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Requests for Proposals

Washougal School District has implemented a standardized classroom model for classrooms grades K-12, with each core classroom receiving a computer, document camera, and a projector or large format display. The district’s Technology department has partnered with a number of district teachers to provide hands-on staff development opportunities for staff to learn to integrate technology into their curriculum.  The district provides 1:1 learning devices in classrooms in grades K-12 with funding through the voter approved Technology Levy.

Technology Help for Students

Please make an IT help request (ticket) via email – send a message to [email protected] or click here to access the HappyFox ticketing system where you can create one.  Support staff are happy to help and can provide a number of resources to help your student be successful at accessing resources using technology during the closure.  You can also call 360-954-3671 for phone support (leave a message if we don’t answer, and we will return your call).

Tech Support Hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM.

Washougal School District was one of the first districts in Clark County to achieve a fully K-12 1:1 learning environment, thanks to generous voter support of our WSD Tech Levy.

Technology Philosophy

Research shows that students learn best when the learning is proximate, relevant, and in context. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction has a “Tiers” model which rates classroom uses of technology according to their level of integration. Tier 1 focuses on teacher uses of productivity software, such as typing materials in Word, or using WESPaC for grades. Tier 2 focuses on the teacher using technology tools for Instruction, such as a teacher using a document camera to show students an example problem. Tier 3 focuses on powerful 21st Century uses of Technology, where students are getting real world, project based experiences with technology.

The Tier 3 teacher uses and allows students to use technology as part of their lesson planning. Students learn applications and skills as they need them while working through problems and examples. This method helps students retain the skills they are learning, and makes them better prepared to understand and choose between the technology tools they have available for any given problem.

Each year’s technology staff development courses for teachers have topics that teachers choose through a survey process. Each class is designed to model the types of instruction we want to see teachers using, and to give them a hands-on, project based experience with technology.

Technology Standards

Washougal School District’s Technology Committee began an initiative in the Fall of 2006, updated in 2010 and again in 2014, to create standardized sets of computer equipment for each grade level and subject area. The committee continues to work on directing expenditures to meet these standards. Here are the standards:

Grade
Teaching Computer
(laptop, or desktop w Chromebook)
Student Computers
Projector & Document Camera
Large Format Display & Document Camera
Classroom Sound Amplification System
Kindergarten
1
1:1 with iPads
yes
 yes
1
1
1:1 with iPads
yes
 yes
2
1
1:1 with iPads
yes
 yes
3
1
1:1 with iPads
yes
 yes
4
1
1:1 with iPads
yes
 yes
5
1
1:1 with iPads
yes
 yes
6
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
 yes
7
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
 yes
8
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
 yes
9
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
–
10
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
–
11
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
–
12
1
1:1 with Chromebooks
yes
–

District Technology Committee

The Washougal School District Technology Committee is comprised of parents, teachers, and building administrators from each grade level. Staff with questions about technology planning and new equipment requests should start by talking to their building’s technology committee member.

The committee members are:

Name Title Representing school or department
Jay Bennett Technology Coach Washougal High School
Lester Brown Director of Technology District
Hillary Marshall Library/Media Specialist Gause & Hathaway Elementary Schools
David Hollingsworth Teacher Canyon Creek Middle School
Heather Kassel Principal Columbia River Gorge Elementary School
Rebecca Woodings Teacher Washougal Learning Academy

Helpdesk System for Technology Requests

The Technology department uses a web-based service for reporting computer problems. The system is called “HappyFox” and we hope it is a convenient way for you to request assistance with computer problems, printer problems, or your other technology. Click here to start your work order.

Reporting problems this way will speed up the response of the tech support staff, and enable us to respond to you even when we’re away from our desks.  It will give you the ability to check the status of your work requests once they’re in the queue, and gives us the ability to log work performed by the tech staff.

Staff can also create tickets in the Helpdesk System by sending a message to an e-mail address.  Your Tech Support person will communicate these e-mail addresses for your school.

The system will also enable us to more efficiently answer your questions, as well as identify and replace problem equipment.

If your computer is not working (and that is why you’re requesting help) please keep in mind that you can always use a computer in another classroom near you to submit these requests.

You can use your Google account to log into this new system.  Just click the “Login using Google Apps” button on the HappyFox page.

Technology Links

Skyward/WESPaC Downtime Schedule

WSIPC, the consortium that operates our Student Information System, schedules several weekend updates over the course of the year.

On each of these days, all Skyward services are unavailable from midnight through 9 PM unless otherwise noted.

  • July 1 to August 2, 2023 – Qmlativ Migration window – no access to Employee Access, Family Access, and other Skyward modules while we complete our software migration
  • August 5, 2023