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HELPFUL LINKS:
USAC: Questions to Consider NCDPI Instructional Technology Division
4 Basic Requirements NC State School Technology Plan (SSTP)
NCDPI Connectivity Services NC Education Cloud
USAC CIPA Requirement USAC has not yet updated its website to reflect the recent FCC CIPA.
The FCC order gives details concerning the new provisions and requirements.
Technology Integration Plan – Erate Requirements
FOUR REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
The four required TIP components to support the services requested on the Form 470 are available online.
To qualify as an approved technology plan for Schools and Libraries Program discount, the plan must meet [the
following] criteria:
Required element: State/LEA/Charter Priorities
1. The plan establishes clear goals and a realistic
strategy for using telecommunications and information
technology to improve education.
Priority 1, 2 and 3
2. The plan has a professional development strategy to
ensure that staff knows how to use these new
technologies to improve education. Priority 4 and 5
3. The plan includes an assessment of the
telecommunication services, hardware, software, and
other services that will be needed to improve
education.
Priority 1, 2, 3
AMTR serves to document ongoing count and trends.
4. The plan includes an evaluation process that enables
the school to monitor progress toward the specified
goals and make mid-course corrections in response to
new developments and opportunities as they arise
Cloud processes such as interviews and use of
ongoing instruments such as STNA, LoFTI to enable-
monitoring and ongoing adjustments and planning
for all Priorities.
POSTING PLAN:
All referenced/utilized plans including your technology plan must be made available in an easily readable and
accessible format on your LEA/Charter website so as to be accessible by community as well as vendors during the
470/471 processes. Policies should also be displayed in the same location.
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Evaluation Guidelines
Required evaluation methods: 1. School Technology Needs Assessment – STNA
2. Looking for Technology Integration - LoFTI
3. Professional Development Evaluations/Questionnaires/Surveys
4. RttT Evaluation Data
Other suggested evaluation methods: Longitudinal Student Data – Attendance, Discipline, Classroom comparisons, etc.
Longitudinal Data for Teacher Retention
Application reports
Content Filtering reports
Network monitoring reports
Innovative Budgeting Comparisons
NCEdCloud Opt-in Agreements
Professional development plans/outlines/agendas with proof of completion such as sign-in sheets
MCREL Reports
PLC Plans
Formative data from project/initiative
Qualitative measures of success
Conference attendance
21st Century Assessment
AMTR
Rubrics
Exemplars of student work
Network Readiness Assessments
Evaluation Methods not meeting approval standards: Formative, benchmarking or summative assessments
Lab or Cart use logs
Professional Development sign-in sheets without other documentation such as agendas, outlines, surveys,
lessons plans, etc.
Document Retention:
All applicants and service providers are required to retain documents related to the Universal Service
Fund for a period of at least five (5) years from last date of service. The suggested list of documents to
be retained can be found in Paragraphs 45-50 in the FCC's 5th Report and Order (FCC 04-190).
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Approval Checklist
Complete NCSSTP Elements Components
Signature Page
Preliminary Components
Title Page
Table of Contents
Committee List
Vision Statement/Narrative
Strategic Priorities Narrative
Priority 1 Elements Complete*
1. The plan establishes clear goals and a realistic
strategy for using telecommunications and information
technology to improve education.
3. The plan includes an assessment of the
telecommunication services, hardware, software, and
other services that will be needed to improve education.
Priority 2 Elements Complete*
Priority 3 Elements Complete*
AMTR (Annual Media and Technology
Report) Complete and Periodically
updated
Count/Inventory requirement
Priority 4 Elements Complete* 2. The plan has a professional development strategy to
ensure that staff knows how to use these new
technologies to improve education. Priority 5 Elements Complete*
Utilization of Cloud Resources 4. The plan includes an evaluation process that enables
the school to monitor progress toward the specified
goals and make mid-course corrections in response to
new developments and opportunities as they arise
Alignment to 3 key initiatives
Use of required evaluation tools
All objectives measureable
All addressed
Appendix A: Required Policies Current
Board approval dates included
LEA Policy Noted and Posted
*Questions answered in narrative, alignments complete, targets addressed.
Notes:
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REQUIRED SUBSTANTIVE COMPONENTS
OF THE
LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT TECHNOLOGY PLAN
Schools, school districts, and libraries that want to apply for Schools and Libraries support, commonly referred to as
"E-rate," must first prepare a technology plan. Beginning with FY2011, technology plans are required only for
Priority 2 services (Internal Connections and Basic Maintenance of Internal Connections). An approved technology
plan sets out how information technology and telecommunications infrastructure will be used to achieve educational
goals, specific curriculum reforms, or library service improvements.
