May 8, 2017 Technology Leadership Team Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3) Meeting

May 8, 2017 Discussions About Creating Resource Team Synergy Between the DII and NMO Teams

May 10, 2017 Participation in the EdTech Advocacy and Policy Summit in Washington, D.C.

May 11, 2017 Filed for E-Rate Funding Returns for 2017-2018

May 12, 2017 Closing Message and Reflection for the Week

Technology Leadership and Communication (TLC)

Week Ending May 12, 2017

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 12, 2017

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 8, 2017

Technology Leadership Team Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3) Meeting

Frankie Jackson led the Technology

Transformation Team (T3+) leadership

meeting on Monday, May 8, 2017. The notes

from the meeting are here. The leadership

topic focused on What Got You Here Won’t

Get You There. The team talked about

successful habits and tips for changing and

improving.

The Leadership team also talked about:

- Transformations from the previous week

- Plans for the current week

- Greatest challenges for the current week

- Status of priorities, issues, and the progress of each

team’s progress.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 10, 2017

Discussions About Creating Resource Team Synergy

Between the DII and NMO Teams

Frankie Jackson met with Greg Rhodes, Paula Ross, and Larry Barrios on Monday, May 8, 2017 to discuss

sharing resources between the Device Imaging and Integration (DII) team and the Network Management

Operations (NMO) team. NMO has the need to increase resources in the area of Microsoft Active Directory.

There are synergistic tasks that could be shared between the two teams. Plans are underway to split staff and

resources in June 2017.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 10, 2017

Frankie Jackson participated in the EdTech

Advocacy and Policy Summit on May 10-11, 2017

in Washington, D.C. on behalf of the Consortium of

School Networking (CoSN). The summit was

sponsored by the International Society for

Technology in Education (ISTE), the Consortium for

School Networking (CoSN) and the State

Educational Technology Directors Association

(SETDA).

The first day included meeting with technology

leaders of large district and industry partners that

support large districts.

Conducted in partnership with the National School

Boards Association, the Digital School Districts

Survey gave a presentation on how information

technology is applied to improve service delivery

and quality of education to public schools.

Additionally the U.S. Department of Education

presented the new Rapid Cycle Technology

Evaluation system which is designed to help

districts determine if technology is improving

academic performance in their school systems.

Participation in the EdTech Advocacy and Policy

Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 10-11, 2017

Raise awareness of policy agenda that advances

robust funding for Education Technology

and protects E-rate and student privacy.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 10, 2017

The following are pictures from the first day of the EdTech Advocacy and Policy summit on May 10, 2017. It was a

unique opportunity to work with the largest districts in the nation and leaders in the field of Education Technology.

Digital Districts Panel with 2015-2016 National Winners

Participation in the EdTech Advocacy and Policy

Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 10-11, 2017

Technology Representatives from Large Districts Across the Nation

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 11, 2017

Participation in the EdTech Advocacy and Policy

Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 10-11, 2017

The morning of the EdTech Advocacy and Policy summit on May 11, 2017, discussions focused on the new

presidential administration as it brings forth a new chair of the Federal Communications Commission. This update

included an overview of what happened in 2016 regarding E-Rate and a look forward to potential changes in 2017.

Susan Gentz, Deputy Executive Director for Content, Center for Digital Education

Jon Bernstein, Founder and President, Bernstein Strategy Group

Tracy Weeks, Executive Director of State Educational Technology Directors

Reg Leichty, Founder and Partner, Foresight Law and Policy

Technology Officers Across the Nation Preparing to Talk to Senators and Representatives

about Sustaining E-Rate Funding

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 11, 2017

The afternoon of the EdTech Advocacy and Policy summit on May 11, 2017 included travelling to Capitol Hill

to meet with representatives from House and Senate offices. It concluded with a networking reception with

peers, national leaders and congressional staff. The primary goal for meeting with representatives was to

raise awareness of policy agenda that advances federal funding for education technology and protects e-rate

funding. See this article that recently came out that includes an interview with Frankie about E-Rate funding.

Senator: John Cornyn

Room: 517 Hart Senate

Senator: Ted Cruz

Room: 404 Russell Senate

House Representative: Brian Babin

Room: 316 Cannon

House Representative: Bill Flores

Room 2440 Rayburn

Participation in the EdTech Advocacy and Policy

Summit in Washington, D.C. on May 10-11, 2017

Frankie met with staff members in

the following political offices.

Frankie Jackson in Washington D.C.

on Capitol Hill

Networking Reception on Capital Hill

with National Leaders and Staff

Katie Hernandez, Kim Bowlin, Paula Ross and Frankie Jackson worked all week leading up to the E-Rate filing

window deadline on May 11, 2017, to file E-Rate 2017-2018 funding requests. All worked tirelessly with

Education Partners Solution (EPS) and ESC12 E-Rate Works, the district’s E-Rate consulting firms, to get all of

the contracts, bid documents, board approvals, and bill of materials organized for the E-Rate 471 filings. It was a

MONUMENTAL effort full of complexities and design considerations.

The following shows the amount of funds requested in 2016-2017 by vendor. A total of $4.959.709 is expected

in funding returns! Kim Bowlin, Paula Ross, Katie Hernandez, ESC12, and Ed and Polly Gifford’s (EPS) support

was tremendous as the process is tedious and complex!

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer May 11, 2017

E-Rate 2017-2018 Reimbursement Requests Filed with

the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC)

Estimated E-Rate requests

for 2017-2018

Service Provider

Expected Funding

ReturnCogent Communications, Inc. $38,880

FiberNet Direct Texas, LLC $56,210

Interfacing Company of Texas, Inc. $84,600

Layer 3 Communications, LLC $582,314

MCA Communications, Inc. $54,630

Phonoscope Enterprises Group, LLC. $4,132,275

PHONOSCOPE LIGHT WAVE, INC $10,800

Total: $4,959,709

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Closing Message and Reflection for the Week

Be the

Districtthat

Transforms

Education

LEAD in

Providing

World-Class

Quality

K-12 Systems

Core Values

Efficient

Accessible

Systematic

Highly-Skilled

Student-Focused

Service-Oriented

Leadership

We Transform

Education

May 12, 2017

On May 10-11, 2017, I had the opportunity to

\ participate in the EdTech Policy Summit in

Washington, D.C. on behalf of the Consortium of

School Networking (CoSN). It included meeting

with representatives to raise awareness of policy agenda that

advances federal funding for education technology and

protect e-rate funding. It was an amazing experience to be

with representatives from across the nation, all promoting

and working together to advocate for technology in K-12

education. I was proud to serve CyFair ISD and was

humbled by the opportunity - Frankie Jackson