St a r Chart

1. Star Chart Course 11EDLD 5352 Memorial High School Port Arthur ISD By: Pandora A. Walker L20041256

2. Texas STaR Chart School Technology and Readiness • http://starchart.esc12.net/

3. What is the STaR Chart? • Online survey • For Texas teachers • To collect data for reporting • To determine needs for funding, training, etc • Data is reported to state and federal policymakers.

4. Why does it exist? To determine the need for • Professional development • Funding • Grants or other resources • Vision of technology

5. Who does it benefit? • All Stakeholders • Campus Administration • District Administration • Teachers • Students • Parents Dr. Johnny Brown, Superintendent and Formal Principal Ramona Lee

6. Key Area I – Teaching & Learning Patterns of Classroom Use Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting Content Area Connections Technology Applications Implementation Student Mastery of Technology Applications Online Learning STaRChart

7. Key Area I – Teaching & Technology

8. Key Area I – Teaching & Technology Increase here Increase here Increase Here

9. Key Area I – Teaching & Technology • Discrepancies Staff turnover due to restructuring of campuses • Recommendations Continued staff development and incentives to implement technology into lessons daily

10. Key Area III – Leadership, Administration, & Instructional Support Leadership & Vision Planning Instructional Support Communication & Collaboration Budget Leadership & Support for Online Learning Key Area I – Teaching & Learning Patterns of Classroom Use Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting Content Area Connections Technology Applications Implementation Student Mastery of Technology Applications Online Learning STaRChart

11. Key Area II – Educator Preparation & Development

12. Key Area II – Educator Preparation & Development Increase here Increase here

13. Key Area II – Educator Preparation & Development • Discrepancies • Increases then decreases were due to change in staff and attitudes as well as normal fluctuations found in a survey. • Perhaps a small increase of staff development then a slight increase the following year. • Recommendations • Increased support and incentives for teachers to attend technology staff development. • Teachers required to meet 6 credits of technology staff development per semester.

14. Key Area III – Leadership, Administration, & Instructional Support Leadership & Vision Planning Instructional Support Communication & Collaboration Budget Leadership & Support for Online Learning Key Area I – Teaching & Learning Patterns of Classroom Use Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting Content Area Connections Technology Applications Implementation Student Mastery of Technology Applications Online Learning STaRChart Key Area II – Educator Preparation & Development Professional Development Experiences Models of Professional Development Capabilities of Educators Access to Professional Development Levels of Understanding and Patterns of Use Professional Development for Online Learning

15. Key Area III – Leadership, Administration & Infrastructural Support

16. Key Area III – Leadership, Administration & Infrastructural Support Decrease here followed by an increase Increase here Decrease here

17. Key Area III – Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support • Discrepancies • Decreases due to staff moral and attitudes shifting with administration implementation of technology push, etc. • Increases due to more support of technology hardware and trainings • Recommendations • Continue and increase incentives by district for administration to keep staff moral up and positive of reasons to use technology integration

18. Key Area III – Leadership, Administration, & Instructional Support Leadership & Vision Planning Instructional Support Communication & Collaboration Budget Leadership & Support for Online Learning Key Area I – Teaching & Learning Patterns of Classroom Use Frequency/Design of Instructional Setting Content Area Connections Technology Applications Implementation Student Mastery of Technology Applications Online Learning STaRChart Key Area II – Educator Preparation & Development Professional Development Experiences Models of Professional Development Capabilities of Educators Access to Professional Development Levels of Understanding and Patterns of Use Professional Development for Online Learning Key Area IV – Infrastructure for Technology Students per Computers Internet Access Connectivity Speed Other Classroom Technology Technical Support Local Area Network Wide Area Network Distance Learning

19. Key Area IV – Infrastructure for Technology

20. Increase here followed by a decrease Key Area IV – Infrastructure for Technology Increase here • Decreases here followed by increases

21. Key Area Iv – Infrastructure for Technology • Discrepancies • Increases and decreases can be cuased by continued restructuring • Decreases could be due to moral of teachers and attitude at the time. • Recommendations • Persistent increase of student to computer ratio. • Increase teachers knowledge of how to effectively use the technology hardware and software available in classroom lessons to engage students most.

22. 4 Key areas over 3 years Summary

23. Overall Summary • Stage 2 Developing Technology • No major changes in the last 3 years • Small Variances noticed as expected • Improvement Needed

24. Credits • Images • All images retrieved from Google Images • Clip Art Microsoft PowerPower 2010version • Data • StarChart Data for Memorial High School Port Arthur ISD, Port Arthur Texas • Retrieved online at the Star Chart website