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IT Planning Deployment - A Matter of Scale and Accountability April 22, 2008 Leadership and IT Strategy for Educators

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IT Planning Deployment - A Matter of Scale and Accountability April 22, 2008 Leadership and IT Strategy for Educators

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    2. Are Our Students Ready for 21st Century Workplace?

    3. Are Our Teachers Ready for 21st Century World?

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    5. Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools Background Information 136 Schools / approx. 75,000 students Over 10,000 employees Students from 84 different countries speaking 77 different languages More than 25% of State’s English Language Learners are in MNPS Poverty rate (FARM) is 70% 2 Schools in Newsweek Magazine’s Top 50 Schools in Nation (MLK and Hume Fogg) with a third in top 500 (Hillsboro) MNPS has a $6.5 million grant from USDOE to implement smaller learning communities in eight comprehensive high schools MNPS has opened the only Big Picture High School in Southeast MNPS and Vanderbilt have partnered on the Math and Science Academy 4:1 student to computer ratio moving to 2.5:1 by 2011 District is under “Corrective Action” sanctions under NCLB federal laws

    7. Challenge of IT in the Classroom

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    11. Research Supporting Technology in Education

    12. Research Supporting Technology in Education

    13. Research Supporting Technology in Education

    14. It’s Not Why…But How!! The Challenge of Scaling

    16. The MNPS IT Plan Critical Components for “Crossing the Chasm” Define the desired capabilities of classrooms and schools Define the infrastructure needed to drive these capabilities Define the discontinuous changes that would be needed for improved student achievement Define accountability for the district and a plan to meet these needs A plan to scale all of this Physical Scale Logical Scale

    18. MNPS IT Plan Instructional Technology Recommendations Cover School and Classroom of 2011 School and Classroom Funding Professional Development User Support

    20. School and Classroom Funding ** IT Priorities Customized by School IT Purchases From Products and Services Catalog Formula Funded to Avoid Supplanting Three Categories of Purchases School/Classroom Core School/Classroom Optional Core Optional Items Funds Carry Over Year to Year Funds Can be Suspended if Goals Not Met Infrastructure and Professional Development Items Funded Separately

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    23. MNPS IT Plan Infrastructure Recommendations Include Fiber to All Buildings (65x Improvement Over E-Rate) State-of-the-Art Local Area Networks (includes wireless) Remote Connectivity (Secure Connections Needed for >6,000 Employees) Remote Management (>40,000 Devices) Student Focused Network (Digital Storage for Student Work >50,000 Students) School Servers Rotation of Equipment at End-of-Life Security and Accountability Technologies Disaster Recovery

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    25. Discontinuous Change Adoption Plan 6 Demonstration Schools Assessment of Current State Technology Adoption Planning

    26. Demonstration Schools

    27. Assessing the Current State Administrator and Teacher Technology Self-Assessments Current Use of PD on Instructional Technology First-Hand Observations of Teachers and Administrators in Demonstration Schools Research and Vendor Visits

    28. Technology Adoption Planning Use of Technology Coaches Refined Professional Development Model with Follow-Up and Deliverables Administrator Training Sessions Refinements include Distance Learning Microsoft Peer Coaching Program

    29. MNPS IT Plan Data Accountability This Portion of the Plan Covers Improvements in Data Accuracy and Reporting for Management Purposes The Data Accountability Initiatives are in Phases as Follows: Phase 1 – 2008: Ensure Quality of MNPS Data Phase 2 – 2009: Design District Data Model Tied to New Strategic Plan Phase 3 – 2011: Implement Data Model to Enhance Data Reporting and Accountability Includes 2 phases of a Data Warehouse project

    31. The Challenge of Scale Physical Warehousing, Logistics, Inventory Management Remote Management Security Logical Crossing the Chasm Establishing a “Beachhead” Professional Development End-User Support

    33. Critical Success Factors for IT Plan Financial Commitment $15-$20 million Capital Each of Next 5 Years $3-$5 million in On-Going Replacement Capital Increase in $5 million in operating budget (ramped up gradually over 5 years) Business-Grade Infrastructure Large Commitment to Professional Development Accountability for Changing Teaching and Learning Involvement and Commitment of Community Strong and Competent Building Leadership

    34. A Vision for the Future District Reforms highly dependent on teacher and student embracing technology District improvement highly dependent on the availability and use of data Students graduating with skills needed to be successful in college and workplace Involvement of Nashville’s Technology community in supporting our students and teachers Being positioned to issue computing devices to students in supportable way Elimination of textbooks by providing on-line access to information Engaged students that want to be in our classrooms because of the educational approach and opportunity

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