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Chittenden Central Supervisory Union
Serving the Essex Junction, Essex Union #46, and Westford Schools

Chittenden Central Supervisory Union

PreK-12 Educational Technology

Vision and Mission

 

“Enhancing education through the integration of technology”

  

It is our belief that technology has the greatest potential to leverage student achievement when it is fully integrated into curricular areas in such a clear way that outcomes are measurable.  Further, it is our belief that successful integration can only occur when there is vision, leadership, professional development and support, and on-going assessment of our effectiveness.

Toward that end, the vision of Chittenden Central Supervisory Union is to increase student achievement by integrating educational technology into the curriculum to enable learners to effectively access and interact in an information-driven, technologically literate society. CCSU will promote a positive learning environment in which teachers and students have equitable access and opportunity to use technology and information literacy skills in all learning environments as tools to enhance problem solving, communication, and productivity.

The primary mission of educational technology integration is to improve student learning and academic achievement through the utilization of 21st century technological tools by ensuring all students reach a degree of proficiency as technologically literate students as a result of the work of technologically literate teachers.

Leadership in Educational Technology will provide resources designed to help teachers use technology to enhance student learning in focal curricular areas. Educational support may include, but is not limited: to library media services; web-based learning; curricular integration mapping; classroom-based instructional support; and educational technology training on an individual, small group, school-wide, or system-wide basis.   Areas of educational support include:

Integrated Curriculum:

  • Framing curricula to explicitly addresses the integration of technology

  • Identifying content-aligned, technology-based instructional strategies to support the implementation of curricula

  • Maximizing the impact of existing technology resources in targeted curricular areas

 

Direct and Embedded Professional Development and School Planning:

  • Designing responsive, relevant training through live and on-line opportunities to improve teachers’ capacity to integrate technology into targeted curricular areas

  • Providing training opportunities to enhance the achievement of all students

  • Engaging the community in understanding the role of technology in schools

 

Teaching and Learning Support:

  • Supporting educators in the development of individual professional development plans that include technology integration skills

  • Coaching educators and students in school and classroom use of technology tools to enhance teaching and expand learning opportunities

  • Ensuring that responsible and efficient use of hardware and software is supported by both educational and technical assistance

 

We are proud of the vision for technology that we have created in CCSU. We believe our 2007-2009 Technology Plan supports that vision, along with the most responsible, realistic paths to achieving it.  We are fortunate to have an established IT department that works in full partnership to support the educational initiatives of the district by making the needs of teachers and students an established priority. Sufficient technical support and integration staff must also remain a priority if we are to continue to address our goals.

Our 2007-2009 goals for the new CCSU Educational Technology Plan will continue to focus on using technology to improve teaching and learning and developing tools to measure teacher and student progress toward those outcomes. As with our previous plan, our goals will be realistic, attainable, and designed to achieve the greatest results in the areas of achievement, equity, and technology-enhanced working and learning environments. They will also include everything else that must be in place in order for this to happen.  CCSU-distributed technology leadership, professional development, educational technology integration expertise, and IT support will be our most valuable tools in achieving our goals.  We’re fully aligned and ready to move forward.

 

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