The Application Review Committee (ARC) is a technology governance committee hosted in Educational Technology. The ARC brings together members of departments across the district to approve digital content and platforms.  It provides oversight and sets priorities and policy for the onboarding and use of Educational Technology in APS schools. The committee reviews and approves hardware and software applications. 

The committee gathers information from requestor / end user via Google request form, evaluates that information, and makes recommendations for approval to the committee chair. The Committee Chair will provide a letter of approval to Vendor Maintenance for approved applications upon demand.

STRUCTURE

Educational Technology supports the APS community with the effective integration of technology through planning, professional development, and system administration. The Executive Director of Educational Technology serves as Chair and the Director of Educational Technology serves as co-chair. The representatives for leadership, departments, and schools are appointed and approved by the Chair for a one year term (current school year). The chair may appoint new committee members as appropriate and approve representatives to attend meetings in the absence of the committee member. Include members by position (Representative from C&I, Special Education, Technology, and others as the Chair deems necessary.

PURPOSE

• To evaluate enterprise applications/systems and recommend the use of tools (supported, allowed, allowed w/cautions, or not allowed) in our schools.

• To develop and oversee direction, strategies, and plans for meaningful and innovative use of technologies which effectively evolve, enable, and support learning and teaching across the district.

• To develop policy and guidelines for all APS decision makers when approached by or working with vendors of Educational Technology.

• Manage communications and expectations and corresponding guiding documents and resources for:

  • app request and review process

  • Interoperability (including SSO)

  • Support plans and sustainability

OBJECTIVES

1. Oversee/facilitate the academic technology alignment and solution process (see the app /interoperability flowchart below).

2. Provide direction to prevent, where appropriate, unnecessary redundancy or non-sustainable technology implementations and their resulting inefficiencies and risks.

3. Craft a common vision for institutional teaching and learning systems and services which can provide school-wide benefit.

4. Oversee the identification, selection, adoption, and deployment of major educational related technologies at the district level.