Tech Plan Process

Learning about the components of the tech plan was very interesting topic! I knew that our school had a tech plan that was going to be put into place, but was not aware of all of the different components that need to be brought together for the success of the plan to meet the needs of all diverse learners withing the district. I was not aware that in the past the district needed to look at the plan and update every three years and resubmit to ISBE, I thought that it would need to be a yearly due to advances in technology. I found it very interesting that the school district is monitoring the community demographics to help with the implementation of technology plan to ensure that all students needs are being met and the plan is student-centered.

I learned that when making a district technology plan that is important to have goals "key initiatives" that are aligned with the needs of the students. We use the S.M.A.R.T acronym to make sure that the goals are specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and done in a timely manner. With having the goals, they need to promote learning that can be tied to substantial and continuous growth along with students who receive safe harbor. With the implementation of a district technology plan, they need to implement time in which faculty can take time to be introduced to the plan and how they will use it in the classroom to benefit the needs of the students.