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**Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support**
Your thoughts about the Support section of the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology...
 * Skilled and persistent leadership with the ability to share visions and consistent expectations
 * 21st Century skills - technology competency needed for all members of the workforce
 * Distance education will be critical in future along with other forms of technology use within the schools.
 * Administrators must use technology and capitalize on data to drive decisions.
 * Technology plan should be on-going and involve key stakeholders.
 * Business continuity plan needed in event of natural or other disasters.
 * Leaders need to create innovative, flexible environments that support change.
 * provide opportunities for staff development
 * budget
 * Planning must be collaborative and ongoing.
 * Effective leaders must model as well as expect effective use of technologies.

Technology education is necessary in today's world. Schools must provide distance education opportunities to meet the growing global need Leaders MUST be technology leaders - the day of schools leaders saying "I know NOTHING about technology" are over

Goals

All implementations must improve student learning and support the Support section of school. Money spent MUST have a direct impact on the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology... classroom Multiple online, digital, and distance opportunities Staff MUST be trained and trained often


 * Expand educational opportunities
 * Model the use of technology as an integral part of professional activities(staff development)
 * Help others see what is possible and create the path for them to follow
 * Capitalize on the use of quality data to drive decisions
 * Conduct needs assessment to impact planning and implementation

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