Mesquite High School STaR Results

Mesquite High School STaR Results

What is a STaR Chart?   Mesquite High School's STaR Chart   Where are our weaknesses?   What are our strengths?   What do we need to do to improve?

The Texas STaR Report

Four focus areas are assessed:  Teaching and Learning Educator Preparation and

Development Leadership, Administration, and

Instructional Support Infrastructure for Technology

Teaching and Learning Patterns of Classroom Use Frequency/ Design of Instructional

Setting Using Digital Content Content Area Connections Technology Applications (TA) TEKS

Implementation Student Mastery of Technology

Applications (TA) TEKS Online Learning

Educator Preparation and Development

Content of Professional Development Models of Professional Development Capabilities of Educators Access to Professional Development Levels of Understanding and Patterns

of Use Professional Development for Online

Learning

Leadership, Administration, and

Instructional Support

Leadership and Vision Planning Instructional Support Communication and Collaboration Budget Leadership and Support for Online

Learning

Infrastructure for Technology

Students per Computers Internet Access Connectivity/ Speed Other Classroom Technology Technical Support Local Area Network Wide Area

Network Distance Learning Capacity

Levels of Progress in the Focus Areas

Early Tech   Teachers use technology for: Supplemental instruction Management Levels of Progress in the Focal Areas Teacher-Centered Instruction     Student use of technology: Skill reinforcement                                                                      Infancy of technology

Levels of Progress in the Focus Areas

Developing Tech   Teachers use of technology: Direct instruction Model skills Support content objectives   Student use of technology: Research Communication Presentations                                                                                                           Adolescence of

technology

Levels of Progress in the Focus Areas

Advanced Tech   Teachers use of technology: Teacher-led               Student-centered Collaboration   Student use of technology: Evaluate and analyze data to solve problems                                                                                                                   Mature level of technology

Levels of Progress in the Focus Areas

Target Tech   Teachers use of technology:  integrate technology student-centered solve real world  problems collaboration   Student use of technology: Transformation of learning Propose, assess, and implement solutions to           The masses

expanding their problems                                        use of technology.

What are our weaknesses and strengths and what are our

expectations?

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