Participate and share: Interactive session 
Recorded Session
Purpose: Participants will learn innovative strategies about how to structure an independent technology review to bring about strategic improvements in a technology service department.
Objectives: Participants will focus on specific strategies that are aligned with school system strategic plans and technological approaches to embrace innovative change that will meet the demands of equity and diversity in student learning environments.
Attention will be directed towards providing higher levels of performance through staff accountability, increased communication, physical facility structures, and streamlined efficiencies within the technology department.
Participants will take away an innovative framework that they may use to conduct an internal or independent technology review of their technology service department.
1. The audience will be provided an overview about the innovative design of SpaceX in Ector County ISD, located in West Texas (Odessa). Challenges will be described in terms of what these innovations would require from technology service staff. (10 minutes)
2. Presenters will share details about the technology review strategy used, including interviews and communication strategies with staff, walk-throughs of the facilities, and the analysis conducted. (10 minutes)
3. Participants will be provided a copy of the technology review scope, findings from the review, and the action plan for improvement. Emphasis will be directed towards how the technology review is aligned to the Ector County strategic plan. (5 minutes)
4. The audience will be engaged by interactively discussing in groups/teams, to share their strategies and experiences in working with technology service departments. An activity is designed around the technology review findings and action plan for improvement, to give participants ideas about how they too may improve their school systems technology services. (30 minutes).
This session will inspire high-spirited conversations directed towards taking action to support creative thinking and providing better services for students, parents, educators, and leaders.
American Productivity and Quality Center (APQC) for K-12 Education, services to support excellence in education: https://www.apqc.org/what-we-do/education-k-12-services.
National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) for Education Excellence: https://www.nist.gov/education.https://www.nist.gov/baldrige/self-assessing/baldrige-sector/education
CoSN Leadership Survey 2022
https://www.cosn.org/edtech-topics/state-of-edtech-leadership/
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