Project Scope Management Plan Name: Transmission Coalition Date Prepared: 2/16/2021 Project/Product Scope Description The Transmission Coalition’s goal is to provide accessible and reliable wifi to students in the Orange County Public School System based on financial need and geographical location. Further, we will analyze and study the school district and it’s needs to best allow for students to successfully complete school work and allow for participation in virtual extracurricular activities. Project Deliverables ● Further the equality of access to accessible and reliable wifi. ● Increase the ability to complete school work and participate in virtual activities ● Partner with local companies and sponsors to create long lasting infrastructure Project Acceptance Criteria ● Successful implementation of accessible wife to students that are on a need bases and meet geographical requirements ● Successful feedback from students within the requirements ● Successful connection for those students using the accessible wifi to complete either school work or virtual extracurricular activities. Project Exclusion Criteria Since Launch-Ed provided over 140,000 devices to students in the Orange County Public Schools, wifi is a huge need when it comes to being able to access the full capabilities of these devices. ● Students must complete a brief survey monthly to give feedback to the provides; this will allow for proper understanding of how the wifi is responding with students ● Students must apply for the wifi every school year Project Constraints ● ● ● ● ● Not receiving feedback from families in order to properly do assessments of the program. Not being able to get the proper funds to provide wifi to families Not being able to successfully connect students using the accessible wifi to complete either school work or virtual extracurricular activities. Not having satisfied families with the wifi speed RIsk of losing a contract with one wifi company and having to find one that will meet our needs Work Breakdown Structure Transmission Coalition Equality of Access Ensuring no matter one's socioeconomic level that every child has access to free WIFI The Ability to Complete School Work Children having the ability/WIFI to not worry about whether their school will be completed whether The Future of Technology Partnering technology companies or cell companies to be on the forefront of providing internet/technology for GANTT Chart Activities Fall 2020 Collect information on District, existing programs, existing providers, transmission towers. Go into the community to hear from the people actually using services. Talk to other school districts, reading literature about similar programs Start Winter 2020 Spring 2021 Summer 2021 Fall 2021 Winter 2021 Spring 2022 Fall 2022 Finding companies/ sponsors to partner with Implement testing program in a few specific areas to see who is utilizing product and how their wifi/cell service is Analysis of results from pilot test, reviews of program and then implementation Already existing providers of hotspots/ wifi Spectrum finishes OCPS General information: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 8th largest school district in the nation Fourth largest district in florida 202 schools 212401 students 164 languages spoken 199 countries represented 128 elementary 38 middle 8 k-8 20 high schools Serves nearly 34 million meals per year and about 215,000 meals per day While schools were closed in the fourth quarter of 2019-20 year, about 85,000 meals were distributed per day 25,756 employees Demographic breakdown: ○ 43% hispanic ○ 25% white ○ 24% black ○ 5% asian ○ 3% multi-cultural Graduation rate in 2018-2019 was 95.9% Expanded 1:1 initiative ○ LaunchEd provided more than 140,000 devices to students for the 2019-20 year The district is broken into 7 smaller districts based on location “Where your dollar goes” ○ $0.78- teaching, transporting, supervising, and counseling students ○ 0.07- library materials, staff training and curriculum development ○ 0.10- acquiring, operating, and maintaining school facilities ○ 0.05- central and fiscal services, general admin, and district tech Foundation for ocps ○ Raised or managed $3.99 million to build ed. Equity Parent academy ○ 34 sessions were offered for approximately 717 parents/ caregivers ○ Youth academy served 726 students between 4-18 ○ Five virtual pa seminars, family engagement opps were provided in four languages to 1626 participants School board is entirely women Transmission Coalition Student Success Makers Laura Greene, Angela Jefferson, Sheina Koolik, Gianna LaBarbera, Mauricio Paredes, and Antonio Rosario February 27, 2021 PROJECT CHARTER 1. General Project Information Project Name: Transmission Coalition Organization Name: Student Success Makers Organization Description: The Student Success Makers is a new nonprofit organization focused on bridging the gap in school accessibility in K-12 Schools. Our mission is to level the playing field in education and give all students equal access to a quality education through community projects and philanthropy. Our organization strives to work closely with communities by assessing and addressing their individual needs. Our main goal is to work with students in a state of financial need to bring accessible technology and ensure that they have the tools they need to be successful in the classroom. 