A Power Point presentation to introduce the Texas STaR chart to a campus faculty

2.  Introduction to STaR Chart Rationale
 The Four Areas of the STaR Chart
 Campus Scores for Mt. Enterprise HS
 Trends and Meaning
 What Can We Do to Continue Improvement?

3.  School Technology and Readiness
 Tool for planning, budgeting, and evaluation
 Campus ratings compiled and established
from Teacher STaR Chart completion for MHS

4.  Teaching and Learning
 Educator Preparation and Development
 Leadership, Administration and Instructional
Support
 Infrastructure for Technology

5.  Early Tech – technology only used sparingly
 Developing Tech – technology is used
occasionally
 Advanced Tech – technology is used regularly
 Target Tech – technology is fully integrated
and used daily

6. 0
5
10
15
20
Teaching & Learning Educator Prep and
Development
Leadership, Admin,
Instructional Support
Infrastructure for
Technology
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09

7.  Greatest Strength: Infrastructure
 Greatest Need: More Teacher Training

9.  Region VII offers many technology workshops to
enhance your skills as well as teach you how to
integrate technology into the classroom.
 https://misweb.esc7.net/index.php?option=com
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 The TCEA conference in Austin is an excellent
opportunity for technology professional
development
 http://www.tcea.org/convention/2010/Documen
ts/index.html

10.  Training on newly installed projectors and
Mimio devices
 Training on document cameras
 Training on various software packages

11.  Create technology based projects
 Actively engage students with technology
 Utilize new equipment to create interest
 Make a conscious effort to include technology
in lesson plans

12.  We are making progress, but we need to
continue to improve
 Focus on using some sort of technology each
day
 Let’s strive to reach Target Tech within 5
years!