Texas STaR Chart: Technology Skills for Today and Tomorrow

Agenda

• What is the STaR Chart?

• What key areas are addressed?

• How is the campus rated?

• What are the Key Area STaR Classifications?

• Where does the TOTAEC stand?

• What can we do?

What is the STaR Chart?

• http://starchart.esc12.net/

• School Technology and Readiness

• Evaluates campus use of technology in the classroom

• Motivates teachers to integrate technology

• Identifies strength/weakness of integrating technology in the classroom

• Assesses campus implementation of Long Range Technology Plan

What Key Areas are addressed?

• Teaching and Learning

• Educator Preparation and Development

• Leadership, Administration, Instructional Support

• Infrastructure for Technology

Teaching and Learning

Six evaluated criteria of Teaching and Learning

1. Patterns of Classroom use

2. Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting

3. Content Area Connections

4. Technology Applications TEKS Implementation

5. Student Mastery of Technology Applications

6. Online Learning

Educator Preparation and Development

Six evaluated criteria of Ed. Prep and Dev.

1. Professional Development Experiences

2. Models of Professional Development

3. Capabilities of Educators

4. Access to Professional Development

5. Levels of Understanding and Patterns of Use

6. Professional Development for Online Learning

Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support

Six evaluated criteria of Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support

1. Leadership and Vision

2. Planning

3. Instructional Support

4. Communication and Collaboration

5. Budget

6. Leadership and Support for Online Learning

Infrastructure for Technology

Six evaluated criteria for Infrastructure

1. Students per Computer

2. Internet Access Connectivity Speed

3. Other Classroom Technology

4. Technical Support

5. LAN, WAN

6. Distance Learning Capacity

How is the campus rated?

• Go to STaR Chart -http://starchart.esc12.net/docs/TxTSC.pdf

• Use rubrics found on pages 11-14

• Rate each of the six criteria for Teaching and Learning, Educator Preparation, Leadership, and Infrastructure

• 1 = Early, 2 = Developing, 3 = Advanced, 4 = Target

What are the Key Area STaR Classifications?

• Early – 6-8 points gained in the Key Area

• Developing – 9-14 points gained in the Key Area

• Advanced – 15-20 points gained in the Key Area

• Target – 21-24 points gained in the Key Area

Where does the TOTAEC stand?

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2

4

6

8

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12

14

16

18

Teaching and LearningEducator Prep Leadership Infrastructure

2007-2008

2008-2009

2009-2010

TOTAEC Trends

• Teaching and Learning: increasing toward Target

• Ed. Prep:

Regressing to Developing

• Leadership:

Major Weakness

• Infrastructure:

increasing toward Target

What can we do?

• Understand technology TEKS and the need to create digital learners, collaborators, and producers

• Strive to implement diverse technology apps into lesson plans and curriculum

• Attend professional development with technology focus

• Teach students how to learn for themselves rather than being the information source

• Consistently assess our technology proficiency