2014. With this new amount of bandwidth, connection issues to the classrooms should be resolved.The renovation and addition at Owingsville Elementary School will be wired for the required number of drops per room as well as the gym and cafeteria. Phones will be added as needed to the new rooms from the renovated cafeteria space. Wireless access will be available at all new locations.All schools are investing in the purchase of hand-held devices for use in the classroom for Internet research and as eReaders. The use of these devices has greatly increased at all educational levels. Bath County Schools IT Department has implemented the use of Identity Engine software to require a login on any hand-held device accessing the Bath County Schools wireless network. A district provided email is required to login and use wireless access, which all staff and students in Grades 3 and above have. Automated logins at the elementary level have reduced the responsibility for students in the early grades. Activity on the Bath County Schools network can then be tracked via the Identity Engine software and login information. This login is also required for any personally owned device (BYOD) that might be accessing the wireless signal. Staff and students sign the Bath County Acceptable Use policy which states that school district rules and regulations will be followed by anyone accessing the network resources of Bath County Schools regardless of the device being used. To minimize login and password sharing, a single-allowed sign on feature is activated in this software. At this time only district provided credentials have access to the wireless sign on.In addition, special education teachers across the district have iPad’s and iTouch’s for their students to use interactively. These devices have been purchased for the introduction of special education and speech students to interactive devices to assist their learning via technology. There has been a great deal of success in the use of hand-held technology with special needs students.All principals and assistant principals have been provided iPads for administrative use. District administrators and program coordinators also have iPads for use when attending meetings and other activities where a wireless signal is available to allow access to email and Internet resources.

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Bath County High School and Bath County Middle School are allowing students to bring their own devices (BYOD) for use at school and in classrooms. Use of personally owned devices is subject to the same requirements under the Acceptable Use Policy as district owned devices.The Kentucky Department of Education’s Office of Knowledge, Information and Data Services and the Kentucky Program of Studies require that technology be an integral part of each school’s overall plan to move all children toward high academic standards. Students and teachers will have direct access to technology resources through the use of workstations, SmartBoard technology, Airliners, student responders, classroom speaker systems, wireless technology, hand-held devices, Encyclomedia and other software appropriate for each content area. MAP assessment at the elementary and middle school levels, A+ and other programs have been added to the resources available to Bath County students and teachers. Teachers have access to the DesCartes curriculum from MAP to determine appropriate learning activities according to the students’ RIT band scores. Bath County High School has purchased an ACT Prep Software program that allows all high school students access to ACT practice tests and activities online both at school and at home. Students in the CTE Departments at Bath County High School have the opportunity to become industry certified using a variety of online or written certification tests funded through CTE Funds. STLP chapters are active all Bath County Schools. Each chapter has a unique focus based on the interests of the students at each school. Chapters meet weekly after school to complete projects and prepare for competition at the regional and state levels. The high school group will also meet during the scheduled club days. Bath County Board of Education has supported the STLP programs by offering a stipend for STLP advisers at every level.All classrooms have access to the vBrick system to provide appropriate television programming as well being a repository for uploaded videos saved by teachers and library media specialists to the vBrick server. These videos can be accessed through any district workstation and shown in small-group or large-group settings.Students at Bath County High School will be assessed using online resources for tests such as COMPASS, KOSSA, and EOC assessments in areas required by the state of Kentucky. Seniors who did not make the benchmark scores on the ACT test will take the COMPASS to try to achieve scores high enough to bypass remedial college classes. KCTCS also accepts COMPASS scores as part of their enrollment process. KOSSA tests are completed in February for students who are preparatory in one of the Career Majors from Career and Technical Education. Students who are successful on the KOSSA test are awarded a certificate at graduation and may be granted college credit for that certificate. Students passing any industry certification or KOSSA test and who have also passed the ASVAB or WorkKeys assessments are deemed to be Career-Ready as they graduate from Bath County High School. Students who have achieved the benchmarks on ACT or COMPASS tests are deemed to be College Ready. Any student who has both college and career ready designations gets to be counted as 1.5 on the accountability score for the high school. End of Course (EOC) assessments were required by the state for the first time in the 2011-12 school year. High school students will be assessed online who have taken English II, Algebra II, US History and Biology (Integrated Science II). The multiple choice

