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ACPE 2022 - Imagine IT

8:00am PDT

Leadership Lessons from a High School Dropout

How does a high school dropout become the Assistant Superintendent - Chief Operations Officer of the second largest school district in Oregon? This is a session for technical staff that want to grow into leadership positions in the future. You don’t need a fancy degree or education, though it helps accelerate the growth. I’ll share the strategies that I have learned and used during my career in education that started as a web developer with no experience at an ESD in Eastern Oregon 24 years ago.

Speakers

Robert Silva

Chief Operating Officer, Salem-Keizer Public Schools

Thursday May 5, 2022 8:00am - 8:50am PDT
Pacific Maple

8:00am PDT

Under the Hood: A Peer Review Experience

Chris Bailey will share Edmonds School District's recent experience going through the CoSN Peer Review process, an independent evaluation of department practices and procedures. The CoSN Matrix outlines the practices needed to be a successful digital school system.

Edmonds invited CoSN to bring a team of reviewers to assess policies and procedures, practices, budgets, etc. as well as to come on-site to interview cabinet and executive leadership, school administrators, teachers, and department staff. The result was a executive summary presentation as well as a details report outlining successes and areas for growth or potential concern.

Our team is now working to align our efforts with the vision of the district and the best practices outlined in the CoSN Peer Review report.

Speakers

Ron Cone

Executive Director of Information Technology, Kennewick School District

Ron Cone has been the Executive Director of Information Technology for the Kennewick School District for the last 22 years. He currently holds a CPA license to practice in Washington State and worked in public account for 13 years before joining the Kennewick School District. Ron... Read More →

Chris Bailey

Technology Director, Edmonds School District

Chris Bailey, CETL, has spent 16 years at Edmonds School District, collaborating with leaders to leverage technology to improve student outcomes. As Director of Technology, he's proud of the recently adopted Technology Plan, which aligns closely with the districts Strategic Plan... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 8:00am - 8:50am PDT
Osprey

8:30am PDT

Managing Chromebooks: Best Practices, Tips, and Tricks

Are you managing Chromebooks in your environment? Want to find ways to be more efficient with your expanding Chromebook deployment? Come and see how the Northshore School District manages their 29,000 Chrome OS devices using the Admin Console and other third party tools. We will also have an open discussion where attendees can share their tips and tricks on how they have found to be more efficient and effective when managing large numbers of student and staff Chromebooks.

Speakers

Joe Yamada

Mobile Computing Specialist, Northshore School District

Work Talk: I manage the mobile devices at Northshore SD (predominantly Chromebooks and iPads). I use JAMF Pro to manage our iOS devices, and the Chrome Admin Console to manage our Chrome devices.Non-Work Talk: MUSIC (writing, recording, performing, listening) - piano & drums are my... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 8:30am - 9:20am PDT
Wy' East

8:30am PDT

Realizing Digital Equity

Creating a shared understanding of what digital equity is and what district leaders can do to realize digital equity for the students that they serve is more important than ever. CoSN has created a resource to help leaders build a shared understanding of digital equity for their district. As school districts work towards realizing digital equity, several key areas need to be addressed. These five key areas include; connectivity, hardware, teaching and learning, digital citizenship and tech support. In this session, we will take a deeper dive into how to define and advocate for digital equity in today's educational landscape. Link to presentation:

https://bit.ly/ACPE22DigitalEquity

Speakers

Allison Reid

Senior Director, Digital Learning and Libraries

Allison Reid is an experienced teacher, CETL certified technology leader, and Google Certified Trainer who is certified English, Theatre Arts, and Technology, with a Master of Education (MEd) focused in Instructional Technology from NC State University. Allison is a member of the... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 8:30am - 9:20am PDT
Zig Zag

9:30am PDT

Everett Public School's Interactive Flat Panel and Classroom Audio Projects- Pivots, Planning, Project/Product management, and Supply Chain Adventures

