EPS Instructional + Information Technology Quick Facts
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• Elizabeth Public Schools is a one-to-one district. All Students in grades 2 through 12 have an HP 11G2 touch laptop.
• A variety of the EPS are recognized as Microsoft Schools which are focused on teaching, leading and learning.
These schools transform education by integrating technology into their classrooms. Teachers build lessons and incorporate blended learning methodologies with the use of Microsoft Schools program from Office.
• All students have access to Microsoft Office 365 Production Suite which includes professional applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, One Drive, Sway.
• All students and faculty members have access to Microsoft Cloud One Drive
• EPS teachers have the flexibility to go paperless with our two learning management systems Blackboard Learn and Microsoft Teams.
Students and teachers benefit from online classrooms with a 24/7 access to their work and feedback from their teachers.
• EPS also provides teacher's classroom management tools via "Light Speed Classroom
Orquestrator" where students can be monitored to ensure they are always on task for effective
instruction.
• All classrooms in The EPS benefit from Starboard / Smartboard technology
• Parents /Guardians play an integral role in the success of every student. It is imperative to keep open lines of communication between the school and parents, that is where PowerSchool plays a significant role providing parents with the "Student Information System" (Sis). EPS Parents have 24/7 access to their child’s academic process with PowerSchool.
• The EPS Instructional Technology Team provides community outreach training for PowerSchool by providing parents with the passwords to access PowerSchool and in-depth training.
• The EPS IT Dept provides support via our systems and hardware to approximately 30,000 users including students, teachers/ professional staff, administrators and support staff.
EPS Software Systems/Business Partners
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Business Partners are essential to the school community as they provide the support, guidance, products and services necessary to make our school district, one of the most technologically advanced districts in the State of New Jersey.
The Elizabeth Public Schools; works collaboratively with these business partners and entities to provide our stake holders; Students, Teachers, and Parents with the most update technological and instructional resources available in the educational arena.EPS Learning Management Systems
As future ready school district, Elizabeth Public Schools teachers are encouraged to reduce the use of paper / copies; with our two-learning management systems (LMS) "Blackboard Learn" and "Microsoft Teams".Students and teachers benefit from online classrooms with a 24/7 access to their work and feedback from their teachers. EPS also provides teachers classroom management tools where students can be monitored to ensure they are always on task for effective instruction.