Strategies
for improving academic achievement and teacher effectiveness
To improve:
• the academic achievement, including technology literacy,
of all students.
• the capacity of all teachers to integrate technology effectively
into curriculum and instruction.
N02
Goals
for using advanced technology
• aligned with challenging State academic content and student
academic achievement standards
• to improve student academic achievement
N03
Steps
to increase accessibility
To ensure that:
• all students and teachers have increased access to technology.
• teachers are prepared to integrate technology effectively
into curricula and instruction.
N04a
Promotion
of curricula and teaching strategies that integrate technology
• Will identify and promote curricula and teaching strategies
that integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction,
based on a review of relevant research and leading to improvements
in student academic achievement.
N04b
Professional
development
Provide ongoing, sustained and intensive, high quality professional
development for:
• teachers, principals, administrators, and school library
media personnel to further the effective use of technology in the
classroom or library media center.
N05
Technology
type and costs
• Description of type and costs of technology to be acquired
with Ed Tech funds, including provisions for interoperability of
components of such technologies.
N06
Coordination
with other resources
• LEA’s plan for coordinating activities funded through
the Ed Tech program with technology-related activities supported
with funds from other sources besides state and federal technology funds.
N07
Integration
of technology with curricula and instruction
How the applicant will:
• integrate technology (including software and electronically
delivered learning materials) into curricula and instruction, and
• utilize a timeline for this integration.
N08
Innovative
delivery strategies
Will encourage:
• the development and use of innovative strategies for the
delivery of specialized or rigorous courses and curricula through
the use of technology, including distance learning technologies,
particularly in areas that would not otherwise have access to such
courses or curricula due to geographical distances or insufficient
resources.
N09
Parental
involvement
Will use technology effectively to:
• promote parental involvement.
• increase communication with parents, including a description
of how parents will be informed of the technology used.
N10
Collaboration
with adult literacy service providers
• Description of how the program will be developed, where
applicable, in collaboration with adult literacy service providers.
N11
Accountability
measures
Process and accountability measures that evaluate the extent to
which activities are effective in:
• integrating technology into curricula and instruction.
• increasing the ability of teachers to teach.
• enabling students to reach challenging State academic content
and student academic achievement standards.
N12
Supporting
resources
• Supporting resources, such as services, software, other
electronically delivered materials, and print resources,
that will be acquired to ensure successful and effective uses of
technology.
E-Rate
ER01
The
plan must establish clear goals and a realistic strategy for using
telecommunications and information technology to improve education
or library services.
ER02
The
plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that
staff know how to use these new technologies to improve education
or library services.
ER03
The
plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services,
hardware, software, and other services that will be needed to improve
education or library services.
ER04
The
plan must provide for a sufficient budget to acquire and support
the non-discounted elements of the plan: the hardware, software,
professional development, and other services that will be needed
to implement the strategy.
ER05
The
plan must include an evaluation process that enables the school
or library to monitor progress toward the specified goals and make
mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities
as they arise.