Every project has its story- starting with our Elementary Schools and as part of the last large project of our 20216 Levy, EPS had been investigating solutions for both audio enhancement and updates to our classroom presentation systems (moving from desk or ceiling-mounted projectors to short-throw interactive projectors). These projects pivoted rapidly due to direction from our district leadership and an evaluation from contracted engineers. EPS shifted to a standard of Front Row Juno systems and Boxlight Procolor Interactive panels in every Elementary classroom. Our presentation will cover this history, the bumps in the road that we have encountered/anticipate, and the lessons we continue to learn as we navigate supply chain, RADIX device management, and professional development.

Speakers

Ken Toyn

Brian Beckley

Chief Information Officer, Everett Public Schools

Serving as Everett School District's Chief Information Officer since 2016 leading the Learning and Information Technology Services department and the 1:1 initiative for students and staff.Previous education leadership experience as high school and middle school principal for 10 yearsELA... Read More →

Tessa O'Connor

Director, Learning Management Services, Everett Public Schools

I'm the instructional side of IT, an early adopter of SEL practices, and committed to equitable education.

Todd Koren

Director, Customer Technology Services, Everett Public Schools

Thursday May 5, 2022 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Wy' East

9:30am PDT

Link Oregon & K-12 Networking in the New Broadband Era

The panel will discuss approaches to addressing today’s challenges in delivering educational content and other digital services for K-12 students throughout Oregon—particularly around broadband connectivity made even more dire during the pandemic. As a non-profit partnership and network provider, Link Oregon brings together key experts shaping the state education technology landscape to articulate how their organizations are working together to identify needs and develop responses to extend services equitably to all Oregon communities. We will discuss the outlook for ensuring better broadband connectivity for urban, rural, and Tribal K-12 schools, particularly with significant infrastructure funding that will soon be available through federal and state programs. We will touch on the critical role that K-12 institutions and public libraries play in their communities and how to address the needs of students, faculty, staff, and the community as a whole in remote learning as well as telehealth, resilience, and sustainability.

Speakers

Rachel Wente-Chaney

CIO, Association for Computing Professionals in Education

Stuart Long

CIO, Northwest Regional ESD

Stuart Long (he/him) is the Chief Information Officer at the Cascade Technology Alliance and the Northwest Regional Education Service District. The Cascade Technology Alliance is the technology partnership encompassing Northwest Regional and Multnomah ESDs. The Cascade Technology... Read More →

Steve Corbato

Executive DIrector, Link Oregon

Steve Corbató serves as Executive Director of Link Oregon (the dba for Oregon Fiber Partnership), the non-profit organization formed by Oregon’s four largest research universities and state government to develop and operate a high-speed, statewide broadband network in support of... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Pacific Maple

9:30am PDT

Modern Management with Microsoft's Intune

Puyallup's journey to modern management of devices with Microsoft's Intune. Come learn about how one district tried, failed, and tried again to move to modern management. This move started a digital transformation that prepared us for remote learning and hybrid work.

Speakers

Jeff Hinkle

Solutions Engineer Manager, Puyallup School District

Thursday May 5, 2022 9:30am - 10:30am PDT
Osprey

1:30pm PDT

Keynote Follow Up with Martin Ford

Speakers

Martin Ford

AI specialist, The Lavin Agency

Martin Ford is a futurist and the author of four books, including Rule of the Robots: How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Everything (2021), the New York Times-bestselling Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future (winner of the 2015 Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award and translat... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Osprey

1:30pm PDT

Knowledge Management Practices - Third Time's the Charm?

SKPS Technology & Information Services department is in the 3rd implementation of a Knowledge Base in the past 15 years. What's different this time that is helping increase its' success and use? Discuss organization and organizational strategies, brainstorm marketing and content creation sources, and a general forum for conversation around how to leverage crowd sourced material and grassroots word of mouth.

