4. Necessary Technology - Falmouth Public Schools - Technology Plan - Winter 2006

Include a technology assessment. Gather information about technology currently in use so that what will be needed to meet new goals can be determined. Include a list of the equipment and telecommunication services that are necessary to reach the goals.

This section includes a description of how technology is currently being used in Falmouth Public Schools based on surveys, interviews, submissions to monthly board reports, and inventories, and outlines the list of equipment, software, telecommunication services, and personnel necessary to reach goals; and addresses maintenance and replacement of our current inventory.

Summary of Current Technology Use, Planned Use and Technology Needs
Current Use Necessary Technology Recommendations

Technology use in the district is determined by the following:

  1. September 2005 Staff Technology Skills Self Assessment Data
    Copy of Self Assessment
    Numerical Results
    Comments
    Technology Professional Learning Plan 05-06 (plan developed from above survey)
  2. December 2005 surveys (also conducted in December 2004):
    Parent surveys - December 2005
    Student surveys and interviews December 2005
    Teacher interviews - December 2005
    Descriptions of elementary classroom desktop use
  3. Monthly technology board reports
  4. Inventory - December 2005
  5. Description of software and web resources
  6. Description of staff to support technology use in the district
  7. Technology advisory committee member participation in district and building based work (eg. district leadership meetings, building based meetings, summer work, content area meetings, team meetings)
  8. See also - Classroom integration - Section 7 of the plan
  9. Summary of data

 

 
Necessary Technology Recommendations
Possible re-location of current equipment:
  • Purchase 8 additional carts and move 4 monitors from the high school to the Middle School. These would be taken from rooms where monitors are rarely used. A monitor from an adjoining room would be put on a cart for two high school classrooms to share. This has the additional advantage of putting the monitor at a better height and being able to move the 28" monitor as close to students as possible.
Recommended Hardware Purchases (bank lease) - THIS IS IN PROGRESS - costs based on current prices 12/19/2005 - intention is to provide a general picture of the costs
Hardware Cost

New or
Replacement

Funding Source Timeline
Lunt School classroom desktops & P/M library & P/M resource room  $  24,717.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
High School Mac Lab desktops  $  26,154.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
Special Ed Teacher, Gr 5 teacher, and Gr 5/6 UA teacher laptops  $  32,576.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
Gr. 5/6 cart laptops (37 laptops)  $  37,666.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
Gr. 5/6 cart laptops - additional  $  12,897.00 New Tech budget FY07
Gr. 7 Middle School teacher laptops  $  33,594.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
Gr. 7 Student Laptops  $203,600.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
Gr. 5/6 (75 laptops), K-2 (30), and school board laptops (7), testing cart (25), Multi-age classroom (7), Gr 8 (280 including spares for aging laptops) (MLTI laptops purchased from state) - to be replaced FY08 and FY09  $  18,576.00 Replace Tech budget FY07
Admin/District Professinal staff (4 per year over 4 years) and new teachers (estimate 3 per year)
$2,400
 4 Replace/3 new Tech budget FY07
Lease payment - fund balance (FY05 Gr 9 laptop purchase - year 3)  
$  68,700
 Fund balance FY07
FY06 lease payment - year 2 - budgeted  
$  55,398
 Tech budget FY07
FY07 new lease payment
$108,650
Tech budget FY07
Total Lease payments - Budgeted
$164,050
Tech budget FY07
High School Library desktops  $  11,235.00 Replace Tech budget FY08
High School PC lab desktops  $  16,500.00 Replace Tech budget FY08
High School Cad lab desktops  $  16,500.00 Replace Tech budget FY08
Plummer-Motz classroom desktops  $  12,733.00 Replace Tech budget FY08
Plummer-Motz laptop cart  $  23,795.00 New Tech budget FY08
Gr 5/6 laptops for cart (40) +  $  40,720.00 Replace Tech budget FY08
Gr 8 student laptops  $187,312.00 Replace Tech budget FY08
Grade 11-12 high school student laptop carts new and replacement (96) - review 1:1 computing - 96 laptops would go toward 1:1 computing if recommended  $118,975.00 New and replace Tech budget FY08
Admin/District Professinal staff (4 per year over 4 years) and new teachers (estimate 3 per year)
$2,400
 4 Replace/3 new Tech budget FY08
Lease payment - fund balance (FY05 Gr 9 laptop purchase - year 4)  
$  68,700
 Fund balance FY08
FY08 new lease payment
$119,240
Tech budget FY08
Total budgeted lease payments
$283,285
 Tech budget FY08
Plummer-Motz Computer lab  
$  18,000.00
Replace Tech budget FY09
Plummer-Motz - 1 cart replacement  
$  23,795.00
Replace Tech budget FY09
Gr 5/6 laptops for cart (40)  
$  40,720.00
Replace Tech budget FY09
Grade 9-12 High School staff laptops  
$  76,350.00
Replace Tech budget FY09
Grade 9 High school student laptops  
$173,060.00
Replace Tech budget FY09
High school student laptops - review 1:1 computing - purchase necessary additional if recommended
  Tech budget FY09
Admin/District Professinal staff (4 per year over 4 years) and new teachers (estimate 3 per year)
$2,400
 4 Replace/3 new Tech budget FY09
FY09 new lease payment $99,155 Tech budget FY09
Total budgeted lease payments $382,440 Tech budget FY09
Printers - add color lasers so that there is one in each building accessible to teachers, expand middle school printers by 2-4 printers, replacement cycle. 5 Printers @ $1400/ea = $7000 (1 color for Lunt + 4 B&W for MS)      
Recommended Software / Web Subscriptions/ Courseware (See Section 10 for further details)
Software/Subscription/Courseware Cost