A technology plan designed to improve education should cover the entire funding year (July 1 to June 30) but not
more than three years. The plan must contain the following elements:
Goals and realistic strategy for using telecommunications and information technology
A professional development strategy
An assessment of telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services needed
Ongoing evaluation process
Policies
The technology plan must be approved by a USAC-certified technology plan approver before discounted services
can begin. The state is the certified technology plan approver for libraries and public schools. www.usac.org,
August, 2011.
LEA/Charter Name: Franklin County Schools
LEA/Charter Number: 350
Superintendent Name: Dr. Edward Ingram
Superintendent Signature
Local Board Chair Name: Mr. Gilbert Johnson
Local Board Chair Signature:
Person of Contact: Christopher Shearer
Telephone: 919.496.2227 x1267
Contact Email: [email protected]
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Technology Plan
2012-2014
Final July 2012
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Table of Contents
Vision Page 8
Strategic Priorities Overview Page 9
Priority 1: Shared Services Model Page 11
Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices Page 14
Priority 3: Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital
Textbooks Page 17
Priority 4: Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development Page 20
Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for Your LEA Page 24
Appendices Page 27
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Franklin County Schools
Technology Planning Committee/MTAC
Member Job Title/Position
Dr. Edward Ingram Superintendent
Mr. Gilbert Johnson Board of Education Chair
Douglas Moore Assistant Superintendent for Business and Finance
Christopher Shearer Chief Technology Officer
Linda Frederickson Director of Elementary Education/Title I
Laureen Jones Director of Career-Technical Education
Leamon Brantley Technology Coordinator
Jim Leonard LAN/WAN Engineer
Sondra Ayscue Instructional Technology Facilitator
Lesley Coe Instructional Technology Facilitator
Mary Brantley Instructional Technology Facilitator
Cathy Palmer Instructional Technology Facilitator
Betsy Bryan Instructional Technology Facilitator
Joseph Baisley Public Information Officer
Jewel Eason Elementary Principal
Charles Fuller High School Principal
Laverne Daniels Middle School Principal
Donna Jones Media Coordinator
Becky Frisbie Media Coordinator
Tina Williams LHS Parent
Pamela Willis RES Parent
John Aldrich BMS Parent
Kim Stine LOMES Parent
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Franklin County Schools Technology Plan
2012-2014
Vision Statement
Vision Statement
Franklin County Schools’ faculty, staff, and parents share the commitment to teach all children
the skills and values necessary to be globally competitive citizens. We believe technology can
be the tool to facilitate this commitment and build capacity in learning of all teachers and
students.
Franklin County Schools’ students will receive universal access to modern devices and
equipment to meet their curricular needs, heighten their global awareness, refine their critical
thinking, and create their own curriculum related content.
Franklin County Schools’ staff will receive the professional development necessary to use
technology tools to benefit student learning and increase their own productivity. Through
Professional Learning Communities, shared leadership, and timely feedback, teachers will
engage all students and, in turn, increase student achievement.
Franklin County Schools’ will use all necessary resources, including community and business
partnerships, LEA shared services, and grants/alternative monetary sources to provide current
equipment and reliable support to the equipment.
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Franklin County Schools Technology Plan
Strategic Priorities
2012 - 2014
Shared Services Model
In order to provide 21st Century systems to the staff and students of Franklin County, much detail
and resources must be spent wisely. In an age of dwindling resources, we must ensure that all
purchases make sense and that when possible, we utilize group purchasing discounts and shared
services offered not only by the State of North Carolina, but business and community partners in
Franklin County. Some of the successful partnerships already started include cloud-based email
and documents through Google Apps for Education (FCS Apps), hosted staff development
videos through PD360, and more cloud-based curriculum applications. We will continue to
investigate all opportunities through the shared services model, including those for web hosting,
AS-400, and other mission critical applications.
Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices
Franklin County Schools takes the duty of providing equitable access to technology very
seriously. As a district, it has a track record of diverting funds to ensure all students receive
equal opportunities, not just with technology, but with all educational opportunities. The
administrators in the district work closely and share the same passion to make sure this occurs.
In a rural, farming area, Franklin County realizes the need to ensure this universal access to
provide the same opportunities to prepare our students to be career and college ready. Through a
variety of school system initiatives, community and business partnerships, and other methods,
we will continue to ensure this access to all students. We will continuously review and deploy a
variety of devices to serve the curriculum and accountability needs of our students. These will
include desktops, laptops, netbooks, tablets, cellular phones, and new devices.
Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks
With the abundance of rich, interactive content available, the acquisition of devices is only half
the battle. Franklin County Schools will continue to seek out existing content and will also
continue creating our own content to meet the needs of our students. As a pioneer in the
Professional Learning Community space, we recognize the need to go beyond traditional
applications, such as office suites, to enable students to create their own videos, music, and
applications. We will also provide access to a rich environment of diverse digital resources
including things such as learning object repositories, streaming video, and digital texts. We will
seek out those free resources, such as NCWiseOwl, but will also utilize funds to provide those
resources deemed crucial by teachers such as Discovery Education and other streaming sites.
We will also begin to investigate the use of digital textbooks both purchased externally and
developed internally.
Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development
Franklin County Schools realize that teachers work every day as the change agents who must
prepare this current generation of students to leave school for careers and college to lead the next
generation. FCS accepts the charge to prepare our teachers with research based professional
development, not only on technology, but effective teaching using time honored strategies such
as Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy, the IMPACT Model, and working to ensure instructional
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technology facilitators work with all schools. FCS will strive to provide essential training,
support, and continuing professional development to meet the needs of teachers.
21st Century Leadership for Your LEA/Charter
Before we can ensure students learn 21st Century skills, we must ensure our Administrators,
teachers, and community/business leaders genuinely understand how teacher and learning need
to fundamentally change to meet the needs of a global work and learning environment. While
having begun this process, Franklin County Schools will need to use local and State resources to
continue this process. Opportunities to collaborate must become the norm, whether in district
PLCs or in other venues with all staff included. Policies and procedures must receive constant
scrutiny to ensure they support the global vision for the schools. All staff must believe in and
follow the ISTE NETS standards.
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Strategic Priority 1: A Statewide Shared Services Model
Essential Questions for Franklin County Schools
How will we leverage collaborative purchasing to pay substantially less for technology
services and platforms?
How can a Statewide Shared Services Model assist in shifting primary support from
infrastructure to instructional needs?
How can a Statewide Shared Services Model enable increased infrastructure and
technology efficiency and sustainability?
How can a Statewide Shared Services Model provide higher service reliability?
How can a Statewide Shared Services Model facilitate more strategic budgeting models for
our LEA/Charter School?
Current Status and Moving Forward
Franklin County Schools will continue to engage all available resources to provide the essential
resources to students and staff. All current procedures will receive scrutiny to ensure that
operations run as efficiently as possible, freeing up support for instructional purposes.
While the need for infrastructure upgrades continues, Franklin County Schools has begun to rely
on cloud resources. In 2010, a shift to Google Apps for Education removed the need for district
hosted email and document sharing.
Other ways to maximize funding will be aggressively sought out. As with a recent Priority 2
eRate project, we will use all methods available (alternate surveys, sibling match, etc.) to
leverage the most return for our funding. We will also seek out alternative licensing and
purchasing agreements, including those with Microsoft and other vendors. With these methods,
along with the School Connectivity Initiative, we will work to provide the 21st Century
infrastructure our students need to become global learners.
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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives:
Strategic Priority 1: A Statewide Shared Services Model
Franklin County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the
vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan...
ACRE
By evaluating and participating in Shared Service offerings, Franklin County Schools will ensure ample connectivity to all schools.
Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
By utilizing the NC Education cloud, Franklin County Schools will measure student success and inform all stakeholders about how they can
improve educational services to students.
Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work
By utilizing state infrastructure blueprints and other documents, Franklin County Schools will prepare a saturated wireless LAN at each school
to allow for online assessments, digital content, and universal access to all types of devices.
1. Statewide Shared Services Model
Suggested Goals/Targets Year 1
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Year 2
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Yearly Evaluation
Evaluation
Method(s) DPI Use
Provide equitable and
additional access to digital
resources
Continue to support (technically
and instructionally) FCS Apps
(Google Apps for Education)
<Chief Technology Officer>
Utilize additional offerings from
Google, such as Sketch-Up Pro
per state agreements, to tie in to
the existing FCS Apps
<Chief Technology Officer,
NCDPI Instructional Technology
Staff>
STNA
Google
Dashboard
Usage Logs
(application
reports)
Provide equitable and
additional access to mobile
devices and digital textbooks
for 1:1 environment
Leverage RTTT, eRate, and
additional fund sources to
provide high wireless saturation
at each school and building.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Continue to use multiple sources
to provide reliable wireless
saturation.
<Chief Technology Officer>
RTTT DSW
Individual
School
Campus Wi-
Fi Heat Map
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Promote/maintain innovative
funding model by utilizing
NCEdCloud offerings and
alternatives
Review and evaluate all possible
NCEdCloud offerings, and
deploy as necessary for district.
