DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY PLAN BATH COUNTY SCHOOLS Owingsville, KY

http://www.bath.kyschools.us

Creation Date: October 2013 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, 2014 Plan Expiration Date: September 30, 2015 Approved Bath County Board of Education: November 18, 2013 Approved Date: July 9, 2014 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 Sheila Campbell, BCMS/OES Technology Resource Teachers Aaron Baldwin, BCHS/CES/STLP Adviser

Additional District Contributors Shelly Sanders, Board of Ed. Chair Barbara Razor, Board of Ed. V.Chair Sandy Crouch, Board of Ed. Member Hurschell Rawlings, Board of Ed. Member Connie Grimes, Board of Ed. Member Christina Grace, Special Ed. Director Burnsy Stewart, Facilities Director Teresa Caudill, Assessment Coordinator Karen Hammons, Instr. Supervisor Kim Biddle, DPP Rhonda Back, Elem Inst Coord/CIITS Vickie Wells, Food Service Director Jo Brewer, District Finance Officer Paul Prater, BCHS Principal John Slone, BCMS Principal Jerry Thatcher, CES Principal Angela Jent, OES Principal Todd Neace, BCMS Asst. Principal

Other Students Ricky Prater, BCHS STLP Adviser Sasha Reinhardt, BCMS STLP Adviser Jessica Haynes, CES STLP Adviser

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...... 11 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS...... 11 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LITERACY GOALS – EVALUATION...... 16 STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS...... 19 STAFF TRAINING/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS - EVALUATION...... 21 TECHNOLOGY GOALS...... 23 TECHNOLOGY GOALS – EVALUATION...... 31 BUDGET SUMMARY...... 31 ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL)...... 33

ii 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. 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 25M connection to a 45M connection before school began in August 2013. This upgrade has significantly resolved bandwidth issues, but it has not completely solved the problem. Bath County is scheduled for another upgrade to a 100M connection based on a state calculation per student when the state upgrades all district networks sometime during the next year. The completed renovation of the last piece of high speed fiber between the Board Annex Building and Bath County Middle School gives the schools located in Owingsville access to centralized resources with a speed of 10G. Crossroads Elementary is connected via a leased line from Windstream with a connection speed of 1G, which has always been more than adequate to meet the demand from that school. RUS telecommunications carts have been purchased for all buildings for a total of 7 units. The high school is currently sharing a teacher with Menifee County High School for a Spanish III/IV class taught by the Menifee Co. teacher for dual (college & high school) credit for students from both schools. Bath County High School will be offering two Sociology classes in the spring for dual credit, and Menifee County High School students will be able to take those classes for the same dual credit. All schools are investing in the purchase of hand-held devices for use in the classroom for Internet research and as eReaders. 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 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

1 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 senior 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

2 choice portion of this assessment will be calculated as a percentage of the student’s final grade in the class. The Food Service Department has upgraded workstations and software (NutriKids) to use for Point-of-Sale transactions, menu planning, and Free/Reduced Lunch applications. There is an automated export of data from Infinite Campus every evening for demographic data to be imported into the NutriKids program. There is a manual export from NutriKids done weekly to transfer lunch status to Infinite Campus for reporting purposes for SEEK and eRate. 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 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 or weekly newsletters. The district maintains a Parents and Stakeholders distribution group to facilitate the process of sending informational items. There are approximately 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.

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. 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 2013-14 approved plan was distributed on September 23, 2013, 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 2014-2015 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 Continuation of MAP Assessments and A+ software programs Distance learning equipment available at all schools Sharing of distance learning resources across the district Continution of district and school web pages through web hosting 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 Expansion of video/multimedia opportunities for students Extension of wired and wireless network resources to Owingsville Elementary School renovated and newly constructed areas Extension of current phone system to new and renovated areas at Owingsville Elementary School Upgrade of wireless access with security switch at Crossroads Elementary School Professional development for teachers including: vBrick video resources for classrooms Telecommunications equipment for classroom use Use of CIITS for assessment and resources Student responder training Teacher web page training Use of handheld technology in classrooms Implementation of eReader initiatives 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, Lync, 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 review.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Indicator Target Tools/Methods Timeline Person(s) Funding Used Responsible Source The District Technology Representatives On-going DTC Local Funds Technology planning will from all schools STC’s Planning be a and central office Committee will cooperative will receive an District annually review effort from all emailed summary Administrators the plan in the fall schools and of progress on for the current central office current year Network Administrators

