2. What is a STaR Chart? School Technology and Readiness Chart is a special online resource tool that has been used for the past two years to assist all Texas teachers in self-assessing efforts to effectively integrate technology across the curriculum.
3. What’s the purpose? to assist all classroom teachers in assessing needs and setting goals for the use of technology in the classroom to support student achievement. to fulfill the requirements in No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D
4. NCLB Technology Mandates that all teachers should be technology literate and integrate technology into content areas across the curriculum. that all students should be technology literate by the time they leave the eighth grade the chart has been updated to align with the new Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020
5. STaR Chart Focus Areas The chart focuses on the four areas of the new long range plan Teaching and Learning Educator Preparation and Development Leadership, Administration Instructional Support Infrastructure for Technology In each area, there are levels of progress ranging from Early Tech to Target Tech. The goal for all Texas teachers is to reach the Target Tech level of the STaR Chart
6. Texas Campus STaR Chart Summary The Teacher STaR Chart has been voluntary since its introduction and over 172,039 teachers completed it in the Statewide reports are available at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/starchart. Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, all Texas teachers are required to complete the online version of the Texas Teacher STaR Chart annually. Statewide reports from the Texas Teacher STaRChart are used to report on progress toward fulfilling the requirements in NCLB Additional data is also shared with state and federal policymakers and used to complete reports on various technology grant programs. Teachers may find review of the printed version helpful in completing the online version at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/starchart.
