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DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY PLAN BATH COUNTY SCHOOLS Owingsville, KY

http://www.bath.kyschools.us

Creation Date: November 2011 As 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, 2012 Plan Expiration Date: September 30, 2013 Approved Bath County Board of Education: December 20, 2011 Approved Date: June 28, 2012 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

District Technology Staff School Technology Coordinators Brenda Holder, DTC/CIO Ron Weaver, BCHS Keith Crouch, Network Administrator Sean Bailey, BCMS Jeremy Weaver, Network Administrator Michelle Lyons, CES/STLP Adviser Shannon Hill, OES/STLP Adviser

School Library Media Specialists Technology Resource Teachers Aaron Baldwin, BCHS Sheila Campbell, BCMS/STLP Adviser

Additional District Contributors Students Lisa McFarland, Board of Ed. Member Justin Miracle, BCHS B. A. Franklin, Board of Ed. Member Sandy Crouch, Board of Ed. Member Hurschell Rawlings, Board of Ed. Member Bill Boyd, Board of Ed. Member Nancy Hutchinson, Superintendent Steve Meadows, Asst. Superintendent Stephanie Little, Special Ed. Director Burnsy Stewart, Facilities Director Teresa Caudill, Assessment Coordinator Karen Hammons, Instr. Supervisor Jo Brewer, District Finance Officer Paul Prater, BCHS Principal Jerry Thatcher, OES Asst. Principal Ricky Prater, BCHS Teacher Kristal Robinson, BCHS Teacher Kim Halsey, BCHS Teacher Jessica Haynes, CES Teacher

i TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...... 1 PLANNING PROCESS AND METHODOLOGY...... 4 CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCES...... 7 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS...... 9 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS – EVALUATION...... 10 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS...... 11 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS – EVALUATION...... 15 STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS...... 18 STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS - EVALUATION...... 20 TECHNOLOGY GOALS...... 22 TECHNOLOGY GOALS – EVALUATION...... 29 BUDGET SUMMARY...... 29 ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL)...... 31

ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

With financial support from the state of Kentucky and federal programs, the 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. 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 our network resources. The state has completed the replacement of firewall equipment in the KEN cabinet that was at end-of-life and out of warranty at no expense to the local district. The complete renovation of the building wiring, installation of new wireless technology and installation of the new vBrick video system should be completed by the end of 2011. The three schools in Owingsville now have technology infrastructure comparable to the newest building, Crossroads Elementary. Teachers from each school will receive professional development to learn how to integrate the new video resources into their lessons and activities. The successful Bath County/Menifee County RUS Grant application will allow mobile two- way telecommunications every building. Results of the RUS Application were announced in early December 2011, and telecommunications equipment can be purchased as soon as financial procedures are established and grant requirements are met. Morehead State University and Maysville KCTCS have offered to partner with Bath County and Menifee County Schools to offer distance learning for high school students. There will also be sharing of resources between Bath County, Menifee County, and other counties who have comparable equipment. Owingsville Elementary plans to purchase a variety of iPad’s and iPod Touch’s to be used in individual classrooms in sets of five per room. If an entire classroom set is needed for an individual lesson, then teachers in that grade can pool their devices. 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. Most 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. Bath County High School is the site planned for the initial implementation of one-to-one devices. This item is included in the District Five-Year Plan to implement one-to-one

1 technology beginning with one entire grade at the high school and adding a grade each year until all are served. 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. Bath County School District will maintain technology services provided to schools which promote academic achievement. 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 each level, Plato, 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. Plato is available through the Adult Learning Center and for the students in night classes in the Graduation Success Academy. Bath County High School has purchased the TCA 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 Business and IT Departments at Bath County High School have the opportunity to become industry certified through the IC3 Certification exams purchased from Certiport through CTE funding. STLP chapters are active at Owingsville Elementary School and Bath County Middle School. 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. Currently three projects from those two schools have been invited to compete at the state level in March 2011. 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 not be required to enroll in remedial college classes. KCTCS also accepts COMPASS scores as part of their enrollment process – there will be a person on-site from the Rowan Campus to assist with the COMPASS testing. KOSSA tests are completed in February for senior students who are preparatory in one of the Career Majors from Career and Technical Education. Students who are successful on the test are awarded a certificate presented at graduation and may be granted college credit for that certificate. End of Course (EOC) assessments are required by the state for the first time in the 2011-12 school year. The students will be assessed online who have taken English II, Algebra II and Biology (Integrated Science II). The multiple choice portion of this assessment will be calculated as a percentage of the student’s final grade in the class. 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 has been offered to those who wish to receive information that way. Infinite Campus Parent Portal has been used for three years. Each school has a person designated to manage parent portal access so that a parent can request login

