CPSB Technology Plan for Application to E-Rate

This answer is based on the Calcasieu Parish School Board Technology Plan from Louisiana. The technology plan states that the goals for the parish are based on four concrete steps: strengthen leadership, improved teaching training, support e-leaning and virtual schools, and provide improved access and technology usage. The evaluation to improve the technology within the parish recommends that several actions take place in order to accomplish positive results by the year 2014. On strengthen leadership, the data suggests that all educators must complete required professional development time in order to get credit for their contracts. Teachers will be frequently evaluated by LDE, CPSS, and Region V to record data for a better understanding of the plan. On improving teaching training, the data suggests that the parish needs to look for the resources to offer quality professional development to all teachers and to find timing to do so without interfering with the normal school curriculum. On supporting virtual learning and e-schools, the plan suggests that the parish provides schools with the necessary funds to support e-learning and that some e-learning courses are implemented during summer sessions. The plan also suggests that the schools promote the e-learning courses and encourage teachers to use them regularly for a better use of regular class hours. Finally, it talks about providing improved access and technology usage and suggests that parishes should take the time to look for bundled software packages with the vendors that maximizes the budget for technology within campuses. At the same time, individual schools must participate in “E-Rate” programs, and seek for federal help to improve the technological experience across the schools.