Developing an Effective Technology Plan

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Developing an Effective Technology Plan

• GaETC Conference 2006
• Alan Preis
• Atlanta International School
• Atlanta, Georgia

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Whats the current status of your district or
school plan?

• Do you have a current plan?
• Is your plan aligned with district or school
  goals?
• Is your plan actively being followed?
• Are technology-related decisions being made in
  alignment with your plan?
• Are budgets, staffing, resource allocation and
  spending in alignment with your plan?
• Are you periodically monitoring and reviewing
  progress and results?

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Why do you need a technology plan?

• Increasing role of technology in instruction and
  operations
• Initial and ongoing costs of technology
• Finite organizational resources
• Need for long-term objectives, strategies, and
  priorities

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Elements of a Successful Plan

• District or School Goals
• Stakeholders
• Planning Team
• Scope and Focus Areas
• Technology Goals for Each Area
• Project Portfolio

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Developing Your Technology Plan

• Initial Assessment
• Stakeholders and Planning Team
• District/School Goals
• Scope and Focus Areas
• Technology Goals
• Project Portfolio
• Distribute, Publish, Communicate
• Execute, Monitor, Review
• Revise Plan

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Initial Assessment

• Document Current Status
• Narratives
• Interviews
• Photos
• Comparison with Best Practices
• Identify Metrics and Baselines

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Identify Stakeholders

• Students
• Parents
• Faculty
• Administration
• Board
• External Entities
• Lack of buy-in, both at the management level and
  at the grassroots, is the biggest obstacle for
  the success of your plan.

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Assemble the Planning Team

• Choose representatives from each of your
• stakeholder groups.
• Active Participants
• Non-Active Participants
• (Repeated for Emphasis!)
• Lack of buy-in, both at the management level and
  at the grassroots, is the biggest obstacle for
  the success of your plan.

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Identify Scope and Objectives

• Review District/School Goals
• Identify Scope and Focus Areas
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Professional Development
• Policies and Procedures
• Project Management
• Infrastructure
• Operations
• Identify Technology Goals for Each Area
• Success Criteria
• Metrics

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Developing the Project Portfolio

• Objectives
• Resources
• Timelines
• Dependencies
• Priorities

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Finalizing the Plan

• Gather Consensus
• Communicate the Plan
• Distribute
• Publish
• Communicate to Stakeholder Groups

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Executing the Plan

• Execute
• Monitor How are things going?
• Are projects proceeding on time, within budget?
• Are decisions being made in alignment with the
  plan?
• Spending
• Resource Allocation
• Change Control Process
• Scope changes
• New project proposals

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Reviewing the Plan

• What worked, what did not work?
• Did outcomes match or exceed expectations?
• How could we do things differently?
• What progress have we made on technology goals?
• How well has progress on the plan supported
  district or school goals?

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Revising the Plan

• Begin revisions one year prior to the completion
  of the plan
• Use review process to guide formation of the next
  plan
• Goals
• Projects

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Resources

• National Center for Technology Planning
• http//www.nctp.com/
• Mariposa Resources Stages of Technology Use
• http//mariposa.yosemite.net/mariposa-resources/st
  ages.html
• K12 TCO Calculator
• http//129.71.174.252/tcov2/
• Consortium for School Networking
• http//www.cosn.org/

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Questions and Answers
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My Contact Information

• Alan Preis
• Atlanta International School
• apreis_at_aischool.org
• [phone]