2 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. Every school communicates with parents and stakeholders electronically through emailed daily announcements or weekly newsletters. The district maintains a Parents and Stakeholders distribution group to facilitate the process of sending informational items. There are over 1,000 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.

3 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. That committee will meet 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, members of the Planning Committee 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 Planning Committee met at 4:00 p.m. on October 5, 2011, in the Board Annex Meeting Room at the Central Office with representation from across the district. Those who could not attend were invited to submit information via email for inclusion in the planning process. The focus of the meeting was to review of the current District Technology Plan and 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 also reviewed and removed from future plans. Items offered for consideration by committee members for the 2012-2013 plan include: Increased emphasis on the nine elements of Digital Citizenship Digital Access Digital Commerce Digital Communication Digital Literacy/Education Digital Etiquette Digital Law Digital Rights and Responsibilities Digital Health and Wellness/Safety Digital Security/Self Protection

Implementation of the Continuous Instructional Improvement Technology System (CIITS) throughout the district Additional wireless handheld devices for teachers and students Updated or new phone systems and voice mail services for all schools Continuation of MAP Assessments and A+ software programs Private video branch exchange for all schools Distance learning equipment installed/provided at all schools School information accessible to stakeholders through website(s) Disposal of surplus computer equipment through state eScrap program More current student responder technology for all schools

4 Electronic records management and storage Paperless forms Individual Learning Plans KIDS project for longitudinal data Infinite Campus Parent Portal access continued at all schools One Call Messaging continued at all schools and district office SharePoint services for district information Expansion of video/multimedia opportunities for students Professional development for teachers vBrick digital resources for classrooms Telecommunications equipment use for classrooms CPS responder training Teacher web page training Use of handheld technology in classrooms Downloading of new apps on handheld devices Notebook software training Use of Airliners Paperless classrooms Incorporating Encyclomedia into Lesson Plans Microsoft Applications Virtual field trips Use of PD 360 for individualized PD 21st Century Skills PD (tools, wiki’s, presi’s, FaceTime, Skype)

Goal 1 There 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 meeting.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Indicator Target Tools/Methods Timeline Person(s) Funding Used Responsible Source The District Technology Committee On-going DTC Local Funds Technology planning will meeting of STC’s Planning be a representatives Committee will cooperative from all schools District meet annually in effort from all and central office Administrators the fall to review schools and for planning the plan for the central office purposes and Network current year and for review of current Administrators propose changes improvement year plan. Areas School and additions for for the of completion and Administrators the following district. areas still not year. completed will be Teachers

5 noted. Completed items will be removed from the Media plan for Specialists subsequent years.

All Board The District members will Technology Plan be informed Superintendent will be approved of the District Board of Board of annually by the Technology Education Review Education Bath County Plan and and Motion for On-going Members Local Board of have an Approval shown in Education prior to opportunity Board minutes DTC submission to to suggest KDE. additions or changes.

6 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. All Bath County Schools Workstation inventory will be continuously monitored through appropriate software. (MUNIS Fixed Assets & ePO). Accurate counts of workstations & operating systems are needed for planning new purchases and reporting as required by the state. Currently Bath County has over 800 computers 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 the state contracted eScrap program is necessary. 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. School administrators all have licenses for the eWalk program to complete teacher and classroom evaluations. Teachers at Bath County High School are leading the district with a Technology Learning Team. The faculty is divided into groups to address different areas of need throughout the building. Teachers who lead these monthly team meetings are making sure that new teachers and those who need to enhance their technology skills have every opportunity to maximize the equipment available in their classrooms. Bath County is increasing the availability of handheld devices at all levels. The newest initiative is at Owingsville Elementary School where a groups of 5 iPod Touch’s or iPads will be purchased for each classroom. Teachers who need an entire classroom set can pool resources from within their grades. STLP chapters are active at Bath County Middle School and Owingsville Elementary School. Most of the groups meet weekly after school to work on projects and get ready for competitions. Students from these two chapters will compete at Regional and State events. 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. 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 11 are being assessed with the Measures of Academic (MAP) program 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

7 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.