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portion of this assessment will be calculated as a percentage of the student’s final grade in the class.The Food Service Department has taken advantage of the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) for Bath County students to provide free breakfast and lunch for all students. Instead of completing a Free/Reduced Lunch application, all families are now asked to provide a Household and Income Form to use to enter information into Infinite Campus to determine the lunch status of students. Funding for FRYSC, Title I, USF and other programs will still require that this lunch status data be provided.As primary stakeholders in the education of Bath County students, parents need access to student information in a real time environment. The One Call Messaging system has been implemented for Bath County parents and staff. It is used to communicate to families about school events and activities, student absences, cancellations and closings, and other information. The text messaging feature is available for those who wish to receive information that way. Message recipients can also get the app, My Call Now, that gives information about messages that were sent through the automated system.Bath County’s district and school webpages are also important sources of information for all stakeholders. The district and schools are using a web-hosted service from SchoolPointe by Digital School Network to allow the schools and individual teachers access to input information that pertains to their programs/classes. All schools are posting Daily Announcements to the school web pages. A centralized calendar is also used to advertise events.Infinite Campus Parent/Student Portal has been used for several years. Each school has a person designated to manage parent portal access so that a parent can request login information at any time. ACT, PLAN and MAP scores have been included in the information that parents can see on the portal in addition to attendance, schedules and grades. In October 2011 Infinite Campus released an iPhone app to access Parent Portal, and many Bath County users are now taking advantage of this new feature. Instructions for accessing the iPhone app are published on the banner of the Parent Portal login page. There is also a Campus Mobile Portal App for Android devices available through the Amazon Appstore or Google Play.Every school communicates with parents and stakeholders electronically through emailed daily announcements and/or weekly newsletters. The district maintains a Parents and Stakeholders distribution group to facilitate the process of sending informational items. There are over 850 members in this email group. Student data is provided to parents through regular reporting – a minimum of four mid-quarter progress reports and four regular report cards per year are generated through the student information software program. Teachers can print individual progress reports to distribute to students or email/mail to parents as needed. Informational letters concerning attendance and discipline matters are mailed as needed and recorded in the Student Information Software. The culture of education for Bath County students continues to change. More technology incorporated into strong curriculum will give our students advantages as they compete for opportunities that will determine their futures. Access to technology has generated a new attitude toward teaching and learning. We are moving forward toward the goal of proficiency and beyond on the Information Highway.

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PLANNING PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY

A technology planning committee with representatives from each school and the district office will review the status of the current technology plan and guide the direction of future plans. The District Technology Proposed Plan will be distributed by email to administrators and teachers in the fall of each school year. A broad base of input will guide technology planning toward more efficient and effective use of funds. As the plan is developed, stakeholders will review and make suggestions on the final version. The completed District Technology Plan will be reviewed and approved by the Bath County Board of Education.The Bath County Schools District Technology Plans are posted on the district web page for review at any time. The 2015-16 proposed plan was distributed on October 14, 2014, to administrators and teachers in the district. Those people were invited to submit information via email for inclusion in the planning process.A review of the current District Technology Plan was emailed at the same time as the proposed plan. Teachers and others were invited to discuss next year’s additions and changes to maximize the impact that technology has on teaching and learning and to keep the plan in compliance with USF and KDE technology planning requirements. Technology initiatives which had been completed were reviewed and removed from future plans.Items offered for consideration for the 2015-2016 plan include:

Increased emphasis on the nine elements of Digital CitizenshipDigital AccessDigital CommerceDigital CommunicationDigital Literacy/EducationDigital EtiquetteDigital LawDigital Rights and ResponsibilitiesDigital Health and Wellness/SafetyDigital Security/Self Protection

Implementation of the Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) throughout the district

Additional wireless handheld devices for teachers and studentsContinuation of MAP Assessments and A+ software programsDistance learning equipment available at all schoolsSharing of distance learning resources across the districtContinution of district and school web pages through web hostingDisposal of surplus computer equipment through a certified electronics recycler More current student responder technology for all schoolsElectronic records management and storage

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Paperless formsIndividual Learning PlansInfinite Campus Parent Portal access continued at all schoolsOne Call Messaging continued at all schools and district officeExpansion of video/multimedia opportunities for studentsUpgrade of wireless access with security switch at Crossroads Elementary SchoolProfessional development for teachers including:

vBrick video resources for classroomsTelecommunications equipment for classroom useUse of CIITS for assessment and resourcesStudent responder trainingTeacher web page trainingUse of handheld technology in classroomsImplementation of eReader initiativesPaperless classroomsIncorporating Encyclomedia into Lesson PlansMicrosoft Applications Virtual field tripsUse of PD 360 for individualized PD21st Century Skills PD (tools, wiki’s, presi’s, Lync, FaceTime, Skype)

Goal 1There will be an annual review of the District Technology Plan made by the Technology Planning Committee with representatives from each school in the district and the central office. Other stakeholders will also be invited for the review.

Action Plan: Strategies/ActivitiesIndicator Target Tools/Methods

UsedTimeline Person(s)

ResponsibleFunding Source

The District Technology Planning Committee will annually review the plan in the fall for the current year and propose changes and additions for the following year.

Technology planning will be a cooperative effort from all schools and central office for improvement for the district.

Representatives from all schools and central office will receive an emailed proposed technology plan for planning purposes. Completed items will have been removed from the plan for subsequent years.

On-going

DTC

STC’s

District Administrators

Network Administrators

School Administrators

Teachers

Media Specialists

Local Funds

The District Technology Plan

All Board members will

Board of Education Review

On-going Superintendent

Board of

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will be approved annually by the Bath County Board of Education prior to submission to KDE.

be informed of the District Technology Plan and have an opportunity to suggest additions or changes.

and Motion for Approval shown in Board minutes

Education Members

DTC

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CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES

