Department of Technology Services (DoTS)
Overview
Vision: Delivering the right technology district-wide to advance the quality of education.
Goals
Through technology, promote academic excellence, teacher and staff accomplishments, student achievement, community involvement and best business practices to prepare our students to become confident, responsible and productive citizens.
The following goals will be implemented through objectives and initiatives. They define what we need to accomplish from six perspectives:
- Student achievement goals are enabled through the implementation of information technologies
- Innovative technology solutions are leveraged district-wide to transform both academic and operational service delivery
- IT resources are deployed in alignment with the District's priorities, in a fiscally responsible manner, to deliver maximum value
- SPS staff are provided the tools and training to enable them to effectively use technology to provide the highest classroom and service delivery experience possible
- Students, teachers, parents, staff and the community have access to the information they need to support student success
- Academic and operational excellence are supported by a robust, secure and reliable technical infrastructure that enables clear, transparent and readily accessible data for measuring and improving performance
Accomplishments
- Classroom Technology Improvements
- Human Resource/Payroll System Migration
- District-wide Network Fiber Upgrade
- eLearning and Library Services Databases
- Library Automation Project
- Academic On-Line Resources
- Teacher Technology Project
- The Source Portal
- Budget Development System Project
- Data Center Upgrade
- Office Computer Replacement
- Instructional Broadcast Center Upgrade
- Back Office Improvements, Data and Voice
Current Initiatives
Key strategic initiatives were identified to help close the gap between where Seattle Public Schools' information technology implementation is today and where it needs to be in the future. Successful execution of these initiatives will enable the District to fulfill commitments made in Excellence for All.
- Deliver 21st century learning environments
- Promote personalized web content
- Develop community outreach and involvement
- Transform data into useful information to enable leaders to achieve performance excellence
- Implement K-12 academic and operational best practices via technology
- Prepare for the future through research and development
- Strengthen workforce technology skills
- Enhance data privacy and security
- Establish IT governance framework
- Develop 21st century infrastructure
- Develop data center disaster recovery plan
Future Initiatives
- Academic and Business Data Warehouse
- Legacy Systems Migration
- Technology Disaster Recovery
- Data Archival Project
- Special Education and Bilingual System
- Work Order Management System
- Fixed Assets System
- eLearning and Library Services II
- Grants Management Project