The team members in the district's Community Relations Department are dedicated to keeping Osceola County residents informed about the School Board, the Osceola School District, and the individual public schools within the district. The goal of our communication efforts is to build trust within the district and create new lines of communication throughout the district with our many education stakeholders. Areas of focus for community engagement projects and programs include:
*Community Relations and Partnerships
*Media Relations
*Employee Relations
The Broward County School District has a designated website for parents call PARENT INVOLVEMENT. This is great website for parents within the Broward County school district to use as a quick condense reference guide to get and stay info with what's going on in this school district. This website also provides an abundance of valuable resources ranging from ways for parent to get involve in their child's schooling, school policies, academic info, and supportive services to things as Teen Parent Program, health education, and preventive programs from substance abuse, etc.
It is the responsibility of each applicant to obtain current information regarding renewal requirements from the employing school district or Bureau of Educator Certification. If you are employed by a district public or charter school in Florida, request a district application form for certificate renewal from your district office and submit the completed application to your employing school district.
There are a wide variety of Career and Technical Educational programs offered in Osceola District Schools offering technology training which incorporates the career skills that are in demand in our society.
Jeanne Willard, director of on-time graduation at Everett School District in Snohomish County, Washington, discusses Graduation Alliance with Education World.
A high level discussion of issues involved in school districts using cloud-based services systemically. Beyond the technical issues, of chief concern is restricting access to student data.
I thought this was interesting. By using the FLDOE website, you can search for your district and see what their District Plan is for the year. I know we have been introduced to it in my school, but this goes into depth. It's great to know what you are working towards.
A great read about Technology Integration from the perspective of a K-12 District Technology Integrator.
Effective quote: "Technology is Not pedagogy."
The topic of future trends in technology for schools involves an incredible amount of inherent change, especially in reference to technology capabilities. This site is an introduction to many of the aspects of technology change that will impact education in the next few years. The goal of the site is to give administrators a glimpse into the rich technology resources available on the Web. Using this site for "just-in-time" references to issues that all administrators will or are currently facing, will assist districts in managing change through research and understanding. Some current pivotal issues include a clear understanding of possible affects of technology tools will have on learning styles, facilities planning, student achievement, budgeting, and teacher preparation.
Prepare students to succeed in a global society by teaching them a new language. Rosetta Stone provides a path students and educators can follow with confidence.
In the past, student documents were stored in folders at the central office, then copied and sent to various schools when requested, explains Ramzi Adas, the district's manager for imaging services.
Instead of having a person scan and index documents, we have a middle product that can read and interpret those documents, automatically indexing them into the system,
A district saves money and improves security with its new document management system. Portland's Digital Doc Gains
Boosted workers' productivity by 85 percent
Slashed turnaround time on documents from several hours to mere minutes
Realized savings of $100,000, mostly on storage space
Eliminated the need to transport documents between the central office and schools
Guaranteed compliance with No Child Left Behind, the Oregon TAG mandate, and other state and federal statutes regarding document retention
This Technology Integration Matrix is the tool that is used in our Orlando local district to plan, prepare, measure, and implement digital standards based lessons.
We believe that all middle school students benefit from rigorous, "real-world", engaging learning experiences that prepare them for successful futures.