Technology in Bath County Schools’ classrooms has made tremendous gains in recent years. Installation of intelligent classroom equipment has enhanced learning at every level. The addition of hand-held devices through school purchased equipment or BYOD had increased access at every level.All Bath County Schools Workstation inventory will be continuously monitored through appropriate software. (MUNIS Fixed Assets & LanSweeper). Accurate counts of workstations & operating systems are needed for planning new purchases and reporting as required by the state. Currently Bath County has more than 1400 computers and handheld devices in the hands of staff and students. In addition to the acquisition of new hardware/ software and other current technology, the management of the disposal of older, obsolete equipment through Board approved procedures using an R-2 certified electronics recycling company.All Bath County schools have wireless capability for use by teachers and students, which has been upgraded to the point of saturation in each building. Teachers who have laptops or handheld devices can be more mobile with technology access in all parts of their classrooms. Administrators can use mobile devices for evaluation and communication purposes. Crossroads Elementary School does have an older wireless system, which needs to be upgraded to newer access points and managed by a wireless security switch. STLP chapters are active at all Bath County schools. Most of the groups meet weekly after school to work on projects and get ready for competitions. Students from these chapters will compete at Regional and State events. Regional competition is held in the fall at Morehead State University and state competition is in the spring at Rupp Arena.Bath County Schools has completed the installation of fiber connections to all district classrooms. A server farm and the passport router are centrally located in the same room as the KEN cabinet adjacent to the IT Department offices. Maintenance of the KEN cabinet and its components is provided by the state. Maintenance of the servers and district equipment is managed by the IT department. Additional electronics have been added to manage the new vBrick video system and the RUS Telecommunications Equipment.Bath County School District will continue the electronic transfer of data to the state by completing any required updates of current equipment and installation of updates for software. Use of technology to reduce time spent on record keeping, management and submission of data will contribute to greater amounts of time spent on the educational process rather than data management.Students in all grades from Kindergarten to Grade 8 as well as selected students at the high school level are being assessed with the Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) three times per year. This is an online program used to determine RIT scores for students in reading and math with the purpose of reporting individual student progress and prescribing individualized learning activities as well as predicting scores on the K-PREP spring assessments. The scores will be calculated automatically through the software after the student has completed the online assessments. Teachers will use the information provided by this set of assessments to inform instruction and target areas of individual student strengths and weaknesses. The technology resources at every school are called into service to accomplish this school-wide assessment. Teachers have direct access to reports of MAP scores through the NWEA website. MAP scores are posted on the Assessment tab in Infinite Campus and will be included in the information that parents can view through the Parent Portal.

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The Bath County School District will maintain the positions of one District Technology Coordinator and two District Technicians/Network Administrators. Each school will have an identified School Technology Coordinator. Resolution of technology problems will be a priority for this team. The IT Department will attend conferences and meetings to stay abreast of current developments in the technology area. Collaboration with surrounding districts is also a valuable way of gaining knowledge.

The IT Department and School Technology Coordinators will assist other staff members with individual needs as related to technology implementation and teacher professional growth according to that individual’s needs and level of expertise. Technology leaders at each school will share knowledge with peers during their planning time with substitute teachers employed as needed to accomplish this goal.

Instruction at every level has become technology dependent so the loss of technology resources has a negative impact on teaching and learning in all classrooms.

The greatest technology need in Bath County is replacement of older workstations, aging SmartBoards, and aging projectors, and that is being done with funds from federal programs and KETS Offers of Assistance as well as local funds provided by the Board of Education. A main concern is the growing workload of the IT Department as there is an ever increasing need for technology resources at all levels. Additional staff is needed at this time. Another pressing need is for a vehicle to use to transport workstations and other equipment between buildings. The IT Department staff often use their personal vehicles for this purpose.

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CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALSGoal 1All students will have access to technology in the regular classrooms and in computer labs at every school in the district.

Action Plan: Projects/ActivitiesProject/Activity Instructional

OutcomeIndicator Timeline Person(s)


All elementary students will be scheduled into the computer lab on a rotating schedule to participate in technology lessons constructed by the technology teacher.

Students will learn to use technology resources efficiently to produce projects and support other content areas.

Quizzes, tests, and teacher observation

Performance events

On-goingElementary computer lab teachers

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

All classrooms will have an interactive board and projector for teaching and learning.


Principals evaluations

Performance events

On-goingSchool Administrators

Tech Staff

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

At the middle school level, all students will have a computer rotation as part of the Related Arts classes.



Performance events

On-going Technology teacher

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Laptop carts and/or sets of handheld devices are available at the high school and middle school for student use for research and projects.

Students will learn to use technology resources efficiently to produce projects and support other content areas

Principals evaluations

Performance events

On-going

High school teachers

Middle school teachers

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Handheld technology will be introduced at all levels in a variety of classroom activities.

Students will learn to use handheld technology in support of core content.

District walkthroughs

On-going Classroom teachers

Local Funds

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Performance events

Technology teachers

Federal Funds (Funding Pending)

Schools will implement the use of hand-held technology for the purpose of Internet research and eReaders

Students will learn to use handheld technology in support of core content areas.


Performance events

On-going

Classroom teachers

Technology teachers

Local Funds


SCA, the Bath County Alternative School, will have direct connection to the school district network.

Students will have resources to use comparable to students at the high school and middle school level.

Use of software for learning On-going SCA Teachers

Local Funds


Goal 2 All teachers will have access to technology resources to use in the preparation of lessons and activities

Action Plan: Projects/ActivitiesProject/Activity Instructional

OutcomeIndicator Timeline Person(s)


Teachers will incorporate technology resources in the learning activities all across the curriculum.

Teachers will learn to use technology resources efficiently to support all content areas.

Unit Plans

Lesson Plans On-going

School administrators

Teachers

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Technology equipment will be maintained and replaced as needed by district IT staff.

