http://www.nsba.org/itte/smmtg.html#Visits
(Notice the capital "V" in Visits.)
For a registration brochure, contact Missy Williams or Frank Brooks by fax
(703/548-5560) or phone (703/838-6219). If contacting NSBA between April 11
and 19, fax your request to Jeanette Knickerbocker at the fax number
mentioned above.
NSBA/ITTE Site Visits such as these are highly rated by participants as
being very substantive and providing the kind of information they need to
make difficult decisions about training, equipment, and implementation in
their own districts.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT & PARTNERSHIPS - The Keys to Technology Integration
April 24-26, California
Outstanding staff development efforts and aggressive internal and external
partnership programs distinguish Southern California's Saddleback Valley
Unified School District, which will host an ITTE Site Visit April 24-26.
School leaders searching for technology funding can learn how to make
cost-effectiveness guide all decisions from this growing district located in
a bankrupt county that's part of the state that ranks 44th in per-pupil
expenditures. Visitors will learn to apply the talents of business and
information systems departments to the instructional division and to cope
with the added demands that success brings. They also will receive training
class outlines, district policy documents, standards for systems design in
new and older schools, staff development and K-12 technology continuums,
technology-integrated lesson plans and more. Evening entertainment will
include a cruise aboard a modern, 70-foot oceanographic research vessel.
EQUITY THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
May 1-3, North Carolina
Guilford County Schools of Greensboro, NC, will host a Site Visit May 1-3,
1996, demonstrating successful planning and use of the information
superhighway in schools. The K-12 district was a finalist in the
competition for the National Information Infrastructure Awards and is
recognized as North Carolina's premier Internet-using school district.
Despite an increase of more than 2,000 students over three years, this
district has managed -- with the assistance of technology as a tool for
change -- to provide equity in course offerings, increase student
achievement and reduce operational costs. Attendees will visit elementary,
middle and high schools, take an electronic field trip and see the
implementation of instructional management systems, a college counseling
application, assistive technologies for disabled students, an extensive
technology magnet school system, a Tech Prep center, a major staff
development and computer repair facility and an internationally known
special education center. Business partnerships and internships also will
be featured.
Anne Ward
award@nsba.org