5 technology plan for planning purposes. Areas of completion and School year and propose for areas still not Administrators changes and improvement completed will be Teachers additions for the for the noted. Completed following year. district. items will be Media removed from the Specialists plan for 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. 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 approximately 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 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. Crossroads Elementary School does have an older wireless system, which needs to be upgraded to newer n-radios 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. 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 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.

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

7 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, 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.

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 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

Students will learn to use Principals School Local All classrooms will have an technology resources evaluations interactive board and projector efficiently to produce 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 Principals Laptop carts and/or sets of Students will learn to use evaluations High school Local handheld devices are available technology resources teachers at the high school and middle efficiently to produce Performance On-going Federal Funds school for student use for projects and support other events Middle school (Funding Pending) research and projects. content areas teachers

Handheld technology will be Students will learn to use District On-going Classroom Local Funds introduced at all levels in a handheld technology in walkthroughs teachers variety of classroom activities. support of core content.

9 Federal Funds (Funding Performance Technology Pending) events teachers District Classroom Schools will implement the use Students will learn to use Local Funds of hand-held technology for the handheld technology in walkthroughs teachers On-going Federal Funds (Funding purpose of Internet research and support of core content Performance Technology Pending eReaders areas. events teachers

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 Teachers will learn to use Local All teachers will have access to School technology resources Unit Plans the vBrick video system for use On-going administrators Federal Funds efficiently to support all in teaching. Lesson Plans content areas. Teachers (Funding Pending)

All teachers will have access to Teachers will learn to use School Local new telecommunications technology resources Unit Plans On-going administrators Federal Funds equipment carts located at each efficiently to support all Lesson Plans school. content areas. Teachers (Funding Pending)

10 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.

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. Proficiency as determined by the school principals 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 productive with records and On-going technology Federal Funds scheduled. technology. students grades teachers (Funding Pending) Sixth grade students begin Students review terms Quizzes, tests, On-going Middle School Local intermediate keyboarding unit relating to hardware and and teacher KETS

11 software for more efficient Federal Funds with a hardware/software review. observation Teachers use of technology. (Funding Pending) Student individual Students become and group Local Seventh grade students focus on proficient with projects, quizzes, Middle School KETS the Microsoft Word and Excel and basic/intermediate On-going tests, and Teachers Federal Funds learn to use each one effectively. features of Microsoft teacher (Funding Pending) Word/Excel. observation Student individual Students become and group Local Eighth grade students create proficient with creating projects, quizzes, Middle School KETS projects PowerPoint 2013 and On-going presentations with this tests, and Teachers Federal Funds Prezi using 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. Students with prerequisite classes Students will use Grades and On-going Teachers of dual Local Funds

12 will be allowed to enroll in dual technology to access credits awarded credit classes with teachers distance learning for dual credit credit classes shared between BCHS and resources classes Menifee Co High School.

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 Responsible Quizzes, tests, Beginning at the elementary level, and teacher all nine elements of digital Students practice safe, observation Elementary citizenship are included in lessons responsible and ethical teachers Local Funds provided by the technology Samples of technology use. On-going teacher as well as all other lessons and KETS student work teachers. DTC submitted to DTC 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. All high school students Students learn about Quizzes, tests, On-going High School Local Funds participate in Internet safety computer safety, Internet and teacher teachers Federal Funds awareness activities in all classes safety, keeping personal observation (Funding Pending)

13 info confidential, and that meet in the computer labs. keeping computers safe from viruses and spyware. Students learn about All high school students will view computer safety, Internet Actual video a public service video concerning Local Funds safety, keeping personal produced High School digital citizenship and respond to On-going Federal Funds info confidential, and teachers a survey after watching this video Sample student (Funding Pending) keeping computers safe during Study Zone. survey responses 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 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 On-going Classroom Local all levels of education to provide resources and information includes research Teachers KETS Federal Funds