Resources in the classrooms will work as planned for incorporation into lessons and activities.

Use of technology resources documented in plans

On-going

District IT Staff

STC’s

Teachers

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

All teachers will have access to the vBrick video system for use in teaching.

Teachers will learn to use technology resources efficiently to support all content areas.

Unit Plans

Lesson Plans On-going


Teachers

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

All teachers will have access to new telecommunications

Teachers will learn to use technology resources

Unit Plans On-going School administrators

Local

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equipment carts located at each school.

efficiently to support all content areas. Lesson Plans Teachers

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS – EVALUATIONIntegration of Technology into Curricula and Instruction Evaluation NarrativeBath County School District has invested in technology at every educational level. The district is moving toward 100% intelligent classrooms with the integration of SmartBoards, projectors, and other equipment in all classrooms. Teachers at every level have attended professional development on the use of the technology available in their classrooms. Teachers share lesson plans that include technology, and they often get ideas and plans from websites such as www.smarttech.com, which has pre-made lessons that can be adapted as needed. Students in STLP and IT classes often facilitate technology integration for their teachers.

Principals will monitor the use of technology in instruction through review of lesson plans and/or unit plans and by classroom observations. Technology use by teachers and students will be marked as part of the teacher evaluations at each school. Teachers will be evaluated on Standard 6 of the Kentucky Teacher Standards as part of formative and summative evaluations.

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALSGoal 1Students demonstrate a sound understanding of the nature and operation of technology systems. Students use technology to learn, to communicate, to increase productivity and to become competent users. Students manage and create effective oral, written and multimedia communication in a variety of forms and contexts as are appropriate for each learning level.

Action Plan: Strategies/ActivitiesStrategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Person(s)


Beginning in second grade, elementary students practice correct keyboarding skills.

Students are productive with the use of technology.

Anecdotal records and checklists

On-goingElementary technology teachers

Local KETS Federal Funds (Funding Pending)

All elementary students will have a computer lab rotation

Students learn to be more productive with

Anecdotal records and

On-going Elementary technology

Local KETS Federal Funds

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http://www.smarttech.com/

scheduled. technology. students grades teachers (Funding Pending)

Sixth grade students begin intermediate keyboarding unit with a hardware/software review.

Students review terms relating to hardware and software for more efficient use of technology.


On-going Middle School Teachers


Seventh grade students focus on the Microsoft Word and Excel and learn to use each one effectively.

Students become proficient with basic/intermediate features of Microsoft Word/Excel.

Student individual and group projects, quizzes, tests, and teacher observation



Eighth grade students create projects PowerPoint 2013 and Prezi using digital equipment.

Students become proficient with creating presentations with this type of media.




At the high school level, technology is used in all subject areas as a teaching and learning tool.

Students become proficient in using technology as resource for further learning in all subjects.


On-going High School Teachers


Students in Grades 11 and 12 will use the Hawkes Learning system for instruction and assessment in College Algebra classes.

Students use technology proficiency to enhance learning in content areas.

KCCT test results in math On-going High School Math

TeachersLocal

Students in Grade12 with ACT Math Scores in the 16-19 range will use Hawkes software to improve their scores to 20 to avoid remedial college math classes.

Students will use technology to improve learning in other academic areas.

ACT Math Scores on subsequent ACT tests

On-goingHigh School Math Teachers and Counselors

Local Funds

Students with prerequisite classes will be allowed to enroll in dual credit classes to allow them

Students will use technology to access distance learning

Grades and credits awarded for dual credit

On-going Teachers of dual credit classes

Local Funds

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to receive both high school and college credit. resources classes

Goal 2Students understand safety and ethical/social issues related to technology. Students practice and engage in safe, responsible and ethical use of technology. Students develop positive attitudes toward technology use that supports lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits and productivity.



Beginning at the elementary level, all nine elements of digital citizenship are included in lessons provided by the technology teacher as well as all other teachers.

Students practice safe, responsible and ethical technology use.


Samples of lessons and student work submitted to DTC

On-going

Elementary teachers

DTC

Local Funds

KETS

Sixth grade students have one lesson a week on computer safety.

Students learn about computer safety, Internet safety, keeping personal info confidential, and keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware.


On-goingMiddle School technology teachers

Local Funds

All middle school students participate in Internet safety awareness activities

Students learn about computer safety, Internet safety, keeping personal info confidential, and keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware.


On-going Middle School teachers Local Funds

All high school students participate in Internet safety awareness activities in all classes that meet in the computer labs.

Students learn about computer safety, Internet safety, keeping personal info confidential, and keeping computers safe


On-going High School teachers

Local FundsFederal Funds (Funding Pending)

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from viruses and spyware.

All high school students will view a public service video concerning digital citizenship and respond to a survey after watching this video during Study Zone.

Students learn about computer safety, Internet safety, keeping personal info confidential, and keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware

Actual video produced

Sample student survey responses

On-going High School teachers

Local FundsFederal Funds (Funding Pending)

Goal 3Students understand the role of technology in research and experimentation. Students engage technology in developing solutions for solving problems in the real world. Students will use technology for original creation and innovation.



Elementary students research and use Internet resources responsibly and ethically.

Students use a variety of tools to present or publish results of projects based on information gathered by research.

