EDLD 5362 final project

1. The Houston Independent School
District Long Range Strategic Plan
for Technology (LRSPT) 2009-2014
SAFIRAH IBENANA
LAMAR UNIVERSITY

2. District Profile
Number of Campuses 294
Total Student Enrollment 198452
Economically Disadvantaged 84%
Technology Expenditures (2009-2012) $99,385,000
Technology Expenditure Per Pupil $500.80
Student/Computer Ratio 5:1
Teacher/Computer Ratio 1:1

3. Objective
 LRSPT was created to meet all filing requirements of
the The Schools and Libraries Program of the
Universal Service Fund, commonly known as "E-
Rate", to provide discounts for district’s
telecommunications and Internet access.
 To provide the district with a strategic road map for
technology

4. 4 Key Areas of LRSPT
Technology Expenditures
(2009-2012)
Teaching and Learning $26,465,000
Educator Preparation $3,275,000
Leadership, Administration, and $12,325,000
Support
Infrastructure for Technology $57,320,000

5. 5 areas of National Educational Technology Plan (NETP)
NETP LRSPT
Assessment
Infrastructure (Infrastructure for Technology)
Learning (Teaching and Learning)
Productivity
Teaching (Educator Preparation)

6. LRSPT Goals Identified by District Stakeholders
Teaching and Learning:
• Goal 1: Students will become technology literate to
be successful in the 21st century.
• Goal 2: Assure equity and access to technology-
enhanced curriculum and resources district-wide.
• Goal 3: Promote responsible technology use.

7. Strategies to Achieve LRSPT Goals
Teaching and Learning:
• (for Goal 1): Provide a guide for lesson planning
with technology integration recommended by the
district .
• (for Goal 2): Employ a technological devices, i.e.
student eportfolios, to create a digital learning
environment that improves student achievement
and develops 21st century technology skills.
• (for Goal 3): Implement innovative programs that
promote parental involvement and support
increased home-school communication.

8. LRSPT Goals Identified by District Stakeholders
Educator Preparation:
• Goal 4: Create a roadmap to provide anytime,
anywhere, professional development for teachers,
administrators, and support staff to facilitate a
technology-enhanced learning environment.
• Goal 5: Increase the amount of training received by
all educators on innovative and effective strategies
for technology integration in order to increase
student achievement.

9. Strategies to Achieve LRSPT Goals
Educator Preparation:
• (for Goal 4): Increase educator preparation
delivery models, (i.e. webinars, podcasts, 24/7 on-
line training courses, RSS feeds, interactive staff
meetings, etc.) for professional development to
integrate technology.
• (for Goal 5): Devote a minimum of one staff
meeting per month solely to technology training on
the tools to integrate technology applications into
the TEKS.

10. LRSPT Goals Identified by District Stakeholders
Leadership, Administration, and Support:
• Goal 6: Develop a comprehensive, ongoing, Long Range Technology
Planning process that includes input from all stake holders, meets
all local, state, and federal requirements, and creates a positive
district culture.
• Goal 7: Encourage community interaction in HISD's educational
programs in order to improve public support and confidence in
schools.
• Goal 8: Identify and implement instructional programs that extend
instruction beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom
through the increased use of technology.
• Goal 9: Provide technology tools to increase management efficiency
and to support data-driven, sound, decision-making.

11. Strategies to Achieve LRSPT Goals
Leadership, Administration, and Support:
• (for Goal 6): Incorporate instructional technology resources as an
integral component in the design of all new and modernized
schools and classrooms.
• (for Goal 7): Develop policies and procedures, including secure
and restricted access, to facilitate the full deployment and use of a
web- based portal for 24/7, year round, access to individual
student information, school news
• (for Goal 8): Form a partnership with schools of higher education,
inviting their staff to provide lessons to HISD students, and to
facilitate more two-way communication with institutions
• (for Goal 9): Provide campus counselors with a technology-based
system for gathering and reporting data on each student that is
designed to provide early indicators of potential "drop outs" so
that pro-active interventions may be provided.

12. LRSPT Goals Identified by District Stakeholders
Infrastructure for Technology :
• Goal 10: Align the district’s applications into a centralized,
secure, integrated system that combines all data to provide a
single, reliable, source for all departments.
• Goal 11: Expand the reach and capacity of HISD’s network to
provide a secure and robust infrastructure that supports
teaching and learning.
• Goal 12: Create a strategy to optimize network infrastructure
and the operation and management thereof, making it more
agile, efficient, and secure.
• Goal 13: Reduce the environmental footprint of HISD’s
technology infrastructure.

13. Strategies to Achieve LRSPT Goals
Infrastructure for Technology :
• (for Goal 10): Continue to develop and incorporate state-of- the-art
firewall support, Internet filtering, virus protection, and wireless security
into the district's network operations
• (for Goal 11): Ensure equity of access for all staff and students to the
Internet by continuing to upgrade, support, and maintain network
hardware and software, telecommunication systems, licenses, service fees
and, contracts.
• (for Goal 12): Research, develop, and implement a virtualization strategy
through a reduction of hardware, software, and services.
• (for Goal 13): Facilitate a migration from a "paper- based" District to an
electronic document-based District

14. Additions/Improvement to LRSPT Plan?
According to See (n.d.), effective technology plans
should:
 Focus on applications
 Tie to staff development plans
 Incorporate developers of the technology plan into
group of stakeholders
 Focus on a vision

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