TECHNOLOGY PLAN TEMPLATE

North American University

Education Department
M.Ed. in Educational Leadership & M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
EDUC 5324: INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY INTO EDUCATION
Name:

YUSUF KAYNAK

Date:

7/16/2015

This template is adapted from

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/rs/documents/et14techplan.doc
INTRODUCTION/BACKGROUND
The plan should guide the LEAs use of education technology for the next three
years.

List specific start and end dates (7/1/xx to 6/30/xx). Provide a brief overview of the
LEA, its location and demographics and/or share a link to the LEAs website.
Start date: 9/1/2015 to 9/1/2018
LEA Title: Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology
LEA Region: 47
City, State, Zip: Paterson, NJ, 07503
Percent of Economically Disadvantaged Students: 80%
Website of the LEA: http://www.pcsst.org
Describe how a variety of stakeholders from within the LEA and the community-atlarge participated in the planning process.
List of the stakeholders within LEA:
The Principal: ___________________
Assistant Principal: _______________
IT Manager: ____________________
Computer Teacher: _______________
Community stakeholders:
Parents
Teachers, department heads.
The PCSST School Board of Trustees
All of these stakeholders had regular meetings monthly how to plan and improve it.

Summarize the relevant research and describe how it supports the plan's curricular
and professional development goals.
Summarize the plans major curricular and professional development outcomes that are
supported by research.
Describe and cite the relevant research that supports the plans outcomes.
Describe the connection between the research and the plans goals.
Describe information gathered from site visits, including best practices.
After the research Preparing Today for Tomorrow The Educational Technology
Plan for New Jersey New Jersey State, we realized that we need to develop the
implement technology into our curriculum next years
In a digital world, students need to learn to use the tools to master the learning
skills that are essential to everyday life and workplace productivity. This
proficiency is known as ICT (information and communication technologies)
literacy, defined by the Program for International Student Assessment as the
interest, attitude and ability of individuals to appropriately use digital technology
and communication tools to access, manage, integrate and evaluate information;
construct new knowledge; and communicate with others in order to participate
effectively in society. This definition goes far beyond a narrow technical
competency, which is a relatively low-level skill, to including higher-level skills,
critical thinking and intelligent, creative and ethical use of technology. A
Policymakers Guide to 21st Century Skills (p.11)
Retrieved from
http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/policymakersguide_final.pdf
The connection between the article and the plans goals is that the master of the
learning skills are needed to learn by the students to use digital technology and
communication tools.
Administrators, head of IT department and some core teachers of our school
visited other charter and public schools. They shared their observations and best
practices in the meetings.
CURRICULUM COMPONENT CRITERIA.
The Plan must establish clear goals and realistic strategy for using
telecommunications and information technology to improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe teachers' current access to instructional technology and current use of digital
tools.
1. What technology is currently available to all teachers?
Laptops, desktops, iPads and smart phones, smart boards class projectors, photo
and video cameras, printers have been used by the teachers for daily school tasks.
2. How are hardware and software currently being used in classrooms at each

grade level and in each content area?

Each grade level students have been using computer lab computers and iPads as
using hardware in 3 different computer labs.
There are 66 desktop computers,
45 laptops,
projectors,
smart boards,
main printers,
130 iPads
50 smart phones.
4 smart tables for Kindergarten, special ed. And ESL students.
For teachers school related tasks.
All students and teachers have been using many educational applications and
software as below:
School database system for grading, attendance and records of students and
teachers.
AR for ELA teachers
Study Island for Math and ELA teachers
STAR Math for math teachers
EDMODO for teachers, students and parents.
Raz-Kids for students
Socrative for math and ELA teachers.
Healthy-U program for PE teachers.

