Mentor Public Schools
District Technology Plan
(Please find the full detailed Mentor Schools’ Tech Plan on our website)
Classroom Instruction
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Goal: Develop students’ technology skills to support and build their digital literacy.
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Action Steps
- Provide students with the opportunity to strengthen their ability to communicate, collaborate, create, and think critically through technology.
- Support student awareness and understanding of how technology affects their academic experience
- Provide students opportunities to experience learning with and through varying levels of technology.
- Participate in 5 digital citizenship lessons each school year that are age/grade appropriate, focusing on Digital Literacy, Internet Safety, Creative Credit and Digital Footprint.
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Professional Learning
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Goal: Develop teachers’ knowledge and skills to integrate technology into their instruction effectively.
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Action Steps
- Provide multiple, differentiated, and targeted opportunities for professional development to support best practices.
- Support the integration of technology in the classroom through job-embedded professional learning.
- Provide staff with a menu of technological options to support student learning.
- Support consistently implementing and using a Learning Management System (LMS) at all grade levels to maximize learning and reduce printing costs.
- Provide training on digital citizenship to all staff members and implement grade-level lessons for all students in K-12th grade.
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Technology
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Goal: Provide and maintain infrastructure, technology, and data systems to support all staff and students.
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Action Steps
- Maintain a suitable, secure, robust, and reliable infrastructure that enables a consistent experience for all users.
- Research, evaluate, and implement appropriate educational technologies for effective teaching and learning.
- Improve interoperability of data sources and systems throughout the district to enable maximum proficiency.
4. Update and maintain district-wide device purchasing projection
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