Instructional Technology Plan

Instructional Technology Plan Survey 2026 – 2029

View the Instructional Technology Plan Survey 2026-2029 as submitted to and approved by NYSED.

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Instructional Technology Plan

Table of Contents

• Instructional Technology Plan Survey 2026 – 2029
• Instructional Technology Plan
• Table of Contents
• Greater Johnstown School District Mission & Goals
• District Mission Statement:
• District Goals:
• GJSD Instructional Technology Vision & Goals
• Technology Vision Statement:
• Strategic Technology Goals:
• Action Plans
• Teaching & Learning Action Plans:
• Professional Learing Action Plans:
• Hardware & Infrastructure Action Plans:
• Technology Plan Implementation
• Professional Learning
• Needs Assessment
• Technology Plan Evaluation
• Appendix

Greater Johnstown School District Mission & Goals

District Mission Statement:

The Greater Johnstown School District will provide the essential educational resources that support a fully engaged culture of continuous improvement and diverse, high quality academic opportunities that equip students with the knowledge, skills, and abilitiers they need to be contributing citizens in a stronger society.

District Goals:

• Goal 1. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
  Improve measurable student achievement K-12 within a connected, supportive, and pervasive data-informed culture, using highly effective instructional systems designed and evaluated to create optimal learning in a safe and caring environment.
• Goal 2. SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING
  Make effective social and emotional learning a priority and actively support the rigorous pursuit of personal wellness within a culture of mutual respect and active appreciation of diversity in a caring and compassionate learning environment for all students and staff.
• Goal 3. HIGHLY PRIZED PERSONNEL
  Hire, develop, supervise, and evaluate a community of highly effective and mutually collaborative faculty, administration and staff, prioritizing an overall culture of positive morale that encourages happiness and performance excellence in service to students.  
• Goal 4. RESOURCE PROVISION
  Develop, procure, maintain and ever-improve resources (facilities, equipment, technology, materials and supplies), coupled with decision-making that is intentional to the importance of relevance and sustainability.
• Goal 5. FISCAL HEALTH of the DISTRICT
  Prepare a fiscally sound and responsible budget, inextricably tied to long-range planning, that strives to balance the equitable, ongoing, and changing needs of students with what the District can/must ask its citizens to sustain. The District will make every effort to seek out or create alternative funding sources.
• Goal 6. COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIPS
  Prioritize full and equitable community relationships to address adaptive challenges faced by the District, and build external and internal transparency and communication with diverse stakeholders with full consideration for the knowledge, experience, and expectations and values they hold. 

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GJSD Instructional Technology Vision & Goals

Technology Vision Statement:

The Greater Johnstown School District will provide and utilize technology to propel instruction and learning, equitable access to all individuals, and apply a problem solving mindset to engage in the responsible use of technology.

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Strategic Technology Goals:

The Greater Johnstown School District Technology Committee has established the following strategic instructional technology goals:

Teaching and Learning:

1. Students will develop mastery of skills at the appropriate grade and developmental levels to meet the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards.
2. Students will develop the skills necessary to support their educational goals through responsible and safe use of technology.

Professional Learning:

1. Teachers will prepare students to be productive and responsible citizens by incorporating the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards into the current district curriculum.
2. Teachers will acquire a uniform set of basic skills and the pedagogical techniques to facilitate learner-centered, standards-aligned curricula that integrate the use of technology tools.
3. The Greater Johnstown School District will provide access to relevant and rigorous professional development opportunities pertaining to technology use, technology integration, and the safe and secure use of digital tools.

Hardware and Infrastructure:

1. The District will continue to develop and maintain an appropriate and secure infrastructure in order to ensure the rapidly changing technology needs are implemented and supported.
2. The District will provide a minimum of one computing device per staff member, one computing device per student, and one interactive display device per classroom.

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Action Plans

Teaching & Learning Action Plans:

GOAL 1: Students will develop mastery of skills at the appropriate grade and developmental levels to meet the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards.

• Year: 2021 – Ongoing
  Action Item: Students will be introduced to subject and grade level appropriate instructional technologies (guided by the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards for students and teachers).
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers & Students
• Year: 2021 – 2025
  Action Item: The District will develop a K-12 scope and sequence for computer science and digital fluency that is aligned to the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: 1/2025
  Lead Person: Digital Learning C/I Leaders, Administration
• Year: 2024 – Ongoing
  Action Item:
  Classroom teachers and teaching assistants attend workshops for NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards
  Start Date: 11/2024
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers & Students
• Year: 2022 – Ongoing
  Action Item: Students will apply subject and grade level appropriate instructional technologies.
  Start Date: 9/2022
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers & Students

GOAL 2: Students will develop the skills necessary to support their educational goals through responsible and safe use of technology.

• Year: 2021 – Ongoing
  Action Item: Students will be introduced to digital citizenship and online safety practices (guided by the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards for students and teachers).
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers & Students
• Year: 2022 – Ongoing
  Action Item: Students will determine strategies to demonstrate safe online practices both in and out of the classroom, aligned with the district-adopted Computer Science and Digital Fluency Curriculum.
  Start Date: 9/2022
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Students
• Year: 2022 – Ongoing
  Action Item: Students will demonstrate the skills required to use technology effectively as learning and production tools, aligned with the district-adopted Computer Science and Digital Fluency Curriculum.
  Start Date: 9/2022
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Students

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Professional Learing Action Plans:

GOAL 1: Teachers will prepare students to be productive and responsible citizens by incorporating the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards into the current district curriculum.

