District Technology Plan

McGregor Independent School District Technology Plan is implemented by Melissa Seward, Technology Director.  One of the goals of the districts technology plan is to improve academic achievement and technology literacy of all students by incorporating advanced technologies into all areas of teaching and learning. This will be implemented by getting a copy of all Technology TEKs into the hands of all teachers, providing all teachers and staff with technology tools and resources that can be used in the classroom; such as, probes, calculators, Lego robots, and digital microscopes. This will also include distant learning through ongoing video conferences and helping teachers maintain a website, as well as, use Wikis and Blogs for educational use. Another goal of the district is to provide ongoing professional development on integrating technology into teaching and learning, instructional management and administration.  This goal will be implemented by continual planning through the administration and the technology committee. The teachers will be involved in mandatory professional development, as well as professional development provided online and after school each day. Use technology effectively to enhance the quality of data management, parental involvement and communications, community partnerships, support services and technology planning is another goal of the district. This goal will be implemented through the ongoing use of Skyward, parent meetings, and the use of the district website. The last goal of the district technology plan is to increase and maintain the districts technology and telecommunications infrastructure to provide a safe, reliable, and scalable environment which supports promising practices in instruction and learning, leadership and operations. The district will continue to do this through the ongoing exploration of the personal use of computing devices as well as maintaining fiber optic cables, circuits, LAN’s, and updating hard and software.   The budget for telecommunication and Internet is  E-Rate of $56,760.19, State Tech Allotment of $14,190.05, and local budget of $2,000.  This will be sufficient to keep technology in McGregor ISD moving forward.