Speakers

Kathi Etchemendy

Technology Development Coordinator, Salem-Keizer School District

Talk to me about the intersection of technical support with instructional use of technology. Current focus is on collaborating with District department partners and technology services.

knowledge mgmt pptx

Thursday May 5, 2022 1:30pm - 2:20pm PDT
Wy' East

2:30pm PDT

Backups for all Occasions

This talk will cover the things you need to consider when implementing a backup system for your data and infrastructure. We will discuss:
* types of requirements - legal and retention, backup, restore times
* types of data - email, servers, workstations, databases, switches, etc.
* what you are protecting against - disaster, cyber attack, corrupted file
* verification of backups
* on-prem and cloud backups
* 3 - 2 - 1 rule
* encryption of the data

Speakers

Ski Kacoroski

System Admin, Northshore

During my 30+ years I have seen system administration change from an artisan craft where we carefully hand built each system to the virtualized and large cloud providers of today where our job is more focused on managing the interactions between systems. I am always interested in... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Red Alder

2:30pm PDT

Connecting Incarcerated Students and Justice-Involved Youth with Google for Education, or How I Removed Collaboration From a Collaboration Platform.

Learn how I built a system to better connect incarcerated students for the Oregon Youth Authority that adds consistency and relevancy to their education. Grow an understanding of the challenges of connecting these students, the importance of doing so, and how I found my life's passion.

Speakers

Eden Nelson

Systems Administrator / Developer, Multnomah Education Service District

Eden Nelson (He/Him) is an educator of over 20 years, an IT professional, an advocate for equity in education for incarcerated students and justice-involved youth, and an expert witness. Eden is a Lead System Administrator / Developer at Multnomah Education Service District and Cascade... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Doug Fir

2:30pm PDT

Multiple Perspectives on the Software Approval Process

Four district leaders share their experiences and perspectives on good software approval processes. We will discuss our own workflows and things to include when implementing a new process or improve an existing one. Please share with us what you want to hear about most by collaborating on this padlet: https://padlet.com/gibbs131/7v2dcpaogxbc3bk3

Speakers

Shelby Reynolds

Asst Director, Instructional Technology and Library Services, Northshore School District

Shelby Reynolds has been a leader in Educational Technology since 2003, when she left the classroom to provide professional learning opportunities for teachers. Since then, she has led efforts to implement many initiatives to support digital learning: one to one, interactive presentation... Read More →

Jim Newton

Manager of Application Development, Beaverton School District

Jennifer Clouser

Executive Director, Technology; ACPE Board Member, Auburn School District

Jeff Gibbs

Executive Director of Technology Services, Gresham-Barlow School District

Thursday May 5, 2022 2:30pm - 3:20pm PDT
Huckleberry

3:30pm PDT

ACPE Women in Tech

Jennifer, Cheri, and I would like to host a panel conversation on Women in Tech. We will possibly have a few PNW female tech leaders join us, in addition to the women of ACPE (20%!).

Speakers

Rachel Wente-Chaney

CIO, Association for Computing Professionals in Education

Thursday May 5, 2022 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Red Alder

3:30pm PDT

E-Rate- Category 2 Equipment & Cabling- Eligibility, Cost Allocation, Do’s & Don’ts

Brief overview of the Federal E-Rate Program along with an in-depth discussion and presentation on category 2 equipment and cabling projects. We will go over the Category 2 eligibility list, how to cost allocate non-eligible services/equipment. Examples of successful cabling project RFP’s and clarification on Category 1 fiber vs. Category 2 fiber. Q&A session

Speakers

Jen Thul

State E-Rate Coordinator, Oregon Department of Education

I was appointed the State E-Rate Coordinator position in 2021 working with the Oregon Department of Education. I am also an E-Rate consultant and have held that role since 2018 with InterMountain ESD. My role at ODE involves providing information, training and technical assistance... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Doug Fir

3:30pm PDT

Our Journey to Cloud based Telephony with Zoom Phone App- by Zoom and Federal Way Public Schools

After 15 years of running a traditional on-premise PBX, Federal Way took the plunge to dive into a cloud delivered telephony solution. Come hear from Zoom and FWPS about the great features that support the functions of schools and valuable lessons learned to gain a perspective of the benefits of migrating to a cloud phone solution.

