Urban Divide Technology (UDT) is a company committed to providing comprehensive technology services to schools and non-profit organizations located in urban settings with offices in Michigan. UDT will assist schools to transitioning to 21st Century Teaching and Learning (STEM inclusive) in order to ensure student success on next generation assessments (which includes technology-enhanced performance tasks) such as Smarter-Balanced/PARCC assessments.  UDT can provide the following: 

▪Revise, implement and evaluate current curricula of schools to curricula based on the meaningful and measurable integration of educational technology via project-based, 21st Century Teaching and Learning (inclusive of STEM) to improve student proficiency on mandated NextGen assessments and increase academic outcomes

Design, implement, and evaluate professional development program for transitioning administrators, teachers and support staff to curricula based on meaningful and measurable integration of educational technology via project-based, 21st Century Teaching and Learning (inclusive of STEM) to improve student proficiency on mandated NextGen assessments and increase academic outcomes 

▪Provide onsite, sustained and embedded coaching for administrators, teachers and support staff for full implementation of curricula based on meaningful and measurable integration of educational technology via project-based, 21st Century Teaching and Learning (inclusive of STEM) to improve student proficiency on mandated NextGen assessments and academic outcomes 

Design, implement, and evaluate professional development program for re-imagining IT staff from network/desktop support into instructional technologists to assist with transition to curricula based on meaningful and measurable integration of educational technology via project-based, 21st Century Teaching and Learning curricula (inclusive of STEM) to improve student proficiency on mandated NexGen assessments and increase academic outcomes

▪Design, implement and evaluate student technology computer programming courses

▪Design, implement and evaluate after-school EdTech/STEM programs

▪Provide grant writing for EdTech/STEM initiatives

▪Ensure compliance with required Education Secondary School Act (ESSA) EdTech/STEM initiatives

▪Ensure compliance with identified Governor’s Top Ten in Ten Years EdTech/STEM initiatives

▪Ensure compliance with identified MDE's edtech plan for 2017-2021, MiRoadMap: Transforming Education Through Technology EdTech/STEM initiatives

Act as Educational Technology Director coordinating the development of educational technology plans aligned with curricula and school improvement plans; coordinate/facilitate Technology Advisory Committee (TAC) team; design, plan, & execute Family Technology Night showcasing EdTech/STEM student work; facilitate process for U.S. Dept. of Ed. FUTURE READY SCHOOL designation; facilitate process for AdvancEd STEM Certification; provide comprehensive end of year report on all EdTech/STEM initiatives with recommendations for the upcoming year (including costs for purchasing goods and services)

Urban Divide Technology (UDT) provides comprehensive and customized, 360° degree remote and on-site information technology (IT) support scalable for the most cost effective operations and optimal organizational efficiency for public and private organizations. UDT accomplishes this through IT project management based upon post-implementation audits emphasizing security. UDT has pioneered the 360 Model of comprehensive IT support identified as 90% or greater accomplishment of identified IT goals; 90% or greater of static services and equipment (hardware & software) operational at all times; 90% or greater of mobile services and equipment (hardware & software) operational at all times; 90% or greater internet/intranet uptime. UDT specializes in but is not limited to the following:

●Secure IT Assets Management Solutions ●Secure Disaster Recovery Solutions (aligned with organizational continuity plans) ●Secure Data Center Solutions ●Secure Virtual Network Solutions ●Secure Cloud Computing Solutions ●Secure Multi-platform and Multi-device, End User Solutions ●Secure Mobile Network Computing Solutions ●Secure Intranet/Internet Solutions ●Secure Mass Computer Imaging & Deployment Solutions ●Technology Training and Professional Development Solutions