Developing+an+IT+Program

Charles Polizano / Poly Prep, convened the session


 * Attending:**
 * Jim Anderson (scribe) / Packer

Charles opened with questions and a comment.


 * Looking ahead at the next 3 years, what are people looking at?
 * What support do you get in your school?
 * Total autonomy is great, but doesn’t provide any feedback (blinders on…)


 * Brooklyn Heights Montessori School**
 * IT Director is on Sr Admin team
 * Major projects are discussed amongst the Sr Admin, which helps
 * Anything that comes to Sr. Admin has already gone through:
 * o Every three year convene a Tech Planning committee & process
 * § Includes everyone
 * § Develops the strat plan
 * o Have a tech advisory group (staff, faculty, students)
 * § Evaluates implementation of the strat plan

Having the seat at the table is invaluable.

Poly asking what kind of devices do we want to provide for students and what do we need to provide them with access to?

Friends Academy
 * School Chromebooks 3-8 and BYOD for high school
 * Labs for specialty
 * Cisco/Miraki and isolate kids in VLANS
 * o Throttle Netflix

BHMS
 * Recently dumped Macs for Chromebooks
 * o Students can still do their work (even media)
 * o Families pay for replacement / repair of devices
 * o Devices do not go home

Apple Repair Agreement as alternative to full Applecare+ (extended warranty only)

Who makes decisions in your school about moving to the cloud?
 * Look at how it impacts the service
 * Host an education session for Senior Admin to workshop this
 * o Make Sr Admin appoint a proxy if they won’t be there
 * o Include graphic of all the different databases to illustrate the complexity
 * How do you quantify benefits of moving to the cloud?
 * o Capital costs saved?
 * o Man hours saved?
 * o Efficiencies of single system
 * NY Safe Act provides refund for safety equipment (access control, cameras, etc.)
 * o Dan Masters School

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