1. Good Spirit School Division Assistive Technology Planning
March 6th, 2011
Agenda
1. Brief Overview of Ministry of Education Assistive Technology Project
a. Divisions Involved to Date
b. Definition of Assistive Technology
c. Division Planning for Assistive Technology
d. Student Specific Assistive Technology Collaborative Assessment Process
e. Brief Review of Quality Indicators for Assistive Technology
2. Review & Participation in Division Planning Protocol
a. To begin, we will review the 12 Categories of AT and collaboratively
prioritize 1-2 Categories of Assistive Technology (i.e. Reading or Math)
b. As a team, we can then brainstorm tools we presently use or hope to
employ in the division. Following this brainstorming, we can classify these
tools as low technology, mid-technology and high technology strategies
to support student learning in the areas selected (i.e. Reading or Math)
c. As a team, we will then prioritize and discuss what should be available
universally, to a targeted group of individuals and on an individual basis.
d. Following this discussion, we can then plan for infrastructure requirements,
licensing and hardware issues/needs, and how support/training will be
offered to support the access and use of these tools/strategies (please see
next page)

2. Tier 3:
Individual
Decision Making:
Team AT Ax Process
Training & Support Required
Hardware & Software Planning
Tier 2: Targeted
Decision-Making: Toolkits
Training & Support (Student & Teacher) required
to successfully implement technology within
Toolkits
Hardware & Software Planning
Tier 1: Universal
Decision making: What technology will be offered to all students?
Training & Support (Student & Teacher Digital Fluency &
Self-regulation)
Hardware & Software Planning/Infrastructure
3. Other:
4. Next Steps:

3. Sample Tiered Assistive Technology Plan: Questions for
Consideration
Tier 1: Universal Tier 2: Targeted Tier 3: Individual
Technology What technology What technology How will we make
will be offered to all will be offered as a individual AT
students? toolkit? decisions that best
meet individual
student needs?
Training & Support Planning for student Training & Support How will
& teacher digital (Student, Teacher, individualized
fluency Parent) required to training that best
successfully meets individual
implement Toolkit and teacher-
Technology specific needs be
done?
Online
Video
Resources Video
PD Modeling
Other Personnel
PD
Resources
Other
Hardware & How will software be What will the How will individual
Software Planning reviewed? Who process be for use licenses be
reviews? Are there of toolkit software? incorporated into
opportunities for the network?
collaboration? How will trials be
implemented? What is the process
How often will for accessing
software be Who will match and additional hardware
reviewed? monitor AT? and software?
Who makes Who will be
hardware responsible for
decisions? troubleshooting
additional hardware
and software?