| Correlate ID |
E-Rate
Correlate Statement |
| ER01 |
The plan must establish clear goals and a realistic
strategy for using telecommunications and information technology to
improve education or library services.
- Objective 1.2: Teachers will integrate technology
into the curriculum in all subject areas as appropriate, with special
emphasis placed on the core content areas.
- Strategy 1.2.1: Technology integration and
implementation lessons focused on meeting SBEC technology
proficiencies and integrating technology throughout the curriculum
will be provided on an ongoing basis, individualized to meet the needs
of each teacher based on the results of locally-developed and
administered SBEC Technology Proficiency benchmark
exams.
- Strategy 1.2.2: Teacher technology
implementation levels will be assessed using the LoTi (Level of
Technology Implementation) online assessment scale giving a picture of
technology integration within each classroom. All teachers must take
the LoTi assessment at least once yearly.
- Strategy 1.2.3: Technology integration will be a
part of all campus improvement plans created by each school’s Campus
Site-Based Committee.
- Strategy 1.2.4: Every teacher's classroom
technology integration and implementation skills will be assessed
during PDAS and other classroom observations and teacher
appraisals.
- Strategy 1.2.5: All campus administrators and
others involved in the teacher and curriculum appraisal process are
required to attend research-based Curriculum Using Technology training
sessions designed to ensure campus and District administrators
understand how to recognize, evaluate and promote proper technology
integration in the classroom. CUT training is four days in duration,
and is performed by ESC Region 20 certified trainers.
- Objective 1.4: Technology will be used as a tool
to increase the literacy and technology proficiency of parents and the
community.
- Strategy 1.4.1: Campus and District facilities
including distance learning live video teleconferencing systems,
library computers, multimedia computer labs and streaming content
servers will be made accessible to parents and community members
through after-hours use of the High School Library and Distance
Learning Center, on evenings and during special midday adult
literacy/ESL classes to benefit the parents and the community as staff
time and facility/equipment availability
allows.
- Strategy 1.4.2: Summer “Adult Computer Camps”
will be offered to parents and the community to improve technology
literacy as staff time and facility/equipment availability
allows.
- Objective 3.2: Administrators, staff and teachers
will use online methods of information delivery to communicate with
stakeholders, parents and the community.
- Strategy 3.2.1: All staff will be encouraged to
use electronic means to communicate student progress and school
activities and events, including e-mail, campus and District web
pages, and online newsletters.
- Strategy 3.2.2: District and campus web pages
will be maintained and updated with information relevant to parents
and community members including job announcements, meeting
dates/locations and educational opportunities.
- Strategy 3.2.3: The La Vernia ISD Long-Range
Technology Plan and all associated policies and information will be
updated regularly by the Technology Committee and posted on the
Technology section of the District web page.
- Objective 3.3: Administrators, staff and teachers
will use electronic productivity tools to streamline information
processing and reporting and to facilitate the decision making
process.
- Strategy 3.3.1: Library automation software will
be used and maintained by all campuses.
- Strategy 3.3.2: Electronic means will be used to
track technology inventories and work orders.
- Strategy 3.3.3: Teacher and staff evaluations
will be maintained electronically.
- Strategy 3.3.4: The La Vernia ISD Long-Range
Technology Plan and all associated policies and information will be
updated regularly by the Technology Committee and posted on the
Technology section of the District web page. The plan will be written
and submitted for approval or update/renewal before filing the E-Rate
Form 470.
- Objective 4.1: The LAN/WAN infrastructure will be
optimized to meet all needs of the District.
- Strategy 4.1.1: The La Vernia ISD
privately-owned fiber WAN links (currently Gigabit Ethernet) and
copper LAN links (currently switched 100Mbps) and all related
switching equipment will be maintained and upgraded/expanded as
necessary.
- Strategy 4.1.2: Existing Ethernet wireless
access points will be maintained and upgraded/expanded as necessary,
and new wireless access points will be added as needed to support
campus-wide wireless access on every campus and in the administrative
offices.
- Strategy 4.1.3: The District will maintain
sufficient network server and storage resources to meet the needs of
all instructional and administrative endeavors, and will upgrade
and/or replace this equipment as needed to meet future growth and
technological development.
- Strategy 4.1.4: The Intranet will be accessible
from all computers District-wide, and roaming profiles will enable
access of key files and software by any user from any
computer.
- Strategy 4.1.5: The District will continue to
work to secure outside funding and discount sources including E-Rate
to maintain and enhance network infrastructure.
