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| Funding Year 2010: |
| Telecomm: |
$63,966,595.65 |
| Internet Access: |
$5,236,532.73 |
| Internal Connections: |
$625,687.46 |
Internal Connections
Maintenance: |
$1,238,751.68 |
| Total: |
$71,067,567.52 |
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| Funding Year 2009: |
| Telecomm: |
$114,397,558.92 |
| Internet Access: |
$12,109,290.22 |
| Internal Connections: |
$156,975,230.28 |
Internal Connections
Maintenance: |
$36,841,424.15 |
| Total: |
$320,323,503.57 |
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Technology Plans and the E-Rate Program: A Primer for New York Schools and Libraries
Prepared by E-Rate Central on behalf of NYSED
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List of approved NYS E-Rate Technology Plans
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Core Requirement No. 1
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The plan must establish clear goals and a realistic strategy for using
telecommunications and information technology to improve education or library
services.
The first requirement is the broadest and must set, in part, a framework for
the four other more targeted requirements. One recommendation to meeting this
requirement is to start with a general mission or vision statement. Several
ideas for a school's mission statement are included in
Appendix 2.
Examples of specific school goals and implementing strategies are provided in
Appendix 3. Although the ideas and examples shown in these two
appendices are school-related, most should be easily adapted for library plans.
Note that this strategic requirement refers to telecommunications services, not
just information technology services. More broadly, technology plans approved
for E-rate purposes should cover all services included in an applicant's E-rate
application.
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Core Requirement No. 2
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The plan must have a professional development strategy to ensure that staff
know how to use these new technologies to improve education or library
services.
Staff development is an important portion of the technology plan. Key components
of the development strategy might include:
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An assessment of current staff computer and networking skills and usage.
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An ongoing training program involving:
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In-service training
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Mentoring
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Off-site workshops
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Tuition support for professional courses
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Recognition and encouragement of professional technology certifications (See,
as one example, ISTE's
Foundation Standards).
See also the specific strategy examples shown for Goal 3 in
Appendix 3.
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Core Requirement No. 3
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The plan must include an assessment of the telecommunication services,
hardware, software, and other services that will be needed to improve education
or library services.
In addition to an assessment of current staff development skills, addressed
above, the plan should include an assessment (or inventory) of technology
services and products that are currently being used and that are scheduled to
be acquired within the planning timeframe. A sample Technology Inventory Form
that might be used for this assessment, and included in the technology plan, is
provided in Appendix 4.
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