The mission of the Technology Services department is to provide effective leadership in the implementation and administration of Information Technology systems, networking infrastructure, and telecommunications systems, for the VBISD as well as in support of our constituent school districts. The Technology Services department is dedicated to providing prompt and professional service by a staff trained in system analysis, network design, troubleshooting network traffic issues, and security. In addition, they are responsible for the overall operations of all voice, video, and data network services for the Van Buren Intermediate School District.

Major functions are to:

• Host meetings of local school district technology staff

• Manage video bridge for videoconferencing

• Provide network and other technical support to local districts

• Manage Local Area Network (LAN) systems resource applications

• Manage Wide Area Network (WAN) systems

• Manage CISCO VoIP system

• Implement distance learning program technologies

• Develop IT purchasing collaboratives