2. Project Background, Description, Activities, and Deliverables Our project came to be by the entire group’s (Student Success Makers) Project Background understanding that there is a current issue taking place in this community. In Orange County, there are a lot of low economy families living among us. In these low income familie, technology is not the first thing these mothers and fathers think of when bills need to be paid. Luckily, Orange county has been able to give resources to these students within the county. All get either Ipads or computers to further their learning in or out of the classroom. These tools are great, if you are able to use them. Many students come home with these tools in their backpack, but don't even take them out due to not having accessible wifi to grant them all the great things that come out of them. This is where our group's mission starts. Project Description Project Activities Project Deliverables Student Success Makers will create an affordable or free supplement to accessible wifi for students and families living in the Orange County Area. ● Surveying Orange County Students ● Reaching out to local vendors ● Researching signals that work the best within the county ● Implementation of the product ● Post Surveys The project deliverables will be the outcome of accessible wifi in Orange County. With this in place students will be able to use their resources in and out of the classroom to better their education. 3. Stakeholders Name Role/Responsibilities Stakeholder 1 Student’s Utilize wifi given and provide feedback concerning issues. Stakeholder 2 Project Sponsors Provide funding and support concerning project costs. Stakeholder 3 School Faculty Provide analysis on viability of project as well as data containing info of students benefiting from said project opposed to those not. Stakeholder 4 Student’s Parent’s Utilize wifi and discuss the impact of the new service. Stakeholder 5 Orange County Government Office Provide support, through means of spreading awareness of the new service. Also addresses possible conflicting issues. 4. Project Scope Statement Project Scope Description The Transmission Coalition’s goal is to provide accessible and reliable wifi to students in the Orange County Public School System based on financial need and geographical location. Further, we will analyze and study the school district and it’s needs to best allow for students to successfully complete school work and allow for participation in virtual extracurricular activities. Project Deliverables ● ● ● Further the equality of access to accessible and reliable wifi. Increase the ability to complete school work and participate in virtual activities Partner with local companies and sponsors to create long lasting infrastructure Project Acceptance Criteria ● Successful implementation of accessible wife to students that are on a need bases and meet geographical requirements ● Successful feedback from students within the requirements ● Successful connection for those students using the accessible wifi to complete either school work or virtual extracurricular activities. Project Constraints ● Not receiving feedback from families in order to properly do assessments of the program. ● Not being able to get the proper funds to provide wifi to families ● Not being able to successfully connect students using the accessible wifi to complete either school work or virtual extracurricular activities. ● Not having satisfied families with the wifi speed ● RIsk of losing a contract with one wifi company and having to find one that will meet our needs Project Exclusion Criteria Since Launch-Ed provided over 140,000 devices to students in the Orange County Public Schools, wifi is a huge need when it comes to being able to access the full capabilities of these devices. ● Students must complete a brief survey monthly to give feedback to the provides; this will allow for proper understanding of how the wifi is responding with students ● Students must apply for the wifi every school year 5. Resources What resources do you need to complete the project? Think about what you need financially to accomplish the task. How much time do you need to complete the project? The Transmission Coalition's goal is to provide accessible and reliable Wi-Fi to students in the Orange County Public School System based on financial need and geographical location. This project's main goals are equality of access, the ability to complete schoolwork, and the future of technology. The resources needed to complete this project are Enough funds to provide Wi-Fi to families to successfully implement accessible Wi-Fi to students on a need base and meet geographical requirements. Facilities to enable further the equality of access to accessible and reliable internet. Partnership with local organizations and sponsors to create a long-lasting infrastructure and find one that will meet our needs of successfully connecting students using the accessible Wi-Fi to complete either schoolwork or extracurricular activities. A proper medium that can allow feedback from families and students within the requirements. The project is coming to completion in 2022. 5. Success Measurements Success, for this project, will be measured by the students’ ability to complete their school work and extra curricular activities. This will be measured by frequent surveys on internet reliability, ability to complete school work, and access to school related activities. The parents/ guardians of these students will also fill out a survey about their perceptions of the internet reliability and how they believe their student is doing. 7. Project Team Name Role/Responsibilities Project Manager Sheina Koolik Oversees team members by ensuring they are completing their task. Ensures the project is staying on pace and on budget. Team Member 1 Angela Jefferson Working with the school district. In charge of surveying the school district and is the main point of contact for the school system. Team Member 2 Laura Green Working with local vendors. Communicates with vendors to decide which vendor is best for the project and is the main point of contact for the local vendor. Team Member 3 Gianna LaBarbera Works with team member 1 and 2 to implement the product and distribute to students and teachers. Team Member 4 Mauricio Paredes Creates post surveys and works with team member 1 to distribute the survey to the school system. Then works with team member 2 to provide feedback to the vendor to improve the survey. Team Member 5 Antonio Rosario Acts as a support member to team member 1 and 2. Also works with the project member with keeping the books. 
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