Ridgefield Public Schools 3-year technology plan school year 2015-16

1. Ridgefield Public Schools3-year technology planschool year 2015-16

2. Committee members • Annette Farelli • Cynthia Reardon • Darla Ferdinand • Dawn Mazzola • Edward Valdez • Floro Villanueva • Frank Romano • Jamie Rifkowitz • Jeff Silberman • Jennifer Dippold • John Coviello • Kara Doviak • Kathleen Payerle • Ken Fugowski • Mandie Stewart • Mike Lennox • Nancy Arcuri • Nicole Broschard • Pete Mastrangelo • Stavros Nikas • Steve Lacatena • Tim Yang • Vito Fabiano • Yeri Lopez

3. Meeting dates • June 1 • September 29 • October 20 • November 15 • December 1 • Committee Plan Approval December 15

4. Technology Planning Process • Clarify the vision for technology • Review the 2013 – 2016 plan • Identify current and future technology needs • Create goals and objectives to address those issues • Devise plans for staff and student training and budgeting

5. Clarify the vision

6. Vision statement It is our intention that this vision will remain constant over the course of our plan and that it will guide the day-to-day and year-to-year implementation of technology across RPS. Vision Statement Ridgefield Public Schools looks to ensure that technology is progressive, reliable, and available for all students, families, faculty, and staff. The District looks to: • Provide learners with ability to access, organize, and evaluate global information • Meet the curricular needs of all learners • Refine critical thinking, encourage problem solving skills, and foster creativity • Provide a medium for expression and communication • Collect, assess, and share student data and performance information • Improve operations and administrative work • Provide skills, responsibilities, and proficiencies that ensure college and career readiness • Provide community support and build a stronger, more transparent home-school connection

7. 2013-2016 Plan

8. Goals of the Past 3-year Plan • Goal 1: Students will attain the educational technology and information literacy skills that will assist them in succeeding in the workplace of the 21st century. • Goal 2: Educators will attain the skills and knowledge necessary to effectively use educational technology and integrate it into the learning process. This will assist students in achieving the benchmarks within the Core Curriculum Content Standards and Common Core Standards. • Goal 3: Students, teachers and administrators will have access to educational technology in all learning environments, including classrooms, media centers, schools, and other educational settings. • Goal 4: New Jersey school districts will establish and maintain the technology infrastructure necessary for students successfully participate in PARCC and for educators to access electronic information and to communicate freely via technology.

9. Goals Continued • Goal 5: Ridgefield School District will be able to establish and maintain the infrastructure necessary for all students, administrators and staff to safely access digital information on demand and to communicate virtually for the VHS partnership. Goal 6: Ridgefield will expand the technology staff in order to better accommodate the growing need of set up, maintenance, and reporting required for our large special education magnet program. It is crucial that the district invests time and training in assistive technologies to enable all of our students to learn in student centered environments and receive individualized, differentiated instruction.   • Goal 7: Continue to enhance parent communication through our new student data base, Genesis, with the parent portal capabilities.

10. Current Needs

11. Current Needs • Increase the availability of technology to staff and students • Train all stakeholders in the use of new technologies • Develop an evergreen plan to replace and renew existing technology • Increase technology personnel to assist with expanding technology tools and network • Expand the use of technology to all instructional areas; including ELL, G&T, and special needs • Develop universal technology procedures for all staff and students

12. 2016-2019 Technology Plan

13. Goals for 2016-2019 By June of 2019: • Goal 1:RPS staff and students will deliver quarterly parent technology training sessions • Goal 2:RPS will achieve 100% participation in using the Genesis Parent Portal • Goal 3:RPS will have 100% district staff using Google Classroom as a tool for communication and instruction • Goal 4:RPS will achieve 100% WiFi coverage in all school buildings by adding access points • Goal 5: RPS staff and students will have access to technology anytime, anywhere by increasing the number of computer carts and creating an evergreen program for existing technology and equipment

14. Goals for 2016-2019 cont. By June of 2019: • Goal 6: RPS will expand the technology department staff by 4 people, 2 for the classroom and 2 technicians • Goal 7: RPS will provide students and teachers with tiered instruction in specific technology hardware, applications, and cloud based software • Goal 8: Teachers will demonstrate the use of technology resources to support instructional strategies that address the needs of all students, including special education, ELL, and G&T • Goal 9: RPS will enhance student learning and success with technological programs while determining which programs best meet student needs in each content area • Goal 10: RPS will provide universal technology procedures to all staff and students

15. Professional Learning Activities

16. Budgeting

17. QUESTIONS

18. THANK YOU!