Technology
 
 
 
The Wright City R-2 School District is committed to providing a technology rich educational environment that will provide students with a well-

rounded education enabling them to be productive members of society. The district provides technology for enhancing delivery of curriculum while providing the students with the education to be able to use technology in their business and personal lives.
 
 
Below you will find some highlights of the technology in our District:show-me_tech4.JPG
    • All of our main classrooms K-12 have projectors installed.
    • All elementary classrooms have SMART Boards.
    • Six middle school classrooms have SMART Boards installed.
    • Nine high school classrooms have Promethean Boards installed.
    • The elementary and middle school has a total of six eMINTS rooms.
    • Each building has access to at least two sets of interactive handheld devices (clickers).
    • Every classroom has at least one networked computer.  Elementary classrooms have at least two networked computers.
    • A total of eight computer labs are spread throughout our district.
    • All certified staff have been given a laptop, allowing them to be mobile and interact with our students.
    • All of our buildings have been blanketed in wireless allowing students and staff to stay connected.
    • All staff and students grades 6-12 have been given email addresses for collaboration use.
    • Many online programs such as AIMS Web, Discovery Assessment and Renaissance Place have been implemented allowing teachers and students to use technology to assess student performance.
    • The District selected Infinite Campus as our student information system.  Infinite Campus gives parents, students and staff real time information about assignments, behavior, lunch account balances, schedules and more.
    • The District has implemented a technology replacement schedule, which ensures that our staff and students have continuous access to working equipment.
 
 
Technology Plan
Every three years every Missouri school district is required to submit a technology plan to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE). 
 
Our current technology plan can be found here: 2009-2012TechPlan.pdf2009-2012TechPlan.pdf

The annual review of our technology plan status can be found here: 2009-2012_Tech_Plan_Action_Plan_Status2011-2012.pdf2009-2012_Tech_Plan_Action_Plan_Status2011-2012.pdf
 


 
Staff Training Requirements 
 

One of the requirements of the “No Child Left Behind Act” is that all students should be considered technology literate by their 8th grade year.  Our district believes that in order to instruct our students in technology, all of our staff need to understand technology as well.  The district’s technology training program is broken down into 3 Tiers:
 
DSC00437.JPGTier 1 Technology Training
Tier 1 is the first of three technology training levels.  This level contains tasks that the majority of staff members will use on a day to day basis.  All staff must show proficiency in these areas by the end of the 2007-2008 school year or within 1 year of their hire date.
Tier 2 Technology Training
Tier 2 Technology Training is targeted towards the integration of technology into student learning, classroom communication, and using technology as a teaching tool.  Teachers are expected to complete five (5) classes per year for a 2 year period.
Tier 3 Technology Training
 
Tier 3 Technology Training is targeted towards more advanced users.  Classes offered at this level are voluntary