By Pamela Jones

EDLD 5352

March 2011

What are is the Texas Star Chart?

What are the four areas of the Texas Star Chart?

How are the areas measured?

Teaching and Learning

Educator Preparation

Administration & Support

Infrastructure

Texas Star Chart Data

Wheatley School of Early Childhood Data

Summary of the Report

The STaR Chart is a Resource Tool used to evaluate school campuses progress towards the Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

It is also a Teacher Tool for Planning and Self-Assessing aligned with the Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

STaR stands for - School Technology and Readiness.

•Teaching and Learning

•Educator Preparation

•Administration & Support

•Infrasrtucture

Target Tech (21-24)

Advance Tech

(15-20)

Developing Tech (9-14)

Early Tech

(6-8)

Patterns of Classroom Use

Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting

Content Area Connections

Technology Applications (TA) TEKS Implementation

Student Mastery of Technology Applications

Online Learning

Professional Development Experiences

Models of Professional Development

Capabilities of Educators

Access to ProfessionalDevelopment

Levels of Understanding and Patterns of Use

Professional Developmentfor OnlineLearning

Leadership and Vision

Planning

Instructional Support

Communication and Collaboration

Budget

Leadership and Support for Online Learning

Students per Computers

Internet Access Connectivity Speed

Other Classroom Technology

Technical Support

Local Area Network Wide Area Network

Distance Learning Capacity

2.1

59.3

37.8

0.9

Percentage

Early Tech

Devloping Tech

Advance Tech

Target Tech

3.7

68.7

26.8

0.7

Percentage

Early Tech

Devloping Tech

Advance Tech

Target Tech

1.5

38.6

55

4.9

Percentage

Early Tech

Devloping Tech

Advance Tech

Target Tech

1.1

30.4

61

7.6

Percentage

Early Tech

Devloping Tech

Advance Tech

Target Tech

0 5 10 15 20 25

Teaching and Learning

Educator Preparation

Administration & Support

Infrastructure

2009-10

2008-09

2007-08

Wheatley’s highest area was Infrastructure which we were at the level of Target Tech with a score of 21.

Wheatley’s lowest area was Teaching and Learning with a score of 13.

The other two areas, Educator Preparation and Administration & Support were at the level of Advance Tech.

All information for the charts were taken from the following links: http://starchart.esc12.net/docs/campusSWSummaryby

KA20092010.pdf http://starchart.esc12.net