Montgomery county Public Schools in Maryland
Focus on People and What They Do and Need. • March 14-16, 2004
Sometimes this is called customer service. We call it success, and it drives all we do. This philosophy has transformed educational technology in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS). When your visit to MCPS is complete, you will be energized by knowing how to position innovative technology to support the wide variety of people and facilitate their work in your school system.
Montgomery County Public Schools, bordering our nation’s capital in Maryland, is the 19th largest and 12th fastest growing school district in the country. Serving approximately 140,000 students from over 160 countries MCPS is comprised of urban, suburban, and rural areas. Work in the area of data driven decision making through the implementation of the Integrated Quality Management System and providing comprehensive technology support to schools through the Technology Modernization Program earned MCPS a 2003 National School Board Association Technology Leadership Network District Salute.
Your visit will provide many opportunities to interact with outstanding MCPS staff through demonstrations, roundtable discussions, breakout sessions, and school visits in the areas of:
- Data Driven Decision Making: Strategic and Day-to-Day Instructional Planning
- Using an Instructional Management System to Support Curriculum Implementation
- Comprehensive and Ongoing Technology Deployment to Schools
- Effective Collaboration Through Cross-Functional teams
- Strategic IT Architecture and Security Models
- Maximizing Uptime: User Support and Maintenance
- Expanding Access to Technology Beyond the School Day
- Technology Turns Non-Readers into Writers
- Beyond the Fully Integrated Technology Classroom
- What Award Winning Technology Educators Do
- Effective Models of Educational Technology Staff Development
- The Enterprise Web: Portals to Pages
- Strategic Planning and Project Management
- Developing and Engaging Strategic Partners
- Information Technology Academies, Magnets, and Signature Programs
- Tech Ed for Today’s Students
Come to Montgomery County. Focus on success. Permit us to share our vision of Computer access for every child — Linking technology to instruction to results — Making the world our classroom.
Video interview with Superintendent Dr. Jerry Weast and John Porter, Chief Information Officer on Comcast’s Local Edition television show about Montgomery County's Site Visit and District Salute Recognition!