• Full name of grant – FY11 Integrating the NETS-S to Prepare College and Career Ready Students
• 22 systems applied for the grant, we are one of three systems to receive the grant – the other two systems were Jasper County and Macon County
• Total award $1,077,098 (about $680,000 for equipment, about $390,000 for professional development, and about $8,000 for the evaluation of the grant)  All grant fund must be spent before September 30, 2012.
• Grant period - Fall 2011 through Spring 2014
• Grant includes K-8 regular education and special education core subject area classrooms

Goals of the grant are:

• Use 21st Century Skills Assessment to increase student mastery of the NETS-S (The NETS-S are technology standards that are published by ISTE – the International Society of Technology Educators.  Georgia has used these technology standards to develop a NETS-S scope and sequence for grades K-8.  See the back side of this page for the NETS-S.)
• Integrate the NETS-S K-8 Scope and Sequence with the GPS (Georgia Performance Standards) and the Common Core GPS, new state standards
• Review, refine, and create resources for the SLDS (State Longitudinal Data System)

Grant funds have been used to purchase the following equipment:

• Netbooks  (small laptops) for grades 2-8
• RM slates (Windows based touch tablet) for grades K, 1, and special education
• Laptops for teachers
• Digital cameras & video cameras for each classroom
• Student response systems at SCES
• SMART boards at SCMS
• Infrastructure upgrade to improve wireless connectivity and speed

Grant funds have also been used to provide intensive professional development for SCES and SCMS teachers. 

Including:

• Four days of training during the 2011 summer
• Five in-service days during the 2011-2012 school year
• Over 30 teachers and administrators attended GaETC (Georgia Educators Technology Conference) in November