James Duncan

Name: James Duncan
Title: Curriculum Supervisor
Affiliation:

County: Fayette
District: Connellsville Area
School: Crawford Administration

James L. Duncan
125 N. Seventh Street
Connellsville 15425

E-mail: jduncan@hhs.net

ACTIVITIES:

Education: Some secondary classroom (business education, computer labs (4), Industrial technology Depts. Administration: All buildings (dial-up) district attendance. Three secondary bldgs; student scheduling and reporting system. Multiple inter-net lines (dial-up)

BARRIERS:

Sufficient funding to provide large scale use by staff and students.

GOALS:

1. All teachers in the senior high school (app. 75) connected to the administration system to provide on-line grading and student attendance from each home room. Also, to provide each teacher E-mail access from the classroom. 2. To provide each elementary fifth grade classroom with four computers for educational uses.

INFORMATION NEEDED:

How other school districts are using the network

Strategies for effective leadership

Funding sources

COLLABORATIONS:

Part of a consortium

EXPERTISE:

SUPPORT:

We are in need of both technical support as well as staff development opportunities.

SUSTAINABILITY:

Set-aside in operating budget

Grants and donations

SCOPE:

schools

NETWORKING SUPPORTS REFORM:

Yes

How technology assists reform:

Enhances community involvement

Allows improvement in teaching strategies

Brings additional resources into the classroom

Increases the relevance of student learning

Reduces isolation of the school and classroom

COMMENTS:

[No information provided.]

EXPECT TO ATTEND:

Yes