washington education technology policy summit 2009 sponsored by: cosn iste
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Washington Education Washington Education Technology Policy Summit Technology Policy Summit
20092009Sponsored By:Sponsored By:
COSNCOSNISTEISTE
Today’s AgendaToday’s Agenda
Welcomes from CoSN and ISTEKeynote: Carl CannonLunch Keynote: David JohnsContent Sessions
– Education Stimulus– Broadband Stimulus/E-Rate– Education and Appropriations Issues
Hill Boot Camp
Welcome to the Washington Ed Welcome to the Washington Ed Tech Policy Summit!Tech Policy Summit!
Welcomes
–Keith Krueger, CoSN CEO
–Trina Davis,
ISTE President
Welcome Our KeynoteWelcome Our Keynote
Carl Cannon
Politicsdaily.com
Session 1 –Session 1 –The American Recovery The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Federal, State and Reinvestment Act: Federal, State and Local Perspectivesand Local Perspectives
Davis Brock Director of Technology, Elmore County Public Schools
Hilary Goldmann Director of Government Affairs, ISTE
Sara Hall Deputy Director, State Educational Technology Directors Association
President Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama
“In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a pre-requisite. The countries that out-teach us today will out-compete us tomorrow.”
February, 24 2009
American Recovery and American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
$787 billion Total Package$575 billion Spending$ 212 billion Tax
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ARRA Guiding PrinciplesARRA Guiding Principles
Spend funds quickly to save and create jobs
Improve student achievement through school improvement and reform
Ensure transparency, reporting and accountability
Invest one-time ARRA funds thoughtfully to minimize the “funding cliff.”
USDE ARRA FundsUSDE ARRA Funds
State Fiscal Stabilization FundCategorical education programs
– Title I– IDEA– Enhancing Education Through
Technology– Statewide Data Systems– Teacher Quality Grants
FormulaFormula CompetitiveCompetitive
SFSF – Four AssurancesSFSF – Four Assurances
Increase teacher effectiveness and address inequities in the distribution of highly qualified teachers
Establish and use pre-k through college and career data system to track progress and foster continuous improvement
Make progress towards rigorous college and career ready standards and high quality assessments that are valid and reliable for all students, including limited English proficient and students with disabilities
Provide targeted intensive support and effective interventions to turn around schools identified for corrective action and restructuring.
SFSF Incentive Fund – Race to the SFSF Incentive Fund – Race to the Top and Innovation GrantsTop and Innovation Grants “Race to the Top”- $4.35 billion
competitive grants to States making most progress toward the assurances
“Investing in What Works and Innovation” - $650 million competitive grants to LEAs and non-profits that have made significant gains in closing achievement gaps to be models of best practices
2010 grant awards will be made in two rounds - late Fall 2009, Summer 2010
Categorical ProgramsCategorical Programs
Title I - $13 billionIDEA - $12 billionEnhancing Education Through
Technology - $650 millionStatewide Data Systems - $250
million
Enhancing Education Through Enhancing Education Through TechnologyTechnology$650 million to be disbursed.
Summer 2009
ISTE Member Survey on ARRAISTE Member Survey on ARRA
Help ISTE track how districts and schools are using ARRA for technology implementation and technology professional development
http://tinyurl.com/ISTE-ARRA
Ed Tech Investments:How to Maximize Federal Stimulus Dollars
Sara HallSETDA
Technology and the Technology and the ARRA AssurancesARRA Assurances1. Making progress toward rigorous college‐ and
career‐ready standards and high‐quality assessments
2. Establishing pre‐K‐to college and career data systems that track progress and foster continuous improvement;
3. Making improvements in teacher effectiveness and in the equitable distribution of qualified teachers for all students, particularly students who are most in need;