14 individual students with that is available for their obtained through experience using handhelds for learning through the use of (Funding Pending) technology 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 Leadership KETS that is available for their to student On-going the high school level as stated in Federal Funds learning through the use of population School the 5 Year Plan. (Funding Pending) technology. Leadership Students expand the Students will be allowed to bring District Local resources and information Ratio of devices handheld devices from home at Leadership KETS that is available for their to student On-going the middle school and high school Federal Funds learning through the use of population School levels. (Funding Pending) technology. Leadership

15 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 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/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

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

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All students will learn Lesson/unit plans School principals about the elements of All teachers will incorporate Student activities Classroom Digital Citizenship and Local Funds Digital Citizenship as they present On-going teachers practice those elements as Teacher technology embedded activities. State Funds they produce student work observation 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 The percentage of DTC students by the end of Report generated Local Funds Students in the 8th grade at Bath th School Grade 8 that meet or by 8 grade County Middle School will meet or administrators State Funds exceed state standards for technology On-going exceed state standards for student literacy in teacher. Middle school Federal Funds student literacy in technology. technology will increase to computer (Funding Pending) 97% in 2014-2015. teachers 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 90% in 2014-2015. Embedded assessments in

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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 Teachers will more PD Sign In effectively integrate Sheets All Bath County teachers will Local technology into the DTC receive a minimum of 3 hours of District curriculum as evidenced On-going Federal Funds technology PD provided by the walkthroughs District PD by lesson plans and the district annually. Coordinator (Funding Pending) aligned curriculum Principals’ document. 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)

19 monitoring by lesson plans and the Principals’ into lesson plans aligned curriculum Coordinator 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 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 Local Funds provided during the school day or Knowledge of technology Technology use School after school by providers use will be increased documented in State Funds On-going administrators contracted by the district or by throughout the entire lesson plansand Federal Funds teachers already on staff who district. by observations Teachers (Funding Pending) have technology expertise Teachers will receive PD on Knowledge of new Lesson Plans On-going School Local Funds

20 emerging technologies such as blogs, prezis, wikis, student technology developments Unit Plans State Funds response systems, cloud based 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 Teachers will more effectively integrate Local Funds Teachers will login and use the technology into the CIITS Coach CIITS program to create CIITS Coach State Funds curriculum as evidenced On-going assessments and access Classroom by lesson plans and the Principals Federal Funds resources. Teachers aligned curriculum (Funding Pending) document.

Classroom information will Local Funds Examination of DTC Teachers will create and maintain be available to individual Principals State Funds individual classroom web pages stakeholders through the On-going teachers’ for use by stakeholders. use of individual Classroom Federal Funds webpages classroom webpages. teachers (Funding Pending)

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 teacher evaluations . 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.

21 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 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 The percentage of technology administrators Teachers will receive Professional teachers who are proficiency as Development to be able to proficient in using School marked on On-going Local effectively use available technology for instruction administrators Standard 6 of the classroom technology resources. will be 90% for the 2014- teacher Teachers 2015 school 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 Each school will designate District Local Funds time during the school Peer meeting administrators 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.

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 95% 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 for students in schools available to all students of handheld Administrators On-going Programs equipped with wireless technology with the implementation of devices in School (Funding Pending) will be implemented handheld technology schools Administrators

Students will be allowed to bring Technology will be more Report of number District handheld devices from home to available to all students of handheld Administrators On-going None use in classrooms with the with the implementation of devices in School supervision of a teacher handheld technology schools Administrators

Anecdotal District Technology will be more records of Administrators All schools will implement shared available to all students teachers and School 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)

24 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 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 DTC/CIO communications will AD Report of Network Admins Local Funds KETS Student e-mail will be fully familiarize our students student email On-going School Federal Programs implemented from Grades 3-12. with this process for real- accounts Technology (Funding Pending) world use. Teachers 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. Wireless access equipment will be Anecdotal reports Teachers and students will USF supplemented for increased signal of issues with DTC/CIO have saturation of wireless strength to the point of saturation wireless On-going KETS Local Funds signal for teaching and and wireless will be upgraded to carts/hand held District Tech Staff learning activities. (Funding Pending) the most current technology. devices Bath County Schools will offer Technology projects will Participation in On-going STC’s KETS STLP activities to students in all expand student STLP Clubs, General Fund schools. knowledge, influence Regional and career choices, and State Showcases