Speakers

Tim Crawford

Executive Director of ITS, Federal Way Public Schools

Rachelle Butz

CTO, Federal Way Public Schools

Thursday May 5, 2022 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Pacific Maple

3:30pm PDT

The Power of Recognition and Fun!

IT professionals are the dumping ground for complaints. We are looking to change that! Build a culture of success and collaboration that will keep fun and curiosity in the game. In every case, IT works 98% of the time. Zero recognition to the importance that plays in the continuity of education. At LBLESD we found from a focused Gartner Survey that we need to change that. This will help in retention and productivity of staff. We will show you what we have done and why it was so important!

Speakers

Francisco Zavala

CIO, LBL ESD

Francisco Zavala comes to LBL ESD as our Chief Information Technology Officer with a high energy approach to customer service and team leadership. Currently LBL ESD supports 32k students across 3 counties in 12 School Districts. Francisco and his IT team also support a home grown... Read More →

Thursday May 5, 2022 3:30pm - 4:20pm PDT
Osprey

9:00am PDT

Benefits of Board-Level Repairs

Your District could be (and probably is) saving time and money by doing In-House repairs. Sending devices out for repair by Vendors or 3rd Parties is expensive and has long turnovers before your devices are back in the hands of Staff or Students. And maybe your District already does repairs in-house. Let's take it one step further and talk about how investing in Microsoldering can help your District. Come hear about the benefits of Microsoldering and watch a live demo, because maybe repairing a circuit board isn't as hard or expensive as you think.
Microsoldering Equipment List

Speakers

David Anderberg

Technology Repair Specialist, Beaverton School District

Friday May 6, 2022 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Wy' East

9:00am PDT

Enhancing Password Security Through Automation.

A brief introduction to password security, best practices, and automating privileged accounts with PasswordState software.

Speakers

Richard King

System Administrator & Technology Project Manager, Anacortes School District

Rich King has been with the Anacortes School District since April 2021 and currently is working as a Systems Administrator and Technology Projects Manager.Rich is originally from Boston, MA and is still a huge fan of Boston sports (especially hockey - Go Bruins!). In 2004 he moved... Read More →

ACPE Presentation pptx

Friday May 6, 2022 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Osprey

9:00am PDT

Load Balancers - Why You Should Be Using One In Your district

Load balancers are used for much more than balancing clients across multiple application servers. This talk will discuss how NSD uses the Kemp Loadmaster software to provide:

* redundant access to active directory domain controllers
* redirects
* SSL offloading
* web application firewall with log4jshell rule
* log access to sites to our SIEM system

Speakers

Ski Kacoroski

System Admin, Northshore

During my 30+ years I have seen system administration change from an artisan craft where we carefully hand built each system to the virtualized and large cloud providers of today where our job is more focused on managing the interactions between systems. I am always interested in... Read More →

LoadBalancers pdf

Friday May 6, 2022 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Huckleberry

9:00am PDT

The Web Filter Evolution

Richland School District will go through our journey with web content filters, cyber safety applications, classroom management applications, and parent apps for monitoring and managing student Internet access. Over the last decade, Richland has been on the lookout for a single ecosystem to be used in meeting the challenge of today's connected learning environments. The evolution of web filtering has changed over the years. We needed to find a way to keep our students safe online that has evolved past a standard web filter. The ecosystem includes a mechanism to protect students based on their online behavior, a way for teachers to monitor and control their classroom, and a way to engage with parents to keep their children safe online.

