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Staff survey for 2004 long range tech planning purposes

Doug Johnson, Mankato (MN) Area Public Schools

Estimated time to complete: 15-20 minutes

The purpose of this survey is to help the District Media/Technology Committee determine how effective the district has been in meeting past technology goals and to determine the areas that should be priorities for technology planning and budgeting for the next three years. Results of this survey will be published on the district website.

The goals for the district media and technology department have been broken into 5 basic areas, and the survey reflects those areas.

Established Infrastructure The district will have a reliable, adequate, cost-effective, and secure technology infrastructure that supports the learning, teaching, and administrative goals of the district.
Effective Administration The district will use technology to improve its administrative effectiveness through efficient business practices, communication, planning and record keeping.
Extensive Resources Technology will be used to provide the most current, accurate and extensive information resources possible to all learners in the district and community in a cost effective and reliable manner at maximum convenience to the user.
Enhanced Teaching All district teachers will have the technology training, skills and resources needed to assure students will meet local and state learning objectives and have the technological means to assess and record student progress.
Empowered Learners All students will demonstrate the mastered use of technology to access, process, organize, communicate and evaluate information in order to answer questions and solve problems.

Specific targets within each of these areas are described below. Please rate each area in terms of both current satisfaction and in terms of its priority for future efforts. Comment blanks have also been created. Please leave any field blank you do not understand or do not feel qualified to comment on.

Thanks,

Doug Johnson

Director of Media and Technology

Mankato Area Public Schools

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Established Infrastructure	Current level of satisfaction	Priority to be given in 2004-07 long range plan
	4-High to 1 -Low	4-High to 1 -Low
Adequate and reliable Internet access to the district
Adequate and reliable Internet access to all buildings
Adequate and reliable Internet access to all classrooms, media centers and labs
Adequate wireless network access
Written security and disaster recovery plan.
Firewall security for networks
User verification through log-in and activity logging
District-wide virus protection software
District-wide spam (junk e-mail) filtering software
District-wide Internet filtering software
Remote computer desktop monitoring and maintenance
Back up plan for all data
Adequate workstations for staff and student use
Adequate peripheral technologies (printers, scanners, projectors, cameras) for staff and student use
Efficient maintenance, repair and replacement procedures
Adequate and reliable telephone access to all classrooms and offices
Adequate and reliable interactive television access
Written and thorough technology use policies
Adequate technical support for networks, computer equipment and applications
Adequate leadership and management related to technology planning, budgeting, and policy-making
Your comments:

Effective Administration (administrators and office staff)	Current level of satisfaction	Priority to be given in 2004-07 long range plan
	4-High to 1 -Low	4-High to 1 -Low
Student information system that can be accessed by administration that includes attendance, grading, discipline, health, and scheduling modules that shares data efficiently with other systems.
Student information system that can be accessed by teaching staff
Student information system that can be accessed by parents
System that allows data warehousing and data-driven decision-making
Systems specific to the management of finance, transportation, personnel/payroll, lunch programs, special education, building systems, security, etc.
System for curriculum management
Portable communication devices for administrative uses (Cell phones, PDAs, etc.)
On-line (web-based) district information
On-line (web-based) building information
On-line (web-based) department and classroom information
Interactive communications tools for administration (IM, electronic mailing lists, groupware, share calendars and email directories)
Electronic means of communication with school staff by parents, students, and the community
Established technology competencies and training opportunities for school administration and office staff
Adopted policies and written guidelines on Internet use, safety, plagiarism, selection/reconsideration, copyright, etc.
Understanding of policy and ethical practices regarding technology use by administration and office staff
Your comments:

Extensive Resources	Current level of satisfaction	Priority to be given in 2004-07 long range plan
	4-High to 1 -Low	4-High to 1 -Low
Sufficient access to workstations for students to complete assigned work
Access to professional library media specialist with skills in selecting, evaluating and using electronic information sources
Internet access
Access to on-line building library catalog
Access to on-line district union library catalog
Access to on-line catalogs of public, regional and academic libraries
Access to adequate on-line periodical databases
Access to adequate on-line subject-specific databases
Access to adequate on-line reference materials including encyclopedias
Access to adequate digital image, sound and video resources
Access to curriculum and teacher support materials
Access to a wide variety of computerized productivity programs appropriate to student ability level such as AppleWorks, Microsoft Office, HyperStudio, KidPix, Inspiration, graphing programs, and digital editing software
Access to a wide range of educational computer programs including practices, simulations and tutorials to support content area learning objectives
Access to needed content-specific hardware such as scientific measurement devices, calculators, technology education devices.
Access to educational television programming through broadcast and cable
Access to desktop video conferencing stations
Software and programs to publish and share electronically school and teacher produced information
Your comments:

Enhanced Teaching	Current level of satisfaction	Priority to be given in 2004-07 long range plan
	4-High to 1 -Low	4-High to 1 -Low
Basic professional productivity skills for all teaching staff
Basic Internet skills for all teaching staff
Skills related to integrating the use of technology into classroom units
Understanding policy and ethical practices regarding technology use by teaching staff
Understanding and practice in using adaptive devices with special needs children
Assessments to measure status of teaching staff competencies in technology
Formal training opportunities for developing technology skills
Just-in-time training opportunities for developing technology skills
On-going mentoring, trouble-shooting and assistance for staff when developing technology skills
Technology skill evaluation as a part of teacher evaluations
Technology skills assessment as a part of hiring process
Training in electronic gradebook use
Training in curriculum system use
Training in student information system use for grade reporting and attendance
Training in creating on-line information for parents, students and the community
Training in creating distance learning opportunities (web-based and/or interactive television) for teachers
Information about the best practices regarding the use of technology in the classroom
Information about new and emerging technologies and their educational applications
Your comments:

Empowered Learners.	Current level of satisfaction	Priority to be given in 2004-07 long range plan
	4-High to 1 -Low	4-High to 1 -Low
Integrated uses of stand-alone skill practice and simulation software titles to meet curricular goals
Planned use of proven computerized instructional systems (Jostens, CCC, etc.)
Integrated curricular use of subject-specific technologies such as science probes, graphing calculators, accounting software, and CAD programs, etc.
Planned use of adaptive technologies for special needs students
Planned use of reading promotion software (Accelerated Reader)
A written information literacy skills curriculum that includes grade level benchmarks K-12 in research and technology use
Units at each grade level team-taught by classroom teacher and library media specialist tied to the curriculum and information and technology literacy curriculum
Assessment tools for information literacy units
Method of reporting information literacy and technology skill attainment to individual students and parents
Method of aggregating information literacy and technology skill attainment and reporting results to board and community
Plan for continuous assessment and revision of information and technology literacy curriculum
Plan for teaching and assessing safe and ethical technology use by students
Opportunities for students to participate in distance learning opportunities
Opportunities to experiment with new and emerging technologies and alternate uses of technology as learning tools
Your comments:

Thank you for completing this survey. Results will be made available in January 2004.