Describe students' current access to instructional technology and current use of digital
tools. Include a description about the LEA policy, practices, and/or replacement policy
that ensures equitable technology access for all students.
1. Is technology currently available to all students?
Definitely yes, the technology can be used by all grade level students in their
classrooms and computer labs.
2. How is technology being used by students in the library media center and
labs?
In the library there are 15 computers to search the books, and to take Accelerated
Reader tests. Smart board is used to watch videos from related books in order to
discuss and do exercises about the books. In 3 different computer labs there are 66
all in one touch screen desktop computers.
Features of Computer Lab Desktop System
Windows 7
4 GB RAM
Intel Pentium D Processor
80 GB Hard Drive

 17 LCD Monitor
Features of Student Chromebooks:
Intel Celeron Processors
Chrome OS by Google
13 HD
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for using technology
to improve teaching and learning. Describe how these goals align to the LEA's curricular
goals that are supported by other plans. Describe how the LEA's budget (LCAP) supports
these goals, and whether future funding proposals or partnerships may be needed for
successful implementation.
1. Are targets for improvement in student achievement being met?
Yes, targets for improvement in student achievements will be met. The plan
reaches clear goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for using
technology to support the LEA's curriculum goals and academic content standards
to improve learning.
2. How are/will Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) being used to
ensure the quality and implementation of the plan?
Weekly regular PLC meetings are held by the department heads and the teachers.
During these meeting, they discuss how to use technological tools efficiently
while the preparing lesson plans, implementing the programs in computers,
chrome books and iPads during the classes and evaluating them.
Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, to address Internet
Safety and the appropriate and ethical use of technology in the classroom.
1. What LEA board policies will be or have been developed to implement
Internet safety instruction?
In Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology, iBoss Enterprise Web
Filters has been being used to provide URL filtering including HTTPS traffic.
iBoss Enterprise Web Filters Include:
HTTP/S Filtering Dynamically
Layer 7 Application Control
Deep Packet Inspection
Granular URL vs. Domain Control
Dynamic Database Updates
Ability to Delegate Report and Filter Access
Real-Time Network Traffic Analyzer

2. How will teachers be trained to deliver Internet safety and ethical use
content?

Teachers will participate in a yearly training on effectively using the New Jersey
Education Assiciation s Digital citizenship: responsible technology use in the
classroom Written by Patricia Bruder
Digital CitizenshipAccording to DigitalCitizen.net, "Digital citizenship can be
defined as the norms of appropriate, responsible behavior with regard to
technology use." Digital citizenship has nine themes:
Access
Commerce
Communication
Literacy
Etiquette
Law
Rights and responsibilities
Health and wellness
Security
for their students and themselves, including the appropriate and ethical use of
technology and Internet safety.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPONENT

The Plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff
understands how to use these new technologies to improve education services
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Summary of the teachers' and administrators' current technology proficiency and

integration skills and needs for professional development.
1. Are administrators able to support teachers with the integration of
technology into daily curriculum?
Yes, administrators visit the classrooms to support the teachers and to be sure that
whether the technology is used by the teachers in the classes due to the fact
almost one million dollars have been spent for the new educational programs and
tools as all-in-one computers, smart boards in all classrooms, iPads for Study
Island and other programs, new chrome books for the PARCC test.
2. Do teachers have the classroom management strategies to work with the
amount of technology actually available in the classrooms?
Software Class Dojo is a wonderful program for classroom management.
Students each positive or negative behavior will be controlled by putting a check
to the related behavior or task whether they did or not. Another wonderful point
that parents can follow up their kids with the help of the system. For each bad or
good point that the student had, the system send a text message to the parent and
even teacher can send the pictures during kids class participations. Every month,

successful and well behaved students have been awarded.

