The following are the 2002 Maine Technology Planning Guidelines. These 2002
Guidelines for Maine school administrative units are being distributed to
listservs and are also being sent in an informational letter to
superintendents, technology coordinators, and library media specialists.
Please send an email request to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you wish to receive this
information in a MS Word attachment.
Technology plans should be sent to the Maine Department of Education for
approval. In addition to the name of your school administrative unit,
please include a name and position, address, email address, and phone number
in the contact information for your technology plan
One copy of your technology plan may be mailed to:
Sylvia K. Norton
Maine Department of Education
c/o Maine State Library
64 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
or, if the completed plan is part of your website, you may reference the
url in email to [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> .
The 2002 Guidelines should be used for new technology plans that have
expired but have not been received by the Maine Department of Education or
for new technology plans that that will expire by or after June 30, 2003.
For any questions on guidelines, please contact Sylvia K. Norton at
1-800-322-8899.
Maine Technology Planning Guidelines (July 2002)
In the tradition of its antecedents, this set of planning guidelines seeks
to provide Maine school administrative units with a technology planning
tool that will lead them through a process of planning for technology
integration to a comprehensive and useful document that meets all of the
requirements for state and federal technology programming. It incorporates
the previous technology planning guidelines with current E-Rate and Ed Tech
guidance.
To be eligible for these programs, each Maine school administrative unit is
required to file with the Department of Education a long range strategic
educational technology plan, either as an SAU or within a consortium. Plans
should cover three years of implementation.
Educational technology plans will be approved for the three years described
in the plan ending June 30th of the third year. A new plan must be submitted
for approval prior to July 1 of the year in which the plan is intended to be
implemented. Yearly revisions, when submitted and approved, will extend an
existing plan for an additional year, but must be submitted before the final
year of a plan.
For a technology plan to be approved, the following requirements must be
included with each section clearly identified and in this order:
1. Community and Parental Involvement - Involve a broad representation of
the school community in the planning process. Include a description of how
the technology will be used effectively to promote community and parental
involvement and increase communication with parents, including a description
of how parents will be informed about the technology and its proper use.
2. Vision - Establish a vision statement linking the tools of technology
with areas such as curriculum content, instructional practices, professional
development strategies, and enhanced services. (If you have already
established a school or district-wide vision statement you may use it rather
than establishing a separate statement, so long as it encompasses the
requirements above.)
3. Goals - Articulate specific goals, aligned with the Maine Learning
Results, for using advanced technology to improve student academic
achievement.
4. Identify Necessary Technology - 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.
5. Collaboration with Adult Literacy Service Providers - Describe how the
program will be developed, where applicable, in collaboration with adult
literacy service providers.
6. Strategies for Improving Academic Achievement and Teacher Effectiveness -
Describe how funds, specifically Ed Tech funds when applicable, will be used
to improve academic achievement, including the technology literacy of all
students attending schools served by the SAU; and describe how funds
expended will improve the capacity of all teachers in schools served by the
SAU to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction.
7. Integration of Technology with Curricula, Instruction, and Assessment -
Describe how technology (including software and electronically delivered
learning materials) will be integrated into curricula, instruction, and
assessment and include a timeline for this integration.
8. Technology Type and Costs, and Coordination with Funding Resources -
Develop a step-by-step action plan, with timeline, that includes goals,
activities, required hardware and software, costs, and funding sources.
Describe the type and costs of technology to be acquired and how it fits
within the current structure (use the list developed in technology
assessment in # 4, above.). Designate sources of funding, specifically Ed
Tech funds, E-Rate funds, and funds from other Federal programs, and state
and local sources that support technology acquisition and integration. (The
example below is available as an Excel document for an optional template).
TECHNOLOGY TYPE, COST, AND FUNDING SOURCE
GOALS ACTIVITIES HARDWARE/SOFTWARE COSTS FUNDING SOURCE
9. Supporting Resources - Describe the supporting resources such as
services, software, other electronically delivered learning materials, and
print resources that will be acquired to ensure successful and effective
uses of technology.
10. Steps to Increase Accessibility - Describe the steps being taken to
ensure that all students and teachers have increased access to technology.
The description must include how Ed Tech funds, if applicable, will be used
to help students in high-poverty and high-needs schools, or in schools
identified for improvement or corrective action under Section 1116 of Title
I; and how the steps taken will ensure that teachers are prepared to
integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction.
11. Promotion of Various Curricula and Teaching Strategies that Integrate
Technology - Describe how various curricula and teaching strategies that
integrate technology effectively into the general curriculum and instruction
will be identified based on a review of relevant research and promoted to
lead to improvements in student academic achievement
12. Professional Development - Describe how ongoing, sustained professional
development for teachers, principals, administrators, and school library
media personnel will be provided to further the effective use of technology
in the classroom and library media center.
13. Innovative Delivery Strategies - Describe how the development and use of
innovative strategies for the delivery of specialized or rigorous courses
and curricula through the use of technology, including distance-learning
technologies, will be encouraged, particularly in areas that would not
otherwise have access to such courses or curricula due to geographical
distances or insufficient resources.
14. Accountability Measures - Describe the process and accountability
measures which will be used to evaluate the extent to which the plan
activities are effective in integrating technology into curriculum and
instruction, increasing the ability of teachers to teach, and enabling
students to reach Maine's Learning Results.
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