The Year in Review SVRTC Professional Development & IniAaAves

March 23, 2017

SVRTC 25 School Divisions

Goals Strategic Plan: 2017 - 2021

1: Staff Development Plan and provide professional development for SVRTC members.

2: Communica5on Communicate informaAon of interest to SVRTC members/ partners and provide forums for discussion and disseminaAon of informaAon.

3: Collabora5on Promote collaboraAon between and among SVRTC members/partners concerning the use and integraAon of instrucAonal technologies.

SVRTC will assist members with the acquisiAon and effecAve

integraAon of viable current and emerging technologies and the

coordinaAon of valuable training for its students, staff

and ciAzens designed to enhance learning and encourage economic

development in Southside Virginia.

4: Public Rela5ons Foster awareness of the missions, goals, acAviAes, and opportuniAes of the SVRTC and provide opportuniAes for recogniAon of SVRTC members individually and collecAvely.

7: Funding Engage in acAviAes that will help secure funding to support the goals and mission of SVRTC.

6: Infrastructure Promote opportuniAes to improve broadband access in the SVRTC region.

5: Recogni5on Provide and promote opportuniAes to recognize SVRTC members for the exemplary use of technology to support the goals and mission of the organizaAon.

1: Staff DevelopmentMonthly MeeAngs

September

SCRUM Presented by: Bea Leiderman

Double Robo<cs

Presented by: JusAn BeaVy

OCR Website Compliance

Presented by: Patrick Menglekoch

(SiteImprove)

RichWeb Network &

Data Services Presented by:

Jon Larsen Ryan Kennedy

October November January February VDOE

Technology Updates

Presented by: Mark Saunders

Speech, Hearing, and Learning

Services Presented by:

Dr. Mani Aguilar

KLIP Presented by: Dr. Susan Clair

(VDOE)

Copia Presented by: James Kelly

2: Communica<on Website

3: Collabora<on Among Members

E-Rate Updates

IncorporaAng Computer Science/

Coding SOL into Curriculum Virginia NSA Day

of Cyber Challenges

Seaperch: GeneraAng STEM

Interest Universal Design for Web Pages

4: Public Rela<ons Networks

State

Regional

Na<onal

Virtual

 

 

   

6: Infrastructure Resources and PD

K-12 Learning Infrastructure Program (KLIP)

Cyber Security Professional Development

• March 14 – 16, 2017

• System and Network Security IntroducAon

• 23 IT professionals

• 14 SVRTC School Divisions

OPTION 01

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7: FundingTeacher and Student Programs

MBC: FIRST Robo<cs ITTIP Partnership

Number of teams from SVRTC school divisions 12 Divisions 20 SVRTC school

divisions have parAcipated in ITTIP acAviAes

Number of teams that MBC has provided support in the means of start-up funds or conAnuing support 10 Number of students parAcipaAng last year 131

MathemaAcs, STEM, Problem-based Learning, Global CollaboraAon, Coding, RoboAcs

Teachers

Students RoboAcs, coding, PK-12, PBL

5: Recogni<onAwards Banquet

The Awards CommiVee, with the assistance of the Advisory Board and the ITTIP, will plan and hold an annual Awards Banquet recognizing achievements in technology. Awards will include the following:

A. Division Leadership Award — Recognize one school division for advancing technology in the educaAonal seeng

B. Technology Leadership Award — Recognize one educator or community leader in the SVRTC area who has promoted the use of technology in the region.

C. Teacher Technology Award – Recognize one teacher from each division who has exhibited exemplary use of technology in the classroom.

D. Instruc9onal Support Award — Recognize one instrucAonal support person from each division (such as library media specialist, technology lab coordinator, etc.) that advances a school division’s technology environment through providing crucial instrucAonal technology support.

E. Technology Support Award — Recognize one technology support person (such as network administrator) that advances a school division’s technology environment through providing crucial tech support.