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.

The greatest technology need in Bath County is replacement of older workstations 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. New phone systems for three schools located in Owingsville and the Board Office are a priority because of safety concerns that the system currently in place does not allow caller ID at the school level. The newest elementary school, which has a BCM system based on voice over IP technology, does have Caller ID capability. Another concern is the growing workload of the IT Department as there is a continuing greater need for technology resources at all levels.

8 CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS

Goal 1 All students will have access to technology in the regular classrooms and in computer labs at every school in the district.

Action Plan: Projects/Activities Project/Activity Instructional Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible Outcome All elementary students will be Students will learn to use Quizzes, tests, scheduled into the computer lab Local technology resources and teacher Elementary on a rotating weekly schedule to efficiently to produce observation On-going computer lab Federal Funds participate in technology lessons projects and support other teachers as constructed by the technology Performance (Funding Pending) content areas. teacher. events eWalk reports Students will learn to use Local All classrooms will have an technology resources Principals School interactive board and projector efficiently to produce evaluations On-going Administrators Federal Funds for teaching and learning. projects and support other Performance Tech Staff (Funding Pending) content areas. events

Students will learn to use Quizzes, tests, At the middle school level, all Local technology resources and teacher students will have a computer Technology efficiently to produce observation On-going Federal Funds rotation as part of the Related teacher projects and support other Arts classes. Performance (Funding Pending) content areas. events eWalk reports Students will learn to use Laptop carts are available at the Principals High school Local technology resources high school and middle school evaluations teachers efficiently to produce On-going Federal Funds for student use for research and projects and support other Performance Middle school projects. (Funding Pending) content areas events teachers

9 District Students will learn to use walkthroughs Classroom Handheld technology will be Local Funds handheld technology in teachers introduced at all levels in a eWalk reports On-going Federal Funds (Funding support of core content Technology variety of classroom activities. Pending) areas. Performance teachers events

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

Action Plan: Projects/Activities Project/Activity Instructional Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible Outcome

Teachers will incorporate Teachers will learn to use School Local technology resources in the technology resources Unit Plans On-going administrators Federal Funds learning activities all across the efficiently to support all Lesson Plans curriculum. content areas. Teachers (Funding Pending) Use of Resources in the classrooms District IT Staff Local Technology equipment will be technology will work as planned for maintained and replaced as resources On-going STC’s Federal Funds incorporation into lessons needed by district IT staff. documented in and activities. Teachers (Funding Pending) plans

CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTIONAL INTEGRATION GOALS – EVALUATION

Integration of Technology into Curricula and Instruction Evaluation Narrative Bath 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.

10 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 eWalk observations at each school. Teachers will be evaluated on Standard 6 of the Kentucky Teacher Standards as part of formative and summative evaluations. Proficiency will be reported annually in the Kentucky Online Technology Readiness Survey.

STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS

Goal 1 Students 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/Activities Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible Local Beginning in second grade, Anecdotal Elementary Students are productive KETS elementary students practice records and On-going technology with the use of technology. Federal Funds correct keyboarding skills. checklists teachers (Funding Pending) Local All elementary students will have Students learn to be more Anecdotal Elementary KETS a computer lab rotation scheduled productive with records and On-going technology Federal Funds weekly. technology. students grades teachers (Funding Pending) Students review terms Local Sixth grade students begin Quizzes, tests, relating to hardware and Middle School KETS keyboarding unit with a hardware/ and teacher On-going software for more efficient Teachers Federal Funds software review. observation use of technology. (Funding Pending) Student individual and group Local Seventh grade students focus on Students become projects, quizzes, Middle School KETS the Office Applications and learn proficient with all features On-going tests, and Teachers Federal Funds to use each one effectively. of Office Applications. teacher (Funding Pending) observation Eighth grade students create Students become Student individual On-going Middle School Local projects using Movie Maker and proficient with creating and group Teachers KETS

