2013-2016 Technology Plan - Osceola County School District

Providing access for students with special needs including those students with
disabilities
Providing appropriate access to external instructional service and programming
providers, such as public libraries, charter schools, remote teaching sites, home school
connections, online products and other services and
Providing access to information for decision-making by teachers and administrators
The District provides appropriate access to resources to promote the assimilation of technology
into teaching and learning. Equal student access to academic opportunities is crucial to teachers
and the support of the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) and the Common
Core State Standards (CCSS). Accessible resources include:
Well-developed Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN)
Scalability of Internet network bandwidth capacity
Laptop computers provided core teachers and majority of elective classroom teachers
District has student to computer ratio of 2.4 (Appendix F)
Assistive technology available to students with varying disabilities
Established District web presence including individual school websites
Closed-circuit, on demand digital curriculum capacity
Discovery Education Streaming
Safari Creation Station digital video content
Content-specific peripheral materials such as digital microscopes, science probes, graphing
calculators
Ubiquitous student access to subscription-based digital content, reference databases and
resources to extend the school day
Standardized classroom interactive technologies e.g. document camera, SMART Board,
SMART Slate, SMART Response system
Osceola Data Management System (ODMS) provides data research, analysis and reporting to
all teachers and administrators (Appendix F: Description of Data Systems)
Local Instruction Improvement System (LIIS) incremental implementation begins in 2013
The Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Department ensures each exceptional student the most
appropriate educational setting in the least restrictive environment. Teachers, administrators,
counselors and parents of exceptional students meet to formulate an Individual Education Plan
(IEP) annually, and as needed, during the academic year.
The charter schools receive assistance from the Management Information Services Department to
upload State mandated student information reports. ITSD supports charter schools during State
computer-based testing. Charter school administrators receive e-mail accounts provided by the
District to facilitate communication.
Full-time, benefitted employees of the School District of Osceola County have a First Class e-
mail account, which allows for immediate exchanges of information and collaboration. The
District Help Desk provides password assistance to employees and generates technical incident
tickets. The Help Desk uses the iHEAT application to view, assign and manage these technical
service calls for resolution.
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2013 Educational Technology Plan School District of Osceola County Florida