Teacher observation and grading

On-goingClassroom and technology teachers


Middle school students use the Internet for research and email assignments to teachers.

Students become proficient in using technology for research.

Student work that includes research obtained through technology.



High school students use Internet and network resources for research for projects in all subjects.

Students expand the resources and information that is available for their learning through the use of technology.

Student work that includes research obtained through technology

On-going High School Teachers


Handheld devices will be used at all levels of education to provide individual students with experience using handhelds for

Students expand the resources and information that is available for their learning through the use of

Student work that includes research obtained through technology

On-going Classroom Teachers


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research. technology.

Students will be allowed to bring handheld devices from home at the middle school and high school levels.

Students expand the resources and information that is available for their learning through the use of technology.

Ratio of devices to student population

On-going

District Leadership

School Leadership


STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS – EVALUATIONStudents at all levels are evaluated on technology literacy skills reported by grades on report cards sent to parents. Other technology skills are evaluated in the core academic subjects where technology projects are submitted by students for grades. Teacher lesson plans across all disciplines indicate the incorporation of technology in student assignments. Principals will monitor the classroom use of technology and report student use of technology through the evaluation instrument.

Performance Goal 1

Students at all levels will be evaluated on their technology skills as appropriate according to the Program of Studies for all levels.

Action Plan: Strategies/ActivitiesStrategy/Activity Target Indicator Timeline Person(s)


Students at the elementary and middle school levels will be assessed on technology skills as incorporated in all content areas.

Students will be technology literate by the end of the 8th grade year.

Quizzes, tests, teacher observation, student projects

On-going

School principals

Classroom teachers

Technology Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds


Students at the high school will have technology skills evaluated as part of the grade for all classes because technology supported student work is submitted in every class.

Technology skills will be evaluated on the same requirements as all other learning.

Student grades

TranscriptsOn-going High school

teachers Local Funds

Students who are enrolled in the College Algebra classes using

75% of high school students enrolled in the

Receipt of college credit

On-going College Algebra teacher

Local Funds

State Funds

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Hawkes Software at Bath County High School will receive college credit for this class by earning a grade of C and getting a score of 19 on the math portion of the ACT exam.

College Algebra classes will receive college credit. Algebra students Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Performance Goal 2Students understand safety and ethical/social issues related to technology. Students practice and engage in safe, responsible and ethical use of technology. Students develop positive attitudes toward technology use that supports lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits and productivity.



Students at all Bath County Schools will receive instruction on safe, responsible and ethical use of technology.

Students will use technology in safe, responsible and ethical ways.

Teacher observation

Student projectsOn-going

School principals

Classroom teachers

Technology Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds


Students at all Bath County Schools will receive instruction on all 9 elements of Digital Citizenship every year.

All students will learn about the elements of Digital Citizenship.

Lesson/unit plans

Student activities

Teacher observation

Student grades

On-going

School principals

Classroom teachers

Technology Teachers

Local Funds

All teachers will incorporate Digital Citizenship as they present technology embedded activities.

All students will learn about the elements of Digital Citizenship and practice those elements as they produce student work involving technology.

Lesson/unit plans

Student activities

Teacher observation

On-going School principals

Classroom teachers

Technology Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds

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Student grades

Students and their parents will indicate their understanding of acceptable use of technology equipment by signing the Bath County Acceptable Use Policy every year.

Students will submit a signed Acceptable Use Policy signature page to appropriate school personnel at every level.

Lists maintained of students who have and have not submitted the AUP Form.

On-going

STC’s and principal’s designees record keeping

Local Funds

STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALSGoal 1Teachers effectively use technology and research based instructional practices to support student learning.



All Bath County teachers will receive a minimum of 3 hours of technology PD provided by the district annually.

Teachers will more effectively integrate technology into the curriculum as evidenced by lesson plans and the aligned curriculum document.

PD Sign In Sheets


Principals’ evaluations

On-goingDTC

District PD Coordinator

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Each school will utilize current faculty members with technology expertise for peer training of all staff in the use of available technology.


PD Sign In sheets

District monitoring


On-going

Principals

DTC

District PD Coordinator

Teachers

Local

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Educational consultants will be utilized to work with Bath County teachers to develop technology

Teachers will more effectively integrate technology into the

Training session sign-in sheets

District

On-going Principals

DTC

Local

Federal Funds

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skills and incorporate technology into lesson plans

curriculum as evidenced by lesson plans and the aligned curriculum document.

monitoring


Lesson Plans

District PD Coordinator (Funding Pending)

Goal 2

Technology will be seamlessly embedded in the teaching and learning process at all schools and used effectively for student data reporting.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities

Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Evaluation Timeline Person(s) Responsible Funding Source

Annual beginning of the year training on the student information system will be done at each school for all faculty members.

Teachers will be prepared to manage student records through the web-based software.

Principals’ evaluations On-going


Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds

All teachers will manage student records through input of data in the student information system and ensure that the information is current.

Student records will be readily available to parents and be in place to produce reports of student data.

Principals’ evaluations On-going


Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds

Teachers will have an opportunity to visit peers’ classrooms to observe teaching with technology and refine their own practice.

Knowledge of technology use will be shared throughout the entire district.

