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2.  Be created by all stakeholders  Have clear and concise goals  Be short term  Be re-evaluated at least every five years

3.  The mission of Avondale High is to prepare all students for college by blending rigorous academic and vocational studies, providing numerous opportunities for Advanced Placement courses, and creating a culture of high expectations.

4. “Every Child. Every Day. College Bound.”

5. To provide all students access to a relevant and rigorous curriculum by integrating technology into daily lessons in order to allow students to become competitive job seekers in a technologically driven society.

6. Strengths All classrooms are equipped with the latest technology (Smart-Boards. Promethean Boards, LCD Projectors, clickers). Four mobile labs equipped with wireless internet and learning technology Virtual Classrooms Weaknesses Ongoing teacher training Utilization of current technology Intimidation of technology Teacher complacency Follow-up/Follow- through(monitoring) Opportunities Federal Funds (Title I) Grants (STEM) Expanded services to meet broader range of student needs Arrival of new technology Threats Incomplete mandatory training Ensure time borrowed from the designated training day does not result in staff failing to complete statutory/mandatory training; leading to local authority censure.

7.  To realize the benefits of technology  Provide instruction that will integrate technology into the school curriculum  Provide teachers with the opportunity to use technology to communicate and collaborate with peers, parents and the community in order to nurture student learning  Provide ongoing professional development in current technology

8.  Using Promethean/SmartBoard or wireless carts in the classroom three times per week  Using technology to communicate with parents  Update school websites monthly  Keep grades current in eSIS in order to allow parents to be knowledgeable of student progress

9.  Projectors  Wireless Carts with laptops and netbooks  Promethean Boards  Teacher Work Stations  Smart-Boards  Student Work Stations  iRespond (student response systems)

10.  Active Studio  Smart Notebook  Gizmos  Kurzweil  Intellitools  FitnessGram  Read 180

11.  Provide training and support strategies to ensure that the staff has the appropriate competencies and continuous support needed to use educational technology to deliver and support instruction  Provide training on available software  Provide training on instructional delivery through the use different websites  Collaborative Monday planning sessions to include instructional technology

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13. ItemCostJustification Promethean Board$25,900To facilitate technology integration in the classrooms CSIP – pgs. 3,7,10,13 and 22 Substitute Teachers$11,300Certified teachers will have professional release time for collaboration and data dialogue Benefits$3390Substitute benefits

15.  Weekly review of lesson plans  Weekly focus walks  4.5 - week progress reports  Student Work  Interviews

16.  April 2010– Technology Needs Assessment  June 2010 - Summer Professional Development (new teachers)  August 2010 - Setting up teacher websites  August 2010 - eSIS grade-book training  September 2010 - Promethean Board/Smart Board Training  January 2011 – Software updates and hardware retraining  April 2011 – Technology Needs Assessment