• Year: 2023-Ongoing
  Action Item: Media Specialists will develop a K-12 Scope and Sequence aligned to the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards.
  Start Date: 9/2023
  Completion Date: 12/2024
  Lead Person: Media Specialists
• Year: 2023-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers will be introduced to and engage in ongoing, job-embedded and collaborative professional learning to support their implementation of the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards.
  Start Date: 11/2023
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Director of Technology
• Year: 2023-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers will identify, evaluate, and then utilize district approved applications with students.
  Start Date: 9/2023
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers
• Year: 2023-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers will identify, evaluate, and then utilize district approved applications to build student capabilities with the NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Standards.
  Start Date: 9/2023
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers

GOAL 2: Teachers will acquire a uniform set of basic skills and the pedagogical techniques to facilitate learner-centered, standards-aligned curricula that integrate the use of technology tools.

• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers will infuse subject and grade level appropriate technology into learner-centered lessons and curricular activities.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers, Director of Technology
• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers self-assess their implementation of technology infused lessons, and determine personal/professional needs and goals.
  Start Date: 9/2022
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers
• Year: 2023-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers will have opportunitites to participate in professional learning on evidence-based practices for transformative technology integration.
  Start Date: 6/2023
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers
• Year: 2023-Ongoing
  Action Item: Teachers will participate in professional learning on evidence-based practices for transformative technology integration.
  Start Date: 07/2023
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Teachers, Director of Technology

GOAL 3: The Greater Johnstown School District will provide its teachers with relevant and rigorous professional development technology use, technology integration, and the safe and secure use of digital tools, including Artifical Intelligence, in order to strengthen instructional practices and support effective technology integration for student learning.

• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The Professional Development Planning Committee will research and develop opportunities for professional growth based on teachers’ self-assessment data and or reassessment at the end of each school year.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: Professional Learning Planning Committee, Director of Technology
• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will fund and support short-term Digital Learning Curriculum and Instruction Leaders when appropriate. These teacher leaders will provide embedded professional development and support to their colleagues.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration
• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will develop and implement a Data Privacy and Security Plan, including annual training for staff.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: 06/2021
  Lead Person: District Administration

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Hardware & Infrastructure Action Plans:

GOAL 1: The District will continue to develop and maintain an appropriate and secure infrastructure in order to ensure the rapidly changing technology needs are implemented and supported.

• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will secure funding sources to maintain and improve infrastructure to meet the needs of all educational stakeholders.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration
• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will continually assess needs for application of appropriate infrastructure.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS Staff
• Year: 2021-2023
  Action Item: The District will purchase and install upgraded security systems, including upgrades of security cameras, integration of phone, camera, and access systems.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: 6/2023
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS Staff
• Year: 2021-2022
  Action Item: The District will procure and install updated server infrastructure.
  Start Date: Fall 2021
  Completion Date: June 2022
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS Staff
• Year: 2022-2024
  Action Item: The District will develop a complete wireless and local area network (LAN) refresh plan to be procured and implemented in 2025.
  Start Date: 4/2022
  Completion Date: 4/2024
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS
• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will implement a wireless authentication security system.
  Start Date: Fall 2021
  Completion Date: June 2022
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS
• Year: 2026-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will continuously improve and upgrade the wireless authentication security system.
  Start Date: 9/2026
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS
• Year: 2026-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will maintain content filtering and cybersecurity software to protect against malware, ransomware and viruses. A system of continuous improvement is ongoing and evaluated routinely.
  Start Date: 9/2026
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS

GOAL 2: The District will provide a minimum of one computing device per staff member, one computing device per student, and one interactive display device per classroom.

• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will secure funding sources to maintain and improve infrastructure to meet the needs of all educational stakeholders.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration
• Year: 2021-Ongoing
  Action Item: The District will continually assess needs for application of appropriate infrastructure.
  Start Date: 9/2021
  Completion Date: Ongoing
  Lead Person: District Administration, NERIC CTS Staff

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Technology Plan Implementation

The most consistent aspect of technology is that it is always evolving and changing. In an effort to keep the technology plan responsive to changing conditions and emerging technologies, Greater Johnstown Central School will implement the following:

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Professional Learning

Effective, well-designed, and relevant professional learning is essential to keeping our students, faculty, and administration apprised of the most current technology available for use.

Each year, the Greater Johnstown School District will make a coordinated effort to provide a variety of opportunities for high‐quality professional development learning training for teachers, administrators, and support staff for the successful integration of technology into the curricula.

Participants of all professional learning offerings will complete evaluation surveys that will collect data on the value of the session, its effectiveness, and its application to classroom instruction. This information will be used to ensure that professional development offerings remain relevant and effective.

All professional development is informed by the Professional Development Plan, and aligned to the state standards described here.

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Needs Assessment

Each year, the Greater Johnstown School District Technology Committee will conduct surveys to assess the needs of the students, teachers, administration, and staff. The surveys will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Administration, Teacher, and Staff Support Needs
• Student and Teacher Curriculum Needs
• Hardware and Software Needs
• Professional Development needs
• Facility needs
• Barriers to the use and implementation of technology
• Repair needs

The technology committee will use those results to determine the effectiveness of the implementation of the technology plan and make recommendations for technology plan adjustments, professional development offerings, hardware and software purchases, and the provision of resources.

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Technology Plan Evaluation

Evaluation and adjustment of the technology plan is a continuous process. As new technology opportunities and developments arise, outdated existing technology needs to be phased out. Each year, Technology Committee members will be recruited from school personnel. The committee will implement the strategies set forth in this plan, review technology requests, new technology and existing technology to determine its effectiveness.

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Appendix

1. NYS Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards
2. ISTE Standards:
   • For Students
   • For Teachers
   • For Educational Leaders
   • For Coaches
3. Data Privacy & Security Plan
4. Professional Learning Plan
5. Tech & Virtual/Hybrid Teaching Guides/Resources
6. List of Approved Subscriptions 

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