Goals+and+Objectives

Current Goals
The goals for the technology program are a result of numerous discussions of the technology planning committee and the Board of Education. These goals are: • to help our students become active learners, familiar with – and skilled in –the use of modern technology as it relates to their education, their future career needs and their everyday lives • to help our faculty most effectively meet the requirements of the state education standards and new Regents examinations


 * Strategies (Objective?) Which is more descriptive of the actual purpose? Follow up with tactics?**

• to create an active technology integration committee consisting of a group in each building (generally consisting of the District Technology Director, principal, and key members from each grade or department) • utilize staff development days to support staff development that enables all staff(including support staff) to become facilitators of learning and ensure professional staff literacy in the application and integration of technology; To provide ongoing training involving in-service training for tehnology-related professional development; To provide professional development opportunities from outside sources (such as courses at institutions of higher education, conferences and/or courses delivered via distance learning or over the Internet) To establish a system of ongoing evaluation for assessment of technology applications, teacher preparation, and training • to integrate technology effectively into the District curriculum• to utilize emerging technologies to enhance the teaching and learning process to integrate technology effectively into the District curriculum, providing instruction enhancing information literacies that includes critical and creative thinking, problem solving, collaboration and cooperation, and self-directed learning through an active learning environment • utilize distance learning (video conferencing, epals, online classes etc.) as an educational tool •technology integrator for the middle school/ high school • to provide high speed internet access to enhance distance learning and take advantage of resources otherwise unavailable in the classroom • to ensure student mastery of emerging technologies • to support appropriate funding for technology in the District • to provide district facilities that support the availability of technology for the schools and the community • to ensure student mastery (mastery of skill rather than technology)of emerging technologies by offering technology courses across grade levels (4-12) To be able to adapt successfully to emerging technologies process. This can/should be embedded into the curriculum to keep the content area "alive" for students To improve teacher and student access to technological resources in classrooms through equitable distribution of grants, equipment, software, and technical assistance


 * continuous funding To continue to pursue alternative revenue streams. *• to create continue a technology integration committee consisting of a group in each building (generally consisting of the District Technology Director, principal, and key members from each grade or department. • to support staff development that enables all staff to become facilitators of learning and ensures professional staff literacy in the application and integration of technology • • to utilize emerging technologies to enhance the teaching and learning process The following statements were discussed as to whether they should be removed. • to utilize distance learning as an educational tool • to provide high speed internet access to enhance distance learning and take advantage of resources otherwise unavailable in the classroom