1. TEXAS STAR CHARTS
Growing Towards Target Tech

2. Agenda
 Welcome /Objective Review (2 minutes)
 STaR Chart History (3 minutes)
 IDEA’s STaR Chart Data (5 minutes)
 Our Strengths (3 minutes)
 Areas for Growth (5 minutes)
 What You Can Do (5 minutes)
 Close-out (2 minutes)

3. Objectives
 Teachers will be able to:
 Explain the purpose of the STaR Chart System
 Identify areas of strength and areas for
improvement on IDEA’s STaR Chart

4. STaR Chart History
 Stands for School Technology and Readiness
 Contains 4 Key areas of Texas’ Long-Range Plan
for Technology
 Allows campuses to assess how they are
progressing towards the goals of the 2020 plan.
 Contains four domains

5. Domains and Ratings
Domains Ratings
 Teaching and Learning  Early Tech
 Educator Preparation
and Development  Developing Tech
 Leadership,
Administration and  Advanced Tech
Instructional Support
 Infrastructure for  Target Tech
Technology

6. Our Star Charts: 2006
Teaching Educator Leadership Infrastructure
and Preparation and for
Learning and Instructional Technology
Development Support
Our Score 11 12 14 14
Our Rating Developing Developing Developing Developing
Tech Tech Tech Tech
Our Goal Advanced Advanced Tech Advanced Tech Advanced Tech
Tech
To view IDEA’s STaR Charts, visit: http://starchart.esc12.net

7. Our Star Charts: 2007-2008
Teaching Educator Leadership Infrastructure
and Preparation and for
Learning and Instructional Technology
Development Support
Our 13 13 15 18
Score
Our Developing Developing Tech Advanced Tech Advanced Tech
Rating Tech
Our Goal Advanced Advanced Tech Target Tech Target Tech
Tech
To view IDEA’s STaR Charts, visit: http://starchart.esc12.net

8. Our Star Charts: 2008-2009
Teaching Educator Leadership Infrastructure
and Preparation and for
Learning and Instructional Technology
Development Support
Our 11 11 15 16
Score
Our Developing Developing Tech Advanced Tech Advanced Tech
Rating Tech
Our Goal Advanced Advanced Tech Target Tech Target Tech
Tech
To view IDEA’s STaR Charts, visit: http://starchart.esc12.net

9. Where We Are
 Have a strong infrastructure
 Mobile labs
 Regular tech support
 Projectors and Document Cameras
 Wireless networking and printing

10. Where We’re Going
 Professional Development
 AttendTCEA or another Technology Conference
 Observations
 Teacher-Leaders in Technology
 Teachers teaching teachers how to embed
technology into instruction
 Self-identify as a teacher-leader

11. What You Can Do
 Fill out work orders when tech support visits your
room.
 Doing something cool with technology? Share it!
 Observe teachers who regularly use technology.
 Ask a colleague (or a student! ) to teach you to use
a new piece of technology.

12. Summary
 Our STaR chart ratings help us grow, build on
our strengths, improve on our weaknesses…
 And lead our students to a successful future.