Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 6/21/2018 - 7:00 PM
Category: New Business and Reports to the Board
Type: Info
Subject: ACPS Technology Plan
ACPS 2025 Strategic Plan Goal:
Objective 1.1 Educational Excellence
ACPS will regularly assess and respond to the needs, interests, and abilities of individual students.
Objective 2.1 Family Engagement
ACPS will collaborate with parents and guardians in providing the high-quality services they need to be leaders in the education of their children. (ACYMP 4.1)
Objective 3.3 Individual Professional Development Opportunities and Strategic Plan Focus
ACPS will expand professional development opportunities that include self-identified goals and that provide teachers and other staff members with multiple opportunities for improving their individual effectiveness and that respond to Strategic Plan priorities.
Objective 4.5 Information Technology Infrastructure
ACPS will maintain an IT infrastructure within which an equitable distribution of resources provides support to every educational program and learning environment.
Objective 5.1 Student Physical, Social, and Emotional Health
ACPS will develop, implement, and monitor effective programs that promote physical, social, and emotional wellness in order to maximize students’ learning potential.
Objective 6.2 Continuous Improvement
ACPS will engage in cycles of continuous improvement at every level of the school division, and it will employ evidence-based decision-making in its consideration of process improvements, policy making, and budgeting and accountability.
Policy: GAB - Responsible Computer System Use (also IIBEA)
Funding Source or Fiscal Impact (where applicable)
File Attachment:
180621_Memo_ACPS_Technology_Plan_2018-2023.pdf
180621_ACPS_2018-2023_TechPlan_Presentation.pdf
Agenda Item Summary: This is a presentation of the 2018-2023 ACPS Technology Plan. It will provide an overview of the Technology Plan Framework, as well as major elements of the plan, including the process for monitoring progress and priority metrics. The plan is hosted on a website so that it can include videos of technology integration in the classroom with closed captioning in English, Spanish, Amharic and Arabic.
Background: The Code of Virginia § 22.1-253.13:6 requires divisions to have a technology plan that is aligned the state technology plan. In December of 2017, the Virginia Department of Education released its Technology Plan, providing guidance to divisions for goals with a deadline for completion by December 2018.
Recommendation: The Superintendent recommends that the School Board review the 2018-2023 ACPS Technology Plan in order to provide the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.
Approvals:
Recommended By:
Signed By:
Dr. Elizabeth Hoover - Chief Technology Officer
Signed By:
Lois Berlin -