ITS Strategic Plan

student

focused

teacher

empowering

customer

oriented

We exist to help enhance performance of

students, teachers, schools, and administrators

ITS role in the District

ITS Strategic Plan

imagine

imagine students...

• Accessing assignments, tools, textbooks and resources:

Anywhere, anytime.

• Communicating, collaborating and socializing with local and

international students, teachers, administrators, authors and others:

Anywhere, anytime.

• Increasing achievement through supplementing already great teachers

with technology enabled individualized, engaging, and relevant learning:

Anywhere, anytime.

ITS Strategic Plan

imagine

imagine teachers...

• Accessing proven courses, resources, lessons, and assessments for

any

instructional model:

Anywhere, anytime.

• Completing staff development modules in small increments based on assessed

needs:

Anywhere, anytime.

• Gaining increased daily instruction and planning time, thereby generating greater

student achievement

Anywhere, anytime.

ITS Strategic Plan

approach...

Conduct 1 on 1

Executive Input

Meetings

Research

Other Districts

Research

Industry/Tech

Trends

Review Prior

Master

Technology Plan

Conduct

Workshops

Document

Challenges,

Needs, Priorities

Synthesize

Requirements/

Priorities, Vision

Draft

Strategic IT Plan

and Tactical Plan

Id. Resource

Supply/Demand,

Funding Gaps

Communicate to

Management 1:1

and as Groups

Finalize,

Present to

Stakeholders

Execute

Prioritized

Projects

Identify Immediate

Priorities,

Low-Hanging Fruit

Feedback loop for next year’s update

ITS Strategic Plan

listening...

ITS Strategic Plan

Rapid Organic Growth:

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14,000 computers installed, rotated and

repaired

‣

25 major applications supported

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300 ITS servers + 130 school servers managed

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Exponential network and data storage

growth

Added Print Shop • Added wireless

Added Many Applications/Support

Added District Web Site

Added SASI, Oracle , First Class

Added support of school servers, networks

2008–10:

Add LMS

2007–09: New

Primary DC; Add DR site

Added Student Records

Centralized departmental app servers

Added Infinite Campus

Added Digital Educators

Added Data Warehouse

ITS history

...

we’ve come a long way!

...and we still

have a way to go!

-Year ITS History

ITS Strategic Plan

insights...

Gaps in current DCSD technology

WAN Bandwidth

for 21st Century

Learning

Disaster Recovery

Data Center

Single LMS

DCSD: New DR site acquired;

need create/test DR plan

DCSD: T

-1 lines only;

already out of bandwidth

Many other districts:

Fiber optics to schools,

redundant paths

Most other districts:

Adequate data centers

Some other districts: Implemented

portions of LMS, without student level

social networking (21st Century Learning

Envir.)

DCSD: At risk, below

grade, out of power

DCSD: Separate repositories in

process for bricks (CI&A), eDCSD

(KG), Learning Center

(Courseware), Hope (TBD)

Many other districts:

At risk

—no real DR site

10Mb 1000Mb

Unacceptable Risks

Inefficient for

eachers

ITS Strategic Plan

insights...

Gaps in current DCSD technology

All IT in one

department

Student Information

System (SIS)

Financial, HR

System

Technology

Integration in

Education

DCSD and many districts:

Infinite Campus

DCSD: Some Learning Services IT

separate from rest of IT; progress in

several areas; central purchasing

DCSD: Oracle for most functions; not

education specific, not fully implemented

DCSD: Digital Educator/World Language

programs with 21st Century Skills best

practice training; dual-platform approach

Some other districts: Combined IT, with

IT director assigned to LS; some lack

central purchasing

Other districts:

Use various other packages

Other districts: Many have

some very good components

A few other districts:

Multiple SIS, decentralized

ITS Strategic Plan

insights

...

Gaps in current DCSD technology

Online Learning

Environment

Portal and Web Sites

Common Data

Warehouse; Ease

of Accessing Data

21st Century

Tools Use

DCSD: Good common website for all

purposes. Implemented identity

management, single sign-on.

DCSD: New online school (eDCSD) .

Adding Social Networking. Acquired

Hope Online.

DCSD: Multiple dept. reporting data

repositories (CI&A, SCORE, CSNAP)

DCSD: Strong use of multi-media tools and inquiry-based

research tools; good use of podcasting, blogs, wikis, RSS feeds,

social networking, surveys, chats, clickers, etc.