Focus on redundant services,
including content filtering and
firewall services.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Review and evaluate all possible
NCEdCloud offerings, and
deploy as necessary for district.
Focus on redundant services,
including content filtering and
firewall services.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Network
diagrams and
monitoring
reports
Maximize E-rate in support of
instructional programs
Survey all schools annually to
determine Priority 2 eligibility.
If eligible (either by strict F/R
lunch percentages, alternative
survey, or sibling matches),
apply for Priority 2 equipment
including servers, switches,
wireless access points, and other
infrastructure.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Survey all schools annually to
determine Priority 2 eligibility.
If eligible (either by strict F/R
lunch percentages, alternative
survey, or sibling matches),
apply for Priority 2 equipment
including servers, switches,
wireless access points, and other
infrastructure.
<Chief Technology Officer>
District
Lunch
Surveys,
Alternative
Surveys (if
given),
Sibling
Match (if
utilized)
Provide content filtering in
accordance with the
Children's Internet Protection
Act (CIPA).
Provide filtered student internet
access using a filtering
appliance. Provide override
functionality to teachers and
staff for educational related
research and activities.
Continually survey teachers/staff
and review data to adjust
filtering as necessary to provide
relevant educational resources.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Provide filtered student internet
access using a filtering appliance.
Provide override functionality to
teachers and staff for educational
related research and activities.
Continually survey teachers/staff
and review data to adjust filtering
as necessary to provide relevant
educational resources.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Filtering
appliance
reports
Filtering
survey
reports
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Strategic Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning
Devices
Essential Questions
What is universal access to personal teaching and learning devices?
Why do our teachers and students need access to personal teaching and learning devices?
How will we provide ample access to individual teaching and learning devices?
What models can be used for implementing universal access to personal teaching and
learning devices in our LEA/Charter.
Current Status and Moving Forward
Franklin County Schools possesses a tradition of providing the resources students and teachers
need, including technology tools. With the need to provide access universally, we work to
provide kiosk-style access, with a goal of available devices available on need. 1:1 initiatives and
pseudo-initiatives are in various degrees of application, from an NCLTI grant through NC State
University at the Franklin County Early College, to mobile netbook carts at all middle schools, to
different amounts of Android tablet computers infused in classrooms.
The future of education revolves around the use of a variety of devices (desktops, laptops,
netbooks, tablets, and smartphones) to deliver content, provide an avenue to formative
assessment, achieve summative assessment, and for a number of evaluation and productivity
administrative purposes. In trying to plan for this reality, Franklin County Schools decided to
utilize Race to the Top, Title I, eRate, and other fund sources to deploy a consistent level of
wireless saturation at each school. With this process started, wireless access is available to
school owned equipment and also personal devices, using a separate guest VLAN.
Franklin County Schools realize, through the lessons learned through various 1:1 initiatives,
including in the State of North Carolina, which without the sustained and appropriate
professional development for teachers, any emphasis on individual teacher and learning devices
will fail. We will continue to observe all other current projects, while continue to implement
various projects. Since we know professional development drives strong technology integration,
we continue to utilize six district level instructional technology facilitators to provide
professional development based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.
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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives:
Strategic Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices
Franklin County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the
strategic priorities of our plan...
ACRE
Utilize NCDPI’s NC Education resources to deliver the necessary professional development to prepare teachers and administrators to use
personal teaching and learning devices for formative assessment, productivity, content delivery, and teacher evaluation.
Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
Increase use of meaningful technology by using Statewide Professional Development offerings.
Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work
Participate in NCDPI and RESA professional development offerings on Common Core and Essential Standards.
Priority 2: Universal Access to Personal Teaching and Learning Devices
Suggested Goals/Targets Year 1
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Year 2
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Yearly Evaluation
Evaluation
Method(s) DPI Use
Develop a comprehensive
sustainable LEA plan for
universal access.
Continue NCDPI
Comprehensive Needs
Assessment.
<Superintendent>
Use ECHS’ progress with NCLTI
to replicate to other schools
<Superintendent>
Needs
assessment
results
NCLTI
reports and
logs
Communicate your plan to all
stakeholders.
Provide presentations of plan to
School Board, District Parent
Involvement Committee, District
STAC (Superintendent’s Teacher
Advisory Committee).
<Public Information Officer,
Director of Elementary
Education>
Provide presentations to
community through Franklin
County Chamber of Commerce
Education Presentation and
similar events.
<Public Information Officer,
Principals, Superintendent>
Meeting
agendas
and notices
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Increase overall access to
personal learning devices.