Reflections from teachers visiting others

On-goingSchool administrators

Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds

On-going technology PD will be provided during the school day or after school by providers contracted by the district or by teachers already on staff who have technology expertise

Knowledge of technology use will be increased throughout the entire district.

Technology use documented in lesson plansand by observations


Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds


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Teachers will receive PD on emerging technologies such as blogs, prezis, wikis, student response systems, cloud based technology, document sharing, etc. to be used as part of instruction

Knowledge of new technology developments will be increased and incorporated into lessons

Lesson Plans

Unit Plans

Teacher Observations


Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds


Teachers will login and use the CIITS program to create assessments and access resources.


CIITS Coach

PrincipalsOn-going

CIITS Coach

Classroom Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds


Teachers will create and maintain individual classroom web pages for use by stakeholders.

Classroom information will be available to stakeholders through the use of individual classroom webpages.

Examination of individual teachers’ webpages

On-going

DTC

Principals

Classroom teachers

Local Funds

State Funds

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS – EVALUATIONBath County Schools will include technology in the Professional Development requirements for all instructional staff. New staff members will receive orientation training for available technology through staff mentoring programs at each school. The district technology staff will provide support for all staff and will resolve equipment issues in a timely manner.

Principals will observe the use of technology as part of teacher evaluations . Reports of these evaluations will be presented to the faculty of that school as well as to the District Administrative Team. The results of Standard 6 of the Teacher Evaluation Instrument will be recorded and technology deficits will be addressed by the Individual Growth Plan for those teachers. Principals will review and approve the IGP’s prior to implementation.

Teachers will be offered additional technology training on an as needed basis. School technology leaders will offer support within the building. Teachers will be allowed to attend off-site technology training and bring back information or techniques to share with others from their building.

Outside consultants may be used for embedded technology professional development. Those consultants will observe the teacher’s use of technology and assist them in constructing technology-rich lessons.

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Teachers who are proficient in technology will share knowledge with their peers through Technology Learning Teams or one-to-one assistance.

District technology staff will attend monthly technology meetings led by the Regional Engineer. The technology staff will also attend KySTE Conferences and meetings to keep informed of the direction that the state plans to take in technology. Monthly KIDS webcasts will be viewed live or from archived videos to see activities and innovations from other districts as well as to learn about state initiatives.

Performance Goal 1Teachers effectively use technology and research-based instructional practices to support student learning.



Teachers will receive Professional Development to be able to effectively use available classroom technology resources.

The percentage of teachers who are proficient in using technology for instruction will be 90% for the 2015-2016 school year.

Principals’ report of teachers’ technology proficiency as marked on Standard 6 of the teacher evaluation instrument.

On-going

District administrators


Teachers

Local

Teachers will participate in Professional Development in technology embedded in the instructional day.

All classroom teachers will receive embedded Professional Development in technology.

Professional Development provided by consultants employed through the district or provided by vendors

On-going

District administrators


Teachers

Local Funds

State Funds


Teachers will receive peer training in the area of technology.

Each school will designate time during the school year for Peer Technology demonstrations for

Peer meeting time for technology

On-going District administratorsSchool administrators

Local Funds

State Funds

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technology leaders in their building. assistance.

Teachers Federal Funds (Funding Pending)

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TECHNOLOGY GOALSGoal 1The Kentucky Board of Education has included technology in the Program of Studies at every level and has endorsed the National Education Technology Standards (NETS) for Students as Kentucky’s educational student technology standards. Bath County teachers will be implementing the requirements of the Program of Studies as part of instruction according to grade level performance indicators and preparing for all assessments to include items related to technology.


Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Person(s)Responsible Funding Source

Bath County students will be instructed in technology based on the requirements of the Kentucky Program of Studies at each level: Primary, Intermediate, Middle and High.

Student technology skills need to be planned within the total curriculum. Vertical and horizontal alignment will be incorporated in all subject areas.

Formative/ summative assessment

Report card grades

Assessment results

On-going Classroom teachers

General Fund

Federal Program Funds

(Funding Pending)

95% of Certified Personnel will earn a satisfactory rating on Standard 6 of Kentucky Teacher Standards relating to technology as part of the principal’s evaluation.

Technology will be more effective in the hands of adequately trained staff.

Teacher assessment by principals reported on annual Readiness Survey

Summative evaluations of teachers completed by principals

On-going

School Principals

Classroom teachers

General Fund

Federal Programs (Funding Pending)

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Expansion/addition of handheld devices for students in schools equipped with wireless technology will be implemented

Technology will be more available to all students with the implementation of handheld technology

Report of number of handheld devices in schools

On-going

District AdministratorsSchool Administrators

Local, KETS, Federal Programs(Funding Pending)

Students will be allowed to bring handheld devices from home to use in classrooms with the supervision of a teacher

Technology will be more available to all students with the implementation of handheld technology

Report of number of handheld devices in schools

On-going

District AdministratorsSchool Administrators

None

All schools will implement shared hand held devices for the teaching and learning process

Technology will be more available to all students with the implementation of mobile technology

Anecdotal records of teachers and students

Lesson Plans

On-going

District AdministratorsSchool Administrators Classroom Teachers

Local FundsFederal Programs

High school students will have an opportunity to become college ready using online COMPASS testing.

Students will be able to enter post-secondary institutions without the added expense of remedial classes in math, reading, and language arts.

