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Department of Technology

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Director of Technology

Darrell Hatfield
Director of Technology
dhatfield@ocss-va.org
540-661-4550
Extension 1630
Darrell Hatfield is originally from the southern West Virginia town of Fanrock. He graduated from Concord College in 1987 with a degree in Mathematics and Computer Science and began teaching Math and Computer Science at Orange County High School in 1988. In 2005 he received his Masters degree from Virginia Tech in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Instructional Technology and began working in the technology field as Technology Coordinator at Orange County High School. In 2007 Darrell began his current position as Director of Technology.

Darrell’s responsibilities include overseeing all aspects of the technology department and the technology department staff. This includes technology support, technology training, network design and maintenance, phone support and maintenance, and managing district created applications.
   
Technology Support Staff
 
Gary Mittler
Gary Mittler

gmittler@ocss-va.org
540-661-4550
Extension: 1631

Gary Mittler is originally from New York City. He graduated from SUNY at Stony Brook in 1976. After working for an educational publishing company for four years, Gary then received a Masters degree in Reading from the University Virginia in 1981. He has worked in Orange County Schools since 1982 serving as a classroom teacher, librarian, and an information technology specialist.

Gary’s responsibilities include managing the school systems’ web site, working with SharePoint services to manage the system intranet, tech support at Orange Elementary School, creating and managing custom database applications relating to student data, and developing Workflow applications to manage administrative and record keeping tasks.

   
Henry Winger
Henry Winger

hwinger@ocss-va.org
540-661-4550
Extension: 2787

Henry Winger is originally from Oil City, Pennsylvania.  He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown in 1979.  In 1981, Henry accepted a teaching position in Stafford County, where he taught 6th grade at A.G. Wright.  He then accepted a teaching position at Gordon-Barbour where he taught 5th and 6th grade Math and Science for 18 years before moving on to his current position in the technology department. Henry coached Cross Country and Track for 17 years, first at North Stafford High School and then at OCHS.

Henry is responsible for PHMS and GBE tech support, district phone maintenance and support, K-2 Microsoft Access grade book creation and maintenance, and Just 5 Clicks copier troubleshooting. This position also serves as backup for all Share point based Intranet applications; Microsoft Access based applications, and backup Webmaster.

   
Mark Sargent
Mark Sargent

msargent@ocss-va.org
540-661-4550
Extension: 1619
Mark Sargent is originally from West Springfield Massachusetts. He entered the USMC in 1987, attaining the rank of SSgt and completing his B.S. in Criminal Justice before separating and relocating to Fluvanna County in 1998. Upon moving to VA he was first employed at Sperry Marine as a Network Systems Integrator, and then moved onto a local consulting company as a Senior Support Engineer.

Mark joined the OCPS technology staff in September of 2007 and is responsible for a wide array of network communications equipment as well as direct desktop support of Orange County High School.
 

   
Donald Stafford
Donald Stafford
dstafford@ocss-va.org
540-661-4550
Extension: 1694
Donald Stafford is originally from Orange County Virginia. He graduated from Orange County High School in 2008. Donald went through the Hornet Tech program at the high school and graduated with his A+ and Net+ certifications. He started working as tech support for OCPS in 2010.

Donald is responsible for tech support at Locust Grove MS, Locust Grove Elementary, Lightfoot Elementary, and Unionville Elementary.

 

The Technology Help Desk is the place for teachers and staff to go to enter tickets for technology-related repairs or problems.

The Technology Resources site offers a wide range of resources for teachers and staff.

During the 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years, the ITRTs assembled a Sharepoint web site featuring a wide variety of resources in instructional technology.