4. Providing intensive support and effective interventions for the lowest‐performing schools.
Enhancing Education Through Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT)Technology (EETT)$650 Million (FY08 $270 M)Continues by Title I formula to statesContinues State to Local:
– 50% Title I formula– 50% Competitive
2121stst Century Learning Century Learning EnvironmentsEnvironments Core Elements
– Teacher Laptop & Productivity Tools– Presentation Device - Collaborative Learning Syst.,
Interactive White Board, LCD/Plasma TV– Projector – Learner Response Devices for Formative
Assessment & Individualized Instruction– Document Camera– Digital Camera– Video Camera– Robust Software & Digital Content– Printer
Additional Elements to Consider in Additional Elements to Consider in Tailoring a Learning EnvironmentTailoring a Learning Environment
Additional Elements Based Upon Location and Curricular Goals– Mobile Learning Lab or Centralized
Computing Stations with 5 Computers– Webcam for Teacher Computer– Flash drives for each student– Audio System
Professional DevelopmentProfessional Development
Key Issue: On-going and sustainable, job-embedded professional development is key for pre-service and in-service teachers.
Example: The Arizona IDEAL Education Portal provides teachers with access to resources and on-line professional development with the goal of improving student achievement.
Joyce & Showers (2002, 1995)Joyce & Showers (2002, 1995)
Other Infrastructure Other Infrastructure ConsiderationsConsiderationsOngoing and consistent technical
supportFormative assessment toolsRobust data systems Communication mechanisms for home
and community outreachRigorous Digital Content and on-
demand courseware
Assess Existing Processes to Improve Assess Existing Processes to Improve Sustainability (ROI)Sustainability (ROI) Saving teacher time and increased productivity Efficient uses of intervention time using data Teacher allocations versus online offerings Sending email newsletters versus hardcopy Professional development hours, sub-time, travel
replaced by relevant topics that change teaching practice.
Improved teacher retention and efficacy Economic impact of increased graduation rates and
improvement in college-readiness statistics
What Can We Do NowWhat Can We Do Now
1. Reach across states, schools, and districts
2. Think systemically
3. Consider the “funding cliff,” should be scalable and sustainable
4. Share how technology provides viable options for spending quickly while creating long-term impact for teachers and kids
5. Provide examples for how technology helps other programs meet their goals for teachers and kids
Change the Status QuoChange the Status Quo
1. Now is THE Time
2. “This is how we’ve always done it” is NOT cool
3. Be brave and make tough decisions
4. Ask the unpopular questions productively
5. Forge creative relationships and partnerships
6. Provide potential solutions to stated challenges
7. Be bold…
Change the Status Quo
Getting the Most out of the Getting the Most out of the American Recovery and Reinvestment American Recovery and Reinvestment
Act FundsAct FundsFOR TECHNOLOGYFOR TECHNOLOGY
Davis BrockDavis BrockElmore County, AlabamaElmore County, Alabama
What does the ARRA Say?What does the ARRA Say?In MY Own Words…In MY Own Words…
– Save and create jobs– Improve student achievement – Close the achievement gap – Help students from ALL backgrounds achieve high standards– Make progress toward rigorous college and career ready
standards– Make improvements in teacher effectiveness– Provide intensive support and effective interventions for the
lowest-performing schools– Decrease the number of students dropping out of school– Increase parental involvement
Technology CAN help meet ALL of these goals!
But Remember that AARA Funds But Remember that AARA Funds SHOULDSHOULD
– Be Transformational, not simply to maintain the status quo
– Be used on efforts to Improve Instructional Opportunities for ALL students
– Be used over a two-year period for one-time resources
Good plans shape good decisions. That's why Good plans shape good decisions. That's why good planning helps to make elusive dreams good planning helps to make elusive dreams come true.come true.
-- Lester R. Bittle
Develop A PLANDevelop A PLAN
– Does your system have a strategic plan? Does it have technology in it? How can the ARRA $$$ help you meet some of those technology goals?
– Look at your technology plan– see how the AARA entitlement $$$ can help you meet some of your goals.
– Align the ARRA goals to your technology goals. – Find research to support the use of technology and how
it improves student achievement for ALL students– Find research to support the need for updated
technology for teaching your 21st Century Learners.