11 projects, quizzes, presentations with this tests, and Federal Funds digital equipment. type of media. teacher (Funding Pending) observation Students become Report from DTC Students in Grade 8 will meet or proficient in the use of technology Local exceed state standards for technology as a resource On-going Middle School teacher of 8th student literacy in technology. for further learning in all Technology grade students subjects. Teacher Student individual Students become At the high school level, and group Local proficient in using technology is used in all subject projects, quizzes, High School KETS technology as resource for On-going areas as a teaching and learning tests, and Teachers Federal Funds further learning in all tool. teacher (Funding Pending) subjects. observation Students in Grades 11 and 12 will Students use technology use the Hawkes Learning system KCCT test results High School Math Local proficiency to enhance On-going for instruction and assessment in in math Teachers learning in content areas. College Algebra classes. Students in Grade12 with ACT Math Scores in the 16-19 range Students will use ACT Math Scores High School Math will use Hawkes software to technology to improve on subsequent On-going Teachers and Local Funds improve their scores to 20 to learning in other academic ACT tests Counselors avoid remedial college math areas. classes.

Goal 2 Students 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.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source

12 Responsible

Beginning at the elementary level, all nine elements of digital Students practice safe, Quizzes, tests, citizenship are included in lessons Elementary Local Funds responsible and ethical and teacher On-going provided by the technology teachers technology use. observation KETS teacher as well as all other teachers. Students learn about computer safety, Internet Quizzes, tests, Middle School Sixth grade students work one safety, keeping personal and teacher On-going technology Local Funds day a week on computer safety. info confidential, and observation teachers keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware. Students learn about computer safety, Internet All middle school students Quizzes, tests, safety, keeping personal Middle School participate in Internet safety and teacher On-going Local Funds info confidential, and teachers awareness activities observation keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware. Students learn about All high school students computer safety, Internet Quizzes, tests, Local Funds participate in Internet safety safety, keeping personal High School and teacher On-going Federal Funds awareness activities in all classes info confidential, and teachers observation (Funding Pending) that meet in the computer labs. keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware.

Goal 3 Students 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.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source

13 Responsible Students use a variety of Local Elementary students research tools to present or publish Teacher Classroom and KETS and use Internet resources results of projects based observation and On-going technology Federal Funds responsibly and ethically. on information gathered by grading teachers (Funding Pending) research. Student work that Local Middle school students use the Students become includes research Middle School KETS Internet for research and email proficient in using On-going obtained through Teachers Federal Funds assignments to teachers. technology for research. technology. (Funding Pending) Students expand the High school students use Internet Student work that Local resources and information and network resources for includes research High School KETS that is available for their On-going research for projects in all obtained through Teachers Federal Funds learning through the use of subjects. technology (Funding Pending) technology. Handheld devices will be used at Students expand the Student work that Local all levels of education to provide resources and information includes research Classroom KETS individual students with that is available for their On-going obtained through Teachers Federal Funds experience using handhelds for learning through the use of technology (Funding Pending) research. technology. Students expand the The district will move toward a 1 District Local resources and information Ratio of devices to 1 initiative for technology at the Leadership KETS that is available for their to student On-going high school level as stated in the Federal Funds learning through the use of population School 5 Year Plan. (Funding Pending) technology. Leadership

14 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS – EVALUATION

Students 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 eWalk 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/Activities Strategy/Activity Target Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible School principals Local Funds Students at the elementary and Quizzes, tests, Students will be Classroom middle school levels will be teacher State Funds technology literate by the On-going teachers assessed on technology skills as observation, end of the 8th grade year. Federal Funds incorporated in all content areas. student projects Technology (Funding Pending) Teachers Students in 8th grade will be th Teacher assessed by the technology 90% of students in the 8 Middle school observation teacher as to technology literacy. grade will be determined On-going technology Local Funds to be technology literate. Student grades teacher

Students in the 12th grade will be 90% of students in the 12th Student grades On-going High school Local Funds marked as technology literate by grade will be determined teachers Transcripts completion of classes during high to be technology literate. school years which incorporate technology skills.

15 Students who are enrolled in the College Algebra classes using Local Funds Hawkes Software at Bath County 75% of high school Receipt of College Algebra High School will receive college students enrolled in the State Funds college credit On-going teacher credit for this class by earning a College Algebra classes Federal Funds grade of C and getting a score of will receive college credit. Algebra students (Funding Pending) 19 on the math portion of the ACT exam.

