Current Status/Moving Forward
Are North Carolina school leaders at the state-, district- and local- levels prepared to lead and create a vision for 21st century education?
It is the responsibility of leadership at all levels in North Carolina's public school system to define, implement, and evaluate 21st century learning. Creating 21st century learning environments is not about investing only in technology but also investing in people and creating a culture appropriate for 21st century learning.
Clearly these planning efforts must begin at the state level. In order to assure that schools create a culture that embraces change as dynamic continuous improvement, the NCDPI must create avenues for developing the skills of North Carolina administrators to facilitate teaching, learning, and
working in a 21st Century education environment.
Are professional growth programs/opportunities available to prepare teachers and administrators to lead 21st century learning environments?
Cleveland County will identify, promote, and provide opportunities for educators to upgrade professional skills and certifications. Additionally, opportunities for educators to develop skills needed for participation in the online learning community need to be implemented.
Alignment to Other Plans and Initiatives:
Strategic Priority 5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts
Cleveland County Schools will utilize and align with the following key initiatives/plans to reach for the vision and complete the strategic priorities of our plan...
ACRE
Create a comprehensive, customized professional development system to provide teachers and administrators
with the skills and understandings needed to use data to inform instructional practice and make formative assessments a daily practice in the classroom.
Career and College Ready, Set, Go!
Implement the Student learning Conditions survey to find out how we need to change our classrooms and schools so kids
learn and stay in school.
Expand the transformation model to partner with low performing schools.
Provide incentives to ensure there are Highly Qualified teachers in every classroom especially in hard to staff schools and/or hard to
staff content areas (Science and Math).
Increase the use of technology for providing professional development opportunities for teachers.
Race to the Top Local and State Scopes of Work
Provide and support student, teacher, and administrator access to Learner Management System, Learning Object Repository, and web collaboration tools.
Participate in the evaluation of the RttT initiatives and use the resulting evaluation data and conclusions to improve effectiveness.
Utilize the evaluation tool and process as a primary factor in teacher and principal development plans and decisions related to promotion, retention and removal. Provide evaluation results to the State by submitting summary ratings.
Integrate student growth data into teacher and principal evaluations.
Recruit and increase the concentration of highly-effective teachers and leaders in schools. Provide feedback for preparation, certification and alternative licensure programs.
Establish communication process with regional preparation programs to strengthen programs and increase success of first-year educators.
Establish or extend existing partnerships with North Carolina colleges and universities. Provide access to effective, high-quality, job-embedded, data-informed professional
development and support for educators with objectives aligned to the Race to the Top Initiatives.
Measure, evaluate and improve professional development and support.
Common Core / Essential Standards
5: 21st Century Leadership for All Schools and Districts Suggested Goals/Targets Year 1 July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013 Year 2 July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014 Yearly Evaluation Evaluation
Method(s) DPI Use Create and lead a
vision for 21st century education by
providing
opportunities for growth individually and whole school growth Continuing Education, PLCs, Administrative Committees, Update Policies as needed, Technology Survey Technology Services Technology Facilitators Curriculum Technology Coordinators Continuing Education, PLCs, Administrative Committees, Update Policies as needed, Technology Survey Technology Services Technology Facilitators Curriculum Technology Coordinators AMTR data 21st Century classrooms, Advanced Degree, Updated Policies in place Create 21st century learning cultures by providing conferences, meetings, committees, learning opportunities, and PLC activities Continuing Education, PLCs, Administrative Committees, Technology Survey Technology Services Technology Facilitators Curriculum Technology Coordinators Continuing Education, PLCs, Administrative Committees, Technology Survey Technology Services Technology Facilitators Curriculum Technology Coordinators AMTR data 21st Century classrooms Survey results, Certifications , Advanced Degrees
Prepare teachers and administrators to lead 21st century learning environments Continue to provide learning opportunities for future administrators and professional development Curriculum Technology Services Technology Facilitators Curriculum Technology Coordinators Continue to provide learning opportunities for future administrators and professional development Curriculum Technology Services Technology Facilitators Curriculum Technology Coordinators AMTR data 21st Century classrooms Evaluations from online staff development program