Report of ACT COMPASS scores

On-going High school counselors Local Funds

High school students will have the opportunity to become career ready using online assessments such as CompTia Strata for industry certification.

Students will leave high school with industry certifications in hand to promote their further employability.

Record of Industry Certifications received

On-going

High school counselors

CTE teachers

Local Funds

CTE Funds


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Goal 2Integrating current technology into all schools will help prepare students at all levels to succeed in a rapidly changing world. All teachers and students will have direct access to technology resources.



Bath County Schools will have 100% of all computers with current operating systems.

Students and teachers will have the benefit of current technology.

LanSweeper report of Workstation Operating Systems

On-Going

DTC/CIO

District Tech Staff

Local, KETS, Federal Programs(Funding Pending)

Deployment of Smart Classroom Equipment in all schools will enhance educational opportunities.

Teachers and students will have state of the art technology for teaching and learning activities.

Report of number of intelligent classrooms

On-going

District Administrators School Administrators

Local Funds Federal Programs

(Funding Pending)

Student e-mail will be fully implemented from Grades 3-12.

Routine use of electronic communications will familiarize our students with this process for real-world use.

AD Report of student email accounts

On-going

DTC/CIO Network AdminsSchool Technology Teachers

Local Funds KETS Federal Programs(Funding Pending)

Centralized printing to network ready copiers will be continued at all schools.

Savings of instructional money from this change can be used toward purchase of additional classroom materials.

Functionality availability as reported by printing counts

On-going District Tech Staff Local Funds

Wireless access equipment will be supplemented for increased signal strength to the point of saturation and wireless will be upgraded to the most current technology.

Teachers and students will have saturation of wireless signal for teaching and learning activities.

Anecdotal reports of issues with wireless carts/hand held devices

On-going

DTC/CIO

District Tech Staff

USF

KETS Local Funds

(Funding Pending)

Bath County Schools will offer STLP activities to students in all schools.

Technology projects will expand student know-ledge, influence career choices, and benefit schools

Participation in STLP Clubs, Regional and State Showcases

On-going STC’sKETS

General Fund

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Aging equipment will be replaced as needed. Additional infrastructure will be added as required by KETS standards for expansion of school networks.


Report of networking infrastructure

On-going

DTC/CIO District Tech Staff District Administrators School Administrators

USF

Local Funds

Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

KETS/USF funds will be used to purchase routers, servers, switches, and wireless equipment to replace end of life equipment.

Student achievement will increase through greater access to network resources

Walkthrough data Computer usage reports

On-going DTC/CIO District Tech Staff

KETS

USF

Local Funds (Funding Pending)

Surplus computer equipment will be recycled through a vendor who will pick up on site and compensate the district for the value of harvested materials.

Schools will be able to efficiently dispose of surplus computer equipment.

Payment and report from eScrap program

On-goingDTC/CIO District Tech Staff

Local Funds

All schools will be equipped with comparable network technology.


Comparison of technology resources between schools

On-going

DTC/CIO District Tech Staff District Administrators School Administrators

KETS USF Local Funds

(Funding Pending)

All technology licensing requirements will be kept current. Microsoft EES Volume Licensing, Server CAL’s, McAfee Anti-Virus licenses and server licenses will be purchased to assure compliance.

Bath County will maintain legally required licenses.

Microsoft Report of Licensing On-going DTC/CIO District

Network Admins KETS Funds

Goal 3The state of Kentucky increasingly requires that information be provided electronically for student assessment, student data, staff data, on-line assessment, managed e-mail, CTE information, special education records, and financial records.

Bath County School District will maintain electronic transfer of data to the state by completing any required updates of current equipment and installation of updates for software.

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Use of technology to reduce time spent on record keeping, management and submission of data will contribute to greater amounts of time spent on the educational process.

Communication between school and home is an important facet of student success. Parents will be contacted by phone, mail and/or email as appropriate as well as be given portal access to the Student Information System.



100% of staff will have direct telephone extensions and will implement proper voice mailbox messages, out of office messages, and other appropriate uses of voice mail.

Telephones will be used to communicate information between classroom and office or classroom to classroom by use of messaging through voice mail. Parent contacts will be made regularly.

Call Logs documenting calls made to homes

Spot check of voice mail messages

On-going

School Principal

District Tech Staff

KETS USF, Local Funds

(Funding Pending)

Building network and telecommunications renovations and additions at all schools will include equivalent current technology for internal connections as well as wireless and private video branch exchange.


Comparison of technology resources between schools

On-going

DTC/CIO

District Tech Staff

KETS USF, Local Funds

(Funding Pending)

Laptops and/or PDA’s will replace desktops for administrators. Laptops/handheld devices will be available in each school library for teacher checkout.


Report of teacher and admin workstations

On-going

District Tech Staff District Administrators School Administrators

KETS, Local Funds

School administrators will conduct evaluations with handhelds or laptops.

The evaluation process will be more efficient and data will be represented in a visual format

Evaluation records On-going School

Administrators Local Funds

USF funds will be used to underwrite telecommunications services including fiber connectivity to Crossroads

School/home communications will increase through greater access as evidenced by

USF Form 471 Applications

On-going DTC/CIO USF

Local Funds

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Elementary. communication documentation (Funding Pending)

USF funds will be used to continue basic maintenance of internal connections and telecommunications.

