Technology Planning Summary

Portland Technology Plan

Strategic Long Range Technology Plan

Portland Public Schools

1100 Ionia Road

Portland, MI 48875

Ph. 517-647-4161

Fax 517-647-2975

34110

June 2, 2003

Prepared for Portland, MI School District Board of Education

By Portland Public Schools Data Services Department

Portland Public Schools

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2003-2006 Technology Plan – Information

Start Date of Plan:

July 1, 2003

End Data of Plan:

June 30, 2006

Plan Contact Person:

David Palme

Director of Technology

Portland Public Schools

1100 Ionia Road

Portland, MI 48875

Dpalme@portlandk12.org

Ph. 517-647-4161

Fax 517-647-2975

Intermediate School District:

Ionia Intermediate School District

Technology Plan URL:

http://portlandk12.org/District_Technology/Techplan.htm

Portland Public Schools

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2003-2006 Technology Plan – Technology Committee

District Technology Committee Members

· Robert Baldyga, Member of the Board

· David Bouck, High School Principal

· Bill Carlton, Middle School Principal

· Christine Couturier, High School Vice Principal

· Charles Dumas, District Superintendent

· Kathy Dole, Middle School Teacher

· Amanda Ferris, Oakwood Elementary Media Specialist

· Bradley Foltz, High School Media Specialist

· Ronald Green, High School Teacher

· Lee Hager, Member of the Board

· Lu Hoffman, High School Teacher

· Joanne Lovell, Adult Education Director

· Ronald Miller, Westwood Elementary Principal

· Elizabeth Nurenberg, Transportation Administrative Assistant

· Bob Powers, Oakwood Elementary Teacher

· Linda Sandborn, Central Office Administrative Assistant

· Deb Seal, Westwood Teacher

· Laura Seal, Westwood Teacher

· Dan Wallace, Oakwood Elementary Principal

· Karri Welch, High School Teacher

Blue Ribbon Committee Members

· Shannon Aulerich, Parent Representative

· Robert Baldyga, School Board Representative

· Charles Dumas, District Administrative Representative

· Ronald Green, Teacher Representative

· Laura Hager, Portland Public Library Representative

· James Barnes, Government Representative

· Chad Fischer, Student Representative

· Harvey Hoskins, Community Business Representative

Portland Public Schools

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2003-2006 Technology Plan - Table of Contents

Technology Plan Information.......................................................................................................... 2

Technology Committee.................................................................................................................. 3

Raider Technology Mission Statement............................................................................................ 5

Portland Public Schools Introduction............................................................................................... 6

Raider Technology Vision.............................................................................................................. 7

Raider Technology Goals............................................................................................................... 9

I. Curriculum Integration, Sections 4 & 5........................................................................................ 11

I. Curriculum Integration, Section 5: Timeline................................................................................. 17

I. Curriculum Integration, Section 6............................................................................................... 21

I. Curriculum Integration, Sections 7 & 8........................................................................................ 23

II. Professional Development, Sections 9 & 10............................................................................... 24

III. Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support, and Software, Section 11......................................... 30

III. Infrastructure, Hardware, Technical Support, and Software, Section 12......................................... 38

IV. Budget and Timetable, Sections 13 & 14.................................................................................. 39

V. Monitoring and Evaluation, Section 15....................................................................................... 46

VI. Monitoring and Evaluation, Section 16: Acceptable Use Policy................................................... 49

Portland Public Schools

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2003-2006 Technology Plan - Mission Statement

Mission Statement

The use and understanding of technology* is essential to the success of Portland Public Schools’ students and staff as citizens of the community, nation, and world. The Board of Education is committed to provide all learners the skills to manage information, integrate technology in learning and work, use technology to enhance creativity and demonstrate personal and social responsibility in the use of technology.

Adopted December 14, 1999

Additionally,

“The purpose of technology at Portland Public Schools is to increase the value of the educational experience.”

*Technology is defined as the systematic use of tools to access, process, and create information in the teaching and learning process.

Portland Public Schools

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2003-2006 Technology Plan – Introduction

District Profile:

As of count day, fall 2002, enrollment at Portland Public Schools is 2,058 students. 50.5% of the student body is male and 49.5% is female. 98% of the student body is Caucasian with the remaining 2% divided between Asians, African-Americans, Filipinos, Hispanics and Native Americans. The district education buildings are listed below. We also have the usual support buildings including administration and transportation/maintenance.

The Portland Public School District is located in the City of Portland. Portland is on I96, geographically “centered” between the larger cities of Grand Rapids and Lansing – being approximately 30 miles from each. Ionia, the county seat, is 20 miles away. Portland Public Schools is further located in eastern Ionia County.

Due to its advantageous location, Portland Public Schools is experiencing a 6-7% annual growth rate in their schools. This increase helped with the completion of the recent successful bond issue that enhanced buildings and classrooms.

Portland Public School District, residing in Ionia County belongs to the Ionia County Intermediate School District. With its current population, Portland Public School is a small-sized (class B) district in the intermediate system. We are able to share services, athletic experience, vocational education, advanced technical education, specialized education, and transportation within the ICISD region.

In September 2002, the voters of the Portland Public School District overwhelmingly passed a $28 million bond issue. The passage of the bond is allowing the district to create needed space in all school buildings, created a district wide WAN and building LANs, increase power, and upgrade outdoor athletic facilities. $1.5 million of this bond will be used to purchase technologies for new construction and the rest is for technology improvements and enhancements over the next 3 years including computers and printers in every classroom and throughout the district and phones and TVs in every classroom (a complete list is below).

We have a Superintendent, a principal for each elementary, a principal and assistant principal in the middle school, and a principal, assistant principal, and an athletic director (who also serves the middle school) in the high school. There is a district technology director and two high school students who assist with technology technician duties who support high school needs and coordinate and oversee district issues, as well as a district technology specialist in each building to support basic hardware/software and integration/training needs.

Our teaching personnel, in both elementary and secondary, are assigned classroom populations and programs according to contractual ratios. Numerous support personnel assist the teachers in each building.

School Buildings:

Portland High School:

1100 Ionia Road, Portland, MI 48875 (517-647-2981)

Grades: 9 - 12

Teachers: 36

Students: 670

http://portlandk12.org/portlandhighschool/

Portland Middle School:

745 Storz Avenue, Portland, MI 48875 (517-647-2985)

Grades: 6 - 8

Teachers: 30

Students: 484