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D. Kent King                                            Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Commissioner of Education                                                                                                 P.O. Box  480
                                                                                                                    Jefferson City, MO  65102-0480
                                                                                                                                    

N=524 

Missouri Census of Technology

DISTRICT Level Census (2004)

 

 

Complete this census form to reflect district technology status as of March 1.

It is recommended that you make a copy of the completed census for your files. 

Consult the Core Data Manual and Help file, call (573) 751-8247, or e-mail: instrtech@dese.mo.gov for assistance as needed

 

Contact Name:

Contact Title:

District Telephone #:

District Fax #:

Contact E-mail:

District URL: (Prepopulated from screen 8)

                                                                                               

 

PLANNING

 

  1. Year district technology plan was last approved by the Department  2002 = 16   2003 = 451   2004 = 69 
     

  2. List any business or higher education institution with which you partner to support technology.

    93 = Business (Technology/Telecommunications)   82 = Higher Education   37 = Business (Non-technical)

 

TRAINING

  1. Identify any board-approved education technology standards and what population(s) must meet the standards.
    <number and percent of districts responding>

 STANDARDS (Check ALL that apply) 

417 (80%) Locally-developed       

140 (27%) Adopted National Educational Technology Standards (ISTE)

  34  ( 7%) Adopted Standards for Technological Literacy: Content for the Study of Technology (ITEA)

  35  ( 7%) Other (specify) _____________________________________________                  

  65 (12%) None

POPULATION(S) (Check ALL that apply)

Students:                                                                                          Staffs:

401 (77%) PreK-2                                                                           400 (76%) Administrators  

420 (80%) 3-5                                                                                 414 (79%) Teachers   

437 (83%) 6-8                                                                                 350 (67%) Support services staff

375 (72%) 9-12                                                                               103 (20%) None                          

  35 (60%) Area career center  (N=58)

  64 (12%) None

  1. Estimate the percentage of administrators and support services staff, in the administrative building/office(s), at each skill level of technology use.

 

Beginner

Intermediate

Advanced

Administrators

4,800    (9%)

34,363  (66%)

13,339  (25%)

Support services staff

7,819  (15%)

30,453  (58%)

13,943  (27%)

 

HARDWARE & SUPPORT

  1. Estimate the total FTE of district-level staff who are directly responsible for technical maintenance and support of hardware.
     
       Total = 1093.70   and    Average = 2.09
     

  2. Enter the quantity of computers, by type, currently used in the administrative building/office(s). Total Computers = 16,077

 

Apple/Mac

Number of Computers

 

PC Compatible

Number of Computers

  • LC series or lower

11

  • 486 or earlier

389

  • Power Mac series

86

  • Pentium I or II

3020

  • G3 

461

  • Pentium III 

4604

  • G4 or later

337

  • Pentium IV or later

4990

Sub-Total = 895  (6%)

  • Celeron

1414

 

 

  • AMD (under 450 MHz )

218

 

 

  • AMD (450 MHz or higher)

547

 

Sub-Total = 15182  (94%)

  1.  Enter the quantity of computers in the administrative building/office(s) currently using the following.

 

Apple/Mac

Number of Computers

 

PC Compatible

Number of Computers

OS 9.x or earlier

512

Windows 1998 or earlier

6104

OS 10.x or later

463

Windows NT

358

Total

975

Windows 2000

2184

 

 

Windows XP

4275

Acrobat Reader

 

Total

12,921

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

253

 

 

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

962

Acrobat Reader

 

Total

1215

Acrobat Reader 4.x or earlier

1986

 

 

Acrobat Reader 5.x or later

9472

 

 

Total

11458

 
 

INTERNET CONNECTIVITY-DISTANCE LEARNING

  1. Identify the operating system used on the server(s) in the administrative building/office(s).

  23   (3%)  Apple Share       

131 (19%)  Windows 2000

  88 (13%)  Linux   

130 (19%)  Windows NT   

  17   (2%)  Mac Server OS     

111 (14%)  Other

283 (41%)  Novell              

  18   (3%)  None

  1. Identify district-supported administrative systems. (Check ALL that apply) 

511 (98%)  Accounting /budgeting/payroll

345 (66%)  IEP management

222 (42%)  Attendance staff

108 (21%)  Instructional management system

461 (88%)  Attendance student

242 (46%)  Inventory

452 (86%)  Communication/email

432 (82%)  Library catalog

355 (68%)  Discipline

  69 (13%)  School safety

134 (26%)  Distance education

158 (30%)  Student fees

181 (35%)  Extra curricular (scheduling)

304 (58%)  Student performance

431 (82%)  Food Service

103 (20%)  Teacher evaluations

346 (66%)  Health Service

220 (42%)  Technical support

196 (37%)  Hosting classroom websites

201 (38%)  Transportation

 

TECHNOLOGY USAGE

  1. Technology is integrated in the following core content areas(s). (Check ALL that apply)

       497 (95%) Communication Arts   451 (86%) Mathematics    454 (87%) Science   444 (85%) Social Studies    
     

  2. Estimate the percentage of the following populations the district provides email accounts.
    <number and percent of districts responding and average percentage rate of students with accounts>

     Students:                                                                  Staff:

    22 /  4%   (77%)   Pre K-2                                      515 / 98%  (98%) Administrators  

    51 / 10%  (54%)   3-5                                             510 / 97%  (93%) Teachers   

    72 / 14%  (72%)   6-8                                             494 / 94%  (82%) Support services staff

  125 / 24%  (45%)   9-12                                               8 / 2%     (NA)  None                                

   58 /100% (100%)  Area career center

  355 / 68%   (NA)    None

  1. Estimate the percentage of the district’s 6th graders who are technologically literate.
     
        Average = 86%   and    Median = 90%
     

TECHNOLOGY FUNDING

  1. Estimate the amount for which items were purchased or budgeted.

Items Purchased or Budgeted

Last Fiscal Year

Current Fiscal Year

Next Fiscal Year

Hardware

$40,328,446

$38,380,282

$34,986,027

Software: instructional

6,239,818

5,839,898

5,265,403

Software: administrative

5,364,172

7,689,236

8,013,669

Professional development

6,993,433

7,228,577

6,623,914

Connectivity/distance learning

5,295,126

4,831,851

5,307,742

Technical support

19,480,114

19,099,793

18,589,486

Infrastructure/retrofitting/other

8,696,322

8,947,579

8,867,148

Total

$92,397,431

$92,017,216

$87,653,389

  1. Enter the dollar value of the district’s E-rate discounts for the current year as indicated in USAC’s funding commitment letters.

       Total = $32,575,547  (381 districts responded)   and   Average = $85,500
     

  2. Estimate the percentage of the discount used to support education technology. 

       Average = 74%   and  
    Median = 90%