7a. Overall Progress and Impact Evaluation
The Technology Steering Committee will meet at least quarterly to review plan priorities, implementation progress, and resource use. Within the first plan year, the Technology Steering
Committee will review the Year 1 Benchmarks. The Chief Technology Officer and Education Technology Coordinator will present to the committee the measures and tools that will be used to test whether or not the Benchmarks have been met. Annually, the Information Technology Team will provide a summary assessment of the year’s progress to the Technology Steering Committee, Executive Cabinet, and Board of Education. The Technology Steering Committee will have the authority to amend timelines to achieve benchmarks to adjust based on teacher and student feedback and comfort with the changes, emergence of new technologies, funding availability, or other factors that may impact the plan
implementation.
IUSD will use a variety of instruments to monitor the successful implementation of the plan and its impact on teaching and learning, including, but not limited to:
Teacher Technology Use Survey (IUSD Created)
Student Technology Use Survey
Speak-Up Surveys
School Climate Surveys
Qualitative Feedback from staff, students, parents and community members
System usage data
Student performance, deportment, and at-risk-status data
Technology performance and availability monitoring tools.
7b. Evaluation Schedule
Evaluation of the plan will begin in Summer 2014. Initial measures will be presented to the Technology Steering Committee. Updates on the plan’s progress and data collection will occur at least quarterly.
The Technology management team will present a formal recap of the prior school year’s activities and benchmarks in fall of the following year.
Figure 7b.1: Evaluation Overview
Timeline Task Responsible for
Preparing Evaluation Documents
Approval/Review Data Sources and Supporting Information
UponAdoption
Steering Committee Orientation
Review adopted plan and summary of benchmark. Share samples of available
Chief Technology Officer, Education Technology Coordinator, IS Director
Technology Steering Committee
Plan Document, Summary of Available Data
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Timeline Task Responsible for
Preparing Evaluation Documents
Approval/Review Data Sources and Supporting Information
data with Steering Committee.
Benchmarks. Align each benchmark to data source for assessing progress. Adopt evaluation format. Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
Year 1 Preliminary Report
Summary presentation of year one
implementation progress and
assessment of teaching and learning impact based on available data.
Review of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and
deployment.
Year 2 Planning
Determination of funded priorities and timelines.
Review of Year 2 Benchmarks.
Recommendations for Plan and evaluation tool adjustments.
adopted in Spring 2014 (Including Teacher and Student
Technology Use Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
Fall 2014 Year 1 Final Report Summary presentation facilitated by Chief
Executive Cabinet, Leadership Team, Board of Education
Same as above.
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Timeline Task Responsible for
Preparing Evaluation Documents
Approval/Review Data Sources and Supporting Information
progress and
assessment of teaching and learning impact based on available data- incorporating Steering Committee Feedback.
Present summary of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and deployment.
Mid-year summary of plan implementation and available data on impact to teaching and learning. Review of annual benchmarks for curricular, professional development, and infrastructure plan components and whether plan is
progressing at expected pace. Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
Year 2 – Second Interim Report
Third-quarter summary of plan implementation and available data on impact to teaching and learning. Review of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and deployment.
Review of annual benchmarks and whether plan is
progressing at expected pace. Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
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Timeline Task Responsible for
Preparing Evaluation Documents
Approval/Review Data Sources and Supporting Information
Summer2015
Year 2 Preliminary Report
Summary presentation of year one
implementation progress and
assessment of teaching and learning impact based on available data.
Review of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and
deployment.
Year 3 Planning
Determination of funded priorities and timelines.
Review of Year 3 Benchmarks.
Recommendations for Plan and evaluation tool adjustments.
adopted in Spring 2014, Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
Fall 2015 Year 2 Final Report Summary presentation of year- two
implementation progress and
assessment of teaching and learning impact based on available data- incorporating Steering Committee Feedback.
Present summary of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and deployment.
Planning Meeting – 2016-2020 Plan
Technology Steering
Committee (Work facilitated by Chief Technology Officer Board of Education
Same as above.
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Timeline Task Responsible for
Preparing Evaluation Documents
Approval/Review Data Sources and Supporting Information
Initial planning meeting for the 2016-2020 Master Plan, focused on evaluation results and implementation
Mid-year summary of plan implementation and available data on impact to teaching and learning. Review of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and deployment.
Review of annual benchmarks and whether plan is
progressing at expected pace.
Data Collection 2016-2020 Plan
Aggregation and analysis of data for 2016-2020 plan and presentation to Steering Committee. Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
Year 3 – Second Interim Report
Third-quarter summary of plan implementation and available data on impact to teaching and learning. Review of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and deployment.
Review of annual benchmarks and whether plan is
Chief Technology Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview
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Timeline Task Responsible for
Preparing Evaluation Documents
Approval/Review Data Sources and Supporting Information
progressing at expected pace.
Plan Development 2016-2020
Facilitation and loop-out process for goals
development and writing of draft plan.
Internal approvals and County review.
performance and of complete plan implementation progress and
assessment of teaching and learning impact based on available data.
Review of infrastructure, hardware and software acquisition and
deployment.
2016-2020 Plan Finalized
Final approvals and formal adoption of successor technology
adopted in Spring 2014, Surveys, Speak Up Survey, Interview Fall 2016 Three-Year Final Report
Final presentation of plan progress and impact of teaching and learning. Review of 2016-20 roadmap.
Technology Steering
Committee (Work facilitated by Chief Technology Officer Board of Education
Same as above.
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7c. Communicating Evaluation Results
Data to support the evaluation of the plan will be aggregated and analyzed by the Information Technology Management Team (Chief Technology Officer, Education Technology Coordinator, and Information Services Director). Preliminary findings will be brought to the Technology Steering Committee for review and discussion. The Technology Steering Committee will provide feedback and independent analysis. Incorporating input from the Technology Steering Committee, the Information Technology Management Team will draft a written annual report. The annual report will be shared with Executive Cabinet and the Board of Education. After internal reviews are complete, the annual update will be posted to the District’s website to support broad community access. In addition to posting the results, IUSD will share its experiences and evaluation with other local education agencies through County and professional association meetings and events.
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