Unit 5 Technology Staff

Loren Baele is the Director of Technology for Unit 5 Schools. His duties include enforcement of department policies and procedures, the evaluation of staff members, planning and administration of technological needs and district technology plan development. The director works closely with building principals and fellow directors to assess current building needs with regard to instructional development and technology maintenance. Mr. Baele directly reports to the Chief Financial Officer and works closely with the Superintendent as well as the Assistant Superintendents on district initiatives.
 
Rebecca Henderson is the Network Administrator for Unit 5. She administers the school network and emails systems.
 
The Data Management Specialist, Chris Kozik is responsible for the integrity, functionality, and support of both the Financial and the Student Skyward databases. Additional responsibilities include training building personnel on the use of the data systems and coordinating data changes. The Administrator also monitors state and federal data submissions to insure compliance.
 
Michael Caldwell is the Lead Technical Support Specialist for Unit 5 School District. He is responsible for tracking all technology hardware within the district. He is also in charge of all hardware requests. Additionally his oversees maintaining and monitoring all district laser printers as well as the administration, maintenance, and upgrades of the Macintosh Computers within the district.
 
Rita Gyires is responsible for developing and administering the Professional Development Academy technology classes, working with IMC specialists, and in organizing technology related events and training sessions outside of the PDA.
 
The Web Coordinator is David Harris. He oversees the Unit 5 website daily updates, establishing sub-webs, and intranet access as well as PDA instruction in building web sites. He is also responsible for web-based application development as well as supervision and administration of the School Webmaster Program. Additionally, he manages the Skyward Family Access and Employee Access web-based programs.
 
Brian Gerike is the Technology Integration Specialist. He configures and distributes approved software to the appropriate classrooms throughout the entire Unit 5 district. Additional responsibilities include upgrading the operating systems on all the computers to ensure they meet the latest requirements.
 
The Technology Support Specialists are responsible for the in-building support of all staff computing systems. Each specialist is responsible for supporting a set number of school buildings on a regular schedule, as well as providing spot help, system build out and deployment of PC systems, and other technical duties Please see the Technician Schedule for a list of the buildings they are responsible for and on what day(s) they are at a given facility. The Technology Support Specialists are Debbie Bennett, Matt Meins, David Shuck, and Jason Zurek.

Melissa Rinehart is the Technology Support Specialist-Helpdesk. She is responsible for first response and organization of helpdesk items,