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Learning Technology Grant



Section A:  Program Overview

Title: Individualization and Innovation Empowers All Students to Succeed (ISucceed)

Target population(s): The target population includes all K-12 teachers and all K-12 students. Parents and community members represent a key secondary population.

Description of the District: Auburn Enlarged City School District (AECSD) is located in Cayuga County in Upstate Central New York. The district serves 4,064 students through a total of 7 schools. This includes:
  • 5 elementary schools (Casey Park, Genesee, Herman, Owasco and Seward--ES; each serving grades K-6).
  • Auburn Junior High School (JHS; serving grades 7 and 8).
  • Auburn High School (HS; serving grades 9-12).
   Auburn is challenged by poverty, transience, and low adult education levels. State testing results show students struggle to perform at grade level, and most are not able to do so. Significant academic achievement disparities exist between sub-groups. Teachers are in critical need of new tools and skills to more appropriately support student achievement.

   Among parents, community members, students, and even many teachers, there is a widespread lack of understanding of how technology is being applied in educational and workplace settings, the rapidly changing career landscape, and the increasing reliance of all types of careers on STEM skills, career readiness skills, and digital literacy. Many still view digital literacy as “optional.

Description of program:  Our project is targeted towards all teachers, library media specialists, administrators and students enrolled in AECSD, as well as a small population of teaching staff at two non-public schools located within our school district’s boundaries. We are a High Need Urban/Suburban school district that has significant obstacles to content with. Our student population is diverse and reflects the obstacles our community faces such as homelessness, significant poverty, and one of the driving reasons for this proposal, inequity. Our program has three goals that are designed to increase student achievement for all students and close gaps of achievement and engagement amongst our subgroup populations of students:

   Goal 1: Create, refine, and scale a robust district-wide instructional culture that is founded upon the Four Core principles of Personalized Learning K-12.
   Goal 2: Expand current efforts to have teachers utilize Blended Learning as a Tier I practice in their classrooms and student engagement with Innovation Labs that results in instructional approach changes to increase student achievement.
   Goal 3: Increase student engagement in targeted instruction that uses flexible interest-based content and tools while providing them and their teachers to use data to inform instructional/learning decisions and reflect on achievement.

  We will use the following proven effective methods: embed professional development using coaching, mentoring and model classrooms; implement personalized learning, expand blended learning and technology integration and utilize problem-based learning in both our professional development and our   classroom instruction.

Bonus Points: We have one school that has been identified as a CSI School (Casey Park Elementary), two schools that have been identified as TSI schools (Owasco Elementary School and Auburn Junior High School), and our school district has been identified as a Target District (4 points). In addition, our economically disadvantaged rate is 56% (2 points), and 15.7% of our students have disabilities (2 points). Therefore, our total Bonus Point Allocation comes to 8 points.    

Learning Technology Grant 2021-2024

 
  Learning Technology Grant 2021-2024
  
  Digital Integration/Implementation Team
 LTG 2021 - 2024 Timeline   
  Mid-year Technology Survey
 

Learning Technology Grant
2021-2024 Related Links

 
Year 1: 2021 - 2022
  
 Personalized Learning Website  
  
   Year 1 Interim Report
 Project Based Learning Checklist
 (resource  http://www.ectacfl.net/uploads/2/2/1/6/22162720/dantepart2.pdf)
  Project Based Learning Yearly Goals
  2021-2022 Technology Mentors         Summary Of Technology Mentor  Professional Development 2021-2022
 
   
  
  Technology Mentor Agendas
 
  DTIT Agendas
End of Year 1 Report
Year 2: 2022 - 2023   
Personalized Learning Website
LTG Year 2 Interim Performance Report 2022-2023 
Project Based Learning Checklist
(resource http://www.ectacfl.net/uploads/2/2/1/6/22162720/dantepart2.pdf)

Project Based Learning Yearly Goals

Planning August 1st with Building Principals

August 10th Planning with LMS

2022 - 2023 Technology Mentors
Summary of Technology Mentor Professional Development 2022 - 2023
 
2022 - 2023 Technology Mentor Meetings DTIT Agendas 2022 - 2023 
Instructional Technology BOE Presentation 2022
October 21st Personalized Learning Professional Learning Session
 
  Innovation/Family Engagement Night, PBLs and Personalized Learning Photos Tech Talk Newsletters

End of Year 2 Report
 
Year 3: 2023 - 2024
Personalized Learning Website Year 3 Interim Report
2023 - 2024 Technology Mentors

Family Engagement Nights, PBLs and Personalized Learning

2023-2024

Project Based Learning Checklist

(resource http://www.ectacfl.net/uploads/2/2/1/6/22162720/dantepart2.pdf)
 
PL: Core Four Continum
May 2024 Instructional Technology Board of Education Presentation Personalize Auburn Website
 Innovation Lab/PBL Scope and Sequence 2023 - 2024 PL Sprint Schedule
DTIT Meetings PL Walk-through Rubric
2023 - 2024 Tech Mentor Meetings & Faculty Meetings Capstone Projects from 23-24
  PL Impact Report 23-24
End of Year 3 Report
Innovation Lab Websites
 
 Casey Park Elementary School
 
  Genesee Street Elementary School

  Herman Avenue Elementary School
 
  Owasco Elementary School
 
   Seward Elementary School
 

 
 



Update on Auburn Learning Technology Grant

Superintendent: Misty Slavic, Ed.D.
Phone: 315.255.8800
Address: 78 Thornton Avenue | Auburn, NY 13021
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