- Objective 4.2: Internet connectivity will be
maintained throughout the District.
- Strategy 4.2.1: The Internet will continue to be
accessible on every computer and in every classroom and office
District-wide.
- Strategy 4.2.2: Routers, web servers and e-mail
servers will be maintained and upgraded/replaced as necessary to
insure La Vernia ISD maintains its web presence and that the Internet
and e-mail is available from every computer
District-wide.
- Strategy 4.2.3: Links to ISPs (Internet Service
Providers) including T1 and other data circuits and the associated
Internet access will be secured and maintained as appropriate to
insure Internet connectivity and a web presence for La Vernia
ISD.
- Strategy 4.2.4: The District will maintain
interactive web-based services, including streaming content, with both
internal and external components.
- Strategy 4.2.5: District and campus web sites
will be maintained, and will be optimized to support the needs of
students, teachers and staff.
- Strategy 4.2.6: The District will continue to
work to secure outside funding and discount sources including E-Rate
to maintain and enhance Internet services.
- Objective 4.3: The telecommunications
infrastructure will be optimized to meet all needs of the
District.
- Strategy 4.3.1: The POTS (Plain Old Telephone
Service) land-line telephone system and all required analog and/or
multiplexed voice and fax lines will continue to be maintained and
upgraded/replaced as necessary to ensure accessibility on all campuses
and in all offices as needed to support the mission of the
District.
- Strategy 4.3.2: Long-distance service in support
of all District land-line phones will be maintained and adjusted as
required to ensure cost-effective, reliable access.
- Strategy 4.3.3: Cellular telephone services,
including access and telephones, will be maintained and adjusted as
required in support of the educational purposes of the District in a
cost-effective reliable fashion.
- Strategy 4.3.4: The District will continue to
work to secure outside funding and discount sources including E-Rate
to maintain and enhance telecommunications services.
- Objective 4.4: The District will continue to work
towards optimal user to computer ratios.
- Strategy 4.4.1: La Vernia ISD will maintain a
student-to-computer ratio of at least 1:3 overall, and a
teacher/professional-to-computer ratio of 1:1. In computer labs and
technology labs, and mobile cart-based laptop labs,
student-to-computer ratios will be maintained at
1:1.
- Strategy 4.4.2: When feasible, special-purpose
computing devices such as mobile wireless laptop computer labs,
handhelds, tablet and “palm” computing devices will be used to lower
student-to-computer ratios in innovative and cost-effective
ways.
- Objective 4.5: The District will continue to
investigate and assimilate emerging technologies as appropriate to
enhance teaching and learning.
- Strategy 4.5.1: The existing distance-learning
live video teleconferencing systems located in every school will be
maintained and upgraded as needed to facilitate distance education and
promote collaborative learning and interaction between schools,
students, teachers, the community and content
providers.
- Strategy 4.5.2: The existing District-wide IPTV
streaming web-based video-on-demand system will be maintained and
upgraded/expanded through the addition of new content engines and new
content to facilitate and promote just-in-time learning and the
inclusion of innovative learning resources.
- Strategy 4.5.3: Special-purpose computing
devices such as mobile wireless laptop computer labs, handhelds,
tablet and “palm” computing devices will be used in every school to
provide students access to innovative technologies allowing
non-traditional learning.
- Strategy 4.5.4: Shared use and increased
quantities of SmartBoard devices, digital video projectors, scanners,
digital cameras and digital camcorders will continue to be available
in every school to allow teachers and students to present and
collaborate in innovative and non-traditional
methods.
- Strategy 4.5.5: Partnerships and memberships
with innovative distance learning and streaming content providers
(including the Educational Service Center, Region 20) will be
maintained in order to access the broadest range of instructional and
professional development content, including VFTs (Virtual Field
Trips).
- Objective 4.6: The District will continue to take
all measures necessary to ensure the security and protection of all data
and equipment, and to ensure the safety and privacy of all users.
- Strategy 4.6.1: District data, storage systems
and servers will be protected from unauthorized access and data
corruption through the use of hardware firewalls, intrusion detection,
anti-spam and anti-virus software.
- Strategy 4.6.2: Physical protection and security
of all data equipment will continue to be maintained using
climate-controlled locking wiring closets and locking enclosed racks.