Developing THE PLANDeveloping THE PLANThe Most Important Tool for Selling Your IdeasThe Most Important Tool for Selling Your Ideas
– Find out how much money the entitlement programs for your district are getting.
– Figure out what it will cost to implement what you want to do.– Develop your PLAN to take to the superintendent, federal programs
director, special education director and chief financial officer.• Be specific -- show how using Title I funds, IDEA funds and
other ARRA funds can be instrumental in TRANSFORMING instruction USING TECHNOLOGY
• Don’t forget Professional Development– Include how the ARRA EETT funds can SUPPLEMENT the
OTHER funds – the other guys have MUCH more $$$– Type it up, design it and make it easy to understand
Sample PlanSample PlanThe Most Important Tool for Selling Your IdeasThe Most Important Tool for Selling Your Ideas
Sample PlanSample PlanThe Most Important Tool for Selling Your IdeasThe Most Important Tool for Selling Your Ideas
Relationships of trust depend on our Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to look not only to our own willingness to look not only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.interests, but also the interests of others.
-- Peter Farquharson
GET to the TABLEGET to the TABLEIdeas Alone Won’t Sell the Plan, You have to TALKIdeas Alone Won’t Sell the Plan, You have to TALK
– Go talk to your Superintendent– Explain that using these funds to TRANSFORM
Teaching and Learning will be a SMART investment for the district.
– Show your plan– Explain that these funds will help to go BEYOND the
Status Quo and will be a LONG TERM INVESTMENT– Ask to schedule a meeting with the Superintendent, Chief
Financial Officer, Federal Programs Director, Special Education Director to Make your Case
Collaborate and BecomeCollaborate and BecomePart of the TEAMPart of the TEAM
– Meet with the Federal Programs Director and Special Education Director in a one-on-one meeting to explain your plans more specifically on how you want to spend THEIR money. Offer to take them to lunch.
– Get teachers in your schools to write statements about how technology is TRANSFORMING instruction with SPECIFIC details. Share these statements with these individuals.
– Don’t get discouraged, there is still MUCH to be determined on how the funds should be spent. Just keep communicating with these people – send them a personal note to say thanks for meeting.
– Keep communicating, send these people articles on current research about how technology is working in other districts.
NEVER Give UP!NEVER Give UP!
– Be Proactive– Keep knocking on the door – politely.– Remember that you will have 2 years to
spend the money, so there is still time to get some of the “other money.”
– Remember, whatever funds you get, is MORE than you had before – anything you get will make a difference for students!
ResourcesResources
CARET: Sponsored by ISTE, this site hosts links to multiple studies related to technology in education.
ACOT Library: Sponsored by Apple, Inc., the ACOT Library includes links to research on teacher use of technology as an instructional tool.
NETS Project: ISTE site that provides information related to the National Education Technology Standards for Students, Teachers, and Administrators. Includes the Essential Conditions for technology implementation.
The Learning Return on Our Educational Technology Investment: WestEd publication.
Partnership for 21st Century Skills: This site includes the 21st Century Skills framework and several relevant publication.
ResourcesResources
Education Statistics Quarterly: NCES publication. Sustainable Classroom Model: Washington state model for teaching
stations. INaccess: Sustainable technology classroom model for secondary
classrooms (Indiana). Standards for Staff Development: From NSDC. CoSN: This site offers several initiatives that may be relevant such as
Total Cost of Ownership. PEW Internet: General research regarding impact of
Internet/technology on American life. Workforce Readiness from 21st Century Skills group (PDF document)
- excellent resource for why technology is important
ResourcesResources
The Silent Epidemic - Dropout rate information, why students drop out, etc. (PDF file)
Promising Practices - Technology and Student Achievement (10 yrs old but still very relevant)
Apple Learning Interchange: Free registration required. Many examples of exemplary instructional use of a variety of technologies.
George Lucas Foundation: Videos and example lessons of technology supported instructional activities.
