This is my power point that I created for EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership.

1. Gilmore Elementary

2. AGENDA
• What is Texas STaR Chart
• Four Key Areas
• What is CCISD’S Long Range Plan for Technology?
• What is E-Rate?
• Teaching and Learning
• Educator Preparation and Development
• Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support
• Infrastructure for Technology
• Campus Data
• Campus Data Compared to State Data
• Summary
• Now What?

3. What Is Texas STaR Chart?
 Acronym for School Technology and Reading
 Designed to help teachers, campus and districts
determine their progress toward meeting technology
goals
 Completed by teachers
 Developed around the Texas Long Range Plan for
Technology
 Identifies progress of district and campus
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Agenda

4. Four Key Areas
 Teaching and Learning
 Educator Preparation and Development
 Leadership, Administration and
Instructional Support
 Infrastructure for Technology
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Agenda

5. What is CCISD’s Long Range
Plan for Technology?
 This plan includes the goals, objectives and
strategies for all areas of technology use related to
students and staff in Clear Creek Independent
School District
 The following documents were used to frame this
plan: CCISD District Instructional Improvement
Plan, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Texas Long-
Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020, E-Rate, and
Clear Vision Plan 2010

6. What is E-Rate?
 E-Rate is a document used in formulating CCISD’s long range
plan for technology.
 E-Rate stands for The Schools and Libraries Programs of the
Universal Service Fund
 This program is administered by the Universal Service
Administrative Company (USAC) under the direction of the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and provides
discounts to assist most schools and libraries in the United
States to obtain affordable telecommunications and Internet
access.
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7. Teaching and Learning
 The key to success for all students is the assurance that they
are fully engaged in their learning and that they have
opportunities that stimulate and initiate this engagement.
Initiatives
 Implement a computer network capable of supporting outside devices
 Expand and market e4/Clear Access
 Clear Access-CCISD Virtual High School expansion into Texas Virtual
Schools Network
 CCISD Virtualization Project
 Begin process of moving all curriculum documents into the learning
management system with meta-data and hyperlinks to web content

8. Educator Preparation and
Development
 As students who are considered “Digital Natives” enter
Clear Creek classrooms, it is essential that all
professional educators acknowledge that the world as we
know it now and the world that our students will enter as
adults is drastically different.
Initiatives
 Web Instructor Training
 Continued movement toward all technology professional development
embedded in curriculum documents and training
 TSDP Plan 2.0
 Ongoing Learning Staff Development Training
 Tech U-for new teacher training
 24/7 Staff Development opportunities available on e4

9. Leadership, Administration and
Instructional Support
 Implementing and sustaining school improvement and
technology innovation depends on skilled and persistent
leadership with the ability to share a vision and consistent
expectations.
Initiatives
 Classroom Walk-throughs
 Blackboard Connect
 Handheld Mobility Project
 Increased emphasis on Administrator training in the use
of technology

10. Infrastructure of Technology
 In order to take advantage of new technologies in the
future, CCISD will need to maintain its high-performance
infrastructure.
Initiatives
 Increase unified communications
 Implement a safe network for improved collaboration 24/7
anytime and anywhere
 Desktop Virtualization
 Wireless N upgrades
 Media Distribution
 Distance Learning network enhancements

11. Campus Data
2008-2009 2007-2008 2006-2007
Teaching and Developing Tech Developing Tech Developing Tech
Learning
Educator Developing Tech Developing Tech Developing Tech
Preparation and
Development
Leadership, Developing Tech Developing Tech Developing Tech
Administrator and
Instructional
Support
Infrastructure for Advanced Tech Advanced Tech Advanced Tech
Technology
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Agenda

12. Campus Data Compared to
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State Data Agenda
Campus State Campus State Campus State
Data 08- Data 08- Data 07- Data 07- Data 06- Data 06-
09 09 08 08 07 07
Teaching Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing
and Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech
Learning
Educator Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing Developing
Preparation Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech
and
Developme
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Leadership, Developing Advanced Developing Developing Developing Developing
Administrati Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech
on and
Instructional
Support
Infrastructur Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced
e for Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech Tech
Technology

13. Summary
 Campus Strength
-infrastructure for technology
 Campus Need For Improvement
-teaching and learning
-educator preparation and development
-leadership, administration and instructional
support
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Agenda

14. Now What?
Continue to be life long
learners
Motivate students to use
technology
Be creative
Be a risk taker
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15. Additional Resources
 Texas Long Range Plan for Technology
 http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/EktronAttach/Fi
nalCombinedLRPT2020.pdf
 Technology Applications/TEKS
 http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/ch126toc.html
 Texas STaR Chart
http://starchart.esc12.net/