CoSN Surveys: Leadership, Broadband and E-rate

The Survey In Partnership with MDR Sponsored by SchoolDude

K-12 IT Leadership Survey  Tracks information on K-12 Ed tech priorities, IT leadership characteristics, staffing, and budget  Conducts the survey annually  Highlights technology trends, challenges and priorities  Identifies changes over time  Informs the decisions CoSN makes to provide its members with meaningful and relevant tools and resources.

2014 Top Three Priorities

Top Three Priorities/Initiatives for 2013 Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) Assessment Readiness Broadband Access CoSN IT Leadership Survey, March survey

18% are fully prepared for 2014Assessments and 11% have no resources for 2014 Assessments

17% fully implemented BYOD and 20% no BYOD Policy

83% say Digital Resources will be 50% or more of the instruction resources

Current Budgets are not adequate enough to: 47% support existing equipment 53% meet board expectations 52% implement new classroom

Privacy ranked low in Priorities Privacy concerns have recently received significant media attention Privacy concerns expressed by parents and policymakers have been increasing Interestingly, privacy ranked very low on the priority list for IT leaders despite this public debate.

68% Delay or defer outdated resources

Percentage of CTO time on tasks

50% will retire in over 10 years

More than 50% have Masters or better

59% of salaries are under $100,000

CoSN’s E-rate and Broadband Survey A Look at Broadband and E-rate CoSN’s E-rate and Broadband Survey Denise Atkinson-Shorey

Key Findings 99% of districts need additional Internet bandwidth and connectivity in the next 36 months.

Key Findings 43% of the school districts indicated that none of their schools can meet the goal of 100Mbps of internet access per 1,000 students today. This goal has been advocated by the State Education Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the LEAD Commission Blueprint and reinforced by President Obama ConnectED. Only one quarter of districts responded that 100% of their schools meet the goal SETDA, The Broadband Imperative: Recommendations to Address K-12 Education Infrastructure Needs (2012), LEAD’s National Education Technology Initiative: A Five-Point Plan (2013), ConnectED: President Obama’s Plan for Connecting All Schools to the Digital Age (2013),

Top Priorities 1.Internet Bandwidth 2.Wireless in a school 3.LAN connectivity within a school 4.WAN connectivity between the school and the district

Barriers The two biggest barriers for schools Ongoing monthly costs (79% agreement) Cost of capital or upfront/nonrecurring expenses (59% agreement).

Internal Connections

57% of districts do not believe their school’s wireless networks have the capacity to handle a 1:1 deployment today

Erate Update The Federal Communications Commission has made E-rate reform a major priority for CoSN has been working closely FCC to identify strategies for strengthening and updating the program for the long term: significantly greater investment in the program refocusing on high capacity broadband streamlining and simplifying the application process promoting local control and flexibility.

Erate Update Will be a Multi-Step Process Near term program adjustments focused on 2014 funding window ---coming soon Further notice after November on more complex items

Over $750 million in private-sector commitments Apple – $100 million in iPads, MacBooks, and other products along with content and professional development tools AT&T – $100 million to provide middle-school students free Internet connectivity over their wireless network for three years Autodesk –$250 million to expand the company’s “Design the Future” program to be available to every secondary school in the country Microsoft – $100 million to launch a substantial affordability program open to all U.S. public schools by deeply discounting the price of its Windows operating system, which will substantially bring down the cost of Windows-based devices O’Reilly Media – Partnering with Safari Books Online to make over in educational content and tools available, for free, to every school in America Sprint –$100 million to offer free wireless service for up to 50,000 low-income high school students over the next four years, valued at Verizon – $100 million in cash and in-kind commitments for a multi-year program to support the ConnectED vision

Resources CoSN Leadership Report CoSN E-rate and Broadband Report School Dude 2013 Survey SurveyLandingpage.htmlwww.explore.schooldude.com/IT SurveyLandingpage.html MDR ConnectED USAC Federal Communications Commission National Telecommunications and Information Agency The National Broadband Plan State Education Technology Directors Association State E-rate Coordinators Association Schools, Healthcare and Libraries for Broadband

Contact Information Denise Atkinson-Shorey

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