Develop strategic partnerships with community and business to promote 21st Century learning. Continue “Community Breakfast” , Summer Math Academy, and other initiatives that invite stakeholders and business leaders into our schools Superintendent Technology Services Communications Continue “Community Breakfast”, Summer Math Academy and other initiatives that invite stakeholders and business leaders into our schools Superintendent Technology Services Communications
2010 - 2011 Annual Media and Technology Report District Name : Cleveland County Schools North Carolina Department of Public Instruction LEA Code : 230000
Section I:
Computers, Laptops, Handhelds and Operating Systems
Instructional Administrative
No Description Medi
a
Gen/ Gen/ Career Career Office/ Media Admin
/ Teache r Row Cente r
Acad Acad Tech Ed Tech
Ed
SIMS/ Center Other Dedicat
ed
Total s
Clsrm Lab Clsrrm Lab NCWise Admin
Compu ter
101 Pentium IV & above Desktop Computers
0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 97
102 Pentium III and below Desktop Computers (nothing below a Pentium) 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 103 Apple/MAC Intel Based Desktop Computers 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 104 G3/G4/G5 Desktop Computers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
105 Pentium IV & above Laptop Computers
0 0 0 0 0 104 0 0 0 104
106 Pentium III and below Laptop Computers (nothing below Pentium) 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 19 107 Apple/MAC Intel Based Laptop Computers 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 108 G4/G3 and below Laptop Computers (nothing below PowerPC) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 "Netbooks, Tablets and minis - screen size 10 inches and smaller" 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 110 Computers on Thin Client 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 Computers on Multi Desktop Solution 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 Totals 101 to 111 (Updated when the cursor is moved) 0 0 0 0 0 260 0 0 0 260 113 iPod Touch 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 114 Palm OS 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 115 Windows Mobile 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 116 HP iPAQ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
117 Nokia (has no phone access)
118 Totals 113 to 117 (Updated when the cursor is moved) 0 0 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 119 Blackberry 0 0 0 0 0 52 0 0 0 52 120 iPhone 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 121 Windows Mobile Phones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 122 Palm Pre 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 123 Palm OS Phones (Treo/Centro) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 124 Droid 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 125 Nokia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 Totals 119 to 125 (Updated when the cursor is moved)
0 0 0 0 0 64 0 0 0 64
127 How many of the above computers connect to the Network/Internet? 260 128 How many computers were purchased for this site during the school year
24
129 How many computers were discarded from this site during the school year?
5
130 How many of the above PC computers and laptops run on Windows Legacy?
0
131 How many of the above PC compters and laptops run on Windows XP?
233
132 How many of the above PC computers and laptops run on Vista/Windows 7
27
133 How many of the above MAC computers and laptops run on Legacy OS
0
134 How many of the above MAC computers and laptops run on OS 10.1 to 10.3
0
135 How many of the above MAC computers and laptops run on OS 10.4 and higher?
136 How many of the above computers run on another OS? 0 Section II: Peripherals and Audiovisual Equipment No Description Class room Comp uter
Media Admin Row
Lab Totals
201 "Graphical Scanners / Digitizers (flatbed, handheld, etc.)"
0 0 0 11 11
202 "Data Scanner (I.e., NCWISE, Media Automation Scanners, Testing, VoCATS)"
0 0 0 3 3
203 Digital Camera (Still and Moving) 0 0 0 10 10 204 Document Cameras 0 0 0 3 3 205 Desktop Video Conferencing Cameras (built in or external) 0 0 0 27 27 206 Data/Video Projectors 0 0 0 14 14 207 Interactive Whiteboards 0 0 0 0 0 208 Interactive Tablets 0 0 0 0 0 209 Student Reponse Systems (individual count) 0 0 0 0 0 210 GPS Devices 0 0 0 8 8 211 MPeg Players (MP3/MP4/iPod/etc.) 0 0 0 33 33 212 Televisions LCD/Digital 0 0 0 0 0 213 Interactive Tables (Smart Tables) 0 0 0 0 0 214 Interactive Overlays 0 0 0 0 0 215 Interactive Podium (symposium) 0 0 0 1 1
District Level Questions - Part 1
No Description Answ
er 101 Does your district
have a WAN?
YES 102 Do you share your
WAN with a local government agencies?
NO
WAN with the community college? 104 Do you share your
WAN with a Higher Education Institute?
NO
105 Do you share your WAN with other school districts?
NO
106 "List your Primary ISP here. (Embarq, AT&T, ITS, NCREN)"
NCR EN
107 Do you have a written service level agreement in place with your district Internet Service Provider?
YES
108 List your proxy solution.
squid 109 Which describes how
your proxy server is managed? (ITS)
Distri buted at all sites 110 Do you use Private
Internet Addressing (ie: 10.0.0.0)?
Yes
111 Which firewall solution is in place for your school district?
Sonic Wall Pro 112 "If other, please, list
your firewall solution." 113 What Internet filtering system do you use? Other
114 "If other, please, list your Internet filtering system."
