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1 | Maturity Benchmarks Survey Sheet | |||||||
2 | School Pseudonym:CBA | |||||||
3 | Your Name/Group Name: Brendan Lea | |||||||
4 | 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. | Emergent | Islands | Integrated | Intelligent | Evaluator Comments | ||
5 | ADMINISTRATIVE | Policy | behavioral | x | The 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. | |||
6 | resource/infrastructure | x | The 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. | |||||
7 | Planning | behavioral | x | This 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. | ||||
8 | resource/infrastructure | x | Currently the school is creating three year plan for technology that will guide the elementary school over the next three years. | |||||
9 | Budget | behavioral | x | Currently 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. | ||||
10 | resource/infrastructure | x | Due 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. | |||||
11 | Administrative Information | behavioral | x | Most 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. | ||||
12 | resource/infrastructure | x | While information and systems are accessible to staff, the ease of finding the information has often led to confusion amoung staff. | |||||
13 | CURRICULAR | Electronic Information | behavioral | x | Mathletics, Webpath Express, BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., Tumble Books | |||
14 | resource/infrastructure | x | The resources at GIS are accessible to all students and staff. | |||||
15 | Assessment | behavioral | x | This is dependent on Grade level. Grade 5 and 2 rely the most. | ||||
16 | resource/infrastructure | x | All reports are done online. The school has yet to develop a method for teachers to conduct all assessments electronically. | |||||
17 | Curriculular Integration | behavioral | x | Resources are availble in most areas except for physical education and host country language instruction. | ||||
18 | resource/infrastructure | x | Most 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. | |||||
19 | Teacher Use | behavioral | x | The day to day life of the teacher at the school would not be possible without technology. | ||||
20 | resource/infrastructure | x | Most teachers have access to appropriate technology. However, the single subject teachers need better resources. | |||||
21 | Student Use | behavioral | x | This varies widely depending upon the teacher. Some classes are heavily reliant on technology, whereas others are not. | ||||
22 | resource/infrastructure | x | All students have access to devices within the school. However, the age of some equipment has impact the effectiveness of those tools. | |||||
23 | SUPPORT | Stakeholder Involvement | behavioral | x | Many are not aware of the decision making process. | |||
24 | resource/infrastructure | x | When creating policies and working on curriculum, only a few stakeholders are represented. More work needs to be done to communicate with parents. | |||||
25 | Administrative Support | behavioral | x | The administration is open to discussion about technology but is not very involved with the planning and implementation. | ||||
26 | resource/infrastructure | x | Currently 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. | |||||
27 | Training | behavioral | x | Some staff routinely participate in technology training. However, few have made it a part of their regular PD. | ||||
28 | resource/infrastructure | x | Specific training sessions are currently limited. There is discussion to improve this for the next school year. | |||||
29 | Technical/Infrastructure Support | behavioral | x | Staff use the resources that are open to them to routinely solve problems and help them improve the user experience. | ||||
30 | resource/infrastructure | x | We 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. | |||||
31 | CONNECTIVITY | Local Area Networking (LAN) | behavioral | x | The network connection needs to be upgraded to allow for faster connectivity and more access points. | |||
32 | resource/infrastructure | x | The network can support various multimedia projects. There is a slight difficulity with Macs on the Windows server. | |||||
33 | District Area Networking (WAN) | behavioral | x | Staff and students use the WAN for a wide variety of purposes including video and audio. | ||||
34 | resource/infrastructure | x | Speeds are suffcient and will be upgraded in the next school year to support future growth. | |||||
35 | Internet Access | behavioral | x | The internet is in constant use with GAFE. | ||||
36 | resource/infrastructure | x | Internet access is available throughout the buidling. However, some rooms do experience difficulity with signal strength. | |||||
37 | Communication Systems | behavioral | x | GAFE is fundamental to the organization of the school. | ||||
38 | resource/infrastructure | x | GAFE is fundamental to the organization of the school. | |||||
39 | INNOVATION | New Technologies | behavioral | x | Most members of staff are open and willing to try new technologies. However, the lack of effective planning time has made this difficult. | |||
40 | resource/infrastructure | x | Budget constraints has made it difficult to provide a systemic adoptation of new technologies. | |||||
41 | Comprehensive Technologies | behavioral | x | The technology to do higher end multimedia projects is there, but is mainly restricted to the Mac lap or iPads. | ||||
42 | resource/infrastructure | x | The 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. |