Needs and Goals

What Equitable Access Means in Practice

• Identifying individual needs: Proactively identifying the barriers students face. 

• Removing barriers: Taking steps to eliminate those obstacles, whether physical or systemic. 

• Providing accommodations: Offering appropriate support, such as modified assignments, assistive technology, or changes in presentation, to meet individual needs. 

• Ensuring digital access: Making sure online course materials and digital platforms are accessible to students with disabilities. 

The district provides ample budgetary allotment for technology resources to improve learning for all students and staff. Wireless networks have been updated in all buildings. Network equipment, Internet transport and transit are sized large enough for uninterrupted Internet access. One-to-one computing has been implemented at all levels k-12. Each student in the k-8th grade levels is assigned a device to use at school as needed; students in grades 9-12 are assigned a device that may go home with them each day. Tablets and iPads are made available to special needs students as requested by their teacher or listed in their IEP or 504 plan. The libraries provide a variety of collections such as Braille, Audio, and Spanish Language books to help meet the unique needs of these students.

Personalized Learning

The learner experience must be engaging, relevant, and personalized. When technology is used, the goal must be to maximize each person’s learning potential. Technology will be leveraged to allow voice and choice in learning and instruction. Recommendations regarding infrastructure, professional development, curriculum, assessment and leadership promote these dynamic and flexible learning formats.

Building principals and the curriculum coordinator support technology training and capital investments. Teachers model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.

Applied and Engaging Learning

Critical skills such as problem-solving, creativity and innovation, communication, and collaboration are central to being career and college ready. Our district must give students learning opportunities and resources to communicate and collaborate effectively, conduct research, think critically and creatively, and solve problems that address the future needs of our global society, anywhere and anytime. Students must be prepared with the knowledge and the ability to apply these critical skills to succeed in their futures. 

Library and Information Media Goals - Rationale
 

According to “The Chromebook-Infused Classroom,” technology has sharpened student thinking, facilitated communication, redefined community, and has become core to their learning. The impact of the effective use of continuously accessible technology on student learning prompts the Rosendale-Brandon School District to support information technology literacy. As such, the plan is influenced by the analysis of relevant research and best practices.

In addition, the Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan and the Future Ready Framework will impact decisions made by the Rosendale-Brandon School District. The Wisconsin Digital Learning Plan states that the State’s Superintendent's Digital Learning Advisory Council created a vision for digital learning that calls for “equitable, personalized, applied, and engaged digital learning for all students. As Wisconsin school districts begin to implement this vision, they are encouraged to consider the following areas: instruction, learning, and assessment; empowering, innovative leadership; technology & hardware; professional learning and building capacity; and data and privacy.”

2026-2029 Technology and Library Information Goals

Goal 1: (Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment) The Library Media Technology Specialist and the Technology Integrationist will provide continual instruction and training that encourages digital citizenship, online safety, and protection of personal data for all students and staff through the use of collaborative teaching, professional development, direct student instruction, and coaching opportunities. This is a continuous goal.

Goal 2: (Data & Privacy) We will continually monitor where and how we use student data, ensuring that the services we entrust with our student data are conforming to the educational rights and privacy afforded to them under the law. We will also instruct staff on how to protect their students' privacy to be COPPA, CIPPA, and FERPA compliant. By the end of 2026, we will have a comprehensive list of all services used in the district and who will serve as the administrator for each. This is a continuous goal.

Goal 3: (Budget & Resources) The library media technology specialist and technology integrationist will create and maintain a learning environment that not only includes print material, but also includes electronic resources, MakerSpace materials and kits, databases, computers, technology and other materials or resources as needed to support 21st century learning, to be compliant with the ADA guidelines, and to meet future ready framework objectives and standards. By the end of 2029, the foundation of these resources will be established and the implementation of these resources will be continuous throughout the duration of the plan.

Goal 4: (Collaborative Leadership) The library media technology specialist along with the technology integrationist will work to ensure the responsible, ethical, and secure integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance learning, research, and operational efficiency for both students and staff. We will have a well-defined, ethical AI framework in place, offering secure and effective AI-driven services that enhance research, learning, and library operations while prioritizing user safety and data protection by 2029. 

Previous goals and reflections

2022-2025 Technology and Library Information Goals

Goal 1:  By the end of 2024, identify the integration procedures and the service owner for programs (software) utilized in the District. 

Reflection: The current curriculum director, Leanne Greff, oversees the integration and purchase of programs for the district.  The request is made to the LMTS, who then shares it with the curriculum director. The LMTS and Technology Integrationist have vetted and updated the list of district approved apps that is online and shared with parents. 

District Approved Apps

Goal 2: Library media technology specialist and the technology integrationist will provide continual instruction and training that encourages digital citizenship for all students and staff through the use of collaborative teaching, professional development, direct student instruction, and coaching opportunities. This is a continuous goal.

Reflection: Information is shared and technology training occurs during monthly staff meetings, shared videos, and district emails. This dissemination of information will continue in a similar manner in the future. 

Goal 3: Continually monitor where and how we use student data, ensuring that the services we entrust with our student data are conforming to the educational rights and privacy afforded to them under the law. By the end of 2024, we will have a comprehensive list of all services used in the district.

Reflection: This was accomplished along with Goal #1 and will be ongoing throughout the next plan as well.  The list of approved apps is available online and letters are sent home to parents informing them of the programs that the district uses.  Every attempt is made to protect student information and follow the privacy laws.
District Approved Apps

Goal 4: Library media technology specialists will create and maintain a learning environment that not only includes print material, but also
    includes electronic resources, MakerSpace materials, and other resources, databases, or materials as needed to support 21st century
    learning and future ready framework objectives and standards. By the end of 2025, the foundation of these resources will be established and
    in use.

Reflection:  Our current IMCs have restricted spaces and are challenging to offer a wide variety of MakerSpace materials, but several kits, activities, and resources have been purchased and implemented at each IMC.  Databases and other resources are renewed annually, shared on the district website, and are shared during staff meetings. 

Monitoring and Updating

This is a living document. Each year the Working Technology Committee consisting of technology and library personnel will review the plan and make adjustments as necessary. Each building will monitor progress toward the specified goals and make mid-course corrections in response to new developments and opportunities.