TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EDUCATION
Name: Yakup Ozcelik

Date: 11/21/2015

This template is adapted from

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/documents/et14techplan.doc

INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
The plan should guide the LEAs use of education technology for the next three
years.

List specific start and end dates (7/1/xx to 6/30/xx). Provide a brief overview of the LEA,
its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs website.
YSLETA ISD Technology Plan: 2015 2018
DISTRICT PROFILE
The YISD is comprised of approximately 42,240 students, 3,021 teachers, and 3,138 staff
members. There are 62 campuses in the district. Ninety four percent (94%) of the student
population is Hispanic, and approximately eighty five percent (85%) are economically
disadvantaged.
ESC Region:
19
City, State Zip:
EL PASO, TX 799257225
Phone :
(915) 4340038
Fax :
(915) 5914144
County District Number:
071905
Number of Campuses:
62
Total Student Enrollment:
42240
District Size:
25,000- 49,999
Percent Econ. Disadvantaged: 85.00%
Technology Expenditures
:$23,773,700.00
Technology budgets reported in plan by category
Teaching and Learning Budget
$4,434,693.00
Educator Preparation and Development Budget $743,700.00
Leadership, Administration and Support Budget $0.00

Infrastructure for Technology Budget

Technology Expenditure Per Pupil

$18,595,307.00
Total: $23,773,700.00
$562.82

Describe how a variety of stakeholders from within the LEA and the community-atlarge participated in the planning process.
During the 2014-2015 school year, a committee of parents, community and business
representatives, administrators and teachers was convened to review the current state of
technology in Ysleta. This committee was charged by the district's Facilities Assessment
Committee to identify districtwide technology needs and goals. The charge was, from an
equity and enhancement lens, to examine and assess whether the children in the Ysleta
Independent School District have the same access, experience, and opportunity that
children in newer, fast growing districts have.
Summarize the relevant research and describe how it supports the plan's curricular
and professional development goals.
Summarize the plans major curricular and professional development
outcomes that are supported by research.
Describe and cite the relevant research that supports the plans outcomes.
Describe the connection between the research and the plans goals.
Describe information gathered from site visits, including best practices.
The District Technology Committee completed the needs assessment for this strategic
technology plan over the course of the 2014-2015 school year. This assessment provided
a synopsis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The committee visited
seven (7) Ysleta campuses as well as one (1) non YISD
Model campus in a neighboring district. The YISD campuses had varying levels of need
in terms of technology and infrastructure. While at campuses, committee members
completed walkthroughs of the facilities, interviewed campus administrators and staff,
and documented their findings. Once all visits were completed, the team met, reviewed
and analyzed the data, and prioritized and identified the needs. The needs identified by
the committee align with both the district's Vision 2020 goals as well as the Texas
Education Agency's Long Range Plan for
Technology goals:
Teaching and Learning
Educator Preparation and Development
Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support
Infrastructure for Technology

CURRICULUM COMPONENT CRITERIA.

The Plan must establish clear goals and realistic strategy for using
telecommunications and information technology to improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)
Describe teachers' current access to instructional technology and current use of
digital tools.
A systemic plan is in progress to support teachers and students' in leveraging digital
content, open source textbooks and already adopted online materials to engage students
and enrich learning. A robust one stop website that includes information and rich
resources for students, teachers, parents and the community has been drafted and will be
deployed for the start of the school 2015-2016 school year.

Describe students' current access to instructional technology and current use of

digital tools. Include a description about the LEA policy, practices, and/or
replacement policy that ensures equitable technology access for all students.
The systemic upgrade of infrastructure, standards for the use of mobile devices in
educational settings, and teacher training have allowed students to experience technology
in a wide range of productive, innovative academic environments. The district is
embarking on an aggressive plan to ensure that equity for students across the district
exists. The plan will provide 1:1 access to mobile devices for all students in grades three
(3) through eight (8) over a five (5) year period commencing in 2015 (using local funds).
Should additional funds be identified, more grade levels may be added.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for using
technology to improve teaching and learning. Describe how these goals align to the
LEA's curricular goals that are supported by other plans. Describe how the LEA's
budget (LCAP) supports these goals, and whether future funding proposals or
partnerships may be needed for successful implementation.
GOAL 1: Provide technology, resources, curriculum and learning spaces that
support increased student academic achievement and foster engagement.
Increase student academic achievement via engaging, technology infused content,
curriculum and learning.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, to address

