SCHOOL-BASED DECISION MAKING
School: Sample Elementary/Middle School
Subject of the Policy: #16 Technology Utilization
Policy Statement:
Technology use in the twenty-first century has become a vital component of all aspects of life. For students to be contributing citizens, they must receive an education that incorporates technology into all aspects of learning. Sample School will provide students with technology skills instruction and opportunities to apply the skills to their work in core content subjects. Sample School will create competent digital citizens by providing integrated Internet safety and digital citizenship instruction to all students.
All fifth-grade students at the elementary school level and all seventh-grade students at the middle school level will take the 21st Century Skills Assessment, which is aligned with the National Education Technology Standard for Students.
All teachers at Sample School will incorporate technology into instruction as described in Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching, 2011. Teachers will:
· Display awareness of resources – not only through the school and district but also through sources external to the school and on the Internet – available for classroom use, for the expansion of his or her ow knowledge, and for students.
· Coordinate knowledge of content, of students, and of resources, to design a series of learning experiences aligned to instructional outcomes and suitable to groups of students.
· Make effective use of physical resources, including computer technology.
Within the constraints of the budget, the Council will ensure that the technology infrastructure is modern and fully functional and that it meets the teaching, learning, and operational needs of all stakeholders. School personnel will develop and administer needs assessments and use the resulting data to develop and implement a technology plan to continuously improve technology services and infrastructure. The principal will implement this process to address technology use and barriers, and the resulting plan will be monitored by the Council.
Date of First Reading:
Date of Second Reading:
Date Adopted:
Signature: ______
(SBDM Council Chairperson)
SCHOOL-BASED DECISION MAKING
School: Sample High School
Subject of the Policy: Technology Use
Policy Statement
Technology use in the twenty-first century has become a vital component of all aspects of life. For students to be contributing citizens, they must receive an education that incorporates technology into all aspects of learning. Students at Sample High School will be competent users of technology and use technology to support learning in core content subjects. Sample School will create competent digital citizens by providing integrated Internet safety and digital citizenship instruction to all students.
All students at Sample High School will demonstrate technology competency prior to graduating. As defined in the Student Progression, Promotion, and Grading (SPP&G) document, each student must demonstrate minimum performance-based competency in technology in one of the following ways:
· Before entering high school: demonstrate proficiency on the JCPS grade-seven technology assessment
· During high school, successfully complete one of the following:
o A general computer course that covers hardware, software and digital literacy
o JCPS eSchool Technology graduation requirement course (formerly Computer Apps)
o IC3 course
o MOS course
o Skill-based unit and test in JCPS Online
o GCF Learnfree.org module and submit completion certificate
o Computer Applications course in Edgenuity
o EverFi certification
o Student Leadership Program (STLP) qualifying event
o A qualifying technology-based performance event
All teachers at Sample High School will incorporate technology into instruction as described in Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching, 2011. Teachers will:
· Display awareness of resources – not only through the school and district but also through sources external to the school and on the Internet – available for classroom use, for the expansion of his or her ow knowledge, and for students.
· Coordinate knowledge of content, of students, and of resources, to design a series of learning experiences aligned to instructional outcomes and suitable to groups of students.
· Make effective use of physical resources, including computer technology.
Within the constraints of the budget, the Council will ensure that the technology infrastructure is modern, fully functional and meets the teaching, learning and operational needs of all stakeholders. School personnel will develop and administer needs assessments and use the resulting data to develop and implement a technology plan to continuously improve technology services and infrastructure. The principal will implement this process to address technology use and barriers, and the resulting plan will be monitored by the Council.
Date of First Reading:
Date of Second Reading:
Date Adopted:
Signature: ______
(SBDM Council Chairperson)
1/7/2016