Technology Leadership Models in Georgia

9:30-10:30
SESSION: 86 Technology Leadership Models in Georgia
Jo Williamson, Kennesaw State University
Salon Six Thursday 9:30-10:30 Capacity: 260
Job titles, work responsibilities, and organizational structures vary for those who do technology-related work in schools. This variation indicates that standard personnel patterns for technology leadership and support are still evolving in K-12 education. In an effort to raise awareness of the importance of technology staff in schools and to determine which models work best, a research team from Kennesaw State University invites participants to review their preliminary findings about different technology leadership structures in Georgia. In this interactive session, the audience will also be invited to share information and opinions that would add to this ongoing research.
STRAND: School Improvement AUDIENCE: Administrative TYPE: Concurrent

ISTE's Technology Facilitation and Leadership… (Paperback)

by Jo Williamson, Traci Redish

• Lead Technologists - Highest position in the organization, district technology directors. Over half studied have a technical, not an educational background. Nearly all have educational elements as part of their job. Most supervise a full staff.
• Coordination Structures -
  Unified Coordination Structure - all roll up to one person at the county office.
  Divided Coordination Stucture - two supervisors, district level and building level. We are a divided structure since our ITS's and INTELS report to district and county level supervisors. Communication seems to be the biggest problem with a divided Structure.
  
• Balance between Technical and Instructional Staff - what is the districts position with this? We seem to be balanced in this area - Lead Technologist and both a Technical and Instructional staff.
  
• Balance of District and Building-level Staff -
  

This study is still in the beginning stages. It will be very interesting to see what pans out in the future. I hope they do a follow-up next year!

Interested in Participating in the study or following results...
For follow-up information - jwill57@kennesaw.edu