Contact InformationContact Information
Davis Brock, Director of Technology, Elmore County Public Schools, 334.567.1228, [email protected], www.elmoreco.com
Sara Hall, Deputy Director, SETDA, 410-647-2434, [email protected], www.setda.org
Hilary Goldmann, Director of Government Affairs, ISTE, 202-861-7777, [email protected], www.iste.org
Welcome Luncheon KeynoteWelcome Luncheon Keynote
David Johns
Senate HELP Committee
Session 2 – Broadband Stimulus Session 2 – Broadband Stimulus and E-Rateand E-Rate
Jon Bernstein
Bernstein Strategy Group
Key Players on Broadband and Key Players on Broadband and E-Rate PolicyE-Rate Policy Congress
– Senate: Rockefeller (D-WV), Hutchinson (R-TX), Snowe (R-ME)
– House: Waxman (D-CA), Boucher (D-VA), Barton (R-TX), Upton (R-MI), Rehberg (R-MT)
Administration– White House: OSTP, CTO– FCC: Julius Genachowski– Commerce: NTIA– Agriculture: RUS
Broadband StimulusBroadband Stimulus
Two New Pots:–$2.5 billion
Distance Learning, Telemedicine and Broadband Grant program (USDA, RUS)
–$4.7 billion – Unserved/Underserved Access to Broadband (DOC, NTIA)
Broadband Stimulus – USDA Broadband Stimulus – USDA
Only gave out $28.2 million in 2008. Stimulus: split btw grants/loans/guarantees. Current grant program rules:
– Minimum of 15% Matching Funds Required – $50,000 Minimum /$500,000 Maximum – Eligible Purposes:
• User telecom equipment, like video-conferencing or teleradiology equipment.
• Acquisition of instructional programming and technical assistance and instruction for using eligible equipment.
• Not telecommunications links.
Broadband Stimulus – USDA Broadband Stimulus – USDA
– Application Criteria: how rural the area is, economic need, the extent of matching funds, the specific need of and benefit to the community, etc.
New Rules– 75% of the area served by each
grant/loan/guarantee recipient’s project must be rural and lack sufficient access to broadband service.
– Priority for relatively heavily populated rural areas that have no broadband service.
– Focus on awards that lead to greater choice of broadband service providers for rural users.
Broadband Stimulus – DOC Broadband Stimulus – DOC
Breakdown of NTIA Funding– $3.9B for Broadband TOP– $200M for expanding public computer
center capacity at libraries/community col.
– $250M for innovation grants for sustainable broadband adoption
– $350M for broadband data mapping
Broadband Stimulus – DOCBroadband Stimulus – DOC
Broadband TOP– Goal: “Accelerating broadband
deployment in unserved and underserved areas and to strategic institutions that are likely to create jobs or provide significant public benefits.”
– Education is one of the program’s central purposes and a basis for awards.
– Complementary to/conflicting with E-Rate?
Broadband Stimulus – DOC Broadband Stimulus – DOC
Broadband TOP, cont.– Requirements
• 20% match from awardees• At least one grant award per state• All grants must be made by September
30, 2010• Projects must be completed within two
years of receiving grant– Grant Awards: Fall 2009; Winter 2009; and
Spring 2010
Broadband Stimulus – DOC Broadband Stimulus – DOC
Outstanding BTOP Issues– School District Eligibility– State notification– Matching Requirement– Defining “unserved” and
“underserved”– Eligible Uses – deployment vs.
demand– Data mapping
E-Rate – The Basics E-Rate – The Basics
Discounts to public/private schools and libraries on telecommunications, Internet access and internal connections
Discounts range between 20% and 90% $2.25 billion per year Telephone/Internet Access – Priority 1 –
paid first Internal connections – Priority 2 – paid
second; prioritized based on need Paid for by USF
E-Rate – Key IssuesE-Rate – Key Issues
Raising the Cap Making Permanent an ADA Exemption Implementing New Performance Measures Streamlining the Application Process Implementing Internet Education Safety
Law Adding Emergency Notification Systems
and Other Services to the Eligible Services List
E-Rate – The Cap E-Rate – The Cap
Annual Cap is inadequate as demand always exceeds available funding– 1998-2007: $41B requested for $23.4B available =
174% demand rate– 2009 Demand: $3.99 billion
Running out of Priority II funds – Priority I increasing; Priority II shrinking.
