I.) MISSION
STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES
Palma is dedicated to providing
young men an excellent college preparatory education in a Roman
Catholic environment that embraces the Essential
Elements of a Christian Brothers Education
and challenges each individual to develop spiritually,
intellectually, morally, physically and socially (ESRL's).
The school environment will
assist the student:
- In developing a well-formed
mind which will ask questions, adjust to change, seek solutions in
a disciplined and organized manner;
- In acquiring a common store
of secular knowledge expected of secondary school
graduates;
- In giving them an
opportunity to learn and master basic skills in critical thinking,
communications and problem solving by offering a core
curriculum;
- In providing a quality
library, state-of-the-art computer facilities and labs;
and
- In developing a continuing
appreciation of society and the vocational
world.
II.) TECHNOLOGY
STRATEGIC PLAN
The technology plan for Palma
High School is to meet the following objectives; each objective has a
set of criteria established for the definition and measurement of
successful implementation:
- To upgrade wiring and
hardware standards within the School;
- To install a technology
environment that will offer compatible connection with new
technology making all designated resources available to students
within the school setting and where appropriate beyond our
physical facility;
- To expand resources through
new technologies as they become available and establish manageable
methods of use and access;
- To align planning for the
future with Library, Computer Resource Center and other individual
departments and all curriculum areas; and
- To increase efficiency and
productivity of teachers, staff, students and parents in the uses
of technologies, as well as by offering connections to resources
beyond the school.
III.) PLAN
JUSTIFICATION
In order to maintain a competent environment
for staff and students in an educational setting and to continue to
provide a high standard of service, Palma must offer a wide range of
electronic services to supplement the traditional print services and
classroom teaching that is currently being offered. This plan
presents the current and planned hardware, software
telecommunications and training necessary to deliver these services.
Palma does this by:
- Maintaining a Technology Committee
consisting of faculty members whose job it is to update the
technology plan and other technological policies; work at training
the faculty in keeping up with the changing technological
environments that are implemented; talk to faculty, staff,
administration and parents to solicit and access information as
how best to serve their needs and to revise the five year
technology needs plan.
- Palma provides in-house and outsourced
workshops for faculty, staff and administration in technology
training.
- Data is received from the following
sources: (1) yearly technology survey of administrators, teachers
and staff, (2) yearly soliciting of all academic departments and
administration. This data is used to make mid-course changes in
technology plan.
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