Hillsboro Elementary School Texas STaR Chart
Texas STaR Chart Ø What is the Texas STaR Chart? Ø What is it used for? Ø What areas of technology does it cover? Ø How do we stand? Ø What are the next steps?
What is it? School Technology and Readiness This tool is an assessment for schools to rate their progress toward the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020. Each teacher on the campus completes the survey which helps create a Campus Data Chart.
How can we use it? Administrators use the chart to help create technology goals for the campus. Completing the survey helps teachers identify the areas of technology they need assistance in. Professional development opportunities can be utilized from the chart.
What does it cover? There are 4 areas of study included on the Texas STaR Chart. - Teaching and Learning - Educator Preparation and Development - Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support - Infrastructure for Technology Each section is rated as one of these levels: Early Tech, Developing Tech, Advanced Tech, or Target Tech.
How do we stand?
Rating Levels 6-8 Early Tech 9-14 Developing Tech 15-20 Advanced Tech 21-24 Target Tech
What do we do now? From the graph you can see that in most areas we have shown improvement each year. We still need to focus mostly on Teaching and Learning. This area includes tracking the frequency and patterns of usage of technology, making content area connections, implementation of the Technology Application TEKS, and participating in online learning. In the area of Infrastructure for Technology we have not shown any growth. This means we need to work on the speediness of our technical support, creating more distance learning opportunities, and providing more devices for classroom technology use.