Access to wiring and server closets is tightly controlled by the
Technology Department. All equipment including servers, switches,
routers, phone switches and administrative workstations is protected
by battery back-up UPS systems. All computing and printing equipment
not protected by UPS systems is connected to individual or room-level
surge suppression systems.
- Strategy 4.6.3: Data transmitted via wireless
technologies and/or via the Internet will be protected though the use
of encryption technologies and SSL certificates.
- Strategy 4.6.4: All District data will continue
to be protected from corruption and loss through the use of automated
archival tape backup servers. Backups of all critical data are
refreshed nightly, and full backups including server boot images are
regularly removed and archived offsite as part of La Vernia ISD’s
Disaster Recovery Plan.
- Strategy 4.6.5: Students and all users will be
protected from harmful Internet content through the use of
CIPA-compliant advanced content filtering by WebSense. The filtering
parameters are assigned by user ID and are age-and-grade appropriate.
User-ID-based filtering parameters insure that any student
authenticating to the network on any computer, even in an office, will
be protected from harmful content.
- Strategy 4.6.6: Acceptable and appropriate use
of all District technology is maintained through extensive signed AUPs
(Acceptable Usage Policies) including Student AUPs, Employee AUPs,
Library Patron/Community Member AUPs, Acceptable Posting Policies,
Cellular and Wireless Phone AUPs, DL/Video Release Forms and more.
These policies are available in the Appendix.
|
| ER02 |
The plan must have a professional development strategy
to ensure that staff know how to use these new technologies to improve
education or library services.
- Objective 2.2: All teachers will be encouraged to
meet SBEC standards for technology literacy.
- Strategy 2.2.1: Test teachers using
locally-developed SBEC teacher technology competency benchmark exams
and supporting customized professional development units to insure all
teachers meet minimum SBEC technology proficiency
standards.
- Strategy 2.2.2: Provide incentives for teachers
meeting SBEC proficiencies, including wireless laptop computers and
digital cameras and camcorders.
- Strategy 2.2.3: Offer video professional
development and best practices video content designed to increase SBEC
proficiency utilizing the Districtwide IPTV streaming content
system.
- Objective 2.3: Teaching practices will be
transformed to promote student-centered learning through the use of
collaborative environments, specialized curricula and innovative
technologies and methodologies.
- Strategy 2.3.1: Distance learning opportunities
are encouraged whenever possible including VFTs (Virtual Field Trips),
connections between campuses and grant consortium members, and with
educational content providers including the ESC Region
20.
- Strategy 2.3.2: External technology courses will
be provided as appropriate for all teachers through ESC Region 20 and
content providers such as Connected University.
- Strategy 2.3.3: Teacher technology academies
will provide teachers with the necessary instruction to learn the
skills required to meet the SBEC guidelines; the instructors will
model best practices, and the sessions will be captured digitally and
made available via the IPTV streaming content system for future
reference. Each participant will produce a technology-infused lesson
for use in their content area.
|
| ER03 |
The plan must include an assessment of the
telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services that
will be needed to improve education or library services.
| NEEDS ASSESSMENT
INFORMATION |
| Assessment Process |
Needs assessment is ongoing and consists of
gathering information through various sources including user
requests, teacher surveys, campus improvement plans, inventories,
inventory aging reports, grant requirements and the Texas STaR
(School Technology and Readiness) Chart. The results of these
assessments, with emphasis placed on the STaR Chart data, is
analyzed to determine needs in infrastructure, resources,
professional development and technical support. The needs
assessment process is guided by the principle of total cost of
ownership (TCO) as it relates to balancing the need to maintain
up-to-date technology with cost-effective long-term maintenance of
the District’s investment in technology. It is the goal of La
Vernia’s TCO efforts to maximize the utilization and efficiency of
the technology infrastructure, including human infrastructure. TCO
efforts help eliminate being saddled with “ten year old systems
that have been upgraded to death” while insuring each system is
utilized to its fullest during its useful lifespan. La Vernia
ISD's TCO guidelines are included in their entirety as an
appendix. |
| Existing Conditions |
La Vernia ISD currently has a District-wide
privately-owned fiberoptic WAN utilizing Gigabit Ethernet, a fully
switched 100Mbps Ethernet LAN connecting every school, classroom
and office Districtwide to the Intranet, and CIPA-compliant
Internet access available on every computer in every classroom and
office. Wireless Ethernet access is available on every campus and
in every administration building. La Vernia ISD owns and maintains
its own web, e-mail and file servers, and is connected to the
Internet via five T1 lines. One of the T1 lines is connected to
the Education Service Center, Region 20, providing
distance-learning and video distribution services, as well as ISP
services. The other four T1 lines are connected to AT&T for
direct Internet access. Two lines were added during 2006 in order
to realize increased throughput and keep up with growth in the
number of users and computers. District and campus websites are
maintained for both internal use and external communication with
parents and the community. E-mail is provided for all teachers,
staff and administrators, and may be accessed from anywhere on the
Internet. Streaming web-based video content is available from
multiple District-owned Cisco IPTV content servers, and a Cisco
content engine provided through a TARGET grant with Region 20.
