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Maturity Benchmarks Survey Sheet
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School Pseudonym:CBA
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Your Name/Group Name: Brendan Lea
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Clearly mark the box that best represents the level of maturity achieved at your school site. Please refer to the Model Benchmark Rubric for detailed descriptions of the categories. EmergentIslandsIntegratedIntelligentEvaluator Comments
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ADMINISTRATIVEPolicybehavioralxThe classes in Elementary all use technology on a regular basis to enhance the curriculum. However, the school has undergone a lot of change and now needs to fomalize the curriculum and expectations of teachers.
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resource/infrastructurexThe main policy that exists for students and staff is an AUP. This does not address how technology should be used within the classroom or how to use the IT Facilitator. This document is currently in the process of being created.
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PlanningbehavioralxThis is an area that needs to be addressed with the implementation of the ISTE Standards and the creation of a detailed but evolving Scope and Sequence documents. Planning meetings are held with select grades but due to time contraints is often informal. This is currently in the process of being addressed.
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resource/infrastructurexCurrently the school is creating three year plan for technology that will guide the elementary school over the next three years.
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BudgetbehavioralxCurrently the budgeting at the school is in a flux. In other years it has been reliant on new student fees which has not permitted the creation of a long term budgeting plan.
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resource/infrastructurexDue to the nature of funds for IT, it has been difficult to create a functional budget that includes things like upgrades. Currently this is being fixed.
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Administrative InformationbehavioralxMost of the admin information is distributed electronically. However, effective use of the technologies to improve work flow has not happened yet. PD is required for office staff to help them understand how to improve their work flow.
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resource/infrastructurexWhile information and systems are accessible to staff, the ease of finding the information has often led to confusion amoung staff.
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CURRICULARElectronic InformationbehavioralxMathletics, Webpath Express, BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., Tumble Books
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resource/infrastructurexThe resources at GIS are accessible to all students and staff.
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AssessmentbehavioralxThis is dependent on Grade level. Grade 5 and 2 rely the most.
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resource/infrastructurexAll reports are done online. The school has yet to develop a method for teachers to conduct all assessments electronically.
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Curriculular IntegrationbehavioralxResources are availble in most areas except for physical education and host country language instruction.
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resource/infrastructurexMost areas of the curriculum have technology access that meets some of their needs. However, more emphasis needs to be placed on the single subject teachers.
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Teacher UsebehavioralxThe day to day life of the teacher at the school would not be possible without technology.
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resource/infrastructurexMost teachers have access to appropriate technology. However, the single subject teachers need better resources.
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Student UsebehavioralxThis varies widely depending upon the teacher. Some classes are heavily reliant on technology, whereas others are not.
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resource/infrastructurexAll students have access to devices within the school. However, the age of some equipment has impact the effectiveness of those tools.
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SUPPORTStakeholder InvolvementbehavioralxMany are not aware of the decision making process.
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resource/infrastructurexWhen creating policies and working on curriculum, only a few stakeholders are represented. More work needs to be done to communicate with parents.
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Administrative SupportbehavioralxThe administration is open to discussion about technology but is not very involved with the planning and implementation.
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resource/infrastructurexCurrently there is a lack of time devoted to planning and implementation of technology. Last year iPads were just given to a few grades without prior consultation with teachers.
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TrainingbehavioralxSome staff routinely participate in technology training. However, few have made it a part of their regular PD.
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resource/infrastructurexSpecific training sessions are currently limited. There is discussion to improve this for the next school year.
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Technical/Infrastructure SupportbehavioralxStaff use the resources that are open to them to routinely solve problems and help them improve the user experience.
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resource/infrastructurexWe have a formal IT Services department on hand to handle tech problems but they are understaff and over worked. The IT Facilitator is also on hand to solve problems and provide training.
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CONNECTIVITYLocal Area Networking (LAN)behavioralxThe network connection needs to be upgraded to allow for faster connectivity and more access points.
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resource/infrastructurexThe network can support various multimedia projects. There is a slight difficulity with Macs on the Windows server.
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District Area Networking (WAN)behavioralxStaff and students use the WAN for a wide variety of purposes including video and audio.
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resource/infrastructurexSpeeds are suffcient and will be upgraded in the next school year to support future growth.
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Internet AccessbehavioralxThe internet is in constant use with GAFE.
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resource/infrastructurexInternet access is available throughout the buidling. However, some rooms do experience difficulity with signal strength.
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Communication SystemsbehavioralxGAFE is fundamental to the organization of the school.
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resource/infrastructurexGAFE is fundamental to the organization of the school.
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INNOVATIONNew TechnologiesbehavioralxMost members of staff are open and willing to try new technologies. However, the lack of effective planning time has made this difficult.
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resource/infrastructurexBudget constraints has made it difficult to provide a systemic adoptation of new technologies.
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Comprehensive TechnologiesbehavioralxThe technology to do higher end multimedia projects is there, but is mainly restricted to the Mac lap or iPads.
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resource/infrastructurexThe technology at the school is used by some teachers on a routine basis to create higher end multimedia pieces. However, there is still room for growth in this area.