Technology Department

Technology Plan

The technology mission of the Lee's Summit R-7 School District is to provide and expand programs that prepare students for a technologically changing world. Through active, hands-on learning Lee's Summit students will acquire knowledge and skills that enable them to gather, integrate, analyze and apply information and ideas across all curriculums.

During the past years, the District has invested significant funds and personnel resources to improve information management, instructional delivery and data communication. Technology supports the curriculum and facilitates and enhances its delivery to students.

Title IID of the No Child Left Behind Act requires states and schools to have long-range strategic educational technology plans that are consistent with the objectives of the statewide technology plan and address the statutory Title IID local plan requirements.  Local plans must address strategies for improving academic achievement and teacher effectiveness and describe how education technologies will be used in meeting these goals.  The R7 school district's long-range technology plan has been approved by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education with an exemplary rating.  The plan was evaluated using the rigorous criteria that were developed to meet guidelines set forth by the new Title IID Program and No Child Left Behind Act.  Less than 10 percent of the plans reviewed in Spring '04 were identified as exemplary.

• R7 School District Technology Plan (pdf)

Technology Integration at the Elementary Level

• Students are developing basic computer skills, exploring vast information through multimedia presentations on CD-ROM, and producing reports for science fair projects and all of their subject areas.

• Students are using a variety of technology (computers, camcorders, video-editing equipment, scanners, laser discs, video and audio equipment) to create multi-media presentations. 

Technology Integration at the Secondary Level

• Students are able to develop keyboarding skills and word processing skills through use of labs designed for entire classrooms, mini labs in curricular areas, and individual computers in the classrooms.

• Students are producing videos for school broadcasts and news bulletins. These broadcasts are available to every classroom in the secondary schools through the building video delivery system.

• Students use computers throughout the district to prepare school newsletters, announcements, banners, term papers, themes, essays, yearbooks, and debate information.

• Instructional technology students are using Principals of Technology Labs to explore flight simulation, CAD, CAM, lathes, printing, sound and video.

• Students are producing and maintaining school web pages on the Internet and communicating via E-mail with students around the world.

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Technology Usage Board Policy

The board recognizes that changes in telecommunications and other new technologies shift the ways that information may be accessed, compiled, and transferred, and that those changes impact instruction and student learning. The Board supports access by staff and students to rich information resources and development of skills to analyze and evaluate such resources. The Board acknowledges that as staff and students are connected to the global community, their use of new tools and systems bring both new responsibilities and new opportunities.

The purpose of the District's network environment, including Internet access and other technological resources is to support and enhance communications, learning and teaching. Acceptable uses of the network environment are activities which promote the District's goals and objectives and advance the mission of the District.

Unacceptable uses of the District's network include the following: violating local, state, federal, and/or international law; violating District policies and/or standards of conduct; creating or spreading computer viruses; disrupting or degrading any system performance; violating the right to privacy; gaining or attempting to gain unauthorized access to protected and private network resources; or soliciting commercial enterprises.

The District is responsible for securing its network and computing systems in a reasonable and economically feasible manner against unauthorized access and/or abuse, while making them accessible for authorized and legitimate users. This responsibility includes informing users of the expected standards of conduct and the consequences of not adhering to them. The District and/or building administration is responsible for the development of acceptable use policies to help ensure that informational resources are used in accordance with Board policies.

The District does not warrant that the functions of the system will meet any specific requirements the user may have, or that it will be error-free or uninterrupted; nor shall it be liable to any direct or indirect, incidental, or consequential damages (including lost data, information or profits) sustained or incurred in connection with the use, operation, or inability to use the system. In addition, communication over networks should not be considered private. Network supervision and maintenance may require review and inspection of directories and/or messages.

The system is for the use of authorized users only. Individuals using the District's network without authority or in excess of their authority are subject to having all of their activities on the system monitored and recorded by system administrators. In the course of monitoring for improper usage or in the course of system maintenance, the activities of authorized users may also be monitored. Anyone using the District's system expressly consents to such monitoring. Any evidence of impropriety will be given to Lee's Summit District officials and any evidence of criminal activity will be given to law enforcement officials.

Acceptable Use Policy

The Staff AUP and Student AUP can be found on the Instructional Technology page.

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Staff Job Descriptions

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