Through a TIE grant with Edgewood ISD in conjunction with a TIF
distance learning grant, there is an IP-based distance learning
live teleconferencing system installed on every campus. There are
now over 1,400 modern multimedia computers installed for student,
teacher and administrative use, most of them of the Pentium III or
Pentium 4 class. Overall access ratios are 1:3 for students and
1:1 for teachers and administrators. Over 200 older computers have
been repurposed into thin client workstations using Windows
Terminal Services available from District blade servers. The thin
clients have allowed us to make high-speed Internet and
applications available to students and teachers without the
expenditure required for traditional desktop computers. Every
campus has access to shared traditional and hand-held SmartBoard
devices, digital video projectors, digital cameras and camcorders,
scanners, and other innovative technologies. Through innovative
use of funding sources, Elementary, High School and Junior High
School have access to mobile computer carts loaded with wireless
networked laptop computers in order to facilitate on-demand 1:1
student-to-computer ratios as the need arises. A TARGET2 grant was
awarded to La Vernia ISD and its collaborative partners including
Edgewood ISD (see grant summary in the appendix). This grant
funded the innovative Generation Y student technology program in
grades 3-12, enhancing student technology skills and then teaching
students how to work with their teachers to create a library of
web-based technology-infused lessons to enhance the curriculum.
These students became technology mentors for their partner
teachers. The TARGET2 grant placed a wireless laptop computer in
the hands of all La Vernia ISD Elementary and Junior High School
core content teachers, and funded an online system for curriculum
management and accountability that is compliant with the
requirements of NCLB. To facilitate our extensive ongoing
research-based professional development program, the TARGET2 grant
provided for the establishment of teacher technology benchmark
exams and supporting professional development designed to ensure
all teachers meet minimum SBEC technology proficiency levels.
After the end of TARGET funding, we have continued the
professional development through other funding sources. The
District currently has a full-time Director of Technology, two
full time and one part-time Technical Support Specialists.
Outsourcing and the use of innovative remote-management and
deployment systems, including Altiris Enterprise (detailed below),
have allowed this small staff to keep abreast of the initiatives
in this plan. As District growth continues, additional technology
personnel will be sought as needed in order to maintain adequate
support, particularly as new schools are constructed. In order to
improve user support and minimize downtime, the Altiris Enterprise
system management server and helpdesk software is utilized by La
Vernia ISD in order to permit remote, unattended reloading and
reconfiguration of software, as well as supporting helpdesk
functions to provide better support and repair to users, while
minimizing the demands on the Technology Department staff.
Policies guiding all aspects of computer and Internet access and
appropriate use have been in place for years, and are constantly
updated. See these policies in full in the appendix. For more
details on the current conditions of the District, including a
historical overview of all progress made, see the links in the
appendix. |
| Needs |
In no particular order of importance, the
following are identified as ongoing needs for La Vernia ISD:
Provide more technology tools, including computers, SmartBoard
devices, digital video projectors, digital cameras and camcorders,
scanners, wireless laptop and handheld computers, and additional
applications, professional development and instructional software
and streaming content. Provide additional technology-based
vocational programs for students. Provide our students with the
technology tools and skills they need to become independent,
self-motivated learners. Provide non-traditional, innovative
learning opportunities to our students, staff, parents and the
community. Provide additional professional staff development
targeted at technology implementation and integrating technology
into the curriculum, and make it available more frequently on a
flexible schedule. Ensure our teachers meet minimum SBEC
technology proficiencies and assist them toward SBEC
certification. Enhance the ability of teachers and staff to
communicate, share, and interact with their peers, both within and
across district boundaries. Continue our ongoing efforts to
integrate technology into the curriculum and further our alignment
to the TEKS curriculum guidelines, particularly the TA-TEKS.