Performance Goal 2 Students 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.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Strategy/Activity Target Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible School principals Local Funds Students at all Bath County Students will use Teacher Classroom Schools will receive instruction on technology in safe, State Funds observation On-going teachers safe, responsible and ethical use responsible and ethical Federal Funds of technology. ways. Student projects Technology (Funding Pending) Teachers

Lesson/unit plans School principals Students at all Bath County All students will learn Student activities Classroom Schools will receive instruction on about the elements of On-going teachers Local Funds all 9 elements of Digital Teacher Digital Citizenship. Citizenship. observation Technology Student grades Teachers All teachers will incorporate All students will learn Lesson/unit plans On-going School principals Local Funds Digital Citizenship as they present about the elements of Student activities Classroom State Funds

16 Digital Citizenship and Teacher teachers practice those elements as technology embedded activities. observation they produce student work Technology involving technology. Student grades Teachers

Performance Goal 3

Students in the 8th grade at Bath County Middle School and the 12th grade at Bath County High School will meet or exceed state standards for student literacy in technology.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Strategy/Activity Target Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible Examination of grades from the computer rotation The percentage of DTC of Related Arts students by the end of Local Funds Students in the 8th grade at Bath for the 2011-2012 School Grade 8 that meet or County Middle School will meet or school year. administrators State Funds exceed state standards for On-going exceed state standards for student literacy in Report generated Middle school Federal Funds student literacy in technology. technology will increase to by 8th grade computer (Funding Pending) 90% in 2012-2013. technology teachers teacher.

Students in the 12th grade at Bath The percentage of Examination of On-going DTC Local Funds County High School will meet or students by the end of grades from School State Funds exceed state standards for Grade 12 that meet or technology administrators student literacy in technology. exceed state standards for classes for Federal Funds student literacy in students in Grade High school (Funding Pending) technology will increase to 12. teachers 92% in 2012-2013.

17 Embedded assessments in state testing.

STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS

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

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible PD Sign In Teachers will more Sheets All Bath County teachers will effectively integrate Local receive a minimum of 3 hours of technology into the eWalk reports DTC technology PD provided by the curriculum as evidenced District On-going District PD Federal Funds district for the 2012-2013 school by lesson plans and the walkthroughs Coordinator (Funding Pending) year. aligned curriculum document. Principals’ evaluations

Teachers will more PD Sign In Principals Each school will utilize current effectively integrate sheets Local faculty members with technology technology into the DTC District expertise for peer training of all curriculum as evidenced On-going Federal Funds monitoring District PD staff in the use of available by lesson plans and the Coordinator (Funding Pending) technology. aligned curriculum Principals’ document. evaluations Teachers Educational consultants will be Teachers will more Training session On-going Principals Local utilized to work with Bath County effectively integrate sign-in sheets DTC Federal Funds teachers to develop technology technology into the District skills and incorporate technology curriculum as evidenced District PD (Funding Pending) monitoring into lesson plans by lesson plans and the Coordinator

18 Principals’ aligned curriculum evaluations document. Lesson Plans

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

Annual beginning of the year Teachers will be prepared School training on the student information to manage student records Principals’ Local Funds On-going administrators system will be done at each through the web-based evaluations State Funds school for all faculty members. software. Teachers All teachers will manage student Student records will be records through input of data in School readily available to parents Principals’ Local Funds the student information system On-going administrators and be in place to produce evaluations and ensure that the information is State Funds reports of student data. Teachers current. Teachers will more High school teachers will be able effectively integrate Local Funds to participate in a Technology technology into the School Principals’ State Funds Learning Team that meets curriculum as evidenced On-going administrators evaluations monthly for development of by lesson plans and the Teachers Federal Funds technology skills. aligned curriculum (Funding Pending) document. Teachers will have an opportunity Knowledge of technology Reflections from School to visit peers’ classrooms to use will be shared Local Funds teachers visiting On-going administrators observe teaching with technology throughout the entire others State Funds and refine their own practice. district. Teachers On-going technology PD will be Knowledge of technology Technology use On-going School Local Funds provided during the school day or use will be increased documented in administrators

