68931 Main Street
Richmond,
MI 48062
586.727.3565
FAX
586.727.9665
www.richmond.k12.mi.us
District
Code Number 50180
Technology
Plan
July 1, 2006-June 30, 2009
Contact
Person
Dr.
Sharon Hiller 586.727.3565 Ext. 6008
shiller@richmond.k12.mi.us
Macomb
Intermediate School District
TECHNOLOGY PLAN SUMMARY SHEET
District: Richmond
Community Schools (District Number
50180)
Address: 68931
Main Street, Richmond, Michigan 48062
Contact: Dr. Sharon Hiller
Phone: 586.727.3565
Ext. 6008
Fax: 586.727.2098
E-Mail: shiller@richmond.k12.mi.us
Years Covered
by this plan: 2006 to 2009
Date of next
state review (3 years from start date) June
30, 2009
Intermediate
School District: Macomb
URL for
Technology Plan: www.richmond.k12.mi.us
Table of Contents Page:
Mission,
Introduction, Description of District
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Technology
Planning Team . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
I.
Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
II.
Professional
Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 19
III.
Infrastructure/Tech
Support/Hardware/Software . . . . . . . 25
IV.
Funding & Budget . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
V. Monitoring
& Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Appendix
A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . 43
RICHMOND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
District
Profile
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The Richmond Community School District is located in
northeast Macomb County on M-19 between I-69 and I-94 at 32 Mile Road.
Richmond serves as a regional hub, servicing a primary center of commerce
centered between Port Huron and Mt. Clemens. Business composition is well
diversified. The city provides three shopping districts. The rural setting leaves
residents with a hometown atmosphere while never lacking the benefit of
modern conveniences.
Richmond is projected to be one of the largest areas of
growth (population increase of 50% in ten years) in the tri-county area.
Housing developments throughout the community are currently under
construction.
The school district serves the City of Richmond and
surrounding area. The district
population of 11,808 is equally divided between those living in the city
and those living in the outlying townships of Lenox, Casco, and
Richmond. The middle-class,
blue-collar residents are 99% white.
Some residents are employed in local businesses, but most commute to
jobs in the Detroit Metropolitan area.
The median household income in 1999 was $58,026. While 67% of the population are high
school graduates, 30% have at least a Bachelor’s Degree.
Public education is offered to 2,079 students in three
school buildings, an elementary (PreK-4), middle school (5-8), and high
school (9-12). These schools are
located in proximity to one another on the same campus. The elementary school also houses the
preschool and childcare programs.
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School Buildings
Richmond
Community Schools has three buildings, one at each level.
· Will
L. Lee Elementary School 722
students in grades K-4
68399 Forest 18% of
students on free and reduced lunch
Richmond, MI 48062
586.727.2509
· Richmond
Middle School 655
students in grades 5-8
35250 Division 22.6%
of students on free and reduced lunch
Richmond, MI 48062
586.727.7552
· Richmond
High School 722
students in grades 9-12
35320 Division 14.7%
of students on free and reduced lunch
Richmond, MI 48062
586.727.3225
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TOTAL 2,079
students
18.5%
Poverty Rate based on October 2005 count
115 teachers in grades Pre-K-12
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District
Mission Statement
Richmond Community Schools, in
cooperation with parents and community, provides a quality education, in a
caring environment, in order to guide all students to be responsible,
productive members of society.
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RICHMOND COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
VISION
AND GOALS
Background of your technology planning initiative:
Our original technology committee
started meeting on September 25, 2002 to organize. In our three meetings together, we worked on a vision, the uses
of technology, and our core values. We
divided into goal-centered groups including curriculum integration,
professional development, community engagement, and infrastructure. Each committee met separately several
times.
The staff completed two technology
surveys in January 2003. The first
survey was an inventory of the equipment staff had in their classrooms. The second survey included technology
familiarity, information on use of technology in their teaching, professional
development needs, and ways they would like to integrate technology. A written portion consisted of three written
questions. The staff was asked about
the biggest obstacle to technology work, how the district could support
technology integration, and what they would like technology to be able to do
for them.
A new committee was put together
including seven people from the original committee and three new members as we
prepared to update our technology plan.
We met three times to discuss our direction and changes to the original
plan. The vision /mission statement and
the core values were revised. Other
pieces were updated to fit new direction.
On May 12, 2006, the teaching staff
was given another technology survey that included most of the questions on our
second survey from January 2003. We
eliminated the questions on home computer use.
We added their interest in particular professional development needs in
technology. The write in questions from
the previous survey were put in a checklist format with a choice of other.
District technology
vision/mission statement:
Richmond Community Schools will incorporate technology as a means of
integrating curriculum across subject areas.
Students and educators will be guaranteed opportunities to use
technology as an integral part of education, addressing diverse learning styles
and learning rates. We will use
technology to improve communication, enhance thinking skills, make instruction
more efficient and effective, provide opportunities to better prepare students
for today's work force, and develop skills critical to success.
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Technology Core
Values
1.
Technology
provides administrative aides that provide immediate feedback to students of
their progress.
2.
Knowledge
of technology is essential for students in order to be successful in the
future.
3.
Technology
provides teachers with more access to faster, more efficient means of record
keeping.
4.
It
provides access to a means of education any time, and place outside of school.
5.
It
provides an arena for engaging communication and collaboration.
6.
Technology
provides more opportunity to capture a student’s interest by exposing them to
ideas that may not happen any other way.
7.
Technology
enables students to learn at their own pace.
8.
It
empowers students to locate and interact with information.
9.
Technology
enhances lesson delivery.
10.
Technology
allows teachers to adapt lessons to meet the individual needs of all students’
learning styles and intelligences.
11.
It
provides efficient communications between staff, parents, students and
community.
12.
Technology
facilitates the employment of authentic learning activities that have real
world value.
How the technology
plan ties in with the district mission and school
improvement plan:
Technology
helps to prepare students to be productive members of society. They will need to know how to communicate,
think creatively and critically, and make good use of technology in order to be
responsible members of society.
Major goals of the technology plan (related to long-term vision and
school/district mission):
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Support
the learning of the curriculum in all areas
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Communicate
with the community through the district web site, teacher web sites, and E-mail
options for parents
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Keep
our network strong and able to support the learning and curriculum at all
levels
- Seek grants to purchase additional
technology and to have more technology support staff
Goals for district teachers and students:
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Develop
a plan that aggressively builds technology into the curriculum through use in
regular classes
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