Plan Home Page

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
Acknolwedgements

Stakeholder Chart
District Introduction

FAQ

PLAN ESSENTIALS
Executive Summary
Vision
Scenario
Research
Gap Commentary

GOALS
Goal 1:  Commitment to the Vision
Goal 2: Making Connections
Goal 3: Engaging Learners
Goal 4: Developing Students'  Skills
Goal 5:  Developing Teacher's Skills
Goal 6:  Equipment
Goal 7: Tech Support
Goal 8: Admin. Communications and Information

STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS
Timeline
Budget

APPENDICES
Gap Analysis Summary
Laptop Plan  
Notes from Great Minds Forum
Tech Advisory Committee
Ed Tech Bios
Tech Use 
Ed Tech Staff Training 
Tech Stats

Resources for Planning
External Scans
Year 2 Projects

Learning @ the Speed of Thought...

A Communications and Information Plan
for Warren Township High School

   

Welcome to Warren High School's Communications and Information Plan Web Site.

The links provided here guide the reader through both the content of our plan as well as the background behind its development.

Follow the links below, or use the links in the sidebar to the left to familiarize yourself with our plans for helping our students learn to communicate and access information in the 21st Century.

| Introductory Information | Plan Essentials | Goals | Strategic Documents | Appendices |

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION
Acknolwedgements Thank you's to the many who helped develop this plan and the overall communications and information program at WTHS.
Stakeholder Chart Shows the organizations and relationships our Technology Advisory Committee members represent.
District Introduction A brief overview of Warren THS, its characteristics and challenges.
 
Frequently Asked Questions A list of questions and their answers related to our communications and information plan.

PLAN ESSENTIALS
Executive Summary Here's the basic plan in short form.
Vision Our district vision for learning through communications and information.
Scenario A picture of what learning might be like in the future.
Research Conclusions draws from our research on the future of communications and information.
Gap Commentary Conclusions drawn from the results of our Gap Analysis Survey.

GOALS
Goal 1: Commitment to the Vision
Goal 2: Making Connections
Goal 3: Engaging Learners
Goal 4: Developing Students'  Skills
Goal 5:  Developing Teacher's Skills
Goal 6:  Equipment
Goal 7: Tech Support
Goal 8: Admin. Communications and Information

STRATEGIC DOCUMENTS
Timeline A breakdown of our goals in chronological order.
Budget Projections of the costs related to our future plans for communications and information.

APPENDICES
Gap Analysis Summary The raw data from our Gap Analysis Survey.
Laptop Plan  A DRAFT of our plan for fostering faculty literacy in communications and information access.
Notes from Great Minds Forum Notes from a forum held at the Illinois Math and Science Academy--provocative ideas about the future of schooling and learning.
Tech Advisory Committee A news release about the work of our Technology Advisory Committee.
NETS Diagram A chart showing the skills proposed by the National Educational Technology Standards program--skills that all students should develop.
Embedded Literacy Skills A scheme for embedding the NETS standards in our core curricula.
Tech Use A listing of Technology-related projects and their descriptions from Semester I that were scheduled in our group instruction labs.
Ed Tech Staff Training  Sessions attended by our Educational Technology Staff.
Tech Stats A few basic statistics about technology at WTHS.
Resources for Planning Web sites we used in our research and planning.
External Scans Notes from our research.

Teacher Survey The survey we use to track improvement amongst our faculty in the area of communications and information literacy.  
Teacher Survey Results View the results of our annual teacher survey.

Tech Advisory Committee Web Site A record of the proceedings of the committee who made all of this happen this year.
Year 2 Projects A list of the projects planned for Year 2 of the plan, proposed to the Board of Ed on May 22, 2001.

Posted May 3, 2000; last edited on 10/20/2004 .
Communications and Information Plan, Warren Township High School.  Send comments to Bill Chapin, 500 N. O'Plaine Rd, Gurnee, IL, 60031, 847.599.4600.