Information Technology Planning

 

The Stephens Group has helped numerous School Districts create innovative Information Technology Plans that meet State criteria for certification and meets E-Rate criteria and are based on research and best practices for improving student achievement.

We provide you a toolk of reesources to help you with the planning process. Resources include:

  • Trained facilitators to work with your stakeholders
  • Web 2.0 tools to help stakeholders collaborate and share progress on the plan virtually
  • Secretarial help in formatting and writing the plan so that it is coherent and ready to share with the School Board
  • Sample policies
  • Current educational research on the use of technology to improve student achievement


Our consultants are trained facilitators that can guide you through the process of involving stakeholders in creating your District's vision for Information Technology. All Stephens Group consultants have worked as school district administrators, technology coordinators or library media specialists and understand the complexities of today's educational environment.


The Stephens Group can also help you select or create evaluation tools to provide credible data to support your decisions.  Current educational research on using information and technology to improve student achievement is used in the planning process.

What our clients say about our planning process:

I enjoyed getting to know others in the district & their concerns and areas of expertise, lots accomplished, well organized.

Collaboration was essential and very beneficial for building an understanding & developing action plans

The structure with the Google docs and the great wiki make this very efficient.  Cool set up!

The conversations made me feel as though all of us are on the same page.

Having a variety of people involved brought great perspective to the discussion.

Additional Services

The Stephens Group can also provide:

  • District needs assessments
  • Help with purchasing equipment
  • Negotiate with vendors
  • Write RFPs
  • Create job descriptions
  • Write and update information technology policies
  • Create hardware/software and web access forms


Read our article: Practical Advice for Creating Information Technology Plans

 

Examples of Information Technology Plans The Stephens Group has facilitated:

New Berlin School District

Oshkosh School District

Mequon Thiensville School District

Kenosha Unified School District

If you are interested in having The Stephens Group assit your District with their Information Technology Plan call 262.327.1012.