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Technology Excellence

This introduction and review of the Texas STaR Chart highlights its role as a self-assessment tool for enhancing technology integration across curriculums. It outlines federal and state requirements such as the No Child Left Behind Act and the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology. The STaR Chart serves multiple purposes, including planning, budgeting, evaluation, and compliance with legislation standards. Analyzing campus profiles reveals trends in teaching, learning, educator preparation, and infrastructure, ultimately fostering a commitment to a technology-rich educational environment.

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Technology Excellence

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  1. Technology Excellence An Introduction and Review of the Texas STaR Chart Indicators of Campus Success for Technology Literacy Sarah Campbell Instructional Leadership: Technology EDLD 5352 – EA 1189 Lamar University

  2. STaR Chart • School • Technology • and • Readiness“…an on-line resource tool for self-assessment…to effectively integrate technology across the curriculum.”

  3. Requirements • Federal and State Requirements • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • Texas Long Range Plan for Technology • Student Technology Literacy Goals • 8th Grade Benchmark for Literacy • Teacher Required STaR Chart • Campus Required STaR Chart

  4. STaR Chart Benefits • Planning • Budgeting • Evaluation • Grant Applications • Community Dialogue • Documentation of Legislation Standards

  5. STaR Campus Profile • Profile Indicators for Trends • Teaching and Learning • Educator Preparation & Development • Leadership, Administration, & Instructional Support • Infrastructure & Technology • Four Levels of Progress • Early Tech • Developing Tech • Advanced Tech • Targeted Tech

  6. Process • Access STaR Chart websitehttp://starchart.esc12.net/ • Complete Self-Assessment • Find Data Trends • Collaborate for Instructional Strategies

  7. Campus 3-Year Comparison Adv Dev Adv Dev

  8. CFHS Teaching and Learning Adv • 3-Year Trends • decreased was in Technology Applications TA TEKS Implementation • Slow progress toward target • Implications • Cross-curricular integration aligned with TA TEKS

  9. Adv CFHS Educator Preparation & Development • 3-Year Trends • Overall gains in this area • Implications • Continued support for teacher-led training • Technology instructional best practices • On-line, distance learning

  10. CFHS Leadership, Administration, & Instructional Support Adv • 3-Year Trends • On the rise • Indicator of depreciation: budget • Implications • “world-class education” = technology • Value superceedes purse strings

  11. Adv CFHS Infrastructure & Technology • 3-Year Trends • Decrease over 3-years • Borderline Developing Tech • Implications • Budget, budget, budget • Grant-writing is essential to move forward

  12. Gallery of Strategies • Assignment of Teams • Leadership Roles for Team Players • Project Goals for Technology Strategies • Presentation Format Parameters • Time Allotment

  13. Key “Take-Aways” • Review of New Learning • Gallery Walk of Strategies • Address Parking Lot Issues • Lingering Questions Assigned • Elevator Speech Closing

  14. Resources • No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 • U.S. Department of Education National Education Technology Plan • Texas Long Range Technology Plan • Texas STaR Chart

  15. Photographs compliments of CFHS Senior 2010 PLATO Students These students graduated as a direct result of technology integrated curriculum for on-line, accelerated credit recovery through the PLATO program. Technology is not a part of our education, it is our future.

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