Calcasieu Parish Public Schools

Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB), a Baldridge-based quality district, will showcase evolutionary strategic planning processes developed over a decade to transform schools into 21st century learning environments. See how 17,000+ computers and nearly 40,000 employees and students are supported with limited resources and personnel. Discover how to realistically leverage funding across your district to support technology without passing a large bond issue. As school districts are being asked to do more with less, and lots of people are making promises, Calcasieu delivers on the technology promise with “real tools for real kids for real success.”

As a recognized NSBA Salute District, NSBA Trailblazer recipient, and the 2007 ISTE Sylvia Charp Award winner, this internationally known Louisiana district located in the heart of Cajun Country encompasses 1,046 square miles and provides a world class educational environment in 60 schools. The district maintains a significant commitment to technology leadership and a vision for continuous improvement and growth in emerging technologies.

Participants will gain insight into the following topics:

• a comprehensive and innovative eLearning community

• automation, policies and standardization to leverage limited personnel resources

• data-sharing using the School Interoperability

Framework (SIF)

• VoIP (Voice over IP), WiFi, streaming video, and online

conferencing

• online formative assessment solutions

• NETS proficiency assessments for students, teachers,

and administrators

• student summer technology camp implementation

• online parent access center

• extensive district and regional technology professional

development

• innovative use of interactive white boards, classroom

response systems, digital video, Web 2.0 tools, laptops

in the classroom, 1:1 computing, television production,

and assistive technologies

• international collaborations

• unique partnerships with local universities

• online curriculum resources

As an added bonus, you will engage in real time global collaboration to discuss and share contextual experiences and help you focus and implement what you have seen. Whether you are an administrator, teacher, school board member, or technology coordinator, Ingenuity, Innovation, and Implementation are the keys to the insights you’ll gain at the “Calcasieu Technology Treasures: Real Tools, Real Kids, Real Success” site visit.