Lincoln Technology Plan -- Monitoring and Evaluation Process
Monitoring and evaluation are ongoing processes and involve many constitutents -- the administration, teachers, students, The Technology Committee, the School Board and community members. Each group has a specific role in this process, as described below:
Administration:
The Principal is responsible for the overall implementation of the Information Technology Plan. Specifically, the principal will ...
Teachers/Students:
Precise student assessment has not begun as of this writing. During the 1997-1998 school year, Lincoln teachers must begin to develop a system for evaluating student performance in the areas of information technology skills and integration. To evaluate progress, the Technology Committee suggests that the school use an assessment instrument similar to the one taken from Technology -- Indicators of Quality published by the National Study of School Evaluation. The district Technology Plan will undergo revision in the 1998-1999 school year and a district wide matrix will be developed along similar lines by May, 1998.
Once the assessment instrument is developed, teachers will need to set performance targets for each grade level at Lincoln Community School and develop a reporting mechanism for students and parents.
The Technology Committee:
The Technology Committee will convene at least twice each year to evaluate the information technology program at Lincoln Community School and to make recommendations for the continuous improvement of this plan. The Technology Committee will appoint one person to serve as Chair of the committee and to be responsible for calling meetings, setting agendas, and other duties to further the work of the committee. The Committee will keep minutes of its meetings.
Committee membership is open to any interested person. The overall composition of the committee should represent various stakeholders in the Lincoln community and include teachers, parents, students, community members, local business people, and School Board representatives.
The charge of the Technology Committee is to evaluate and monitor the information technology program and to maintain this technology plan so that it remains current and pertinent to the needs of the school. This includes a yearly inventory of all hardware, software and human resources. Further, the Technology Committee is to serve as a sounding board for the direction of information technology integration within the school and within the Lincoln community at large. Recommendations for improvement will be set forth in the Technology Plan and will assist the Principal and School Board in setting budgets for future school years.
Process for Reporting to Stakeholders
The Principal will administer annual surveys to assess the professional development program for Lincoln faculty and staff. Teachers will conduct annual student assessments and set performance targets for students at each grade level. The results of the adult and student assessments should drive the direction of technology improvement. If we track these assessments successfully, they will provide the critical indicators of the areas in which we need increased emphasis in order to more fully meet our vision for all our students.
The information that we gather will be reported to faculty and staff members via faculty meetings or through individual conferences at annual goal setting meetings. Students and parents will receive reports through conferences with teachers and through narrative reports from teachers.
The Technology Committee will report its findings and observations each Fall to the School Board. The School Board may use information contained in the Technology Plan in its Annual March Town Meeting report to support budget requests.
To increase public awareness of information technology, all constituents are encouraged to publish articles or hold events which illustrate the effectiveness of information technology tools to improve student learning. Articles in the weekly school newsletter or in theThe Five Town News,The Addison Indepent and via the school's web site will promote the use of information technology to increase student learning. Lincoln School may consider holding a technology fair or incorporate information technology demonstrations with other school events (such as open house or spaghetti suppers) to increase awareness and support.
Revised: 10/21/97