Utilize variety of funds (Title I,
Leandro, etc) to provide
additional personal learning
devices (tablets, netbooks, etc)
<Assistant Superintendent for
Business and Finance>
Utilize variety of funds (Title I,
Leandro, etc) to provide
additional personal learning
devices (tablets, netbooks, etc)
<Assistant Superintendent for
Business and Finance>
AMTR,
LoFTI
Provide professional
development to all teachers
and administrators, focusing
on 21st Century Skills
integration.
Utilize PD 360 as supplement to
school and district level PLCs
focusing on goals tied to FCS
RTTT, strategic plan, and other
local plans. (Year 2 of 3).
<Director of Elementary
Education>
Utilize PD 360 as supplement to
school and district level PLCs
focusing on goals tied to FCS
RTTT, strategic plan, and other
local plans. (Year 3 of 3). Assess
use of PD 360 over three years to
determine next steps (renewal,
elimination, etc).
<Director of Elementary
Education>
PLC Logs,
Meeting
notes, and
LoFTI
PD 360
usage logs
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Strategic Priority 3: Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning
Resources, Including Digital Textbooks
Essential Questions
What are digital teaching and learning resources? What are digital textbooks?
Why do teachers and students need access to digital teaching and learning devices?
What are the benefits of digital textbooks?
What are open educational resources and how can they is used?
How can access to these resources be increased in our LEA?
Current Status and Moving Forward
A key goal of Franklin County Schools continues as providing current, available, and accessible
resources to all teachers and students to support the curriculum. Over the years, the County has
been a testing ground of devices to try and achieve that goal. From deploying eeePC netbooks to
an elementary school three years ago, to a variety of eReaders, to beginning targeted
deployments of Android tablets.
We realize that right now the majority of these devices do not solve to problem of providing
higher level thinking opportunities. While they can deliver engaging content, we continue to
strive for students creating their own content and learning. These devices can help along this
path, but we realize, in our district, that we cannot see these devices as a magic elixir for
improved student achievement. We want to continue to plan professional development
methodically, showing good application of these devices, while also showing teachers how to
take students beyond these lower levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
Teachers do need ready availability of strong quality resources. As a district, we want to
continue to provide these and also target other open resources. Our teachers already access
repositories such as NC WiseOwl, Learn NC, Discovery Education, and their own content
created in our district-managed Moodle, through FCS Apps, our Google Apps for Education
deployment, and through a variety of online and blended opportunities from North Carolina
Virtual Public School, Vance-Granville Community College, and similar organizations.
We want to continue to find ways to put not only the devices in our teachers’ and students’, but
also the content which they can both use to build their own learning. From grants, to community
partnerships, to other opportunities, Franklin County Schools will continue to identify creative
ways to provide for the teachers and students of Franklin County.
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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives:
Strategic Priority 3: Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks
Franklin County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the
strategic priorities of our plan...
ACRE
Engage students and teachers in content from the State Instructional Improvement System and other programs.
Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
Ensure students and teachers obtain opportunities for online and blended instruction.
Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work
Analyze existing wireless LAN at each school and deploy to provide widespread saturation at each school and all offices.
3: Statewide Access to Digital Teaching and Learning Resources, Including Digital Textbooks
Suggested Goals/Targets Year 1
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Year 2
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Yearly Evaluation
Evaluation
Methods(s) DPI Use
Shift from traditional print
and paper-based resources to
affordable, current online
resources
Continue use of district and
school sponsored online
resources.
<Directors of Elementary and
Secondary Education>
Investigate continued migration
to managed printing to allow
reduced cost for printing and
more administrative control to
reduce copying and put more
reliance on online resources.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Continue use of district and
school sponsored online
resources.
<Directors of Elementary and
Secondary Education>
AMTR
STNA (to
gauge teacher
opinions)
District PLC
Plan
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Utilize resources such as NC
WiseOwl, and other open
education resources
Provide variety of educational
resources to teachers, along
with coinciding professional
development (Discovery
Education, NC WiseOwl, PD
360, etc.).
<Asst. Superintendent of
Business and Finance, Directors
of Curriculum, Chief
Technology Officer>
Provide variety of educational
resources to teachers, along with
coinciding professional
development (Discovery
Education, NC WiseOwl, PD
360, etc.).
<Asst. Superintendent of
Business and Finance, Directors
of Curriculum, Chief
Technology Officer>
LoFTI,
Professional
development
plans/outlines
for sessions
Use digital content aligned
specifically to Common Core
and NC Essential Standards
Deploy resources such as MS IT
Academy modules, PD 360, and
additional resources.