19 after school by providers State Funds contracted by the district or by throughout the entire lesson plansand Teachers teachers already on staff who district. by observations Federal Funds have technology expertise (Funding Pending) Teachers will receive PD on emerging technologies such as Lesson Plans Local Funds Knowledge of new blogs, prezis, wikis, student School technology developments Unit Plans State Funds response systems, cloud based On-going administrators will be increased and technology, document sharing, Teacher Federal Funds incorporated into lessons Teachers etc. to be used as part of Observations (Funding Pending) instruction

STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS – EVALUATION

Bath 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 the eWalk instrument and will record those observations which will be reported during faculty meetings as cumulative data. Reports of these evaluations will be presented to the faculty of that school as well as to the District Administrative Team. Principals’ estimates of teacher technology proficiency will be aggregated for a district total on the annual Technology Tools Readiness Survey. 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.

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.

20 Performance Goal 1

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

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Strategy/Activity Target Indicator Timeline Person(s) Funding Source Responsible Principals’ report of teachers’ District technology The percentage of administrators Teachers will receive Professional teachers who are qualified proficiency as Development to be able to to use technology for marked on School On-going Local effectively use available instruction will be 90% for Standard 6 of the administrators teacher classroom technology resources. the 2012-2013 school Teachers year. evaluation instrument.

Professional Development District provided by administrators Local Funds Teachers will participate in All classroom teachers will consultants Professional Development in receive embedded School State Funds employed On-going technology embedded in the Professional Development administrators through the Federal Funds instructional day. in technology. district or Teachers (Funding Pending) provided by vendors District Each school will designate administrators Local Funds time during the school Peer meeting Teachers will receive peer year for Peer Technology time for School State Funds On-going training in the area of technology. demonstrations for technology administrators Federal Funds technology leaders in their assistance. Teachers (Funding Pending) building.

21 22 TECHNOLOGY GOALS

Goal 1 The 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.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Person(s) Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Funding Source Responsible Formative/ Student technology skills summative Bath County students will be need to be planned within assessment General Fund instructed in technology based on the total curriculum. the requirements of the Kentucky Classroom Federal Program Vertical and horizontal Report card On-going Program of Studies at each level: teachers Funds alignment will be grades Primary, Intermediate, Middle and incorporated in all subject (Funding Pending) High. areas. Assessment results Teacher assessment by principals reported on 90% of Certified Personnel will annual earn a satisfactory rating on Readiness School Principals General Fund Technology will be more Standard 6 of Kentucky Teacher Survey effective in the hands of On-going Standards relating to technology Classroom Federal Programs adequately trained staff. as part of the principal’s Summative teachers (Funding Pending) evaluation. evaluations of teachers completed by principals

23 Expansion/addition of handheld Technology will be more Report of number District Local, KETS, Federal devices to students in schools available to all students of handheld AdministratorsSc On-going Programs equipped with wireless technology with the implementation of devices in hool (Funding Pending) will be implemented handheld technology schools Administrators

Anecdotal District Technology will be more records of AdministratorsSc All schools will implement shared available to all students teachers and hool Local Funds hand held devices for the teaching On-going with the implementation of students Administrators Federal Programs and learning process mobile technology Classroom Lesson Plans Teachers

Students will be able to enter post-secondary High school students will have an institutions without the Report of ACT opportunity to become college High school added expense of COMPASS On-going Local Funds ready using online COMPASS counselors remedial classes in math, scores testing. reading, and language arts.

High school students will have the Students will leave high Local Funds Record of High school opportunity to become career school with industry Industry counselors CTE Funds ready using online assessments certifications in hand to On-going Certifications such as IC3 for industry promote their further Federal Funds received CTE teachers certification. employability. (Funding Pending)

Goal 2 Integrating 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.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Person(s) Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Funding Source Responsible

24 LanSweeper Bath County Schools will have Students and teachers will report of DTC/CIO Local, KETS, Federal 100% of all computers with current have the benefit of current Workstation On-Going Programs operating systems. technology. Operating District Tech Staff (Funding Pending) Systems

