Environmental Scan

 Environmental Scan

1) In my district the community has access to broadband access daily from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm.

2) At my school students have 1:1 access to a piece of technology, which is either a chromebook for grades 3 - 5 and an iPad for grades K - 2.

3) Technology is accessed daily in classrooms across the District. There is an emphasis is integrating technology to teach and extend learning.

4) Professional development for teachers and staff are a requirement for librarians in our District. We also have an ITS (Instructional Technology Specialist) assigned to your campus that conducts their own professional development, but also collaborates with librarians.

5) The community that my school services is a working, middle class community. Most parents work full time although there is a small percentage of stay at home parents. Because of this, we have a lot of support from the community in various ways.

6) The physical environment is a climate that is mostly hot and dry.

7) Most teachers in our school are comfortable with learning new digital technologies and are also comfortable teaching in this manner. We have recently had many teachers retire who had taught for 20+ years. The new teachers and staff that are coming in are younger and very proficient in technology.

7) Most children in the community have additional devices at home.

8) Some students have phones that are being used in the 4th and 5th grades.

9) Most of the community has access to broadband. Those who don't can take advantage of The City of San Antonio's Affordable Connectivity Program offering broadband access at a discounted rate.