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= //Draft Document// = = DOCTC Steering Committee =

Mission Statement
The Steering Committee of the Diocese of Covington Technology Collaborative for the Department of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Covington is a representative group of the technology coordinators from the grade schools and high schools of the diocese formed to streamline the organization of, and provide leadership for, the Diocese of Covington Technology Coordinators group at large.

Composition
The Core Committee of the Diocese of Covington Technology Coordinators is comprised of three representatives from the technology coordinators of the grade schools and three representatives from the technology coordinators of the high schools located within the diocese of Covington. Members of the Core Committee serve standing terms at the pleasure of the Superintendent of Schools.

Goals

 * **to serve a core reference group for the diocesan Superintendent of Schools on issues related to information technology and its role in the education of K-12 grade students in the schools within the Diocese of Covington**
 * to plan the agenda for the quarterly meetings of the Diocese of Covington Technology Coordinators group at large
 * **to organize or provide professional development opportunities in the area of information technology and its role in education for schools of the Diocese of Covington**
 * to provide a reference service for vendors regarding the evaluation and recommended implementation of technology hardware, software, for schools within the Diocese of Covington
 * to build and enchance Digital Citizenship among all diocesean personnel, students, and parents.

Objectives

 * to investigate the need for and facilitate the hiring of a diocesan level technology director.
 * to provide reference services for questions related to the federal Erate program and to organize a professional development sessions with members of the Cincinnati Bell staff on the Erate forms early in 2009-2010 school year
 * to organize or provide professional development **for the** **members of the Diocese of Covington Technology Coordinators group** at large
 * to organize or provide professional development specific to the needs of **the members of this core committee**
 * to organize or provide professional development on the use of information technology in the classroom **to teachers in the grade schools and high schools** within the Diocese of Covington
 * to create an ad hoc committee reaching out to membership from religion teachers and the diocesan offices to draft a template of acceptable use policies for students, faculty, staff, and administration from a Catholic theological basis to promote positive digital citizenship within our schools that then could modified for the specific needs of each school
 * to establish a website that contains information that is helpful to both school technology coordinators (vendor information, resources, school software inventory, etc.) and to teachers (professional development information, technology resources, etc.)
 * to establish a web platform that can be utilized by other Diocesan committees to share information.