Teachers and students will District Local Funds Federal Deployment of Smart Classroom Report of number have state of the art Administrators Programs Equipment in all schools will of intelligent On-going technology for teaching School enhance educational opportunities. classrooms (Funding Pending) and learning activities. Administrators Routine use of electronic communications will AD Report of DTC/CIO School Local Funds KETS Student e-mail will be fully familiarize our students student email On-going Technology Federal Programs implemented from Grades 3-12. with this process for real- accounts Teachers (Funding Pending) world use. Savings of instructional Functionality Centralized printing to network money from this change availability as ready copiers will be continued at can be used toward On-going District Tech Staff Local Funds reported by all schools. purchase of additional printing counts classroom materials. Anecdotal reports Teachers and students will USF Wireless access equipment will be of issues with DTC/CIO have saturation of wireless supplemented for increased signal wireless On-going KETS Local Funds signal for teaching and strength to the point of saturation. carts/hand held District Tech Staff learning activities. (Funding Pending) devices Technology projects will Participation in Bath County Schools will offer expand student STLP Clubs, KETS STLP activities to students in all knowledge, influence On-going STC’s Regional and schools. career choices, and General Fund State Showcases benefit schools DTC/CIO District Aging equipment will be replaced Tech USF Teachers and students will as needed. Additional Report of Staff have state of the art Local Funds infrastructure will be added as networking On-going District technology for teaching required by KETS standards for infrastructure Administrators Federal Funds and learning activities. expansion of school networks. School (Funding Pending) Administrators KETS/USF funds will be used to Student achievement will Walkthrough data On-going DTC/CIO District KETS

25 purchase routers, servers, and increase through greater Computer usage switches to replace end of life access to network Tech Staff USF reports equipment. resources Local Funds (Funding Pending) Surplus computer equipment will Schools will be able to be recycled through a vendor who Payment and efficiently dispose of DTC/CIO will pick up on site and report from On-going Local Funds surplus computer District Tech Staff compensate the district for the eScrap program equipment. value of harvested materials. DTC/CIO District Teachers and students will Comparison of Tech Staff KETS USF All schools will be equipped with have state of the art technology District On-going Local Funds comparable network technology. technology for teaching resources Administrators and learning activities. between schools School (Funding Pending) Administrators All technology licensing requirements will be kept current. Bath County will maintain Microsoft Report DTC/CIO District Server CAL’s, McAfee Anti-Virus On-going KETS Funds legally required licenses. of Licensing Tech Staff licenses and server licenses will be purchased to assure compliance.

Goal 3 The 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. 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.

26 Telephones will be used to Call Logs 100% of staff will have direct communicate information documenting KETS telephone extensions and will between classroom and calls made to School Principal USF, implement proper voice mailbox office or classroom to homes On-going Local Funds messages, out of office messages, classroom by use of District Tech Staff and other appropriate uses of messaging through voice Spot check of (Funding Pending) voice mail. mail. Parent contacts will voice mail be made regularly. messages Building network and telecommunications renovations KETS Teachers and students will Comparison of and additions at all schools will DTC/CIO USF, have state of the art technology include equivalent current On-going Local Funds technology for teaching resources technology for internal connections District Tech Staff and learning activities. between schools as well as wireless and private (Funding Pending) video branch exchange. PBX systems will be upgraded at The school office workers District Tech Staff all schools to include caller ID USF will be able to more Availability of District features. Each building will have a Local Funds efficiently handle and current phone On-going Administrators separate system that can also be screen calls with modern system features School accessed with extension dialing (Funding Pending) telephone systems. Administrators across the district. Teachers will more Laptops and/or PDA’s will replace effectively integrate District Tech Staff desktops for administrators and technology into the Report of teacher District KETS, teachers. Laptops/handheld curriculum as evidenced and admin On-going Administrators Local Funds devices will be available in each by lesson plans and the workstations School school library for teacher checkout. aligned curriculum Administrators document. The evaluation process School administrators will conduct will be more efficient and School evaluations with handhelds or eWalk Reports On-going Local Funds data will be represented in Administrators laptops using the eWalk templates. a visual format School/home USF funds will be used to communications will USF purchase telecommunications increase through greater USF Form 471 services including fiber On-going DTC/CIO Local Funds access as evidenced by Applications connectivity to Crossroads communication (Funding Pending) Elementary. documentation USF funds will be used to continue Student achievement will USF Funding of On-going DTC/CIO USF