<C&I Directors>
Deploy resources such as MS IT
Academy modules, PD 360, and
additional resources.
<C&I Directors>
LoFTI,
MCREL
Reports, PLC
plans
Ensure equity to digital
teaching and learning
resources from school to
school in your LEA.
Leverage RTTT, eRate, and
additional fund sources to
provide high wireless saturation
at each school and building.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Leverage RTTT, eRate, and
additional fund sources to
provide high wireless saturation
at each school and building.
<Chief Technology Officer>
STNA,
AMTR,
Network
monitoring
reports
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Strategic Priority 4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional
Development
Essential Questions
What skills are needed to transition to digital teaching and learning resources?
How can these skills be delivered and sustained to our LEA teachers and administrators?
How do teachers, administrators, and staff work with colleagues to guide our LEA toward
more effective uses of 21st Century tools for teaching, learning, and managing instruction?
How are teachers, administrators, and staff prepared to understand, implement, and assess
the span of skills and processes that students need to succeed in the 21st Century?
How are teachers, administrators, and staff prepared to apply 21st Century assessment
systems to inform instruction and measure 21st Century knowledge, skills, performance,
and dispositions?
Current Status and Moving Forward
Through a variety of resources, Franklin County Schools, especially in the instructional
technology department, has been addressing the migration to digital teaching and learning
resources with focused, thematic professional development for the past few years. Relationships
with Quality Teaching and Learning (QTL), SEED Communications, Carleen Murphy via Whole
Faculty Study Groups (PLCs), and other groups have led to sustained professional development
focused on Bloom’s Revised Technology, along with other key philosophies.
With the support of teachers and administrators, we look to continue these types of offerings,
although not with some of the ongoing relationships. While we look toward the same goal of
preparing teachers to use 21st Century teaching methods (collaboration, problem and project
based learning, flexibility, etc.), our delivery will change. We look to provide more blended
professional development using tools such as PD 360, Learn NC, and other online resources.
More immediate tools (NC Online Teaching Evaluation, EVAAS, Linda’ Reading Program,
Observation 360) for providing student and teacher feedback will be utilized. Teachers and
administrators will collaborate through professional learning communities to collect data,
analyze the data, and plan future teaching accordingly.
Franklin County Schools will investigate and implement other methods to reach students and
teachers as needed. From professional development and support of the Common Core and NC
Essential Standards, to looking at initiatives such as the NC 1:1 Learning Technology Initiative
(started at Franklin County Early College High), NC STEM, and other magnet programs, we will
strive to support teachers and administrators as they work to bring change to their classrooms
and schools.
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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives:
Strategic Priority 4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development
Franklin County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the
strategic priorities of our plan...
ACRE
Utilize resources from NC Falcon, IIS (when available), MCREL, and other tools to ensure teachers can deliver and assess 21st Century
instruction.
Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
Provide the professional development necessary to deliver online assessments; utilize statewide professional development system.
Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work
Professional learning communities will focus on Common Core and Essential standards.
4: A Statewide Model of Technology-Enabled Professional Development
Suggested Goals/Targets Year 1
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Year 2
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Yearly Evaluation
Evaluation Method(s) DPI Use
Implement a plan for
embedded technology-enabled
professional development for
teachers and administrators.
Deploy system-wide (schools,
district office, community)
needs assessment (focus on
Professional Development).
Review results of needs
assessment to develop strategic
plan and professional
development plan.
<Central Office PLC Group>
Review, analyze, and revise
strategic and professional
development plans.
<Central Office PLC Group,
Superintendent,
Superintendent’s Cabinet>
Needs
assessment
LoFTI
Formative and
summative
teacher
evaluations
Support models that promote
and further the ideals of
technology-enabled and
integrated professional
development
Deploy similar professional
development offerings garnered
from NCLTI relationship to all
schools (Project-based learning,
‘Flipping your classroom, etc.)
along with core offerings on
Explore feasibility, and deploy
if possible, to provide a ‘mini-
conference’ for staff
immediately after the last
teacher workdays for technology
integration.
PDPs,
workshop
outlines and
agendas
LoFTI
Conference
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Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy
and other trending areas.
<Chief Technology Officer,
Director of Elementary
Education, Director of Career-
Technology>
<C&I District Level Directors>
attendance,
surveys
Prepare media specialists and
instructional technology
facilitators to support digital
reform.
Provide DPI and locally
sponsored professional
development on the Common
Core and related topics to
Instructional Technology
Facilitators (6) and Media
Coordinators (14).
