Back to Home Page

DRAFT

California School Technology Survey 2003-2004

 

1.            SCHOOL PROFILE

 

District: Amador County Unified                       School: Jackson Junior High

 

Number of Teachers (include credentialed teachers, those on emergency credentials, and part time teachers) 22

 

Name of the site principal: David Vicari

 

Person completing the survey: Dan Grattan

 

Title: Teacher/Site Coordinator               Phone 209 223-1141

 

Email: dtg@cdepot.net  

 

Number of instructional classrooms (including the library) in your school: 20

(do not include your school’s gymnasium)

 

Is this site a multi-track year around school?               rYes                XNo       

If yes, what is the highest number of students who are on track at any one time?                                               

 

2.            TECHNOLOGY PLAN

  1. Was your school involved in the creation/updating of your district technology plan?

            XYes                rNo    rDon’t know

 

  1. Does your school have a site plan that includes technology planning (this could be a separate plan or it could be a school improvement plan that addresses using technology to improve teaching, learning and overall school management)?                    XYes    rNo    rDon’t know

 

Enter the URL of your school’s technology plan: http://jjhsjag.com

 

3.            Equipment

 

  1. How many computers (including all desktops, laptops, thin clients) for instructional use 

(including computers used by teachers for instruction) are there at your site?   110

 

  1. Of the computers in question (a), how many are:

less than 1 year old                                                60

between 1 year old and less than 2 years old            25

between 2 years old and less than 3 years old          0

between 3 years old and less than 4 years old          5

More than 4 years old                                            20

 

  1. Where are the computers reported in question (a) located?

 

Location                                               Number of computers at that location

Classrooms                                                                        83

Computer labs                                                                   25

Library/media center                                                          2

Other (please specify                             )                           0

 

  1. Of the computers in question (a), how many are connected to the Internet via a permanent (non-dial-up) connection?                                                                                                                                                60

 

  1. How many computers do you expect to acquire this fiscal year from all public

or private sources?                                                                                                                   12

 

  1. How many computers reported in question (a) do you expect to retire this fiscal year?     12

 

  1. Does your school participate in any formal program involving use of student-owned laptops to address technology access at your school?                                      rYes               XNo     rDon’t know

 

  1. How many Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are there for instructional use at the site?            0

 

  1. How many rooms at the school site have video conferencing capabilities?                                   0

 

  1. Does your school have sufficient electrical capacity to achieve a 4:1 student-to-computer ratio? Note: It is very important that this question be answered accurately.  If you do not know, please indicate so.         

rYes               XNo    r         Don’t know      This will be addressed by Modernization.

 

4.            Connectivity

 

a.       Is your school connected to the Internet by a permanent

(non-dial-up) connection?                                                         XYes          rNo         rDon’t know

 

b.       What is the total number of your classrooms that are connected to

the Internet by a permanent (non-dial-up) connection?                                   10

5.            Technical Support

 

  1. When hardware breaks at your site, how long does it usually take to fix the problem?

r      2 hours or less

r      More than 2 hours, but by the end of the day

r      Within 2 to 5 work days

r      More than a week but less than a month

r      A month or more

 

  1. When teachers request technical support (such as help with system freezes/crashes), how long does it take to get this support?

r      2 hours or less

r      More than 2 hours, but by the end of the day

r      Within 2 to 5 work days

r      More than a week but less than a month

r      Text Box: Examples 1.0 FTE = full time faculty or staff member .5 FTE = half time person or teacher with 1/2 time devoted out of classroom .2 FTE = person working 1 day/week or stipended teacher using 1-2 hr/day

 

A month or more

 

 

 

  1. In units of full-time equivalent (FTE) personnel, how much paid technical support does

your school have in total, counting both technical staff and teachers who have been given specific assignments for technical support?  Report only site-based technical support personnel, not curriculum development or staff development positions related to technology.

 

Certificated FTE                                               .1

Classified FTE                                                  .1

 


 

 

  1. How many hours per week do students or other non-school staff spend providing technical support

to your school?  Note that student positions may be paid or volunteer.

