While most staff in k12 are out enjoying their summer off… At Byron Public Schools, summer is the perfect time to get work done that is near impossible to do during the regular school day. Here are the projects we will be working on!
- Teacher Laptop Deployment – our district’s teachers will be receiving their 2nd refresh of laptops in 6 years. The laptops will come with built in web cams, 2 Gb memory, 160 gb HD’s, and DVD burners.
- Prep room for Hybrid Chinese course from District 287. We will be running our first virtual classroom next year that utilizes video conferencing as well as an online learning lab.
- Continue district’s 3 year SMART Board integration plan. We will be installing 8 SMART Boards classrooms in the elementary school and 8 in the middle school. All classrooms are retrofitted with SB’s, 4 ceiling/wall mounted speakers, projectors, DVD/VCR, and voice amplification systems.
- Install 2 new labs at the high school. One mobile science cart and a new Industrial Arts lab for Project Lead the Way curriculum.
- Reimage all labs (11) and upgrade district to Office 2007.
- Install district storage (9tb) system as well as new disk to disk backup system.
- Gear up for Bears Professional Growth Academy (Aug 4-8)
- Work with online learning committee to look at how we can begin to develop/deliver online coursework at BPS.
- Begin the implementation process (6 mos) of integrating Infinite Campus into our school.
Being a Minnesotan and looking at the list above, all I can say is UFTA! Enjoy your summer… September is right around the corner.