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Budget Constraints & Lack of Resources

CTO SNAPSHOT

TECH INITIATIVES

PRIORITIES & CHALLENGES

Top Priorities: Tied

6th Annual CoSN K-12 IT Leadership Survey

90% of IT Leadersidentify as white,

the same percentageas the prior year

Lack of racial diversity continues to be an issue

MEN:Primarily come froma tech background

The path to IT Leadership

Cyber Security & Privacy Broadband & Network Capacity

PURCHASING

The K-12 IT Leadership survey was conducted in January of 2018 and distributed to U.S. school technology leaders.

The survey was conducted by CoSN and MDR in partnership with Forecast5 and with supportfrom DudeSolutions.

Visit cosn.org for the full report.

WOMEN:More than 1/2 have an academicbackground in education andinstruction

Integrating technologyinto the classroom

Transition is taking longer than projected

4th Straight YearTOP CHALLENGE:

Most Understaffed IT FunctionRESOURCE CHALLENGE:

PRINT-TO-DIGITAL 1:1 ENVIRONMENT

DIGITAL ASSESSMENTS OUTSOURCING

districts looking to provide devices

versusBYOD

2x

80% ready or almost ready to conduct online assessments(Common Core or statewide high-stakes)

IT functions are being outsourced less

32%in 2014

53%this year

did notoutsource

DIVERSITY IT BACKGROUND

28% of districtsreport digital contentcannot be purchased

without IT Leaderapproval