Student achievement will increase through greater access to the Internet and the computer network as evidenced by computer lab usage and walk throughs.

USF Funding of Basic Maintenance FRN’s

On-going DTC/CIO

USF

Local Funds

(Funding Pending)

USF funds will be used to expand/upgrade internal connections at all schools. (eg. Gigabit switches, wireless technology, video systems)

Student achievement will increase through enhanced computer assisted instruction as evidenced by computer lab usage and walk throughs

USF Funding of Internal Connections FRN’s

On-going DTC/CIO

USF

Local Funds

(Funding Pending)

Electronic access to student data through software will facilitate dissemination of information to parents

Parents and other appropriate stakeholders will have access to student records provided by classroom teachers

Parent Portal Usage Reports On-going

DTC/CIO

SIS Project Manager

Local KETS Federal Funds

(Funding Pending)

Parents and stakeholders will receive announcements, closing information, absence reports through rapid calling/texting system.

Parents and stakeholders will have current correct information provided from school personnel.

One Call Messaging Reports

On-going

District Tech Staff District/School Administrators Attendance Clerks

Local Funds

An app for the Parent Portal of the SIS will be available to all parents through the media store.

Parents will have access to student information through an iPhone or Android app.

Parent Portal Usage Reports On-going

DTC/CIO

SIS Project Manager

None

Schools will have more valid formative student assessment through web-based software purchased by the district.

Teachers will be better able to plan instruction according to the current needs of the students.

MAP Testing Reports On-going DAC

BAC’sFederal Programs, Local Funds

MUNIS software will be used for Time and Attendance Records for all employees.

Paperwork will be reduced and information will be available as soon as

Employee Time and Attendance Records

On-going District Finance Officer/ School Staff Attendance

Local Funds

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entered.Clerks

Hosted district, school and classroom web pages will be used to provide information to all stakeholders.


Availability of information on district, school and classroom websites

On-going

DTCNetwork AdminsPrincipalsClassroom teachers

Local Funds

KETS

Federal Programs

(Funding Pending)

Goal 4Bath County Schools are learning centers for the community and should offer opportunities for community members to receive benefits of current technology through community workshops and school showcases.

Community education class offerings will be supported with available technology at the school location of the class.



All Bath County Schools will have current WebPages.

Electronic information will be accessible to all stakeholders in the school system.

Presence of school web page On-going

STC’sDistrict Tech Staff

Local Funds KETS

The Bath County District webpage will be a source of information for all stakeholders.

Electronic information will be accessible to all stakeholders in the school system.

Presence of current district web page

On-going District Tech Staff

Local Funds

KETS

Hosted district, school and classroom web pages will be used to provide information to all stakeholders.


Availability of information on district, school and classroom websites

On-going

DTCNetwork AdminsPrincipalsClassroom teachers

Local Funds

KETS

Federal Programs

(Funding Pending)RUS Telecommunications Community partners will Participation logs On-going DTC Local Funds

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equipment will be available for community partners to use for training and information sharing

have access to telecommunications equipment

of telecommunications activities

Network AdminsCommunity partners

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TECHNOLOGY GOALS – EVALUATIONTechnology is intertwined in the education process for Bath County students beginning at the kindergarten level. Students begin at the elementary level with a computer class rotation. The nine components of digital citizenship are integrated into the learning at all levels. Now that students and teachers are so dependent upon technology, it will be the mission of this school district to provide students with more access with wired and wireless devices. The district plans to move toward a one-to-one initiative beginning at the high school level. Allowing personal devices to be brought into the school to become learning devices for students has been initiated. The District Technology Planning Committee will review the plan annually and discuss items through the use of email that have been completed and items that remain to be done. The Bath County Board of Education will review and approve the plan prior to submission to the Kentucky Department of Education.

BUDGET SUMMARY

School Year : 2015-2016 Annual Budget Summary

NOTE: DUPLICATE THIS PAGE FOR EACH YEAR AS NEEDED (IF A MULTIYEAR PLAN)Acquired

Technologies and Professional Development

E-Rate NCLB/other than Title IID KETS Other (Specify)

Computer hardware and software, other emerging technologies

Title I Regular

$81,187.00

$145,720.00

Including local match

Local Funds

$100,000,00

CTE Funds

$19,000.00

Web Page Hosting General Fund

$7,400.00

Professional Development $2,000.00

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Internal networking connections $120,000.00

Telecommunications including voice mail $40,000.00

Local Funds

$20,000.00

DTC & 2 District Technicians

Title I

$24,939.00

Local Funds

$149,940.00

Technology teachers

Title I

$129,430.00

Local Funds

$139,986.00

Vocational Funds

$47,311.00

STLP AdvisersLocal Funds

$8,000.00

TOTAL $160,000.00 $235,556.00 $147,720.00 $491,637.00

Budget Summary – NarrativeBath County School District will continue to pursue funding for technology through the KETS Offers of Assistance, USF Funding processes, and other federal, state and local funding. Title I Regular and other federal funds support the technology purchases made in the district’s schools.

USF funding will be pursued to strengthen the infrastructure of the buildings for the Bath County School District. With the changing focus of USF funding, there will be more funding for broadband access to the classroom but less funding for traditional items like telephone, web pages, servers, and basic maintenance.

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ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL)

Bath County Technology Readiness Survey - 2014

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