The STaR Chart is an online assessment tool that evaluates a school's technology readiness and integration across four key areas: Teaching and Learning, Educator Preparation and Development, Leadership/Administration, and Infrastructure. It shows Midway High School's results have remained at the "Developing" level for the past three years in most areas, except Infrastructure which is "Advanced". Leadership/Administration has declined the most and is identified as needing the most improvement to help the school meet federal and state technology goals.

1. Texas STaR Chart Midway High School

2. Items To Be Discussed What is a STaR Chart? Why is it necessary? What does it tell us? How can it be used? How are we doing as a campus?

3. What is a STaR Chart? S chool T echnology a nd R eadiness More information at Online resource tool for assessment of district and campus efforts to integrate technology across the curriculum Completed by teachers in each content area

4. Why is it necessary? No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Requires teachers to be technology literate and integrate technology across curriculum Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020 (LRPT) Sets standards and goals for technology across the curriculum

5. What does it tell us? Provides a profile of a campus’ status towards reaching goals of LRPT and NCLB in four key areas Teaching and Learning (TL) Educator Preparation and Development (EP) Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support (L) Infrastructure for Technology (INF)

6. How can it be used? To update the district’s technology plan To conceptualize campus and district vision of technology To set benchmarks and goals To measure teacher and student proficiencies To determine funding priorities

7. Results for Midway High School Teaching and Learning

8. Results for Midway High School Educator Preparation and Development

9. Results for Midway High School Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support

10. Results for Midway High School Infrastructure for Technology

11. Summary of Results Teaching and Learning saw no gains over the three year period; 2008-2009 Classification: Developing Educator Preparation and Development had a one point increase from 2006-2007 to 2007-2008, then remained steady; 2008-2009 Classification: Developing

12. Summary of Results Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support increased from 2006-2007 to 2007-2008, then decreased from 2008-2009 to its lowest point ; 2008-2009 Classification: Developing Infrastructure for Technology Development had a one point increase from 2006-2007 to 2007-2008, then remained steady; 2008-2009 Classification: Advanced

13. What does this mean? Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support has dropped in classification and is the area in biggest need of improvement

14. What does this mean? Teaching and Learning and Educator Preparation and Development need to be strengthened to move from Developing Tech to Advanced Tech then Targeted Tech

15. Resources for more information Texas STaR Chart Texas Long_Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020 Technology Applications TEKS