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Loveland City Schools

  District Information
  Why did the district create such a program to utilize students as technology support staff?
  What technology support do students provide to the district? (e.g. software, hardware, website creation or maintenance, etc.)
  How long has the project been in effect?
  Did another district's student tech program influence the way you modeled your program? If so, which district.
  What resources or policies were necessary to start up and maintain the program? (i.e. funding, human resources, board approval, ect.)
  What are the goals of the program?
  How much did it cost to create the program? Please itemize costs and expenditures in an Appendix.
  How much does it cost annually to maintain the program? Please itemize costs and expenditures in an Appendix.
  How many students have participated in the program to date?
  How many students are participating in the program this school year?
  Do students work during or outside school hours? Please detail.
  Are students paid for their work? If so, how much per hour and how are they funded? If students are not paid, do they receive credit as a course?
  What grade level(s) are students who participate in the program?
  Is your student technical program integrated with your district curriculum? How?
  How have you solved logistical problems (matching student/teacher schedules, transportation between buildings, etc) so that students can do work where it is needed?
  How and by whom are students trained to be able to support district technology?
  What training and reference materials are provided to the student participants?
  How many technical support staff (non-student) are employed by the district? Describe the role of each.
  What lessons has the district learned during the program? Include strengths, weaknesses and obstacles encountered.
  What process and instruments are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program?
  How is cost-effectiveness of the program determined? What information has been gathered to date showing the cost-effectiveness of the program? Include samples.
  Why does your district believe that it is has a model for other districts to implement?
  Describe the type of product(s) you anticipate creating to communicate to all districts your program? (e.g. website, CD Rom, video, etc.)


District Information     Top
District name: Loveland City Schools
District IRN: 44271
Contact Person: Dr. Roger Seifried
Contact Person Title: Analyst
Contact Person Address: 6399 Roth Ridge Drive
Loveland, OH 45140
Contact Person Phone: 513.677.0962
Contact Person Fax: 513.677.0962
Contact Person email: rseifried@fuse.net
Requested Funding Amount: $9,964.00
District Size: 501 to 1,500 Students
Grades Involved: 5 6 7
Project Artifact: PDF
Dates of Presentation:
Presentation One:
Location:
Ohio SchoolNet Conference - Columbus
Date:
2/5/2002
Presentation Two:
Location:
Loveland Middle School
Date:
3/14/2002
Why did the district create such a program to utilize students as technology support staff?     Top
  • Did not have funds for sufficient support staff.
  • Provide quicker response assistance for teachers, staff, and principal.
  • Provide high-skill technology students the opportunity to increase their skills.
What technology support do students provide to the district? (e.g. software, hardware, website creation or maintenance, etc.)     Top
Assist teachers, principal, office staff, and other students in their use of information technology including:
  • General computer use including: Turn on a workstation, log on (log off) the system, start an application, find and open files, save files, create a new document, find lost files from name or content, folder creation/rename/delete, find the size of a file, and print documents
  • Solving problems including: Frozen in an application, blank screen, will not shut down, in a C> prompt, printer not ready, and won't print.
  • Use of computer software programs including:
    • Word processor - MS Works
    • Spread sheet - MS Works
    • Database - MS Works
    • Presentation - PowerPoint
    • Internet web browser - Netscape
    • Drawing Programs - Paint, digital camera and associated software, and web page creation.
      (http://www.loveland.k12.oh.us/lint/techteam/index.html)
  • Assist Building Technology Coordinator including install software applications on individual computers.
  • Projects as assigned by teachers or administration including:
    • Creating PowerPoint presentations for the principal from his hand written notes
    • entering data from Proficiency Progress Evaluation tests into a spreadsheet for analysis
    • grading Proficiency Progress Evaluation tests, creating a web site.
  • Teaching technology courses for teachers, office staff, parents and school principal including:
    • 1 1/2 hour course on Word Processing and
    • 1 1/2 hour course on PowerPoint (Appendix C)
How long has the project been in effect?     Top
The Tech Team has been on effect for two years 2000-2001and 2001-2002
Did another district's student tech program influence the way you modeled your program? If so, which district.     Top
Yes, but most of the program was developed at Loveland. If so, which district.
  • Kent School district, Kent, WA
  • Maumee School District, Maumee, OH
What resources or policies were necessary to start up and maintain the program? (i.e. funding, human resources, board approval, ect.)     Top
  • A written start up plan and approval by the school principal and district superintendent. (Appendix E)
  • The Building Technology Coordinator to select the students. For first year students were selected from the Building Technology Coordinator's knowledge of the students from Computer Club in previous years. In succeeding years they will be selected by an application and interview process. (Appendix E)
  • Meetings with parents to explain the program and incorporate their ideas.
  • Application from the students, signed by the student and signed by their parents giving permission for the students to participate.
  • Use of a computer lab for 1 1/2 hours per week after school.
  • Two adult volunteers, one of which had the necessary technology knowledge and abilities.
What are the goals of the program?     Top
Support the 5/6 grade school in Computer Information Technology.
How much did it cost to create the program? Please itemize costs and expenditures in an Appendix.     Top
This field appears as an appendix in the PDF
How much does it cost annually to maintain the program? Please itemize costs and expenditures in an Appendix.     Top
This field appears as an appendix in the PDF
How many students have participated in the program to date?     Top
Thirty eight students have participated to date. 18 are from fifth grade, 15 from sixth grade, and 5 from seventh grade.
How many students are participating in the program this school year?     Top
Twenty students are participating this year. 8 are from sixth grade, 12 from fifth grade.
Do students work during or outside school hours? Please detail.     Top
Students attend Tech Team meetings for one and a half hours immediately after school one day per week. This time is used to give instruction that is needed, certify students in various abilities (e.g. Word processor, digital camera), do projects for the school administration, install software, work with any teachers who need assistance, and help with the computer club which meets at the same time in another computer lab. During school hours the Tech Team students are available to supply assistance subject to their current class teacher approval. They are required to make up any work missed
Are students paid for their work? If so, how much per hour and how are they funded? If students are not paid, do they receive credit as a course?     Top
The Tech Team students receive no pay and do not receive any course credit. It is purely voluntary on their part. (However, their parents take turns bringing snacks to the meetings)
What grade level(s) are students who participate in the program?     Top
The students for the 2000-2001 year were from the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades. The students for the 2001-2002 year are from the fifth and sixth grades.
Is your student technical program integrated with your district curriculum? How?     Top
It is not integrated with a district curriculum. However, courses that students take as part of the regular district curriculum help prepare them for the Tech Team.
How have you solved logistical problems (matching student/teacher schedules, transportation between buildings, etc) so that students can do work where it is needed?     Top
There were no significant logistical problems. The students stay immediately after school for the weekly meetings and arrange their own rides home with their parents or parents of other Tech Team members. The fifth and sixth grade building is attached to the seventh grade building. The students do technology assistance only in their own buildings.
How and by whom are students trained to be able to support district technology?     Top
The selection process ensures students with considerable knowledge and experience from school classes, what they learned at home, and through the school computer club. Additional training is organized by the adult volunteers and is given primarily by the adult volunteers. Students who know the subject, and other volunteers such as high school students, also give instruction.
What training and reference materials are provided to the student participants?     Top
Students are given training in:
  • Word processor
  • Spreadsheet
  • PowerPoint
  • Internet
  • Digital camera
  • Web page creation
  • How to help others so they learn how themselves rather than just doing it for them.
  • How to teach technology
For reference material, the students are given notebooks where they keep copies of handout material. Handouts include the certification check lists which also double as quick references. They contain not only a list of what to be able to do but a quick reference on how to do it.
The notebooks also contain problem Log Sheets, a list of Tech Team members with their home phone numbers and e-mail addresses and a list of their certifications. The six students who teach the word processing class were given teaching notes prepared by one of the adult volunteers. For the PowerPoint class the students are preparing their own teaching notes which will be included.
How many technical support staff (non-student) are employed by the district? Describe the role of each.     Top
There are 2 full time and 7 part time for a total of 9 technical staff employed by the District. Describe the role of each.