 

Type of Technical Support

Hours per week

Contracted vendor services

 

10

Students

 

 

Others, including volunteers

 

 

 

Text Box: Examples 1.0 FTE = full time faculty or staff member .5 FTE = half time person or teacher with 1/2 time devoted out of classroom .2 FTE = person working 1 day/week or stipended teacher using 1-2 hr/day

 

 

 


 

6.            Curriculum Support

 

a.       When teachers need help with integrating technology into the curriculum (such as understanding how to use Web resources in a unit on Egyptian history), how long does it take to get this support?

r      2 hours or less

r      More than 2 hours, but by the end of the day

r      Within 2 to 5 work days

r      More than a week but less than a month

r      A month or more

 

b.       In units of full-time equivalent (FTE) personnel as indicated below, who provides your support for integration of technology into the curriculum?  Report only site-based staff; do not include district office staff; these individuals should be included in the district survey.  Please report only curriculum support or staff development positions related to technology, not technical support personnel.

 

 

Curriculum Support for Technology Use

Certificated

FTE

Classified

FTE

Staff Development Coordinator (responsible for designing and implementing growth activities in technology use and integration)

 

 

Technology Resource Teacher (responsible for assisting with classroom teachers with technology integration)

.1

 

Other

 

 

 

Total School Technology Personnel

.1

 

 


 

7.            Technology Use

 

a.       What percent of teachers at the site have an email account provided by the district/site?                      50%

 

b.      What percent of administrators at the site have an email account provided by the district/site?              100%

 

c.       Does the school have policies that encourage home-school communication via:

                     i.      Email             rYes               rNo

                   ii.      Voice mail                 rYes               rNo

                  iii.      Teacher web pages    rYes               rNo

                 iv.      School web pages     rYes               rNo

 

d.      How often and in what subjects is technology (computers, hand-held electronic devices such as PDAs or calculators, the Internet, digital cameras, video equipment, etc.) used?

Reading/language arts

 

r Daily            r 2-5 days/week         

r Between once a week and monthly

r Less than monthly     r Never

Mathematics

r Daily            r 2-5 days/week         

r Between once a week and monthly

r Less than monthly     r Never

Science

r Daily            r 2-5 days/week         

r Between once a week and monthly

r Less than monthly     r Never

History/Social Science

r Daily            r 2-5 days/week         

r Between once a week and monthly

r Less than monthly     r Never

 

e.       Please respond to the following descriptions of teachers’ use of technology:

 

Descriptions of teachers’ professional use of technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teachers use technology to:

 

None of the teachers at the site use technology this way

More than 0 but less than 25% of the teachers at the site use technology this way

25% to less than 50% of the teachers at the site use technology this way

50% to less than 75% of the teachers at the site use technology this way

75% to 100% of the teachers at the site use technology this way

create instructional materials and/or develop lesson plans

1

2

3

4

5

deliver classroom instruction

1

2

3

4

5

record student information (such as grades or attendance)

1

2

3

4

5

communicate with colleagues

1

2

3

4

5

communicate with students at home

1

2

3

4

5

access model lesson plans and/or best practices

1

2

3

4

5

monitor individual student progress

1

2

3

4

5

 


 

 

f.        Please respond to the following descriptions of administrators’ use of technology:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrators use technology:

 

None of the administrators at the site use technology this way

More than 0 but less than 25% of the administrators at the site use technology this way

25% to less than 50% of the administrators at the site use technology this way

50% to less than 75% of the administrators at the site use technology this way

75% to 100% of the administrators at the site use technology this way

as a tool in school financial and/or personnel management

1

2

3

4

5

to analyze and monitor student achievement data

1

2

3

4

5

to assist with instructional leadership and management strategies regarding the use of instructional technology to improve pupil performance.

1

2

3

4

5

to monitor the professional development needs of their staff

1

2

3

4

5

to communicate with parents via email

1

2

3

4

5

to communicate with the district office or other sites via email

1

2

3

4

5

 

g.       Please respond to the following descriptions of students’ use of technology:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students use technology for:

 

None of the students at the site use technology this way

More than 0 but less than 25% of the students at the site use technology this way

25% to less than 50% of the students at the site use technology this way

50% to less than 75% of the students at the site use technology this way

75% to 100% of the students at the site use technology this way

word processing

 

1

2

3

4

5

accessing content-specific software or web-based resources such as those listed on CLRN (http://www.clrn.org)

1

2

3

4

5

research, using the Internet or CD-ROMs

1

2

3

4

5

creating reports or projects

1

2

3

4

5

demonstrations or simulations

1

2

3

4

5

corresponding with experts, authors, students from other schools, etc., via email and/or Internet

1

2

3

4

5