Provide better tools to our teachers and staff, allowing them more
flexibility and empowering them to lead and innovate. Provide
better technology support and maintenance; become more proactive
than reactive; respond to problems faster. Continue to expand the
existing infrastructure, adding more computers, printers, and
supporting infrastructure as growth, needs and equipment life
cycles demand. Provide tools and equipment to improve
accountability and facilitate record keeping and business
processes. Continue and expand programs, partnerships and
collaboratives in order to bring more resources and innovative
programs to the educational community. Continue to seek additional
sources of funding to supplement local funds, Title II part D
funds, and the Technology Allotment, through grants, awards,
endowments, donations, consortia and partnerships.
| |
| ER04 |
The plan must provide for a sufficient budget to acquire
and support the non-discounted elements of the plan: the hardware,
software, professional development, and other services that will be needed
to implement the strategy.
BUDGET INFORMATION
Total amount of Title
II funds: $1544.00
Method of application for formula funds: Local
Application
| Budget Detail for 2005
(Year 1) |
| Budget Item |
Cost |
Funding Sources with % |
| Staff Development |
$165650.00 |
29.0% TARGET 2 grant 0.7% Title II part D
70.3% Local |
| Telecommunications and Internet
Access |
$73010.00 |
50% E-Rate discounts 50% Local |
| Materials and Supplies |
$119000.00 |
100% Local |
| Equipment |
$185725.00 |
10.8% TARGET 2 grant 1.7% Title II part D
40.0% Technology Allotment 47.5% Local |
| Maintenance |
$73750.00 |
100% Local |
| Miscellaneous Expenses |
$7600.00 |
100% Local |
| Total |
$624735.00 |
|
| Budget Detail for 2006
(Year 2) |
| Budget Item |
Cost |
Funding Sources with % |
| Staff Development |
$143400.00 |
0.64% Title II part D 99.36%
Local |
| Telecommunications and Internet
Access |
$73010.00 |
53% E-Rate discounts 47% Local |
| Materials and Supplies |
$119000.00 |
100% Local |
| Equipment |
$152325.00 |
1.8% Title II part D 48.9% Technology
Allotment 49.3% Local |
| Maintenance |
$73750.00 |
100% Local |
| Miscellaneous Expenses |
$7600.00 |
100% Local |
| Total |
$569085.00 |
|
| Budget Detail for 2007
(Year 3) |
| Budget Item |
Cost |
Funding Sources with % |
| Staff Development |
$143400.00 |
1.08% Title II part D 98.02%
Local |
| Telecommunications and Internet
Access |
$73010.00 |
50% E-Rate discounts 50% Local |
| Materials and Supplies |
$119000.00 |
100% Local |
| Equipment |
$152325.00 |
45.1% Technology Allotment 54.9%
Local |
| Maintenance |
$73750.00 |
100% Local |
| Miscellaneous Expenses |
$7600.00 |
100% Local |
| Total |
$569085.00 |
| |
| ER05 |
The plan must include an evaluation process that enables
the school or library to monitor progress toward the specified goals and
make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and
opportunities as they arise.
| EVALUATION
INFORMATION |
| Evaluation Process |
La Vernia ISD monitors all technology
implementations as part of our ongoing evaluation plan and as
required by grant evaluation requirements. The Technology Plan is
reviewed and revised annually by the Technology Committee. Each
campus has a Campus Site-Based Committee representative that
communicates directly with the District Site-Based Committee. The
District Site-Based Committee's Chair has a seat on the Technology
Committee, which ensures constant communication and collaboration
between the campuses, the District administration and the
Technology and Curriculum departments. Various surveys and data
gathering instruments are used in our schools for collecting data.
The Texas STaR (School Technology and Readiness) Chart is used as
a primary working document for all technological decisions made by
the District, in compliance with requirements of State mandates.
The LoTi (Levels of Technology implementation) assessment is taken
by all teachers at the end of each school year to access
technology implementation and the effects of technology on
teaching and learning. LoTi is used as a process for systemic
reform, documents growth in technology proficiency, and provides
assessment of and direction for the high-quality professional
development delivered to meet the goals of NCLB and the LRPT. All
the collected data provides direction to our plan and our
professional development offerings. The Technology Committee
continually evaluates the impact of technology on teaching and
learning. It is the policy of La Vernia ISD that the entire
Technology Plan, all technology-related policies, survey and data
gathering results, and other pertinent information are posted on
our District webpage. |
| Evaluation Method |
La Vernia ISD adheres to research-based
evaluation methods, especially the premise that we cannot improve
schools without improving the skills and abilities of the
educators within them. We see change as an individual process, and
are investing in the intellectual capital of the those who staff
our schools. The professional development processes must be
relevant to the principals and teachers, and must directly address
their specific needs and concerns. Therefore, the evaluation
methods used focus on school improvement resulting from individual
teacher's implementation of technology and its infusion into the
curriculum. La Vernia ISD uses the STaR Chart and LoTi
assessments, in combination with PDAS (Professional Development
and Appraisal System) results, as the model for evaluating
technology implementation and teacher professional development.
