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CoSN Mission

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) is the country’s premier voice for K-12 education leaders who use technology strategically to improve teaching and learning. CoSN provides products and services to support leadership development, advocacy, coalition building, and awareness of emerging technologies.

Audience

Our membership includes a unique blend of education and technology leaders, policy makers, and influencers from the public and private sectors. Our target audience includes:

• Key technology leaders (Chief Technology Officers [CTOs], Chief Information Officers [CIOs], Technology Directors, etc.) from school districts and state education agencies across the country.
• Technology leaders and influencers who see the accelerated use of technology as a means to improve teaching, learning, and administrative processes in their districts or states.
• Policy makers interested in technology’s role in helping prepare our children to compete in the 21st Century Knowledge Economy.
• Private sector leaders, particularly those that market technology-oriented products and services to education, who seek a deeper understanding of the K-12 market and the use of technology to improve learning.

Strategic Goals for 2006-2009

1. To enable district technology leaders to increase their knowledge and skills within CoSN’s Framework of Essential Skills of District Technology Leaders.
2. To empower K-12 technology leaders to participate actively as a key members of their organizations’ leadership teams.
3. To develop the capacity of technology leaders who aspire to accelerate strategic and system-wide uses of technology in their districts.

Ongoing Strategic Focus:

• Leadership Development: CoSN engages in programs and activities such as reports, analysis tools, and professional development resources that improve the capabilities of school leaders at the national, state and local levels to ensure that information technology has a direct and positive impact on student learning.
  
  
• Advocacy: CoSN maintains a strong and effective voice in policy formation and implementation at the federal level to ensure that legislation supports and promotes the power of technology to transform learning. Our advocacy efforts include an annual policy summit and ongoing mechanisms to provide educators with the tools and training necessary to be powerful advocates for the value of education technology.
  
  
• Coalition Building: CoSN actively cultivates partnerships and collaborative efforts with other organizations, government agencies and the private sector to improve access, equity and professional development around the use of technology in schools.
  
  
• Emerging Technology: As new technologies are developed and made available to schools and educators, leaders need information and tools on how to integrate these technologies to create the best learning environments for their students and teachers. CoSN stays on top of emerging technology trends and provides the framework to help school leaders ask important questions, evaluate the options and make informed decisions.