Information Technology Planning

The Stephens Group has helped numerous districts create a Strategic Combined Information Technology Plan that meets State criteria for certification.

Our consultants are trained facilitators that can guide you through the process of involving stakeholders in creating your District's vision for Information Technology. The Stephens Group can also assist your District with completing a needs assessment to help determine your District's needs.

The Stephens Group can also help you select or create evaluation tools to provide credible data to support your decisions.

Upcoming Presentations, Publications, and Resources:

Read our article: Practical Advice for Creating Information Technology Plans

Visit our Information Technology Planning Wiki which contains research helpful to creating your plan

The Stephens Group is presenting on Web 2.0 Tools for Information Technology Planning at the Wisconsin Educational Technology Media Association (WEMTA) on April 7th, 2008 from 11-12pm in the Directors 7 room. We will be talking about how we are using tools such as Basecamp, Moodle and Google Docs can be used to help the planning process.

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

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.

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