Light Speed 115 Does your district
have an email server?
YES
116 Does your district have an Intranet?
YES 117 Does your district
have a Website?
YES 118 "If yes, enter your
Web address here: (Please do not include http:// before your URL)" www. clevel andco untys chool s.org 119 What Caching
product are you using? (ITS)
web cachi ng
have an Acceptable Use Policy? District Level Questions - Part 2
No Description Answ
er 201 Do you have a CTO
position in your LEA? NO 202 Do you employ a full-time Technology Director? YES 203 Do you employ a full-time Media Supervisor? NO
204 How many full-time school-level Media Coordinator positions does your LEA employ?
26
205 How many full-time school-level Media Assistant positions does your LEA employ?
10
206 How many full-time district-level Technology Coordinator positions does your LEA employ?
0
207 How many full-time school-level Technology Facilitator positions does your LEA employ?
22
208 How many full-time school-level Technology Assistant positions does your LEA employ?
0
209 How many district- level Technician I positions does your LEA employ?
2
210 How many district- level Technician II positions does your LEA employ?
3
211 How many district- level Technician III positions does your LEA employ?
2
district-level LAN engineer positions does your LEA employ?
213 How many full-time district-level WAN engineer positions does your LEA employ?
1
214 How many full-time SIMS/NCWISE Data Managers are located at the Elementary schools in your district? (NC Wise)
18
215 How many part-time SIMS/NCWISE Data Managers are located at the Elementary schools in your district? (NC Wise)
0
216 How many full-time SIMS/NCWISE Data Managers are located at the Middle schools in your district? (NC Wise)
4
217 How many part-time SIMS/NCWISE Data Managers are located at the Middle schools in your district? (NC Wise)
0
218 How many full- timeSIMS/NCWISE Data Managers are located at the High schools in your district? (NC Wise)
0
219 How many part- timeSIMS/NCWISE Data Managers are located at the High schools in your district? (NC Wise) 4 220 Is there a SIMS/NCWISE Coordinator in place in your school district? YES
221 "How many full-time district-level
technology related positions, that do NOT fall into any of the categories (ques. 201-220) above, does
your LEA employ?" 222 "How many full-time
school-level technology related positions, that do NOT fall into any of the categories (ques. 201-220) above, does your LEA employ?"
1
223 "How many part- time district-level technology related positions, that do NOT fall into any of the categories (ques. 201-220) above, does your LEA employ?"
0
224 "How many part- time school-level technology related positions, that do NOT fall into any of the categories (ques. 201-220) above, does your LEA employ?"
0
225 What tool does the district use to assess Teacher Proficiency in the use of Technology? surve y 226 Number of Teachers Proficient in Technology 1007 227 Number of Library Media Specialist Proficient in Technology 26 228 Number of Administrators Proficient in Technology 67
District Level Questions - Part 3 No Description Answ er 301 What percentage of your technical support is contracted services? None
302 "Does your AS400 have a LAN card? If yes, is it ethernet (10/100 or better) or token ring?" Ether net 303 Is your AS400 connected to your YES
LAN?
304 "What is the model of your AS400? (170, 270, 720, 730, 830)"
720
305 "What is the version of your AS400 Operating system? (V4R5MO, V5RI M0, etc.)" V5RI 306 What percentage of the schools in your district have a campus-wide LAN? 100 307 Is there a board approved network security policy in place for your school district ?
YES
308 "Does your school district have a ""District Network Security
Administrator"" in place: i.e. a district level staff member that coordinates the assignment, management, and access control for applications?"
NO
309 Do you have board- approved policies or procedures in place to protect the privacy of student data?
YES
310 What is the primary network operating system in your school district? Novel l Netw are 6.x 311 "If other, please, list
your primary network operating system." 312 What is the secondary network operating system in your school district?
Wind ows 2003 313 "If other, please, list
your secondary network operating system."
314 What ASD tool are you using?
Zenw orks 315 "If other, please, list
your ASD tool."
316 What Backup product are you using? (ITS)
Netw orker 317 What is the
predominate wiring standard used in your schools? (ITS)
Cat5e
318 What wiring standard are you using in new construction? (ITS)
Cat6
319 Does your district use any of the following database management systems?
MS SQL
320 "If other, please, list your database management system."
District Level Questions - Part 4 No Description Answ er 401 What is your predominant wide area network bandwidth to schools? (All are Mbps readings.)
1.5 / 1.54 Mbps (T1)
402 "If other, please, list your network bandwidth to your schools. (Please be sure it is not listed above)"
403 Do you know the Average Percentage of Bandwidth used during working hours in your LEA?
404 "If yes, what is the average?"