<Chief Technology
Officer/Director of Media>
Continue to provide professional
development opportunities
(conferences-NCSLMA,
NCTIES, etc) to MCs and ITFs.
<Chief Technology
Officer/Director of Media>
Professional
Development
Plans/agendas/
sign-in sheets
Deliver Common Core and
Essential Standards training
to teachers using integrated
technology as a model for
further classroom integration.
Common Core School Teams
will collaborate with ITFs to
replicate NCDPI, RESA
training for their schools in a
train-the trainer model.
<C&I Directors>
Common Core School Teams
will collaborate with ITFs to
replicate NCDPI, RESA training
for their schools in a train-the
trainer model.
<C&I Directors>
Professional
Development
Plans/agendas/
sign-in sheets
Prepare staff for online
assessment delivery.
Deploy at least one online
EOG/EOC test (or field test) at
each school, allowing for
needed professional
development for teachers, along
with using State benchmarking
and other benchmarking
programs (ClassScape, Wireless
Generation, etc).
Deploy online testing at all
schools, including EOGs, EOCs,
and benchmarks.
<Director of Accountability,
Chief Technology Officer>
Master Testing
Calendar
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<Director of Accountability,
Chief Technology Officer>
Prepare students for online
assessment delivery.
Provide opportunities for field
testing for all available EOG,
EOC, Extend, and WorkKeys
tests.
<Director of Accountability,
Directors of Curriculum,
Director of Career-Technical
Education>
Provide opportunities for field
testing for all available EOG,
EOC, Extend, and WorkKeys
tests.
<Director of Accountability,
Directors of Curriculum,
Director of Career-Technical
Education>
Master Testing
Calendar
Provide ongoing support and
professional development
necessary for use of data to
inform instruction.
Provide opportunities for staff
to work in PLCs on gathering,
interpreting, and using data and
available resources (PD360,
EVAAS, etc)
<Superintendent, Directors of
Curriculum>
Provide opportunities for staff to
work in PLCs on gathering,
interpreting, and using data and
available resources (PD360,
EVAAS, etc)
<Superintendent, Directors of
Curriculum>
PLC plans from
Moodle/FCS
Apps
Provide support for teacher
and administrator progress
and evaluation according to
MCREL standards.
Utilize all resources (DPI’s IIS,
NC Falcon, etc) to support
creation of PDPs each year
based on previous year’s
evaluation for all teachers and
administrators.
<Superintendent, Assistant
Superintendent for Human
Resources>
Utilize all resources (DPI’s IIS,
NC Falcon, etc) to support
creation of PDPs each year
based on previous year’s
evaluation for all teachers and
administrators.
<Superintendent, Assistant
Superintendent for Human
Resources>
Professional
Development
Plans
MCREL
Reports
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Strategic Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts
Essential Questions
Are your LEA/Charter leaders prepared to lead and create a vision for 21st century
education?
Are mechanisms in place for school leaders to create 21st century learning cultures?
Are professional growth programs/opportunities available to prepare teachers and
administrators to lead 21st century learning environments?
Current Status/Moving Forward
It takes a village…
While obvious, to ensure students learn in 21st Century learning environments, Franklin County
Schools must ensure that teachers, school administrators, district administrators, and community
partners lead by example. To do this, these groups must work closely together to develop
partnerships with 21st Century businesses, identify the day to day and ongoing challenges, and
work collaboratively to solve these challenges. Unique challenges can only be solved by unique
solutions, through the collaboration of all stakeholders.
The whole is more than the sum of its parts…
Franklin County Schools deployed Professional Learning Communities (initially Whole Faculty
Study Groups, WFSG at the time) with all schools, administrators (district and school level), and
staff in 2005. That began a modeling process that allowed all stakeholders to share in a vision
for 21st Century learning. From these early opportunities for staff to collaborate, work on real
problems in the schools, and feel part of a team, our district has only gotten stronger in this
shared leadership. From our Board of Education and Superintendent, schools know the vision of
shared leadership should be the norm and that each person’s unique view and skill-set can help to
overcome these challenges.
Being in a band is always a compromise…
If we will see our students leave high school with 21st Century Skills, we must provide them a
21st Century Culture, from pre-kindergarten through 12
th grade. All teachers, administrators,
staff, and community members must work as a team, take constructive criticism, and lead in
shared leadership opportunities. Only when all members can provide honest feedback and all
members work to improve will we reach this goal.
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Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives:
Strategic Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts
Franklin County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the
strategic priorities of our plan...
ACRE
Participate in professional development opportunities focusing on the Common Core/NCES and the IIS.
Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
Investigate and deploy researched based programs, such as NCLTI, to improve schools and prepare students for career and college.
Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work
Utilize NC Cloud resources, including those on the object repository and collaboration tools.
5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts
Suggested Goals/Targets Year 1
July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013
Year 2
July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014
Yearly Evaluation
Evaluation
Method(s) DPI Use
Create and lead a vision for
21st century education
Deploy system-wide (schools,
district office, community) needs
assessment. Review results of
needs assessment to develop
strategic plan.
<Central Office PLC Group>
Review and revise Strategic plan
based on continuing survey and
evaluation data
<Central Office PLC,
Superintendent>
PLC Plan
and
Evaluation
Data
Future
District
Wide PD
Plan
Create 21st century learning
cultures
Continue focus at Early College
High School on 1:1 learning
programs with support of NCSU
NCLTI Grant.
<Superintendent>
Pending results of 1:1 learning
program at ECHS deploy to other
schools in district.
<Superintendent>
LoFTI
Reports
STNA
Survey
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Prepare teachers and
administrators to lead 21st
century learning
environments.
Develop a district MTAC/PLC
to collaborate on Media and
Technology Initiatives.
<Chief Technology Officer>
Develop a district MTAC/PLC to
collaborate on Media and
Technology Initiatives.
<Chief Technology Officer>
PLC Plan
Develop strategic partnerships
with community and business
to promote 21st Century
learning.
Join local business groups (FC
Chamber, FC Business Alliance)
with the goal to generate interest
in internships, job shadowing,
etc.
<Chief Technology Officer,
Directors of Curriculum,
Superintendent, Director of
Career-Technical Education>
Join local business groups (FC
Chamber, FC Business Alliance)
with the goal to generate interest
in internships, job shadowing,
etc.
<Chief Technology Officer,
Directors of Curriculum,
Superintendent, Director of
Career-Technical Education>
Artifacts of
completed
and ongoing
partnerships
(newsletter,
letters,
media
reports,
etc),
Formative
evaluations
Provide all district and school
administrators with
collaboration and
communication tools.
Provide support and expertise to
staff on FCS Apps (Google Apps
for Education) to move in a more
collaborative, paperless
environment. (One example-
Summer CO ‘Tech Rodeos)
<Chief Technology Officer>
Provide support and expertise to
staff on FCS Apps (Google Apps
for Education) to move in a more
collaborative, paperless
environment.
<Chief Technology Officer>
FCS Apps
usage
reports,
examples of
FCS Apps
documents,
LoFTI
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Appendix A: Policies and Procedures
Franklin County Schools Technology Plan
Policy, Procedure, & Guidelines Implementation Chart
Policies, Procedures, & Guidelines
LEA Policy
Code or
Procedure
LEA Adoption,
Implementation or
Revision Date
Policies Required
A. Materials Selection Policy including internet resources (GS §115c-98(b)) 3200 3.2007
B. Disposal of Equipment / Replacement of Obsolete Equipment (GS §115c-518) 6560
Draft in Committee
2.2012
C. Hardware and Software Procurement (GS § 115c-522, 115c-522.1) 6430
Draft in Committee
2.2012
D. Copyright and Plagiarism Policy (PL §94-553, 90 Stat. 2541), 3245
Draft in Committee
3.2012
E. Acceptable Use Policy (PL §106-554) 3225 3.2012
F. Equipment/Materials Donation Policy (GS §115C-518) 8220
Draft In Committee
2.2012
G. Data Privacy Policy (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99 (FERPA)) 4700 2.2011
H. Inventory Control Policy (GS §115c-539, 115c-102.6A-C(5)) 8350
Draft in Committee
2.2012
I. Access to Services Policy (GS §115c-106.2) 3420 1.2011
J. Online Assessment and Instruction Policy 3410 9.2010
K. Advertising and Commercialism Policy (GS §115c-98) 2730/7730 12.2005
L. Internet Safety and Ethical Use including Cyberbullying and Harassment
(Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act, CIPA, FERPA, GS 115C-407) 3225 3.2012
Procedures
A. Hardware and Software Deployment IN DEVEL.
B. Equipment maintenance and repairs IN DEVEL.
C. Outdated Resources and Equipment Replacement IN DEVEL.
D. Disaster Recovery of Data and Hardware IN DEVEL.
E. Administration of Online Courses IN DEVEL.
F. Administration of Online Assessment IN DEVEL.
Guidelines
A. Policy Translation IN DEVEL.
B. Use of Digital Media and Resources IN DEVEL.
C. Instructional Use of Videos IN DEVEL.
D. Development of Online Resources IN DEVEL.
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