Archbishop Stepinac High School has been all digital with blended courses since 2013. We were the first school in that nation to offer a complete digital textbook library. Since all classes are digitally blended, a device is required in order to be able to participate in class and complete assessments at home. Students interact with numerous technology platforms for each class: MyMathLab, Mastering Science, MyLitLab, MyHistoryLab, and MyLanguage Lab, REVEL, REALIZE, Microsoft OneNote digital notebook and Google Classroom, among others. Stepinac also makes use of Zoom and Cisco WebEx for video conferencing. Students also enroll in online enrichment and gifted and talented programs as well as online summer recovery courses. The Office of Instructional Technology provides assistance with all platforms and devices to students, parents, and teachers. The office leads professional development training to provide teachers with the instructional technology tools needed for online lesson planning both asynchronous and synchronous. The office also provides maintenance support to all stakeholders in need of troubleshooting. All of the aforementioned occur both virtually and in person as necessary. Teacher professional development in instructional technology continues
with teachers enrolling in classes from Lower Hudson Regional Information
Center (LHRIC) Model Schools Service. The Model Schools Core
Service provides instructional technology professional development and
other optional services for member schools and districts. Through the Core
Service, an annual catalog of events and classes is published, consisting of
workshops, special events, speakers, demonstrations, conferences and webinars
focused on key regional issues and topics in instructional technology. Mrs. Patricia Murphy Mrs. Murphy has been with Archbishop Stepinac since fall of 2000. She has a Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University and a Master of Science in Curriculum Development and Educational Technology from Albany University. Before beginning her education career Mrs. Murphy spent 12 years as a Systems Analyst/Consultant for Daprex Inc., an IBM Partnership software consulting firm in Stamford, Connecticut. Mr. Richard Yapchanyk ‘00
Mr. Yapchanyk has been with Archbishop Stepinac since fall of 2011. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Iona College, a Juris Doctor degree from St. John’s University School of Law and a Masters of Arts in Secondary Mathematics Education from Manhattanville College. Before coming to Stepinac, Mr. Yapchanyk worked as a web developer and web designer at Pepsi Bottling Group and as a Patent Attorney at a private firm in Long Island, where he helped draft, amend, and file numerous technology patents. Mr. Neil Ritchie Mr. Ritchie has been with Archbishop Stepinac since fall of 2015. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from Abertay University (Dundee, Scotland) and a Master of Science in System Level Integration (Electronics) from the University of Edinburgh. Before beginning his Education career Mr. Ritchie spent 15 years as an Electronic Design Engineer for Siemens AG, BAE Systems Ltd., Xilinx Inc. and Imagination Technologies Ltd. based in the UK. Mr. Alexander Estrella '15 Mr. Estrella has been with Archbishop Stepinac since spring of 2021. He has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Before coming to Stepinac, Mr. Estrella worked with EduTek Ltd. as a network systems engineer. |
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