0 405 What is your
predominant wide area network bandwidth from the district to your ISP? All are Mbps readings.
406 "If other, please, list your network bandwidth from the district to your ISP. (Please be sure it is not listed above)"
407 What is the speed of your Wireless Wide Area Network?
11 mb 408 What is the brand of
your wireless WAN solution?
Cisco
409 What is the speed of your Wireless Local Area Network?
100 mb 410 What is the brand of
your wireless LAN solution?
Cisco
411 What brand of Routers do you use?
Cisco 412 "If you entered Other
or Several different brands, please list the brand(s) of your routers."
413 How many network routers / switches do you have in your LEA?
282
District Level Questions - Part 5
No Description Answ
er 501 How many Intel
Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have?
1
502 How many Intel Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have?
1
503 How many Intel Based Applications Servers District- Wide do you have?
6
504 How many other Intel Based Servers District-Wide do you have?
3
505 Totals (Updated when the cursor is moved)
11
506 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Intel Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have?"
Dell
507 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Intel Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have?"
508 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Intel Based Applications Servers District- Wide do you have?"
Dell
509 "What are the brands (IBM, Dell, etc) of the other Intel Based Servers District- Wide?" Dell 510 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Intel Based Email Servers District-Wide?"
511 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Intel Based Web Servers District-Wide?" Micro soft 512 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Intel Based Applications Servers District- Wide?" 513 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the other Intel Based Applications Servers District-Wide?" 514 How many Macintosh Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have? 0 515 How many Macintosh Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have? 0 516 How many Macintosh Based Applications Servers District-Wide do you have? 0
517 How many other Macintosh Based Servers District- Wide do you have?
0
518 Totals (Updated when the cursor is
moved) 519 What brand of Macintosh Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have? 0 520 What brand of Macintosh Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have? 0 521 What brand of Macintosh Based Applications Servers District-Wide do you have? 0
522 What are the brands of the other Macintosh Based Servers District- Wide? 0 523 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Macintosh Based Email Servers District-Wide?" 0 524 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Macintosh Based Web Servers District-Wide?" 0 525 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Macintosh Based Applications Servers District-Wide?" 0 526 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the other Macintosh Based Applications Servers District-Wide?"
0
527 How many Unix Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have?
0
528 How many Unix Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have?
529 How many Unix Based Applications Servers District- Wide do you have?
0
530 How many other Unix Based Servers District-Wide do you have?
0
531 Totals (Updated when the cursor is moved)
0
532 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Unix Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have?"
533 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Unix Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have?"
534 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Unix Based Applications Servers District- Wide do you have?"
535 "What are the brands (IBM, Dell, etc) of the other Unix Based Servers District- Wide?" 536 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Unix Based Email Servers District-Wide?"
537 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Unix Based Web Servers District-Wide?"
538 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Unix Based Applications Servers District- Wide?" 539 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the other Intel Based
Applications Servers District-Wide?"
540 How many Linux Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have?
0
541 How many Linux Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have?
1
542 How many Linux Based Applications Servers District- Wide do you have?
3
543 How many other Linux Based Servers District-Wide do you have?
0
544 Totals (Updated when the cursor is moved)
4
545 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Linux Based Email Servers District-Wide do you have?"
546 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Linux Based Web Servers District-Wide do you have?"
547 "What brand (IBM, Dell, etc) of Linux Based Applications Servers District- Wide do you have?"
Dell
548 "What are the brands (IBM, Dell, etc) of the other Linux Based Servers District-Wide?" 549 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Linux Based Email Servers District-Wide?"
550 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Linux Based Web Servers District-Wide?"
551 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the Linux Based Applications Servers District-
Wide?"
552 "What directory services (Novell, Microsoft) do you have on the other Linux Based Applications Servers District-Wide?"
553 "What software Solution do you use for email? (Exchange, FirstClass, Groupwise, IMail, etc)" First Class
554 "Do you have an online technology problem, repair request, or tracking system in place?"
YES
555 Do you have a LEA level Help Desk?
NO 556 "If yes, please give
the phone number used to reach your Help Desk."
557 Does your LEA plant maintenance
department have an online repair request or tracking system in place? YES 558 Do you have a Training/Professiona l Development lab at the district level?
YES
559 Do you offer online Professional Development?
YES
560 Do you offer locally created online professional development courses? YES 561 Do you have a procedure for awarding CEU's for online staff
development?
YES
562 Do you have a district level Media and Technology Advisory Committee?
YES
563 "If yes, how often does your Media and