Internet Safety and the appropriate and ethical use of technology in the classroom.
Create online safety eCourse for all YISD students to complete within the first two
months of school. eCourse will be updated annually, in the spring/summer. Window for
completion will be the first eight (8) weeks of the school year
Educate students on digital citizenship and safe computing practices annually
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT
The Plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff
understands how to use these new technologies to improve education services
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Summary of the teachers' and administrators' current technology proficiency and

integration skills and needs for professional development.
GOAL 2: Provide professional development for teachers and administrators in:
digital learning, online content and curriculum, and integrating the Technology
Application TEKS (TA TEKS) into the core content.
Increase teacher technology competency.
Provide strategic, systemic monthly professional development for all teachers via a
traineroftrainer
(TOT) model to be turned around at all campuses by campus technologists (CTs) and
librarians.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for providing
professional development opportunities based on your LEA needs assessment data
and the Curriculum Component of the plan.
Ensure that teachers participate in a minimum of twenty (20) hours of technology
professional development annually to achieve the "advanced" level of proficiency on the
School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart.
Provide additional professional development opportunities for all teachers, administrators
and staff: summer sessions Teachers Networking Technology and Content (TNTc)
Conference minimum of three (3) after hours sessions in multiple modalities (webinars,
face-to-face, etc.).
Develop and implement a system for input and recommendations from district staff,
community and business

representatives.
INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SOFTWARE,
AND ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPONENT CRITERIA
The Plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services, hardware,
software, asset management, and other services that will be needed to improve
education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)
Describe the existing hardware, Internet access, electronic learning resources,
technical support, and asset management already in the LEA that will be used to
support the Curriculum and Professional Development Components of the plan.
GOAL 4: Provide a secure, robust and scalable infrastructure platform for
communication and technology services that ensures access and facilitates student
learning.
Ensure availability of critical systems to satisfy TEA mandates and district business
continuity requirements.
Describe the technology hardware, electronic learning resources, networking and
telecommunications infrastructure, physical plant modifications, technical support,
and asset management needed by the LEA's teachers, students, and administrators
to support the activities in the Curriculum and Professional Development
components of the plan.
Maintain, update (annually) and test (quarterly) the district disaster recovery plan for all
critical applications and systems to include but not limited to: finance system, personnel
records, student, and UPS systems.
Completion of a new YISD data center at central office location. New HVAC systems,
generator, transfer switch and UPS will provide needed availability requirements of
technology services.
Provide and maintain a secure technology environment
Continue to allocate budget for security software such as: Firewalls, Virus protection,
Spam, Content filter, etc. annually.
Technology Security Monitoring Service. Provides availability monitoring and
penetration, and intrusion detection testing.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION COMPONENT

The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor
progress toward the specific goals and make mid-course corrections in response to
new developments and opportunities as they arise.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)
Describe the process for evaluating the plan's overall progress and impact on
teaching and learning.
The Ysleta Independent School District (YISD) will systemically monitor progress made
in the implementation of the district technology plan. The plan, progress, and evaluation
will be shared with the community.
YISD will monitor the implementation of the technology plan by convening the district
technology committee (DTC) a minimum of quarterly each year. The DTC will review
the key data and checkpoints related to the objectives and strategies. Ultimately, these
quarterly reviews will provide formative checks on plans and systems that support
student academic progress and digital competency. The progress of the technology plan
will be digitally documented on DTC meeting minutes and uploaded to the YISD
website, along with the approved technology plan. The digital version of the technology
plan will be shared with the community in order to maintain transparency and foster a
common vision.
The DTC shall support district leaders in the annual update of the technology plan by
June 30th, as required by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The DTC will support
district leadership in documenting progress made in the implementation of the plan and
revising/updating as necessary. All revisions to the technology plan shall be completed in
the TEA ePlan system (online). Once digitally submitted, the revised version of the
technology plan will replace the previous plan on the district website. District leadership,
to include the board of trustees, superintendent, and associate superintendents shall be
provided an update of the plan a minimum of annually.
Every three (3) years, the district in collaboration with the DTC shall create a new
technology plan, as required by TEA. The Chief Technology Officer together with the
Director of Innovative Learning are responsible for ensuring that timelines and
expectations related to the development, revision, and update of the plan are completed.

Describe the schedule for evaluating the effect of plan implementation, including a
description of the process and frequency of communicating evaluation results to
tech plan stakeholders.
The district technology plan is ultimately developed to prepare students for global
competitiveness, academic success, critical, creative thinking, collaboration and

communication. A variety of methods will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the

strategies and objectives in the technology plan.
School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart survey results for each campus in the
areas of Teaching and Learning Educator Preparation & Development Administration,
Leadership & Support and Infrastructure for Learning.
Eighth (8th) grade student technology competency data
Other methods used for evaluation will include:
District student and teacher surveys in regards to the use of technology in the classroom
Informal
interviews by the district technology committee representative(s)
Documentation of staff members participation in technology professional development
Documented use of technology in the classroom (walkthroughs)
Documented access to online devices, digital content and resources
Inventory of hardware and software
Parent support resources and learning sessions
Support and maintenance of technology as documented by technical support records
Documented district efforts to increase wired and wireless Internet for all campuses
Increased data security, virtualization and cloud infrastructure services
Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA) compliance