• Recognition as a benchmark in district technology management
• Greater support from the community and faculty
• Costly pitfalls avoided, based on ten years of planning experience
• Confidence in state approval of plan
• Variations from budget reduced or eliminated
• Means to measure and manage progress

• Board endorsement of plan likely based on factual data and sound projections
• Actions approved up-front instead of at every step
• Help sourcing and evaluating software and hardware
• Access to broader knowledge base
• Specific input from users
• Third party reinforcement of urgency and justification to stick with the plan

Benefits - Teachers

• Participation in planning team
• Professional training conducted as a part of all new processes or technology
• Curriculum/technology integration built into the plan
• Plan creates accountability for accomplishing objectives
• Temporary patches are replaced with planned changes and implementations