Technology in U-46

While technology in U-46 covers many areas and departments the focus is always in line with the District Improvement Plan and the learning mission of the district.  It is our belief that while technology in many areas will make the district more efficient, our main goal is to support the academic success of all of students.  That includes the use of technology for assessment, data collection, data analysis, remediation, enrichment and direct instruction.

Through an alignment with the District Improvement Plan pillars:

• Curriculum and Instruction Pillar – The primary focus of instructional technology should be on supporting and improving instruction through the following:
  • Use of Best Practices with Instructional Technology
  • Staff Development focused on the use of Best Practices
  • Greater support in the classroom for Instructional Technology
  • Enhanced user feedback on technology priorities and their effectiveness
• High Priority Schools Pillar – While establishing a baseline standard for technology in all schools, additional focus should be placed on increased instructional technology support and staff development in the schools with greatest need.
• Fiscal Responsibility Pillar – The district plan should seek to insure that infrastructure capacity and stability for upgraded Financial and Human Resources tools be maintained. The plan should support the full implementation of technology based tools in both of these areas.
• Leadership Pillar – The district plan should support the use of technology tools for leadership assessment and staff development.
• Data Management Pillar – The district plan should support the use of data at the school and classroom level by all district personnel through:
  • Insuring the availability of student data for student improvement.
  • Increasing assessment resources in order to accelerate implementation of assessment plan.
  • Completing the data warehouse project by 6/30/05.
  • Establishing school level support to enhance the use of student data in the classroom.
  • Insuring infrastructure capacity and reliability to support the use of data at the classroom level.
• Public Trust and Support Pillar – The district plan should emphasize the use of technology based communication tools at the district and school and community level, as evidenced by the new district web site, school web sites and future staff intranet site.