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Section 1: Strategies for Improving Academic Achievement and Teacher Effectiveness
The Mission of the Midwest City - Del City Public School District: When the students enter our schools, they will be safe. When they enter our classrooms, they will be challenged. When they leave our schools, they will be ready.

In a concerted effort to apply those three tenants to the use of technology in teaching and learning, the Mid-Del School District envisions and plans for technology implementations that address five basic areas:

1. Student achievement centered programs that focus on skills and ethics 2. Adequate teacher training that includes proper support throughout implementation and use 3. Supporyt for Anytime / Anywhere learning 4. Increased broadband access coupled with the responsible behavior in using that access 5. Integrated systems that increase productivity and decrease redundancy

This is a documentation of long-term strategies for improvement of achievement through effective use of technology in classrooms. The focus is to improve the capacity of teachers to integrate technology effectively into curricula and instruction.

The Mid-Del School System utilizes a variety of strategies that integrate technology to improve student achievement. The hallmark of Mid-Del implementations is that no technology is implemented for technology’s sake. Although we are on the cutting edge of educational technology, all implementation is the result of careful consideration and identification of specific academic achievement goals. Technology must empower and enable students to reach learning goals.

The district also includes a strong professional development component with every implementation. In addition to educational application training, ongoing support is provided through on-site mentors called STEP (Sharing Technological Educational Practices) Educators. This ongoing support is essential to continuous improvement of the integration efforts necessary to support and maintain student learning.

The list of strategies that follows encapsulates the current approach for the district. A number of the strategies have been in place for several years. There are also several projects still in the implementation phase. This is a testament to the vigilance of the district to provide the best solution for each specific need. Although the list is not exhaustive, it does represent the major district wide programs currently in use.


 * **Strategy** || **Application/Program** || **Implementation** ||
 * Integration Training and Mentoring || STEP Educator Program / Instructional Facilitator || 2003 / 2008 ||
 * Teacher Technical Support || CORE and SITE technicians || 2003 ||
 * Individualized Tutor LEAD Remediation || Read Naturally || 2004 ||
 * Reading Assessment || SRI || 2004 ||
 * Reading Assessment K-3 || DIBELS Online Database || 2005 ||
 * Algebra I Instruction || T-3 Graphing Calculators || 2005 ||
 * Alternative Curriculum || A+ || 2005 ||
 * Distance Learning || Polycom || 2005 ||
 * Science Reasoning || Vernier Probes || 2005 ||
 * Technology Literacy (Teacher) || STEP Educator Program || 2005 ||
 * Community Awareness/Parent Contact || School Center Web Authoring || 2006 ||
 * Diagnostic-Prescriptive Computer Aided Instruction || Destination Reading and Math 3-6 || 2006 ||
 * Formative Assessment || Edusoft || 2006 ||
 * Individualized Education Program Documentation || SEAS || 2006 ||
 * Large Group Instruction || SMART Boards || 2006 ||
 * Multimedia Content on Demand || Discovery Education || 2006 ||
 * Online Instructional Materials || Pod Squad Podcasting Project || 2006 ||
 * Instructional and Professional Development || Discovery/UnitedStreaming || 2006 ||
 * Student Transportation Tracking || VersaTrans || 2006 ||
 * Online Professional Development || Professional Development On Demand (PD 360) || 2007 ||
 * Reading Assessment 4-5 || DIBELS Online Database || 2007 ||
 * Library Media Management || Follett Destiny || 2007 ||
 * Technology Literacy (Student) Middle School Computers/AP || Computer Science || 2007 ||
 * Teacher Appraisal || Teacher Appraisal System (TAS) || 2007 ||
 * ACE Remediation support || Destination Reading and Math 6-8 || 2007 ||
 * Reading/Math Remediation 3-8 || Scholastic FASTMath and ReadAbout || 2008 ||
 * Early Childhood PK-2 || Bailey's Book House / Millie's Math House || 2008 ||
 * Streamlined Podcasting || Podcast Producer || 2008 ||
 * High School Math || TI nSpire Graphing Calculators || 2008 ||
 * Online Testing || State Assessments || 2008 ||
 * Child Nutrition Tracking || NutriKids || 2009 ||
 * Student Accounting || PowerSchool || 2009 ||
 * Online Child Nutrition financial transactions || NutriKids || 2009 ||
 * Online Access to Student Information || Powerschool || 2009 ||
 * Learning Management System || Moodle || 2009 ||
 * Educator Social Network (phased out in 2010) || Ning || 2009-2010 ||
 * Student Collaboration and Production || GoogleApps for Education || 2009 ||
 * Student Email (transitioning to Google Apps version in 2010) || Google Mail || 2009 ||
 * Standard Teacher Grade Book || PowerTeacher || 2009 ||
 * Alternative Curriculum || APEX || 2009 ||
 * Educator Social Network/Blog || WordPress || 2010 ||
 * Student Test Data Management || Comprehend || 2011 ||
 * Student Reading and Writing (grades 3-8) || Achieve 3000 || 2011 ||
 * District Mobile Application for Smartphones || School Connect || 2011 ||
 * Online Best Practices Video || MDPD-24/7 || 2011 ||
 * Web Content Filtering || Cisco IronPort || 2011 ||
 * Web Content Filtering || Cisco IronPort || 2011 ||