CTAP Region 3

Educational Technology Planning and Support 2010 - 2011

The CTAP Region 3 staff is available to provide guidance, information, and technical support to school districts, charter schools, and County Offices of Education.

CTAP Region 3 is hosting a "live" webinar to help districts with the revision process of their EETT Technology Plan.  Webinar will cover tech plan submission procedures, elements of a "high quality" education technology plan, E-rate expectations and implications, online Tech Plan Builder, and additional resources.

Webinar: EETT Technology Plans
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Link to recorded workshop 
Questions? Contact Jan Valine - (916) 228-2497 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

View the previously recorded online workshop series for EETT Technology Planning, presented by Nancy Silva, CTAP Region 2. The online workshops highlighted beginning steps to technology planning, components of tech plan and new requirements, e-rate plans, and resources available to assist districts.

Webinar #1 Tech Planning Overview
Part 1: http://breeze.scoe.net/p82709974/
Part 2: http://breeze.scoe.net/p31724876/

Webinar #2 Tech Plan Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, & 9
Part 1: http://breeze.scoe.net/p99717408/
Part 2: http://breeze.scoe.net/p48732310/

Webinar #3 Tech Plan Sections 3 & 4
http://breeze.scoe.net/p13547791/

Webinar #4Tech Plan Sections 5 & 6
http://breeze.scoe.net/p65788748/

The 2010-2013 Technology Plans should be submitted to the CTAP Office prior to the dates listed below:

Cycle A - September 17, 2010
Cycle B - November 19, 2010 
Cycle C - March 11, 2011

Region 3 School Districts with technology plans that will expire on June 30, 2011 .  If you're district is on this list, then you should submit an updated technology plan to CTAP prior to one of the Cycle Dates listed above. For additional assistance, please contact:

Jan Valine, CTAP 3 Coordinator
Sacramento County Office of Education
Telephone: (916) 228-2497
email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

California Department of Education Resources
The resources below are intended to support district staff members responsible for writing or updating their current district technology plans.

• CDE Technology Plan Status by County
  You can verify your technology plan status at this web site.
• EETT Formula Grant Information
  The Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Formula grant provides funding for technology and training in schools.
• EETT Competitive Grant Information
  The primary goal of the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Competitive grant program is to provide funding for grades four through eight to assist eligible local educational agencies to use technology to enhance teaching and to promote learning.
• EETT: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
  Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Formula and Competitive Grant questions pertaining to application, eligibility, technology plans, and private schools.
• CDE EETT Technology Plan Requirement
  The specific technology plan requirements for formula and competitive grant applications for Title II, Part D in No Child Left Behind (Sec. 2414).
• Erate Technology Plan Requirements
  As stated in Title 47, Code of Federal Regulations section 54.508, a technology plan is required before an E-rate applicant starts receiving discounted services. The three-year E-rate technology plan has five approval criteria.

Steps to Writing Your District Technology Plan

1. Preparing to Write
   The first step toward updating your technology plan is to review your existing plan if there is one to see where updates or changes may be required. Consult your CTAP regional coordinator who will help guide your planning and writing process on the issues of who should be included in the technology planning discussions to providing you with sample charts and text for the plan.  Use template: Region 3 - Technology Plan Template 2011 
   
2. Writing the Plan
Once your team has met, reviewed the template and the writing team has been identified, it's time to begin writing or revising your existing plan. Begin by looking at Appendix C for the EETT Formula Grant. Appendix C provides the criteria for passing the state-level review and obtaining a State approved technology plan.

Consider using the CTAP Technology Plan Buider (TPB) created by CTAP Region 11.   The TPB is entirely online and provides a collaborative environment for crating technology plans  that align with the California Department of Education guidelines.

After you have a first draft of your revised plan is complete, contact CTAP for some feedback.

3. Review additional planning resources from CTAP Region 7's Wiki.

Region 3 District Technology Plans - Approved in 2010

Below you will find links to PDF versions of recently approved Region 3 District technology plans. These are shared with you, not so that you can copy and paste from other plans, but so that you can see models and examples of what other districts are doing in their technology plans and have examples to follow as you revise your own plan. Sharing these plans may also lead to collaboration between districts that are attempting similar efforts.

Newcastle Elementary SD
Roseville JUHSD
Robla School District
Sacramento City USD
Yuba COE
Sacramento Charter HS
Sacramento COE
Auburn Union SD

Other Technology Plan Resources

• Technology Plan Writing Template 2011-14
• Writing Goals and Objective
• Writing Goals, Objectives, and Benchmarks for Section 3d

E-Rate
California State Approved technology plans can be used for E-rate approval as well. Be certain to complete the E-Rate addendum and keep the document on file at your district ofice. The addendum does not get submitted with the tech plan, but it must be kept on file at the district office should there be an E-Rate audit. remember to submit your plan to regional CTAP coordinator, prior to Cycle A or B for E-Rate plans.               E-Rate Addendum (.doc)              E-Rate Timeline (.doc)

Submitting the Plan
After you've received some feedback from CTAP and made any suggested changes to your plan, review the Technology Planning Checklist before submitting your plan to be certain that everything is in order. When you are certain that you are ready to submit your plan, submit it to CTAP 3 as a single RTF or MS-WORD (2003) document and include the following items for the submission:

• - Body of the technology plan
• - Criteria for EETT-Funded Education Technology Plans Appendix C (see template ) with corresponding page numbers in tech plan.
• - Appendix J:  Tech plan contact information sheet (see template)

Resources for Student Technology Skills Matrix

• ISTE NETS for Students 2007
• Technology Foundation Standards for Students: Knowledge & Skills k12 Matrix, Antioch Unified School District, California (Pdf)
• Technology Integration Matrix - Florida Center for Instructional Technology
• Technology Skills Framework, Matrix, and Teacher Standards from Prince George County Public Schools (Pdf)
• Bloomington Schools, Bloomington, MN - Student skill level by grade level.

AB307: Chavez Bill
The passage of the Chavez Bill (Assembly Bill 307) in 2008, will impact the revision of your technology plan. This bill charges districts with educating pupils and teachers on the appropriate and ethical use of information technologies in the classroom, Internet Safety, avoiding plagiarism, the concept, purpose, and significance of a copyright so that pupils can distinguish between lawful and unlawful online downloading, and the implications of illegal peer-to-peer network file sharing. This bill shows us as additional items in the planning criteria found in the grant application (Appendix C). View the legislation.

Technology Plans and E-Rate
                       Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) Web site
The Schools and Libraries Program of the Universal Service Fund makes discounts available to eligible schools and libraries for telecommunication services,Internet access, and internal connections. The program is intended to ensure that schools and libraries have access to affordable telecommunications and information services.

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EETT American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)

http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/et/ft/eettformula.asp
California Department of Education
Education Technology Office
1430 N Street, Suite 6308
Sacramento, CA 95814

For additional information, please contact William Fong, CDE, (916) 322-5894 - This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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