New,
continuation on new machines, subscription renewal, upgrade

Funding Source Timeline
PowerSchool yearly maintenance fees
$9686
($4.55/Student)
 Renewal Building accounts Continue current
PowerSchool upgrade
$6387
 Upgrade Tech accounts FY07
Microsoft Office - licenses for all new computers and upgrades where needed  
$ 8,250.00
Continuation on new machines Tech accounts Yearly on new computers and replacements where original computer is not retired
Macromedia Studio
0
 site licenses no upgrade anticipated Yearly on new computers and replacements where original computer is not retired
Turnitin.com
$990
 Renewal Tech accounts Continue current
United Streaming Video
$595
 Renewal Tech accounts Continue current
Assistive technology software
Recommendations by 1/20/06
Upgrade and new Special Education accounts See All-Tech recommendations
Adobe Acrobat
Upgrade existing 160 to latest version @ $25/ea = $4000
 Continuation on new machines Tech accounts Yearly on new computers and replacements where original computer is not retired
Plato Learning
$3400
2 Additional licenses in math & language arts District accounts  
NWEA - server based assessments
$16,000
 Yearly renewal District accounts  
20 additional copies keyboarding software to meet individual needs Ultrakey 30 Computer site license = $695 New Tech accounts  
Online course options
$4750
potentially new Tech accounts  
Curriculum specific software as recommended   potentially new Building accounts  
Questia online library   New then Renewal Tech or library accounts  
Recommendations for Technology Personnel - see also Section 9 - Supporting Resources
Personnel (link to job descriptions) Annual Cost

Proposed or
Current

Funding Source Timeline
Director of Technology, District technician (based in middle school), Director of Student Planning & Learning Options (1/2 technology), part time technician, Technology Projects Assistant - move from .8 to full time FY07
$227,301.00
 Current Personnel accounts Continue current
Teachers: 1 elementary computer teacher, 1 middle school computer teacher, 2 high school technology teachers
$267,186.00
 Current Personnel accounts Continue current
Schedule B current: 1 Lunt School position, 1 Plummer-Motz position, 1 Middle School position
$3600
 Current Personnel accounts Continue current
Schedule B proposed: iTeam coordinators - 1 high school, 1 middle school
$2400
 Proposed Personnel accounts Continue current
.5 ed tech - high school based - also middle school - online course and tutorial supervision, classroom assistance, NWEA assessment assistance, 8th grade MEA assistance, drop in technology skills training, distance learning supervision, work with iTeam at high school
$12,500
 Existing position Personnel accounts

1/2 time FY07

evaluate for FY08 - possibly full time

District technician
$35,000
 Proposed Personnel FY08
Recommendations for Professional Learning - not covered in Technology Personnel - see also Section 9 - Supporting Resources
Description Annual Cost

Proposed or
Current

Funding Source Timeline
Paid time for teachers to develop and/or plan application of technology based units, lessons, and assessments (summer or release days)

$4000
Proposed
 Professional Learning Accounts Starting FY07
Out of district workshops and conferences for librarians and technology teacher leaders
$2000
Proposed
 Professional Learning Accounts FY07 and FY09 (every other year)
Specific training costs (PowerSchool, teaching online courses - specific needs vary per year - for FY07 it looks like PowerSchool would be $3000 and online course training $5000.) $8000 is significantly above an "average year"
$8000
Proposed
 Technology training & professional learning accounts Starting FY07

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Last Updated: 1/19/06