DCSD schools: 66% standardized use of

SchoolCenter for school/teacher/class

websites, plus iWeb choice for student

websites within class boundaries

Some other districts: Have online

schools with varying technologies

and sources of content

Some other districts: Seem to have

common reporting data repositories

and ease of reporting access

ITS Strategic Plan

21st Century

Skills Required for

Students to be Competitive

Learning and Innovation Skills

Critical Thinking & Problem Solving

Creativity & Innovation

Communication & Collaboration

Information, Media, Tech Skills

Life and Career Skills

Core Subjects

Anytime, anywhere access

Content/curriculum creation,

sharing, editing tools

Tools for Research, Analysis,

Synthesis, Presentation

More Computers/devices

Open source software

Broadband networks

Data provided via RSS feeds

Social networking

eBooks

insights

...21st Century Learning

ITS Must Help Create

21st Century

Learning Environment!

ITS Strategic Plan

insights

...pressures

ITS must also help alleviate your

Pressures and Challenges!

Rapid growth

Increasing

competition

Increasing achievement

CDE /other required compliance

Communication gaps

Budget

constraints

Meeting Vision/Ends

Executive Limitations

Assessment Demands

ITS Strategic Plan

insights...

Back-Office applications (Finance, HR, Student Information, etc)

Infrastructure (data center, network, centralization, PC rotation, etc)

Organization (application support, PC technicians, etc)

Integrating Educational

echnology (“EdT

ech”)

OnLine and Mobile Learning (Distance,

Virtual)

Common Learning Management System (LMS)

Anytime, Anywhere access (more network capacity and computers)

... but inadequate funding available....

ITS Strategic Plan

hypotheses

...filling the gaps

The Classroom and Beyond—

21st Century Learning Environment:

1. On-demand Learning Environment (anywhere, anytime)

‣

Offer self-paced staff development and student instruction options

‣

Implement Online 21st Century learning environment

2. Common Integrated Learning Management System (LMS)

‣

Converge onto one integrated learning management system (LMS) and one

content management system (CMS) for all instructional delivery vehicles

‣

Integrate 21st Century collaboration technologies into brick and mortar school

curriculum, instruction and assessment

‣

Embed technology training in all staff development courses

ITS Strategic Plan

hypotheses...

filling the gaps

The District—

Education Resource Planning (ERP):

3. District-Wide Portal

‣

Replace District website and other shared functions with secure, personalized

Portal technology

‣

Implement greater self-service and communication capabilities for employees

and constituents

4. Integrated Administrative Processes

‣

Streamline cross-functional administrative processes

‣

Implement greater automation and integration

‣

Portfolio/project management, common methodology, architectural standards,

customer quality standards, security, etc.

5. Common Data Warehouse

‣

Facilitate data-driven decision making and self-service reporting from

consolidated district-wide data warehouse (student, teacher, school, district)

ITS Strategic Plan

hypotheses

...filling the gaps

The Supporting Infrastructure—

ITS Infrastructure:

6. New Data Center

‣

Build new data center to serve long-term needs of rapidly growing District

‣

Implement and test secondary disaster recovery site

7. Network Access from Anywhere/Anytime

‣

Implement high-speed fiber-optic WAN and internet access across District

‣

Provide students and teachers with access to computing where/when needed

8. Computers and Ed Tech

‣

Shorten PC rotation cycle; reduce student to PC ratios; laptops to all teachers

ITS Strategic Plan

pop quiz

(er

, assessment)...

How do those Initiatives align with our End Goals of

creating Responsible Citizens?

Critical Thinking

1. On-Demand Learning Environment

Ethics

2. Common Learning Mgmt System

Self-motivation

Applied learning

Leadership

Well-being

Essential skills

Core body of knowledge

Fine arts

Liberal arts education

3. Common Data Warehouse

4. Integrated Admin Processes

5. District Portal

6. New Computing (Data) Center

7. Anywhere, Anytime Network Access

8. Computers and Ed T

ech

Support

Direct

ITS Strategic Plan

what happens

if we don’t fill gaps...

‣

Without high capacity network:

limited multi-media or 21st Century tools use

increasing inability to access internet for instruction

inability to access online training anytime, anywhere

‣

Without more Computers (and other devices):

tech inequities among students and schools

shortages of carts/computers for students

inability to use newer software on old computers

inability to access staff dev. anytime/anywhere

continued digital divide for low income students

ITS Strategic Plan

opportunity

...

Big undertaking

Significant costs

No revenue stream to pay for it

Need your support for election this fall

ITS Strategic Plan

Questions?

Point of Contact:

Randy Weldon

Chief Information Officer, ITS

randy.weldon@dcsdk12.org

303–387–9307 office