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SchoolKiT Case Study
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Kent School District: Nationally Recognized Technology Integration Leaders
SchoolKiT’s enterprise solution has been woven into district-wide professional development
in the Kent School District to transform teaching and learning with technology in every classroom.
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| Customer Profile |
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| District: | Kent School District |
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| State: | Washington |
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| Area: | 73 square miles |
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| Schools: | 40 |
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| Teachers: | 1700 |
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| Students: | 26,449 |
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| Challenge |
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The district was looking to leverage their existing professional development infrastructure with high
quality resources to rapidly transform teaching and learning with technology across the entire
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The district is deploying the edClass curriculum resource library for student learning and technology
integration.
pd21 is provided for every teacher and paraprofessional in order to have ongoing professional
development in the area of quality teaching and learning and technology integration. |
- High quality resources for student Learning
- High quality resources for use in professional development opportunities
- Embedded professional development for teachers
- ICT Literacy skills taught in contextual learning experience
- Increased professional development participation
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For administrators in large school districts, improving teaching and learning with technology in every
classroom is an onerous challenge. How can these administrators take advantage of their district’s
scale and existing resources to rapidly transform teaching and learning with technology across
their entire district?
Serving nearly 30,000 students and 2,000 teachers, Kent School District is using SchoolKiT’s
enterprise solution to effectively, and efficiently, transform teaching and learning with their
existing technology resources.
Kent Superintendent Barbara Grohee and Technology Director Vicki Bates are nationally
recognized for their visionary leadership and dedication. Their long-term objective is to ensure
that the integration of technology:
- Scaffolds the development of the essential skills and processes outlined in
Washington State Standards
- Enables students to think and work beyond the knowledge and comprehension
levels
- Provides resources beyond the classroom setting that establish relevance and
a real-world context for student work
Vicki Bates said "SchoolKiT’s enterprise solution provides our teachers and students
with a comprehensive set of tools that focuses and maximizes our use of the open-ended productivity
tools in Microsoft Office in a way that is really making a difference across our classrooms."
Kent School District has focused their professional development work around planning, managing
and using technology to scaffold student learning. The enterprise solution of SchoolKiT’s
pd21, edClass and In-person Learning and Technology Integration training has been a perfect complement,
providing support and resources which have catalyzed teachers' use of technology quickly and
directly in the process of improved teaching and learning.
| 'SchoolKiT’s enterprise solution provides our
teachers and students with a comprehensive set of tools that focuses and maximizes our use
of the open-ended productivity tools in Microsoft Office in a way that is really making a
difference across our classrooms.' |
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| - Vicki Bates |
| Technology Director |
| Kent School District |
Integrated into Kent's central and building-based professional development experiences,
pd21 enables teachers to meet their individual needs, from beginning with computer basics,
moving directly toward the integrated use of technology tools. Like
pd21, edClass student
learning activBooks maintain depth of content learning and meaningful skill development as the
focus for teachers' immediate classroom application.
District Instructional Technology Specialists and Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs)
attended SchoolKiT’s In-person workshops with partner teachers, providing key school leaders
with training on the use of technology to scaffold student success. This cadre of leaders is
now using edClass and pd21 to design and support professional learning opportunities and
collaborative planning through district-wide peer coaching experiences.
By weaving SchoolKiT’s enterprise solution into their existing professional development
processes, Kent School District is maintaining their leading edge in transforming teaching and
learning for the 21st Century.
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About SchoolKiT Solutions
edClass is a complete library of classroom-ready integration activities that improve student achievement.
edClass activities are presented as small, interactive electronic books - called activBooks - that open on
students' and teachers' computers to guide them successfully through effective curriculum-based lessons.
pd21 enables an enterprise-level approach to professional development by equipping administrators
with the online content and tools they need to provide for and manage the learning of many teachers across
multiple schools in a cohesive and systematic manner. With
pd21's ongoing professional development
resources and classroom-ready 'best-practice' curriculum activities, districts realize an immediate increase
in the amount and quality of technology infusion in their schools, while achieving continuous school improvement
and institutional change.
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For More Information
For more information about SchoolKiT products and services, call us at 425-454-3373,
toll free 800-979-0373 or contact us
at service@schoolkit.com.
For more information about Kent School District visit the Web site
at http://www.kent.k12.wa.us.
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