The Texas Teacher STaR Chart is a tool to help teachers, schools, and districts assess their progress in meeting the goals of Texas's long-range technology plan. The STaR Chart evaluates educators in four key areas: teaching and learning, educator preparation, leadership and support, and infrastructure. It can determine professional development needs, provide data for funding and grants, help conceptualize a technology vision, and document spending of federal funds. The sample profile shows two areas as "developing" and infrastructure as "advanced." Next steps include assessing student technology knowledge and cross-curricular planning.

1. Texas STaRChart School Technology and Readiness http://starchart.esc12.net/

2. The Texas Teacher STaR Chart is designed to help teachers, campuses, and districts determine their progress toward meeting the goals of the Long-Range Plan for Technology. What is it?

4. Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support

5. Infrastructure for Technology

6. Assist teachers in determining professional development needs based on a current educational technology profile. Texas STaR chart can:

7. Provide data that feeds into the Texas Campus STaR Chart so that more accurate school information is gained and documented.

8. Determine funding priorities based on teacher and classroom needs.

9. Provide data that can support the need for grants or other resources.

10. Help conceptualize the campus or district vision of technology.

11. Assist campuses in documenting the use of No Child Left Behind, Title II, Part D formula, and discretionary funds.

12. Page STaR Data 2008-2009

13. Key Area I: Teaching and Learning: Developing Technology

14. Key Area II: Educator Preparation and Development-Developing Key Area III: Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support-Developing Key Area IV: Infrastructure for Technology-Advanced Summary of the other Key Areas

15. Professional Development needs assessment Student assessment of technology knowledge Cross Curriculum planning to integrate Tech TEKS into all core content areas Next Steps: