Texas STaR Chart Presentation

By: Kylee Bradford

AGENDA Texas STaR Chart Purpose Key Areas of STaR Chart Data Analysis Conclusion

PURPOSE OF TEXAS STAR CHART Designed to help teachers, campuses, and

districts determine their progress toward meeting the goals of the Long Range Plan for Technology

Enables teachers to see what Texas’ expectations for technology and instruction

Self-assess personal progress toward meeting expectations

Helps teachers plan professional development

Helps teachers plan integration of technology into their curricular area.

PURPOSE OF TEXAS STAR CHART Meets the technology requirements for No

Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D and Texas requirements: Texas

TEKS for secondary courses all have technology expectations

K – 8 technology TEKS must be taught All teachers must be technology literate Technology application textbooks are available for

adoption NCLB:

All students will be technology literate by 8th grade All teachers must be technology literate

KEY AREAS OF THE TEXAS LONG RANGE TECHNOLOGY PLAN Leadership, Administration, and

Instructional Support Teaching and Learning Educator Preparation and Development Infrastructure for Technology

Ratings for each area:

Early Tech

Developing Tech

Advanced Tech

Target Tech

LEADERSHIP, ADMINISTRATION, AND INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT Leadership and vision Planning Instructional support Communication and collaboration Budget Leadership and support for online

learning

TEACHING AND LEARNING Patterns of classroom use Frequency of design of instructional

setting using digital content Content area connections Technology applications TEKS

implementation Student mastery of TEKS Online learning

EDUCATOR PREPARATION AND DEVELOPMENT Professional development experience Models for professional development Capabilities of educators Technology professional development

participation Levels of understanding and patterns of

use Capabilities of educators with online

learning

INFRASTRUCTURE FOR TECHNOLOGY Students per classroom computers Internet access connectivity speed Classroom technology Technical support Local area network Distance learning capacity

LHHS STAR CHART INFORMATION

T & L Ed. P & D L, Ad, & I Inf.0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

2009-20102010-20112011-2012

CONCLUSION Lake Highlands has either grown or

stayed the same since last year All categories were Advanced Tech Advanced Tech has been achieved the

last 3 years in Educator Preparation and Development and Leadership, Admin., Instructional Support

Improvements needs to continue so that each area reaches the state Target score

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information on the statewide data click here:

http://starchart.epsilen.com/(right click and “open”)