• 2003: Priority One – 43% of commitments• 2007: Priority One – 60% of commitments• 2008: Estimated Priority One – 80% of
commitments
E-Rate – The CapE-Rate – The Cap
Priority II Commitments by Discount Level Over Time
1 (1998-1999) 70% 6 (2003-2004) 70
2 (1999-2000) All 7 (2004-2005) 81
3 (2000-2001) 82 8 (2005-2006) 80
4 (2001-2002) 86 9 (2006-2007) 86
5 (2002-2003) 81 10 (2007-2008) 81
11 (2008-2009) 90 (estimated)
E-Rate – The CapE-Rate – The Cap
ISTE/CoSN: Raise the Cap GAO – Challenges to Position
– Declining applications for Priority II– 25% of committed funds never disbursed
• Overestimation of Need – 54% say major reason/20% minor reason
• Cancellation of building projects• Reimbursement not sought because of
paperwork complexity/staff inexperience
E-Rate – ADA ExemptionE-Rate – ADA Exemption
Anti Deficiency Act – ADA: FCC cannot obligate funds unless
sufficient dollars in accounts to cover obligations– 2004: FCC – E-Rate subject to ADA and funding
notifications are obligations. – 2004: USAC shuts down program– 2005-2009: Temporary exemptions– Exemption expires December 31, 2009– Permanent Exemption Legislation: S. 348 and
HR 2135
E-Rate – Performance MeasuresE-Rate – Performance Measures
Current Measure: K12 classroom access FCC Decision 2007– Success NOT based on academic measures
but on broadband connectivity and bandwidth
– Nothing ever implemented GAO
– No overall program goals to link measures to– Current measures seem to align with
statutory goal
Contact InformationContact Information
Jon Bernstein
Bernstein Strategy Group
202-263-2572
Session 3 – Education and Session 3 – Education and Appropriations IssuesAppropriations Issues
Moderator: Hilary Goldmann ISTE
Speakers: Chris GastonRep. Holt (D-NJ)
Matthew HusseySen. Snowe (R-ME)
Lexi SaudargasSen. Durbin (D-IL)
Session 4 – How to Do the Session 4 – How to Do the Meeting and Follow-UpMeeting and Follow-Up
Jon Bernstein
Bernstein Strategy Group
Lobbying vs. AdvocacyLobbying vs. Advocacy
Basic Rules
– Most non-profits can lobby
– School district employees receiving pay for their visit must follow state rules. Most cannot lobby.
– Everyone can advocate!!
What is Lobbying?What is Lobbying?
Supporting or opposing specific legislation
Asking for funding or legislative changes in a particular bill
The more specific you are, the more likely that you are lobbying
What if you just want to What if you just want to advocate?advocate? YOU CAN:
– Communicate directly with legislators and staff
– Tell them how Ed Tech improves teaching and learning
– Explain how federal funds and programs are making a difference
– Discuss the implementation of existing laws
– Provide analysis or research
Tips for Your Meeting: What Tips for Your Meeting: What Legislators/Staff Want to HearLegislators/Staff Want to Hear
Who you representWhy you are thereFacts, statistics and stories relevant to
your state or districtRelevance to Student
Achievement/Competitiveness!What you want – bill/letter sign-ons
Things to Remember in the Things to Remember in the MeetingMeetingBusiness CardsPraise – Earned or UnearnedBe sensitive to member interestsVendors – don’t sell product!Opportunities for Follow-up Know when it is time to go
Continue the RelationshipContinue the Relationship
Thank You lettersRegular updatesInvitations to Visit
THANK YOU ANDTHANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK! GOOD LUCK!
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