1. Texas STaR Chart Presentation
By: Kylee Bradford

2.  Texas STaR Chart Purpose
 Key Areas of STaR Chart
 Data Analysis
 Conclusion

3.  Designed to help teachers, campuses, and
districts determine their progress toward
meeting the goals of the Long Range Plan for
Technology
 Enables teachers to see what Texas’
expectations for technology and instruction
 Self-assess personal progress toward meeting
expectations
 Helps teachers plan professional
development
 Helps teachers plan integration of technology
into their curricular area.

4.  Meets the technology requirements for No
Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D and Texas
requirements:
 Texas
 TEKS for secondary courses all have technology
expectations
 K – 8 technology TEKS must be taught
 All teachers must be technology literate
 Technology application textbooks are available for
adoption
 NCLB:
 All students will be technology literate by 8th grade
 All teachers must be technology literate

5.  Leadership, Administration, and Instructional
Support
 Teaching and Learning
 Educator Preparation and Development
 Infrastructure for Technology
Ratings for each area:
Early Tech
Developing Tech
Advanced Tech
Target Tech

6.  Leadership and vision
 Planning
 Instructional
support
 Communication and collaboration
 Budget
 Leadership and support for online learning

7.  Patterns of classroom use
 Frequency of design of instructional setting
using digital content
 Content area connections
 Technology applications TEKS
implementation
 Student mastery of TEKS
 Online learning

8.  Professional development experience
 Models for professional development
 Capabilities of educators
 Technology professional development
participation
 Levels of understanding and patterns of use
 Capabilities of educators with online learning

9.  Students per classroom computers
 Internet access connectivity speed
 Classroom technology
 Technical support
 Local area network
 Distance learning capacity

10. 20
18
16
14
12
2009-2010
10 2010-2011
8 2011-2012
6
4
2
0
T&L Ed. P & D L, Ad, & I Inf.

11.  Lake Highlands has either grown or stayed
the same since last year
 All categories were Advanced Tech
 Advanced Tech has been achieved the last 3
years in Educator Preparation and
Development and
Leadership, Admin., Instructional Support
 Improvements needs to continue so that each
area reaches the state Target score

12. For additional information on the statewide
data click here:
http://starchart.epsilen.com/
(right click and “open”)