Bridge City ISD has an all inclusive technology plan outlined for all students and teachers. The district has 2486 students with 5 campuses and an economically disadvantage rate of 46.30%.
BCISD has a vision for all students to have access to technology for all courses. This keeps the students engaged and active learners. The school district uses a vigorous infrastructure available for all students and educators.
Bridge City ISD goals are to continue to integrate technology across the curriculum and increase the number of Smart Board Stations for all classes. This will take place once the new school is completed in May of 2011. At the present time, all teachers at the high school and middle school teachers have a Smart Board, a data projector, and a state-of-the-art sound system integrating all technology components in the classrooms. The district will continue to encourage and support curriculum based applications. BCISD will increase the number of PC stations for elementary students. Another goal is to increase high school curriculum options by offering more distance learning course. Implementation of a four year PC replacement program is another objective.
Strategies include the following:
Integration of technology applications TEKS into all curriculum areas in K-12 program by including electronically delivered materials in instruction.
All students will be held accountable for on-grade and age appropriate level Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills.
Assess the students' academic performance by utilizing test scores, and local assessment tools.
All teachers will develop instruction strategies that integrate the use of online resources, research methods, digital literacy and productivity.
Focus curriculum on higher order thinking skills which allows students to access, process and evaluate digital information more efficiently.
Plan and implement a Cyber Safety Week to enable students to be good Cyber citizens.
Professional development opportunities will include the follow strategies:
Continue to provide guidance to assist teachers, librarians and administrators in meeting the SBEC principles for technology literacy to encourage curricula and teaching strategies based on analyses leading to improvements in student educational accomplishments
Develop a core group of educators at each campus to mentor and assist other teachers with integration of new technology tools or programs.
The Technology Director is charge of coordinating the professional development opportunities for all educators. Yearly hardware inventories are conducted to ensure adequate hardware availability for teachers and students.
The current technology plan is for the next three years from 2010 through 2013. The budget amounts are $379,764.00 for 2010, $279.764.00 for 2011 and 2013 each. This is a total budget allotment of 939,292.00 for a three year time span.
One of the processes used to monitor the progress is the Campus Texas School Technology and Readiness STar Chart which all teachers participate in. In addition the district submits surveys periodically throughout the year. These surveys are used to assess and evaluate the teachers' perceptions of professional development and technology use in the classroom. In addition to the STar Chart and surveys, the technology committee meets in the spring to assess the progress of all campuses. TAKS scores are also evaluated to determine the additional necessary technology measures to take and improve on at the campus level.
Source: http://bridgecityisd.net/assets/files/District.pdf/Tech/BCISD_Tech_Plan_2010_2013_final.pdf
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