Technology Services Cooperative

The purpose of the Region 5 Educational Technology Department is to provide access for educators to multimedia curriculum resources, technology integration training and support to educators. The vision of the program is to improve student performance, to enable schools to operate more economically by sharing resources, provide high quality, on-going technology professional development to meet NCLB training requirements. Districts that are not currently members of the Educational Technology Services Coop can use part of their Title II Part D funds to join.

Technology Co-op Cost: $25.00/*Professional Staff

• Registration is FREE for Technology Integration professional development workshops, Title II Part D workshops, and web-based/independent study workshops provided by staff of the Region 5 Technology Department, and half-priced registration for campus-based training in the area of K-12 instructional technology (Each district that joins the Ed. Tech. coop will have the opportunity to schedule a single one-day campus based technology professional development training for FREE - A $500 value)
• $5.00 registration on Professional development offered via the SETTEN Distance Learning Network
• Reduced registration for the Technology Conference
• Reduced registration and /or pricing for specialized training,
• Reduced pricing on Unitedstreaming licenses, $1.10 per student with a cap of $625 per campus for a one year subscription.
  • Over 2,500 educational core-curriculum digital videos and 25,000 clips
  • Image library of over 2300 standards-based high and low resolution photographs
  • Calendar of important historical dates linked to video clips
  • Standards based Quiz Builder
  • Support materials such as sample lessons and resources, teacher’s guides and blackline masters
• Increased number of online workshops for educators and technical personnel

ESC contact:
April Petitt
Instructor/Technology Coordinator
apetitt@esc5.net
409-951-1769