Integrated Technology Plan
Everett Public Schools is boosting teaching and learning with technology that empowers both staff and students. Thoughtful design and application of technology are enhancing teachers' effectiveness. Our students are set on the path of mastering the digital world as one of the many skills they will need in leading and shaping the future.
Technology is becoming a natural part of our lives, and we're integrating it smoothly into education. Blended learning, which combines technology with everyday learning, is shaping students into adaptable thinkers both online and offline.
Technology is also enhancing collaboration, communication, creativity, and critical thinking. Guided by their teachers, students are gaining global perspectives and important citizenship skills like empathy, respect, and community involvement.
Integrating technology in Everett Schools helps students learn deeply, adapt to change, and grow personally and professionally.
Integrated Technology Plans 2022-28 Technology Handbook
Integrated Technology Plan Goals
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All leaders fully leverage technology within their leadership roles and areas of responsibility to strengthen teaching, learning, and operations. |
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All learners are supported by educators who fully integrate technology into their instruction to connect learners to experiences that empower and inspire. |
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All learners have engaging and empowering learning experiences in both formal and informal settings that prepare them to be active, creative, knowledgeable, and ethical participants in our globally-connected society. |
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All levels of our education system leverage the power of technology to measure what matters and use quality assessment data to improve teaching, learning, and operations. |
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All stakeholders, including families, strategic partners, and the community, will have opportunities to learn about, provide feedback on, and partner with the district about technology in school, at home, and in the community. |
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All levels of our education system will have equitable access to a robust and comprehensive infrastructure when and where they need it for teaching, learning, and operations. |
One to One
Everett Public Schools is dedicated to providing students with the highest quality education and access to technology that enriches their learning. Supported by our community, as of fall 2020 each and every student will have daily access to technology including a device, resources, and wireless connection. Elementary students have a dedicated computer that they can take from home to school daily and secondary students utilize their computers both at school and at home.
Having access to technology is only a starting point; resources, instructional design and quality instruction leverage technology to enrich, engage, and involve students in their learning and creativity.
How does 1:1 help learning?
Technology is an educational basis in school today. It is a tool necessary for students to successfully use, produce and create information in a 21st century classroom – and to be prepared for the world they will enter after graduation.
1:1 access will level the playing field for all students. When each student has a device like all others, learning opportunities are equitable. All students then have the same tools aligned with classroom learning.
What does that look like in each school?
Each student from preschool to graduation has access to a computing device, equipped with age-appropriate software. High and middle schools assign devices to each student to bring back and forth daily. Elementary schools have full computer carts in each classroom and may check out computers for students to take home. Elementary school parents and guardians can check with your child’s school for details.