Principals are trained on what to look for in classrooms, and how
to connect the usage of technology to the PDAS document.
Observation, questionnaires and benchmark testing are used to
evaluate organizational support and change, staff's use of
newly-acquired knowledge and skills, and the effect of educational
technology on student learning outcomes. The district collects
information on an ongoing basis in order to continually improve
the learning opportunities for students. In collaboration with
Edgewood ISD (our primary grant collaboration partner), La Vernia
ISD is developing TA-TEKS (Technology Application Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills) benchmark assessments providing feedback on
student technology skills. The skills taught through the TA-TEKS
curriculum and measured by these assessments ensure that
elementary students to be prepared for the challenging academic
standards in Middle and High school. Using the results of the
various evaluation instruments, members of the Technology
Committee and the Technology Director identify areas which need
further attention and the steps that need to be taken to ensure
that the technology implemented is used to maximize student
learning. All resulting Teacher Professional Development sessions
are counted toward a teacher's CPE (Continuing Professional
Education) hours. To supplement the regularly-scheduled
Professional Development sessions and the traditional classroom
instructional delivery methods, La Vernia ISD employs a web-based
online video content system (Cisco IPTV) to deliver just-in-time
on-demand staff development and instructional video content. The
system will use an online database to log content usage, and these
logs will be reviewed by the Technology Director in order to
tailor content to the areas of highest apparent need and interest.
Every school in La Vernia ISD has its own Distance Learning
Interactive Video Teleconferencing system. These systems are used
to bring in Professional Development content for teachers,
instructional content for students and for electronic VFTs
(Virtual Field Trips) and meetings. Requests for videoconferences
and logs of conference topics and participation are used by the
Technology Director and communicated to principals and
stakeholders to increase and focus system utilization and to aid
in the selection of future conference topics. The Technology
Director is responsible for ensuring implementation of projects
and equipment acquisitions occur on schedule as required by the
Technology Plan and by any and all applicable grant guidelines.
Accountability measures including receiving documents signed off
on by campus administration, grant progress reports, financial
summaries, inventory reports and bid/quote tabs are used to track
equipment acquisition, deployment and installation. Fixed Assets
Management databases and administrative reports ensure equipment
procurement, maintenance, upgrading and final disposition occur in
compliance with all Federal, State, Local and E-Rate laws and
guidelines. The Technology Director is responsible for directing
and monitoring the acquisition and appropriate use of network
resources, including the bandwidth/capacity of internal
connections (Ethernet) and Internet links (T1 circuits), POTS
(Plain Old Telephone Service) lines, and educational
cellular/wireless telephone service. Based on usage levels, user
surveys and needs projections, new capacity, circuits and access
points/devices are added and deleted as necessary in coordination
with E-Rate guidelines and usage justifications. The Technology
Director is responsible for using Fixed Assets inventories and
equipment lists to specify technology equipment upgrade,
repurposing, replacement and disposal as dictated in La Vernia
ISD's TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) guidelines as specified in the
TCO appendix of the Technology Plan. TCO guidelines also require
that the cost-effectiveness of all technology acquisitions and
services is evaluated by the Technology Director and/or the
Technology Committee based on bid and quote requests, ongoing
analysis of the cost-effectiveness of services and products, and
the level of utility or benefit in relation to the project's or
product's cost. The Technology Director is responsible to see that
equipment and service bidding/quoting, purchasing,
deployment/installation, upgrade, repair and all related
professional development and building/facility renovation/upgrade
are performed in a timely manner as required by the timelines of
the local budget cycle, grant timetables, and E-Rate cycles.
During meetings with the Technology Committee, the Technology
Director reviews the timeliness of technology implementations, and
the Technology Plan and/or internal procedures are adjusted to
improve implementation timeliness, minimize the lag between
product acquisition and professional development, and lower the
response time on repair
calls. | |
