The premier goal of the Pasadena Independent School District is the marketability of students and that they will improve annually to ensure success in the academic and business world. Strategies include: Integrating real world experiences (including technology applications) into all content areas and increasing awareness of career opportunities and attributes necessary for success in the working world. Other strategies include expanding school -to -work and technology preparatory opportunities, providing Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) testing information to all students to encourage early college registration, and data analysis on all PISD graduates. (Pasadena Independent School District [PISD}, 2007)
The district’s professional development strategy includes courses that are made available to faculty. The courses are subdivided into three categories: Awareness, Application, and Integration. Awareness courses include skills that are needed such as basic operations of computers, email, the use of the internet, internet searches, technology planning, and policies and procedures. Application courses include skills that are needed to acquire the productivity skills they would need for word processing, spreadsheets, databases, thinking maps, and web design. Integration courses include skills to provide teachers with resources and modeling on how to integrate technology into curriculum and instruction. Workshops are also provided through six district Instructional Technology Specialists as well as fifty-four trained and certified campus technology liaisons. (PISD, 2007)
The assessment of telecommunication services, hardware, software, and other services was held by the district. The assessment was divided into four areas that include: Campus Technology, District Technology, Information Capital Portfolio Analysis, and Professional Development. The district used a variety of tools during this assessment including: district equipment inventory, campus equipment and peripheral inventory, campus software inventory, the Three Year School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart Longitudinal Assessment, principal surveys, library technology assessment, classroom standard model, and a new campus standard model. (PISD, 2007)
Budgeting for the technology plan is divided into four categories: Teaching and Learning, Educator Preparation and Development, Leadership, Administration, and Support, and Infrastructure for Technology. The allotment for monies for Teaching and Learning is $38,043,592.00, which is 52% of the total technology budget. Educator Preparation and Development is given $4,844,334.00, which is 7% of the total budget. Leadership, Administration, and Support is allotted $3,359,380.00, which is 37% of the total budget for technology. The final category is Infrastructure for Technology which is given $27,560,947.00, utilizing 37% of the budget for technology. The total budget for the Pasadena Independent School District Technology Plan (2007-2010) is $73,808,280.00. (PISD, 2007)
The Pasadena Independent School District’s evaluation process is ongoing at many levels including the status of the plan implementation based on scheduled implementation dates and indicators of completion, impact of the plan based on re-evaluating the district plan utilizing tools not used in the original assessment. The evaluation will also include gap analysis from National Education Technology Plan goals, No Child Left Behind technology requirements, Texas Long Range Technology Plan, State Board of Education Certification (SBEC), and best practice. (PISD, 2007)
Pasadena Independent School District, 2007-2010 PISD Learning & Technology Plan. (2007) Retrieved from http://www1.pasadenaisd.org/education/staff/staff.php?sectiondetailid=10673&
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