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Eagle Mountain- Saginaw ISD Presented by: Jennifer Thomas
Eagle Mountain-
Saginaw ISD
Presented by:
Jennifer Thomas
What is a STaR Chart?
What does it do for your school?
What does the data show about Highland Middle School?
Questions
Summary
School Technology and Readiness
Online resources for districts in assessing & planning technology.
Aligned with the Long Range Plan for Technology for 2006-2020.
Must be completed online each year by teachers, campuses, & distiricts.
• The chart is used for planning, budgeting, and evaluation of progress in technology toward meeting the goals of the Long Range Plan for Technology required by the state.
• It focuses on 4 critical areas:
- Teaching & Learning
- Educator Preparation & Development
- Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support
- Infrastructure for Technology
Patterns of Classroom Use
Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting Using Digital Content
Content Area Connections
Technology Applications (TA) TEKS Implementation
Student Mastery of Technology Applications (TA) TEKS
Online Learning
Content of Professional Development
Models of Professional Development
Capabilities of Educators
Access to Professional Development
Levels of Understanding and Patterns of Use
Professional Development for Online Learning
Leadership and Vision
Planning
Instructional Support
Communication and Collaboration
Budget
Leadership and Support and Online Learning
Students per Computers
Internet Access Connectivity/Speed
Other Classroom Technology
Technical Support
Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
Distance Learning Capacity
Early Tech
Developing Tech
Advanced Tech
Target Tech
> Teaching and LearningTotal remained the same and our classification remand as Developing Tech
>Educator PreparationDropped one point, lowering our classification to Developing Tech
> Leadership, Admin., Instructional SupportDropped one point and still maintained the Advanced Tech Classification
>Infrastructure for TechnologyDropped 5 points and still maintained the Advanced Tech Classification
RESULTS WERE UNAVAILABLE FOR THIS YEAR.
1315
17
20
1314
1615
0
5
10
15
20
25
Teaching and LearningEducator Preparation and DevelopmentLeadership, Admin., Instructional SupportInfrastructure for Technology
STaR Chart Summary
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
What does this mean for our students?
What is our role in increased technology use?
What needs does our campus have to improve?
Conclusio
nIn conclusion our district needs to step it up when it comes to keeping current with technology. As early as three years ago our district had a five year technology requirement plan for all of it’s employee’s. This meant that every employee in the district had to meet certain technology requirements by their fifth year in the district. That has now fell by the wayside, and I believe that has a lot to do with our decreasing scores and classification over the years. In order to keep our students ahead of the game in technology use, we the staff must make the effort to use technology more in our teaching.
