Vision:
Lead California educators in professional development for integrating innovative educational technologies into the curriculum.
Mission:
Create and provide excellent professional development training, courses, and programs for educators and trainers at all levels to use innovative educational technology solutions that promote meaningful teaching and learning for today's students enrolled in K-14 systems.
Core
Values:
- Foothill
College - Honesty, Integrity, Trust, Openness, Forgiveness
- Krause
Center for Innovation - Each student's success is vital to our mission
KCI
Objective:
- Our
objective is to ensure that every K-14 teacher can teach using technology
and every student has the skills to be a productive part of a technology-literate
work force
Strategic
Goals:
- Disseminate
success through articles and conference presentations
- Build
partnerships with other educational organizations
- Focus
on technological foundation of educators
KCI
Tactics:
- Provide
a state of the art facility to house KCI activities
- Provide
a series of technology classes to address current needs of K-12
educators
- Offer
Educator Scholarship Programs
- Create
a cadre of educational technology leaders
- Employ
a small administrative staff to ensure the KCI programs are well
run and cost effective
Critical
Issues :
 U.S.
students frequently graduate without skills to compete in today's
technology-driven world.
- Silicon
valley students frequently lack access to needed technology tools
and classrooms
- Students
need teachers and schools that provide the opportunity for effective
integration of technology and collaborative teamwork with everyday
curriculum
- More
than 3.5 million teachers in this country are not technologically
literate
KCI's
Role in Fixing Critical Issues:
- KCI's
programs educate educators on how to best integrate technology into
their curriculum
- Ongoing
evaluation of current KCI programs indicates students have made
significant measurable educational gains as a result of the skills
teachers have learned at KCI
Five-year
Planning Priorities:
- Continue
to develop, formalize and access technology integration programs
- Partner
with local school districts
- Fundraising
program to create:
- academic
chair to support current teacher in residence position
- campaign
to support teacher scholarships
- Secure
funding for hardware, software and upgrading of facility
- Enhance
and expanding Learning In New Media Classrooms (LINC) course offerings
- Ensure
KCI has leadership and talent needed to complete the mission
- Conduct
evaluations to ensure KCI is meeting its objectives
KCI
Programs:
- Four
training and coaching programs
- FastTech
technology-based classes
- KCI Merit Program
- 3
week summer institute plus a 1-year follow-up program
- KCI Merit Program Fellows
- Multi-school,
multi-grade project teams
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