Canterbury Communiqué A monthly online newsletter for the friends of Canterbury School
September 2014
Technological Innovations Poised to Inspire at Canterbury With the goal of transforming the way Canterbury approaches education, technology and innovation, Head of School Tony Paulus announced that Katrina Keene will serve as its new Director of Innovation. “Katrina’s exemplary technological skills and understanding of how technology and innovation can transform a learning environment are impressive,” said Head of School Tony Paulus. The need for a Director of Innovation is a position Canterbury has worked hard to achieve for almost two years. In 2013, the school received a $50,000 grant from the Edward E. Ford Foundation, which enabled Canterbury to utilize the funds for professional development initiatives and technology. As a result, two consultants were hired to perform an extensive audit of the school’s technology and how it relates to teaching and learning. “As a result of the findings from the two consultants and the strategic plan we implemented, we brought our two consultants back in to write a job description for a Director of Instructional Technology,” said Paulus. Understanding the timing and importance of the position, Paulus encouraged Jake Spanberger, President of Entech, Canterbury’s outsourced IT department, and Jacqueline Lentini, Canterbury’s Intermediate and Middle School Director, to co-chair a search committee. “We have an advanced technology infrastructure at Canterbury, along with a strong desire from the faculty and staff to integrate technology into the curriculum. What we needed was someone with an educational background who could create a vision of that integration, develop educational uniformity across all our Pre-K through 12 grade levels and guide the educators and staff on how to do it,” said Spanberger.