Describe goals and an implementation plan, with annual activities, for providing
professional development opportunities based on your LEA needs assessment data and
the Curriculum Component of the plan.
1. What professional learning will be available so teachers and administrators
can effectively use technology to assist with student assessment?
Teachers have been using the students assessments tools and programs with the
help of using their iPads, computers, smart boards etc. They have been
implementing Star Test, Study Island, benchmarks and especially from 3rd grade
PARCC Test for the State requirements. All teachers, especially the new ones
have been given trainings
2. What professional learning will be available so teachers and administrators
can make informed decisions using data to meet individual student academic
needs?
Our school has been working with an educational company named Apple
Education. Apple Education coaches and our schools department heads and
related teachers come together, meet regularly and they check the data results.
After the discussions, students academic needs are realized and the action plans
are followed up.
INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDWARE, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, SOFTWARE, AND
ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPONENT CRITERIA
The Plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services,
hardware, software, asset management, and other services that will be needed to
improve education services.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe the existing hardware, Internet access, electronic learning resources, technical
support, and asset management already in the LEA that will be used to support the
Curriculum and Professional Development Components of the plan.
1. Do all staff members have e-mail accounts? Do students have access to email?
Yes, all staff members and students have e-mail accounts and have access to their
e-mail accounts. All accounts are given by our schools Information Technology
department (IT department).
2. Is the current Internet service provider /Wide Area Network Connection
speeds able to meet the LEAs needs?
Definitely yes. We had many problems with the internet connection previous

years and the Board of Trustees decided to renew the Internet service provider and
its costly hardware components. It was expensive but now it is fast enough to
manage all school wide programs.
Describe the technology hardware, electronic learning resources, networking and
telecommunications infrastructure, physical plant modifications, technical support, and
asset management needed by the LEA's teachers, students, and administrators to support
the activities in the Curriculum and Professional Development components of the plan.
1. Is there safe and secure access to labs that will be used during non-school
hours by students and/or the community? Are school buildings, property,
and users safe and protected based on LEA policies?
During non-school hours, entering the school building and the computer labs are
definitely prohibited except being with supervisors or class teachers. Sensitive
security cameras are available 24/7 in the hallways and computer rooms.
Computer labs are always locked if there is no class. Students can use them only
with their teacher are assigned supervisor weekdays and weekends.
2. How will mobile devices be secured when not in use, to prevent theft or
damage (including protection from natural or human caused
fire/water/physical damage)?
Safety is the first. We have hundreds of iPads for using them in the classes and
educational programs and they have in special buckets in ten with handle and
cover. Additionally these buckets are kept in the mobile carts to carry. They are
kept in these carts safe and they have been charged until the next class or usage.
These iPad carts have been kept a locked computer or IT managers rooms who
are recorded 24/7 by the school security cameras.

MONITORING AND EVALUATION COMPONENT

The plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school to monitor
progress toward the specific goals and make mid-course corrections in response
to new developments and opportunities as they arise.
(Answer at least 2 questions for each subsection below)

Describe the process for evaluating the plan's overall progress and impact on teaching
and learning.
1. What indicators of success will be used to evaluate whether implementation
of the plan has made a positive impact on student achievement?
After the implementation of the plan, the results of Star Test, Study Island,
Accelerated Reader and etc. programs will show the improvement. There is
another very important indicator is PARCC test results. Previous years NJ ASK
state test was considered to be successful by the State but now PARCC Test

results will show the real level of students in nationwide in the US.
2. Who will participate in the monitoring and evaluation process?
In Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology, the principal, K-6
building and 7-12 building school operators and 2 deans of academics of both
buildings will participate to measure the success and they will share the results
with the Board of Trustees, teachers and parents.
Describe the schedule for evaluating the effect of plan implementation, including a
description of the process and frequency of communicating evaluation results to tech plan
stakeholders.
1. How will technology success stories be documented and publicized?
Due to the fact that success stories are very important for the students, parents and
community in Paterson, NJ, these stories will be published in the school website
immediately. Some parents who have been working local newspapers will make
news about the success story in the local newspaper. Weekly, the story or stories
will take place on the PCSST e-newsletter that sent to the parents, school district
and some community leaders in Paterson, NJ.
2. How often will data be collected and summarized? Who is the responsible?
The data will be collected 2 times a year as after the second quarter and fourth
quarter before school closes at the end of the year. Dean of Academics will be
responsible to collect the data and summarize it. However, the campus principal
will be in charge of give information to the Board of trustees, parents and the
school district.