Educational Technology Plans

The State Board of Education adopted a Technology Planning Guide for school districts in January 2001. It states that all Technology Plans should address these areas:

• curriculum
• professional development
• infrastructure, hardware, software, technical support
• funding and budgeting
• monitoring and evaluation

Two additional components were added in 2002, in response to federal No Child Left Behind guidelines:

• adult literacy
• relevant research

Planning, writing, and receiving CDE approval of a school district Technology Plan can take a year or more; we have two experts available to help you through the process:

Steve Hillery, CTAP Region 8 Grants Management Director
Mary Standlee, Ed Tech Grants Specialist

Relevant Research for EETT Formula Technology Plans: As mentioned above, federal No Child Left Behind guidelines require that EETT-funded technology plans be based on relevant research. To assist in developing your district plan, check this link for currently available research.

Helpful web links:

http://www.iste.org - National Educational Technology Standards for teachers, administrators and student. Look for a link called NETS.

http://www.cde.ca.gov.ls/et/ - Educational Technology Office for the California Department of Education. They may have other gems.