25 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 KETS/USF funds will be used to Student achievement will Walkthrough data purchase routers, servers, increase through greater DTC/CIO District USF Computer usage On-going switches, and wireless equipment access to network Tech Staff reports Local Funds (Funding to replace end of life equipment. resources 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. Microsoft EES Volume Licensing, Bath County will maintain Microsoft Report DTC/CIO District On-going KETS Funds Server CAL’s, McAfee Anti-Virus legally required licenses. of Licensing Network Admins 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.

26 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.

Action Plan: Strategies/Activities Person(s) Strategy/Activity Instructional Outcome Indicator Timeline Funding Source Responsible 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. Teachers will more Laptops and/or PDA’s will replace effectively integrate District Tech Staff desktops for administrators. technology into the Report of teacher District KETS, Laptops/handheld devices will be curriculum as evidenced and admin On-going Administrators Local Funds available in each school library for by lesson plans and the workstations School teacher checkout. aligned curriculum Administrators document. The evaluation process School administrators will conduct will be more efficient and Evaluation School evaluations with handhelds or On-going Local Funds data will be represented in records Administrators laptops. a visual format USF funds will be used to School/home USF Form 471 On-going DTC/CIO USF purchase telecommunications communications will Applications Local Funds services including fiber increase through greater connectivity to Crossroads access as evidenced by (Funding Pending)

27 communication Elementary. documentation Student achievement will USF funds will be used to continue increase through greater USF Funding of USF basic maintenance of internal access to the Internet and Basic On-going DTC/CIO Local Funds connections and the computer network as Maintenance 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 Parents will have access DTC/CIO An app for the Parent Portal of the to student information Parent Portal SIS will be available to all parents On-going None through an iPhone or Usage Reports SIS Project through the media store. Android app. 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. MUNIS software will be used for Paperwork will be reduced Employee Time On-going District Finance Local Funds Time and Attendance Records for and information will be and Attendance Officer/ all employees. available as soon as Records School Staff Attendance

28 entered. Clerks MUNIS software will be used for Paperwork will be reduced District Finance Purchasing the purchase request to PO and purchase requests will On-going Officer/School Local Funds Records process. be more accurate. Bookkeepers

Availability of DTC Local Funds Hosted district, school and Parents and stakeholders information on Network Admins classroom web pages will be used will have current correct KETS district, school On-going Principals to provide information to all information provided from and classroom Classroom Federal Programs stakeholders. school personnel. websites teachers (Funding Pending)

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

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

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

DTC Availability of Local Funds Hosted district, school and Parents and stakeholders Network information on classroom web pages will be will have current correct Admins KETS district, school On-going used to provide information to all information provided from Principals and classroom Federal Programs stakeholders. school personnel. Classroom websites teachers (Funding Pending)

29 DTC RUS Telecommunications Community partners will Participation logs Network equipment will be available for have access to of On-going Admins Local Funds community partners to use for telecommunications telecommunicatio Community training and information sharing equipment ns activities partners

30 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 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 : 2014-2015 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 $100,000,00 emerging technologies Title I Regular $126,314.00 CTE Funds $69,250.00 Including local match $19,000.00

Web Page Hosting General Fund $5,720.00 $1,680.00 Professional $2,000.00 Development

31 Internal networking Construction Funds connections $120,000.00 $20,000.00 Telecommunications Local Funds including voice mail $51,000.00 $9,000.00 DTC & 2 District Title I Local Funds Technicians $24,450.00 $147,000.00 Technology teachers Local Funds Title I $137,241.00 $126,892.00 Vocational Funds $46,255.00 TOTAL $176,720.00 $220,592.00 $128,314.00 $480,176.00

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. All of this equipment in both counties has been purchased and installed.

32 ATTACHMENTS/APPENDICES (OPTIONAL)

Bath County Technology Readiness Survey - 2013

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