State and Local Educational Technology Plan Guidance
No Child Behind Act 2001
"The 15 Points"
An State Education Agency (SEA) seeking Ed Tech funds through an individual program application must submit a new or updated statewide long-range strategic educational technology plan that considers the educational technology needs of Local Education Agency (LEAs) in the State. The application must contain –
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Strategies for improving academic achievement – an outline of the SEA’s long-term strategies for improving student academic achievement, including technology literacy, through the effective use of technology in classrooms throughout the State, including through improving the capacity of teachers to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction.
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Goals – a description of the SEA’s goals for using advanced technology to improve student academic achievement, aligned with challenging State academic content and student academic achievement standards.
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Steps to increase accessibility – a description of the steps the SEA will take to ensure increased access to technology for all students and teachers, particularly those in high-need LEAs.
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Accountability measures – a description of the process and accountability measures that the SEA will use to evaluate the extent to which activities funded under the program are effective in integrating technology into curricula and instruction.
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Innovative delivery strategies – a description of how the SEA will encourage the development and use of innovative strategies for the delivery of specialized or rigorous courses and curricula through the use of technology, including distance learning technologies, particularly in locations that would not otherwise have access to such courses or curricula due to geographical distances or insufficient resources.
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Non-supplant assurance – an assurance that financial resources provided under the Ed Tech program will supplement, and not supplant, State and local funds.
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Professional and curricular development – a description of how the plan incorporates teacher education, professional development, and curriculum development, and how the SEA will work to ensure that teachers and principals are technologically literate.
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Technical assistance – a description of how the SEA will provide technical assistance to applicants seeking Ed Tech funds, especially to those applicants serving the highest numbers or percentages of children in poverty or with the greatest need for technical assistance; and a description of the SEA’s capacity to provide technical assistance.
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Technology resources and systems – a description of technology resources and systems that the State will provide for the purpose of establishing best practices that can be widely implemented by SEAs and LEAs.
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Strategies for financing technology – a description of the State’s long-term strategies for financing technology to ensure that all students, teachers, and classrooms will have access to technology.
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Strategies for parental involvement – a description of the State’s strategies for using technology to increase parental involvement.
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Competitive grant description – a description of how the SEA will ensure that Ed Tech competitive grants are of sufficient size and duration, and that the projects funded by the grants are of sufficient scope and quality, to carry out the purposes of the program effectively.
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Integration of technology with curricula and instruction – a description of how the SEA will ensure ongoing integration of technology into school curricula and instructional strategies in all schools, so that technology will be fully integrated into curricula and instruction by December 31, 2006.
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Incentives – a description of how LEAs in the State will provide incentives to teachers who are technologically literate and teaching in rural or urban areas to remain in those areas.
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Support – a description of how public and private entities will participate in the implementation and support of the plan.