I have been asked by our superintedent to find out what other schools do
in the following hypothetical situations.
1. A teacher has been employed by the state outside of their regular
school contract to develop curriculum for the state. The teacher
encounters a software issue while developing said curriculum, and asks
for technical support from the school district's IT personel during the
regular school day.
2. A teacher is working on their administrative degree. They encounter
an issue accessing the university's library portal while at school
during the contract day. They seek assistance from the school district's
IT personel to fix said issue.
Things to remember:
I charge $60-$80 an hour for outside-my-contract technical support.
The distrcit does not allow me to work on my outside-contract-hours jobs
while here at work.
I do not use school-owned equipment to complete any of these
outside-contract-hours jobs.
The issues encountered were not 'quick fixes' or simple advice.
Some of our tech team thinks we should create some sort of policy to
regulate such situations, others do not. We would like to see what other
districts are doing in similar situations if anything.
Thanks,
Chad Frerichs
Director of Technology
Okoboji Community Schools