Speakers

Gregory Pipkins

Director of Information Technology, Richland School District

Friday May 6, 2022 9:00am - 9:50am PDT
Zig Zag

10:00am PDT

Digital Student Record Transfer: Supporting kids as they move between districts

When a student moves between districts, a physical copy of the record follows, often leaving a student without timely support to keep them engaged. In a time when districts are suffering from high turnover and staffing losses, and grad rates dropping, our students and schools cannot afford to keep following processes that, while time-honored, are no longer efficient.

Education Nexus Oregon (ENO) will share how we are leveraging the Ed-Fi tech stack, collaborating with others in the Ed-Fi Community, to build a system that allows for the request, approval, and secure transmission of student records between (ENO member) districts.

Speakers

Steve Langford

CIO, Beaverton School District

CIO for the Beaverton School District. ACPE Board member and CoSN Board Member. Currently working our building our district cybersecurity posture and working on our replacement student devices. Golf, camping, and reading (leadership & sci fi) are some of my favorite things to do... Read More →

Don Wolff

Chief Technology Officer, Portland Public School District

As the CTO for PPS, Don oversees all PPS technology functions, including information security, application maintenance, data centers, help desk, and hardware support, voice and data communication, and computer systems operations.Don earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education... Read More →

Rachel Wente-Chaney

CIO, Association for Computing Professionals in Education

Leslie Taylor

Executive Director, Ed Nexus

Friday May 6, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Huckleberry

10:00am PDT

How to Run a Student Tech Program

We will be discussing multiple ways to launch and run a student tech program. This session will cover paid verses work study, class supported programs, and summer vs school year programs. We will also cover age challenges, skill expectations and how to ensure you select students equitably.

Speakers

Shannon Garron

Jeff Gibbs

Executive Director of Technology Services, Gresham-Barlow School District

Friday May 6, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Red Alder

10:00am PDT

Identity Management Considerations

Over the last year, NSD has implemented a new identity management system. This talk will cover the items you need to consider when implementing a new identity management system for your school district including:
* what is identity management and what does it include,
* data sources and how to handle exceptions,
* different types of accounts
* authentication options (MFA, SSO, Legacy apps, etc.)
* do you modify the system or modify your processes to fit the system

Speakers

Ski Kacoroski

System Admin, Northshore

During my 30+ years I have seen system administration change from an artisan craft where we carefully hand built each system to the virtualized and large cloud providers of today where our job is more focused on managing the interactions between systems. I am always interested in... Read More →

Friday May 6, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Pacific Maple

10:00am PDT

Just In Time PD - Using Google Tools for Tech Training

Leverage Google's platforms to create synchronous and asynchronous, bite-sized, personalized learning experiences for your staff and students.

Speakers

Lisa Casey

Secondary Professional Development Coordinator, Bremerton School District

Lisa is a former secondary English teacher and technology integration specialist. She is currently serving as a Secondary Teaching and Learning Coordinator, where she works to create and coordinate professional development training opportunities for staff. She is a National Board... Read More →

Kati Carthum

Alternative Learning and Tech Integration Coordinator, Bremerton School District

Kati Carthum is the Alternative Learning and Tech Integration Coordinator for Bremerton School District in Washington state. She supports technology integration for grades K-12 and provides professional development opportunities for staff. She's a Microsoft Innovative Educator and... Read More →

Friday May 6, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Osprey

10:00am PDT

Microsoldering: Meet the Equipment

A hands-on meet and greet with the micro soldering equipment. Come look through the eyepieces of the microscope, take a chip off a board with the hot air rework station, lay solder on pads. This session is an interactive opportunity to get up close to the equipment and ask questions in an Open Q&A. An indepenedent follow-up to "Benefits of Board-Level Repair."
Microsoldering Equipment List

Speakers

David Anderberg

Technology Repair Specialist, Beaverton School District

Friday May 6, 2022 10:00am - 10:50am PDT
Wy' East