1 - Supervisor District Computing (Full time) -
Overall responsibility for the hardware and software of the network and computers.

1 - Assistant Supervisor District Computing (full time) -
Also part time building Technology Coordinator for one building.

5 - Building Technology Coordinators (about half time)
Provide in-building assistance on the use of the Information technology.

2 - College students (1 day per week)-
Repair, maintenance, and new installations
What lessons has the district learned during the program? Include strengths, weaknesses and obstacles encountered.     Top
  1. Students are very hungry immediately after school.
  2. The program started by giving instruction to the students and did not work well. They knew most of the material and became bored. The approach was then changed to giving them the certification check lists and letting them practice the few things that they needed.
  3. The students went through the training and certifications quicker than expected. This was great but left the question of what to do during the weekly meetings. They chose to fill this time with helping in the computer club, doing large projects for teachers and the principal, and preparing to teach classes.
  4. The certification process was a big hit with the students. They were all very eager to earn more certifications.
  5. The approach of using students who were certified in a certain area to certify other students worked well.
  6. The approach of putting individual students in charge of projects and a team of students doing the project worked well.
  7. Having all work done by the students be on a volunteer basis also worked well. Occasionally we had brief discussions with individuals about the mission of the Tech Team, but that was sufficient.
  8. Teaching classes went beyond the original planned mission. This involved preparing teaching notes and teaching them how to teach. Our experience with the first class showed that their knowledge and presentation of the subject was very good, but their command of the class could be improved. Feedback from the parents, teachers and principal attending the class was very positive. All said that they learned useful things, some asked for some private instruction and several expressed astonishment that primarily 5th and 6th graders could do such a good job of teaching.
  9. The students are not as interested in preparing the teaching notes ("that is a lot of work"), so they are preparing rough drafts, which the adults will also work on, for the next (PowerPoint) class.
  10. Teachers, staff, and principal were very supportive of the program, were happy to have the additional resources available, and used them when the opportunity arose.
What process and instruments are used to evaluate the effectiveness of the program?     Top
The process of evaluation includes:
  • Verbal feedback from teachers, staff and the principal.
  • Observations of the adults running the program and the Building Technology Coordinator.
  • The completed certifications of the Tech Team students. (Appendix A)
  • Projects completed successfully by the Tech Team students.
  • Written evaluations of adult students attending classes presented. (Appendix B)
How is cost-effectiveness of the program determined? What information has been gathered to date showing the cost-effectiveness of the program? Include samples.     Top
This field appears as an appendix in the PDF
Why does your district believe that it is has a model for other districts to implement?     Top
  • There is no added cost assuming that computers and adult volunteers are available.
  • Older students could be used as volunteers. A high school student ran several of the weekly meetings.
  • It worked successfully for 5-7 graders in our school.
  • It is easily customizable to the software and technology used by a given school.
Describe the type of product(s) you anticipate creating to communicate to all districts your program? (e.g. website, CD Rom, video, etc.)     Top
A CD Rom will be supplied containing:
  • A detailed summary of how the program was started and how it is managed and operated.
  • The project plan that was used to gain approval from the principal and superintendent
  • The certification check lists that have been developed.
  • Teaching notes for the word processor (MS Works) class and PowerPoint class.
  • A final report from the end of the year outlining what was done and comments on what went well and what could be improved, including suggestions for improvement.
  • The student application and approval form.
  • Slides used for the presentation.

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