The document discusses the Texas STaR Chart, a tool used to evaluate schools' technology readiness. It is broken into four key areas and there are different STaR Charts for teachers, campuses, and the public. Campuses receive ratings in each area from Early Tech to Target Tech. The charts help schools assess their progress, identify focus areas, and demonstrate how they are meeting technology goals. The profile for North Shore Senior High School from 2009-10 is provided as an example.

1. Texas STaR Chart School Technology and Readiness

2. Agenda Introduction of Texas STaR Chart The different types of charts North Shore Senior High’s Profile

3. What is the STaR Chart? It’s a tool designed for use in technology planning, budgeting for resources, and evaluation of progress in local technology projects. It is mandated by law that the chart is completed in order to receive state funding for technology.

4. Texas STaR Chart cont. The STaR chart is broken up into four key areas: Teaching and Learning Educator Preparation and Development, Leadership, Administration, Instructional Support Infrastructure for Technology

5. The Types of STaR Charts Texas Teacher Chart Texas Campus Chart Texas Public Chart

6. Texas Teacher STaR Chart Completed by teachers individually to correlate with the Campus STaR Chart and draws measures from a variety of national and state technology guidelines Measures how well teachers are equipped to educate students with the knowledge and skills needed in today’s technology driven society

7. Texas Campus STaR Chart Provides a profile of a campus’ status toward reaching the goal of the Long Range Plan for Technology (LRPT) and No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Each campus is given the following types of ratings in each key area Early Tech- instruction is teacher-centered Developing Tech-teacher-directed, regular use of tech Advanced Tech-teacher-facilitated Target Tech-highest level

8. Texas Campus STaR Chart cont. The STaR chart will help answer the following questions: What are your campus’ and district’s current educational technology profiles? What evidence can be provided to demonstrate their progress is meeting the goals of the Long Range Technology Plan? What areas should your campus and district focus on to improve the level of technology integration to ensure the best possible teaching and learning for all students?

9. Texas Public STaR Chart Allows all stakeholders to view the technology readiness of all Texas schools online Reports may be organized by district, ESC region, legislative district or campus type The public site is available at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/startchart/search

10. North Shore Senior High School

11. North Shore Sr. High Profile In the 2009-10 school year Teaching and Learning : Dev Tech Educator Prep and Dev: Dev Tech Leadership, Admin, Inst Support: Adv Tech Infrastructure for Technology: Adv Tech

12. Summary Learning for the 21st century demands new skills, new tools and new knowledge. Technology facilitates these demands, and it’s our priority to foster it to ensure that our students receive the best quality learning experience.