San Ramon Valley

With students at the heart of San Ramon Valley Unified School district, this technology plan is committed to serving all students to thrive, engage, and contribute (TEC) in a connected digital world. The plan has been thoughtfully crafted by a committee of SRVUSD students, educators, parents and community members who met once a month throughout the 2016-17 school year to discuss the important role technology plays in the district's overall mission. The goals and objectives in the plan are aligned with the International Society for Technology in Education's (ISTE) standards and incorporate the passionate collective voices of ALL committee members. The purpose of the plan is to provide schools with a resource to empower all staff to make the pedagogical shifts needed to ensure all students have access to the technological capabilities of the 21st century.


SRVUSD recognizes the importance of embedding technology in 21st century education, but more importantly, the district's primary mission is to serve all our students and prepare them to flourish as responsible, ethical and productive citizens. SRVUSD has shown its commitment to fostering these important ideals by bringing digital citizenship education to the forefront of our technology program. Through the Digital Citizenship initiative, the district is committed to educating students, staff, and the community on the effective, ethical and safe use of online and digital tools. Our efforts to promote digital citizenship are chronicled through a district-wide, public digital citizenship blog. In addition, all schools annually promote digital citizenship week and several schools have shown their unwavering pledge to digital citizenship education by becoming certified through Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization committed to providing digital citizenship curriculum to schools across the world. By the end of the 2017-2018 school year, the district's goal is to have all schools on their way to digital citizenship certification.


According to ISTE, "today’s students must be prepared to thrive in a constantly evolving technological landscape. Zip codes and borders no longer determine the learning opportunities, skills and careers that students can access." This is not a new concept for SRVUSD schools. We have shown a deep, ongoing commitment, spanning more than the past two decades, to providing a continuously improving educational program that embodies the idea that technology tools enhance curriculum and productivity in our schools. Through the tremendous support of community partnerships and parent involvement, schools have increasing access to high-functioning technology devices. In the 2016-17 school year, the district partnered with San Ramon Valley Education Foundation to help schools further build their technology inventories by offering a matching funds grant. Our efforts around professional development for both certificated and classified staff have also grown. As well, SRVUSD continues to develop as a robust, digital community by vetting and implementing tools which facilitate more efficient communication and internal workflow, support data-based instructional practice, offer learning management solutions, and follow best practices around data privacy and cybersecurity. We continuously strive to grow our capacity in providing all students with engaging STEM activities, access to career technical education, and curriculum that fosters critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills required for success in college, career, and life. San Ramon Valley High School is our first site to implement a full 1:1 BYOD program where all students have access to their own digital device.

Amazing work is being done at SRVUSD schools, but it is the district's commitment to ensure that educational programs are continuously being improved. This plan provides schools with a foundation to write their own technology plans exclusive to the needs of their school. The Appendix provides resources to assist schools with implementing the technology goals and the objectives under each goal are examples of ways staff and students can reach the goal. We will continue to add relevant resources in the future. Both students and staff will be responsible for achieving foundational technology skills to fully apply the goals in this plan. The reward will be educators who skillfully mentor and inspire students to amplify learning with technology and challenge them to be agents of their own learning.