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The Chan:in l Role of the Technolo l S oecialist <br /> Elementary •30%teach •30%teach • 30% professional dev <br /> • 30% professional dev • 30% professional dev •30%netw,hardw,softw <br /> • 15%hardw,softw • 15%hardw,softw • 10% planning <br /> • 10% planning • 10% planning •30%conic dev <br /> •15%curric dev • 15%curric dev <br /> New <br /> • 30%professional dev • 30% professional dev <br /> Ne Elem Pro <br /> Pr <br /> w softw <br /> tw w •3096 netw hard <br /> ne hard so <br /> 5096 ftw <br /> 1 <br /> 0 <br /> 96 1��g • 10% planning <br /> anning <br /> P <br /> 1096 v <br /> e <br /> com 3096 come dev <br /> Cut b r e t h/Phillips •30%teach • 30% professional dev • 30% professional dev <br /> • 30%professional dev •30%netw,hardw,softw •30%netw,hardw,softw <br /> • 15%hardw,softw • 10% planning • 10% planning <br /> • 10% planning •30%curric dev •30%curric dev <br /> • 15%curric dev <br /> M c D o u g t e • 30%professional dev • 30%professional dev • 30% professional dev <br /> •50%netw,hardw,softw •30%netw,hardw,softw •30%netw,hardw,softw <br /> • 10% planning • 10% planning • 10% planning <br /> • 10%curric dev •30%curric dev •30%curric dev <br /> CHHS • 30% professional dev •30%professional dev • 30% professional dev <br /> •50%netw,hardw,softw •30%netw,hardw,softw •30%netw,hardw,softw <br /> • 10% planning • 10% planning • 10% planning <br /> • 10%curric dev •30%curric dev •30%curric dev <br /> New High ' • 3096 Pr o <br /> fessional dev • 30% Professional dev <br /> 50%ne <br /> w hard w softw •30%netw ha <br /> d w <br /> softw <br /> 10% • 10% planning <br /> P 1 <br /> �8 <br /> P <br /> v •3096 curric dev <br /> 'c de <br /> 1096 cum <br /> Although the committee sees the need for at least one full-time technology specialist at each site,the <br /> following chart identifies a phase-in schedule if adequate funds are not available. <br /> Phase-In of Technolojy Specialist Positions <br /> 94-95 95-96 96-97 97-98 98-99 <br /> Elem 3 6 7 7 7 <br /> Middle 2 3 3 3 3 <br /> High 1 2 4 4 4 <br /> Total 6 11 14 14 _ 14 <br /> North Carolina offers a certification for Technology Specialists—the 077 Certification. UNC has <br /> been approved to offer this certification program,but has not offered it in the past. The School of <br /> Education is wanting to begin offering the certification and is exploring with CH-CCS the <br /> possibility of establishing a collaboration that would enable us to enroll all our technology <br /> specialists in their 077 certification program as a means of getting them the professional <br /> development they will need to work effectively at their schools. Our technology specialists would, <br /> once certified,act as mentors for future participants in the 077 certification program. <br /> V. Technology and Site-Based Management <br /> As the committee worked on its recommendations,questions relating to how centralized or <br /> decentralized an issue should be often arose. The Committee considered the centralized to <br /> decentralized continuum on a number of issues and determined that data network design and <br /> selection of email software should be completely centralized. Other areas the Committee tended to <br /> feel should be centralized were maintenance and repair and the job description of the technology <br /> specialists. The Committee felt that schools should have more flexibility in other areas of <br /> technology use. As the following chart shows,they liked the idea of a central group making <br /> limited recommendations from which schools might choose. To develop the chart,the Committee <br /> 14 <br />