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Diminishing Resources and Greater Expectations
March 26, 2003

Reporting and accountability requirements are growing, and expectations - both for student performance and district management - are greater than ever before. At the same time, state and local budgets are struggling with reductions that mean cuts in education funding. Rather than growing to meet the needs, resources are shrinking to disastrous levels. School districts need new ways of managing so that they can do more with less. Panelists on this Webcast will explore how innovative districts deal with cuts in funding while addressing new mandates, including those of No Child Left Behind.

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Mid-Atlantic Regional Technology in Education Consortium (MAR*TEC)

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Let us know: What's your strategy for doing more with less?

Please submit a short description of what your district is doing in terms of technology - either how you are managing resources or how you are using technology as solutions. In addition to posting the responses online for the web cast, your answers will inform a future article for Technology & Learning magazine. Please send your descriptions to michelle@cosn.org.

Moderator

• Jim Hirsch, Associate Superintendent for Technology, Plano Independent School District

Presenters

• Marla Davenport, Director, Learning & Tech, TIES
• Neil Delerson, Chief Information Officer, Richardson ISD, TX
• John Porter, Associate Superintendent & Chief Information Officer, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD

Each of the speakers will present a unique strategy, as follows:

• John Porter - Zero-based Budgeting
• Marla Davenport - Consortium approach - How districts can share costs to save money
• Neil Delerson - IT Outsourcing

Presenter Biographies

Jim Hirsch is the Associate Superintendent for Technology for Plano Independent School District in Plano, Texas. Mr. Hirsch has been involved in public education and the use of educational technology for more than 27 years and has worked with thousands of teachers across the United States and Canada to integrate technology into their daily classroom curriculum activities. Mr. Hirsch currently serves as the Chair of the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and on the editorial advisory boards for Scholastic Administr@tor, eSchool News and the Dallas Morning News. Recent recognitions have included the Making It Happen Award by NetSchools. He has published more than 80 articles in a variety of journals and has authored three books on educational technology.

John Porter, a native of Washington, D.C., became the chief information officer for Montgomery County Public Schools, located in suburban Maryland, in July 2000.

Mr. Porter received his bachelor's degree from The Catholic University of America. He then pursued a doctor of law degree at Ohio State University. After graduation, he became interested in technology through his involvement with the computerization of Lexis-Nexis, the legal research group. He later transformed his interest in and knowledge of computers into several successful business ventures.

An active member of the community, Mr. Porter has served as chairman of the boards of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber Workforce Corporation, and the Technology Workforce Task Force. He also has served on the boards of Leadership Montgomery, the Olney Theatre, Governor's Workforce Initiative Board, and many other civic groups. His interest in the community and in education lead to his work with Montgomery County Public Schools.

Mr. Porter has played a key role in redefining and revitalizing the role of technology in Montgomery County Public Schools. Under his leadership, information technology has not only revised and improved business services to the school district, but also become actively involved in evaluating and developing technology for use in the classroom by students and teachers.

Marla Davenport, a Director of Learning and Technology at TIES, is responsible for accomplishing the division's goal to provide leadership in the application of technology to education. Her responsibilities include planning and delivering staff development activities, online resources and tools, and exploring new technologies. Through current projects she is helping develop activities to manage and evaluate technology integration and explore the use of Internet2. She has worked with teachers and administrators from Minnesota schools, Department of Defense Schools and American International Schools worldwide to plan for technology integration and deliver professional development. She a national board member for the Consortium for School Networking and has served as an International Society for Technology in Education affiliate board member and a member of the Blue Ribbon for North Central Regional Educational Laboratory. She is a licensed elementary school teacher who holds a Master's Degree in Educational Technologies from the University of St. Thomas and is completing a doctorate in education leadership.

Neil Delerson: is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Technology and Facility Services Division of the Richardson Independent School District (RISD), located in Richardson, Texas. RISD has fifty-five (55) schools and an enrollment of approximately 35,000 students. He is responsible for the departments of instructional technology, technology program management (networking services, technology help desk, desktop support services, telecommunication services), and information systems. He is also responsible for overseeing the district's Facility Services departments that includes maintenance and operations, grounds, energy management, and security. Additionally he has overall responsibility for Program Management of the $351M Bond 2001 package, which includes various construction and renovation projects, technology upgrades, and other instructional deliverables. Prior to joining RISD, Mr. Delerson was employed in the private sector for 20 years where he held various technical and managerial positions.