27 increase through greater basic maintenance of internal access to the Internet and Basic connections and the computer network as Maintenance Local Funds telecommunications. evidenced by computer lab FRN’s (Funding Pending) usage and walk throughs. Student achievement will USF funds will be used to increase through USF Funding of USF expand/upgrade internal enhanced computer Internal connections at all schools. (eg. On-going DTC/CIO Local Funds assisted instruction as Connections Gigabit switches, wireless evidenced by computer lab FRN’s (Funding Pending) technology, video systems) usage and walk throughs Parents and other Electronic access to student data DTC/CIO appropriate stakeholders Local KETS through software will facilitate Parent Portal will have access to student On-going Federal Funds dissemination of information to Usage Reports SIS Project records provided by parents Manager (Funding Pending) classroom teachers District Tech Parents and stakeholders will Parents and stakeholders Staff receive announcements, closing One Call will have current correct District/School information, absence reports Messaging On-going Local Funds information provided from Administrators through rapid calling/texting Reports school personnel. Attendance system. Clerks An app for the Parent Portal of the DTC/CIO Parents will have access SIS via Apple will be available to Parent Portal to student information On-going None all parents through the iTunes Usage Reports SIS Project through an iPhone app. store. Manager Schools will have more valid Teachers will be better formative student assessment able to plan instruction MAP Testing DAC Federal Programs, On-going through web-based software according to the current Reports BAC’s Local Funds purchased by the district. needs of the students. District Finance Paperwork will be reduced MUNIS software will be used for Employee Time Officer/ and information will be Time and Attendance Records for and Attendance On-going School Staff Local Funds available as soon as all employees. Records Attendance entered. Clerks MUNIS software will be used for Paperwork will be reduced Purchasing On-going District Finance Local Funds the purchase request to PO and purchase requests will Records Officer/School

28 process. be more accurate. Bookkeepers

Goal 4 Bath County Schools are learning centers for the community and should offer opportunities for community members to receive benefits of current technology through adult education classes, community workshops, and school showcases. Community education class offerings will be supported with available technology at the school location of the class. Technology sessions will be included in the offerings. Adult Education programs and Family Literacy will incorporate technology awareness and training for families of Bath County students.

Community members will have access to technology Community Community Community education classes will Local Community Ed resources and classes education class On-going Education include technology offerings. Funds provided by the school roster Coordinator system.

Electronic information will STC’s All Bath County Schools will have be accessible to all Presence of On-going District Tech Local Funds KETS current WebPages. stakeholders in the school school web page Staff system.

Electronic information will The Bath County District Presence of be accessible to all District Tech Local Funds webpage will be a source of current district On-going stakeholders in the school Staff information for all stakeholders. web page KETS system.

The Bath County SharePoint site Electronic information will Presence of will publicize a comprehensive be accessible to all current District Tech Local Funds On-going district calendar as well as be a stakeholders in the school SharePoint web Staff KETS resource for district documents. system. page information

29 TECHNOLOGY GOALS – EVALUATION

Technology is intertwined in the education process for Bath County students beginning at the kindergarten level. Students begin at the elementary level with a weekly 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 student s 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 will be considered. The District Technology Planning Committee will review the plan annually and discuss items 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 : 2012-2013 Annual Budget Summary

Note: duplicate this page for each year as needed (if a multiyear plan) Acquired Technologies NCLB/other than and Professional E-Rate KETS Other (Specify) Title IID Development Computer hardware Local Funds and software, other $10,000,00 emerging technologies Title I Regular $133,614.00 CTE Funds $100,000.00 $68,620.00 Including local match $28,000.00 Federal Funds $231,000.00 Professional Title I PD Development $2000.00 $2,000.00 Internal networking $120,000.00

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Telecommunications Local Funds including voice mail $48,000.00 $12,000.00 Community education Community Education through technology offerings Adult Education $500.00 DTC & 2 District Title I Local Funds Technicians $19,700.00 $145,000.00 Technology teachers Local Funds Title I $129,100.00 $91,385.00 Vocational Funds $53,700.00 TOTAL $268,000.00 $181,705.00 $135,614.00 $609,300.00

Budget Summary – Narrative Bath 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. Application for a federal RUS Grant funded through USDA for Bath County and Menifee County as partners has been awarded to fund end user video equipment for distance learning.

31 ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL)

Bath County Technology Readiness Survey - 2011