The educational technology plan of the Philadelphia School District outlines an 8 phase process to improve technology integration over 3 years. The plan identifies current status, strategic goals in curriculum, administration, and communications. Action steps and a budget of over $2 million are developed to fund hardware, software, staff training, and support. Progress will be monitored through biannual technology committee meetings and staff surveys to evaluate success.

1. EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
PLAN
Entity: Philadelphia School District
Address:440 N Broad Street
N.
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Phone Number:(215) 400-4000
Contact Name: Blair Thallmayer

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
Phase 1: Prepare to Plan
Phase 2: Communications
Phase 3: Current Status
Phase 4: Strategic Goals & Objectives
Phase 5: Action Steps
Phase 6: Action Plan Development
Phase 7: Budget
Phase 8: Monitoring & Evaluation

3. PHASE 1: PREPARE TO PLAN
School District & Community Demographics
Location
District: The School District of Philadelphia
440 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia PA 19130
Region: East, 2603 N 5th St. Phila. PA 19133
School: William H. Ziegler School 5935 Saul St. Phila. PA 19149
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Diversity, Demographics & Socioeconomics
1,406,415 population
Ethnic Composition: 53.4% African American, 25.7 % Latino, 12.7%
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Caucasian, 6.3% Asian American & 1.9% other
75% receive free or reduced-price lunch
14% are in Special Education Programs & 2.4% Gifted Program
Breakdown
Breakdo n of the Schools
180,000 students in over 270 public schools
12 regions
Parent & Community Involvement
Support and active part
10 organizations

4. PHASE 2: COMMUNICATIONS
Mission
The mission of the School District of Philadelphia is to provide a high quality
education that prepares, ensures, and empowers all students to achieve their full
intellectual and social potential in order to become lifelong learners and productive
members of society
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Vision
The Ziegler School vision has been created over time. The principles are
implemented through our instructional practices and efforts to build a school climate
that expects quality and decency As part of our educational academic vision goals
decency. vision,
begin in kindergarten, with our Kindergarten is Key meeting, we stress the
importance of reading and parental involvement. At Back to School Night, the
principal and teachers convey Ziegler's vision and speak about how crucial parental
involvement and support is in helping us attain our goals.
Community Communication
C i C i i
Telephone Calls, Voice Machines, Text Messages, Emails, District Website, School
Website, Wikispace
Partnerships & Community Linkages
Public Libraries
UGO Philanthropy library & Free Library of Philadelphia
Higher Education
University of the Arts & University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
Businesses
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Best Buy & Staples
Community Organizations
YMCA & The Schuylkill Center for Environmental in Philadelphia

5. PHASE 3: CURRENT STATUS
Success of Previous Plan
33 Intel iMacs, Fast ForWord, new digital cameras & video cameras,
Promethean Board, projectors and G4 iBook
Curriculum & Student Achievement; Student & Staff Technology
Skills, Knowledge and Usage
Promethean board, PowerPoint, Word, Kidspiration, Appleworks, iLife Suite
Technology Support Services
Maintain support through the school district’s help desk
Staff Development
Teachers will be trained in the use of Schoolnet, using email, using the
Promethean board and taking Benchmark tests online. They will learn to use
online resources to enhance the core curriculum and for differentiated
instruction.
Current Technology Budget Analysis
Due to the drastic budget cuts, money for technology is not written in for this
academic year. We will try to have fundraisers, through the Home and School,
year fundraisers School
to bring in money for technology. We will try to write grants to also bring in
more technology.

6. PHASE 4: STRATEGIC GOALS & OBJECTIVES
4.1 CURRICULUM AND LEARNING
Goal: The school district will integrate technology at
all levels throughout the curriculum
curriculum.
Objective: Teachers will use technology in one
lesson in each curricular area per week
Goal: The h l di t i t ill train teachers about
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NETS.
Objective: Teachers will effectively model and apply
NETS as they design, implement, and assess
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learning experiences for students.
Goal: The school district will integrate technology
using NETS throughout the curriculum.
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Objective: The students will become proficient in
skills taught from NETS.

7. PHASE 4: STRATEGIC GOALS & OBJECTIVES
4.2 ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Goal: The school district will use technology to
instruct professional development sessions.
Objective: Administrators will use technology to
promote staff development in areas of greater need:
internet, email, spreadsheets, presentation software
and i f
d information t h l g
ti technology.
Goal: The school district will use technology to initiate
online resources.
Objective: T
Obj ti Teachers will b t i d in S h l t
h ill be trained i Schoolnet,
Nettrekker and Promethean Planet.
Goal: The school district will use technology to
promote employment
employment.
Objective: The school district will post employment
opportunities on the district website.

8. PHASE 4: STRATEGIC GOALS & OBJECTIVES
4.3
4 3 COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ACCESS
Goal: The school district will update the district website to
promote communication and information access.
Objective: The school district website will display
important updates about access to online resources and
web based tools.
web-based tools
Goal: The school district will update the school hardware,
software and network capabilities.
Objective: Th school district will equip schools with
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airport hubs which will give a wireless internet
connection.
Goal: The school district will repair, maintenance and
network support needed to the school.
Objective: The school district maintain support through
the school district’s help desk so that problems are
repaired in a timely manner

9. PHASE 5: ACTION STEPS
Action steps were created for each objective to
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purposely state details for:
Curriculum and Learning
Administration & Management
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Communication & Information Access

10. PHASE 6: ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT
Developed to determine the action to each step and a time
line of events for
Hardware
Network
Facilities
Software
Staff Development
Technology Staff
User Support
Miscellaneous

11. PHASE 7: BUDGET
Three Year Budget Items
Product Item Description Website Quantity Item Cost Total Cost
Wireless Connection Apple ® AirPort Hubs
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y 800 $180 $ 144,000
Email Accounts Collaboration Center CC.philasd.org 12 $1,000 $ 12,000
HTML Software FileZilla Filazilla-project.org 12 $1,500 $ 180,000
NETS
S Technology Curriculum
h l C i l NETS
S 12 $3,500
$3 00 $ 42,000
42 000
Support Desk Region Help Philasd.org 12 $40,000 $ 480,000
Schoolnet Training per Region Schoolnet.com 12 $50,000 $ 600,000
Nettrekker Training per Region Nettrekker.com 12 $65,000 $ 780,000
Promethean Planet Training per Region PrometheanPlanet.com 12 $20,000 $ 240,000
Total 824 $
$181,180 $ 2,478,000
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Funding Source
Universities, Libraries, Stores, Community Organizations
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Grants, Sponsors, Fundraisers

12. PHASE 8: MONITORING & EVALUATION
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To monitor this technology plan to meet all of the goals and objectives we
plan on having a Technology Committee in which educators per region
will be able to meet twice a year for the next three years. Meetings will
be arranged using www doodle com . In the meetings, these educators
www.doodle.com meetings
will come together for the purpose of discussing the educational
technology plan, often in a formal setting. In addition to coming together
physically, communication lines and equipment will also be set up to
have a discussion b
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locations, e.g. a conference
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call or an e-meeting. At each meeting an agenda will be preplanned,
using Google Docs, to discuss, in order, topics of concerns to stay on task.
Evaluation
To evaluate the plan for success the school district will submit a survey
to collect quantitative information about polling and questioning
individuals about the educational technology plan. The surveys will be
emailed to staff members twice a year for the next three years using
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www.doodle.com . In addition, after training sessions, the staff will also
be surveyed on the trained just completed. Careful planning is essential
for a successful survey, meaning careful attention to detail and usage of
procedures will enhance response. Results from surveys will be discussed
at the Technology Committee meetings to converse about progression.