enhancing education through technology nclb title ii part d nheon/oet/nclb

Enhancing Education Through Technology

NCLB Title II Part D

http://www.nheon.org/oet/nclb

Cathy Higgins Office of Educational Technologychiggins@ed.state.nh.us Division of Program Support

May 10, 2005 NH Department of Education

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Program Goals

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1. Improve student academic achievement through the use of technology in schools

2. Assist every student to become technologically literate by the end of 8th grade

3. Encourage effective technology integration with curriculum development and high quality professional development

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Allowable Activities

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Access Increase access to technology,

especially with high need schools

Enhance existing technology and acquire new technology to support student achievement

Enhance connectivity to support student achievement

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Tech Literacy for Students Adapt and expand technology

applications, including distance learning, to increase student achievement

Implement proven and effective technology integrated courses and curricula to help students reach challenging academic standards

Develop, enhance, or implement IT courses

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Professional Development

Support ongoing, sustained, high quality PD and focus on integrating advanced technologies to create new learning environments

Prepare one or more teachers as tech leaders to assist other teachers

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Community Involvement

Use technology to promote parental involvement and foster home-school communication about assignments, curriculum, and assessments.

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Program Evaluation Use technology to collect,

manage, and analyze data to inform and enhance teaching and school improvement

Implement enhanced performance measurement systems to determine effectiveness of your Ed Tech program

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NCLB Title IID Spending Patterns in Round 3

24%

18%

7%4%

4%

3%

0%

21%

12%

2%

1%

0%

2%

2%

0%

1-Increase accessibility

2A-Acquire cmptrs & printers

2B-Acquire other tech tools

3-Connectivity, network servers, etc

4-Tech lit software & distance learning

5-Implement proven tech integrated courses& curricula6-Implement IT courses

7A-HQPD via DL courses

7B-Ongoing, sustained, intensive HQPD

8-Prepare & incent teacher tech leaders

9-Promote home-school communication

10-Collect, manage, analyze data for schoolimprovement11-Implement enhanced perf meas systems

REAP or Transfer to Another Title

Indirect Cost

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Statewide Support from Centers

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Centers Title IID competitive

funds support a network of PD centers serving each region of the state

Visit NH Educators Online (NHEON) for information about the NH Local Educational Support Center Network (LESCN)

See Appendix C in application packet

www.nheon.org/centers

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Funding Requirements

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Funding Requirements

25% for professional development

Three year district technology plans

Annual school technology survey Annual staff assessment survey CIPA compliance Non-public school notification

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Applications

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Formula Application

Visit www.nheon.org/oet for grant application information

Send Word document as email attachment

Snail mail signature pages

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Transferability & Flexibility

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Transferability Districts can:

– Transfer up to 50% between Title II-A, Title II-D, Title IV, and Title V-A

– Transfer funds into but not out of Title I

Schools identified for improvement may only transfer up to 30% of their funds.

Schools in corrective action cannot use transferability provisions.

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Questions??

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