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Smithson Valley High Smithson Valley High SchoolSchool

2009-20102009-2010

Created by Kristy Castilleja for EDLD 5352 Instructional Leadership

AgendaAgenda

Introduction to the Introduction to the Texas Texas STaRSTaR Chart Chart

Key Areas:Key Areas:– Educator Preparation and DevelopmentEducator Preparation and Development– Campus DataCampus Data– Campus GoalCampus Goal– Share-out of ideas/Create new goalShare-out of ideas/Create new goal– ClosureClosure

Content of the STaR ChartContent of the STaR Chart

Purpose: A tool designed for use in technology Purpose: A tool designed for use in technology planning, budgeting and evaluation of progressplanning, budgeting and evaluation of progress

Shows progression towards reaching the goals Shows progression towards reaching the goals of the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology of the Texas Long-Range Plan for Technology (LRPT) and NCLB(LRPT) and NCLB

Four level of progress: Early TechFour level of progress: Early TechDeveloping TechDeveloping TechAdvanced TechAdvanced TechTarget TechTarget Tech

Why the STaR Chart?Why the STaR Chart?

Data derived from the Data derived from the Texas Texas STaRSTaR Chart Chart is used is used to:to:

create a vision for the use of technologycreate a vision for the use of technology

measure student and teacher proficiencies measure student and teacher proficiencies with respect to integration of technology in all with respect to integration of technology in all content areascontent areas

determine whether students are gaining determine whether students are gaining literacy in technology application standards for literacy in technology application standards for grades K-12grades K-12

designating resources for integrating designating resources for integrating technologytechnology

Where we are…Developing Where we are…Developing TechTech

EDUCATOR PREPARATION & DEVELOPMENTEDUCATOR PREPARATION & DEVELOPMENT

EP1EP1 EP2EP2 EP3EP3 EP4EP4 EP5EP5 EP6EP6

Content of Content of Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Models of Models of Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Capabilities Capabilities of Educatorsof Educators

Access to Access to Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Levels of Levels of UnderstandinUnderstandin

g and g and Patterns of Patterns of

UseUse

Professional Professional DevelopmenDevelopment for Online t for Online

LearningLearning

Most teachers Most teachers have completed have completed professional professional development on development on the integration of the integration of technology technology specific to their specific to their content area and content area and to increase to increase productivity to productivity to accomplish a accomplish a variety of variety of instruction and instruction and management management tasks.tasks.

Our campus Our campus provides large provides large group group professional professional development development sessions that sessions that focus on focus on increasing increasing teacher teacher productivity and productivity and building capacity building capacity to integrate to integrate technology technology effectively into effectively into content areas, content areas, and include and include follow-up to follow-up to facilitate facilitate implementation.implementation.

Most of the Most of the teachers on my teachers on my campus campus demonstrate two demonstrate two to three of the to three of the SBEC Technology SBEC Technology Applications Applications StandardsStandards

9-18 hours of 9-18 hours of technology technology professional professional development development available per available per school year for all school year for all teachersteachers

Most teachers Most teachers adapt technology adapt technology knowledge and knowledge and skills for content skills for content area instruction.area instruction.

Most teachers Most teachers have have participated in participated in professional professional development on development on the the customization of customization of online courses online courses or content for or content for appropriate appropriate subject areasubject area

Where we want to be… Where we want to be… Advanced TechAdvanced Tech

EDUCATOR PREPARATION & DEVELOPMENTEDUCATOR PREPARATION & DEVELOPMENT

EP1EP1 EP2EP2 EP3EP3 EP4EP4 EP5EP5 EP6EP6

Content of Content of Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Models of Models of Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Capabilities Capabilities of Educatorsof Educators

Access to Access to Professional Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

Levels of Levels of UnderstandinUnderstandin

g and g and Patterns of Patterns of

UseUse

Professional Professional DevelopmenDevelopment for Online t for Online

LearningLearning

Most teachers Most teachers have completed have completed professional professional development on development on integration of integration of technology and technology and use of proven use of proven strategies that strategies that facilitate the facilitate the development of development of higher order higher order thinking skills and thinking skills and collaboration with collaboration with experts, peers, experts, peers, and parentsand parents

Our campus Our campus provides on-going provides on-going professional professional development development utilizing multiple utilizing multiple staff staff development development models including models including training, training, observation/ observation/ assessment study assessment study groups and groups and mentoringmentoring

Most of the Most of the teachers on my teachers on my campus campus demonstrate four demonstrate four SBEC Technology SBEC Technology Applications StanApplications Standardsdards

19-29 hours of 19-29 hours of technology technology professional professional development development available per available per school year for all school year for all teachersteachers

Most teachers use Most teachers use technology as a technology as a tool in and across tool in and across content areas to content areas to enhance higher enhance higher order thinking order thinking skillsskills

Most teachers Most teachers have have participated in participated in professional professional development to development to teach onlineteach online

Campus DataCampus Data

Educator Preparation and Educator Preparation and DevelopmentDevelopment

2006-2006-20072007

2007-2007-20082008

2008-2008-20092009

EP 1: Content of Professional EP 1: Content of Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

22 22 22

EP 2: Models of Professional EP 2: Models of Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

22 22 22

EP 3: Capabilities of EducatorsEP 3: Capabilities of Educators 22 22 22

EP 4: Access to Professional EP 4: Access to Professional DevelopmentDevelopment

22 22 22

EP 5: Levels of Understanding and EP 5: Levels of Understanding and Patterns of UsePatterns of Use

22 22 22

EP 6: Professional Development for EP 6: Professional Development for Online LearningOnline Learning

22 11 22

Totals: Developing Tech (9-14)Totals: Developing Tech (9-14) 1212 1111 1212

Current Campus GoalCurrent Campus Goal

CIP – Technology Staff Development GoalCIP – Technology Staff Development Goal– ““All SVHS All SVHS staff will be provided staff development

in technology and will use technology appropriate for classroom instruction and management.”

Does our current technology goal meet the needs of our teachers and students for integrating technology into all curriculum areas? If not, then what must we do to fix it?

Key Area of Improvement:Key Area of Improvement:Educator Preparation and Educator Preparation and DevelopmentDevelopment

Smithson Valley High School must progress Smithson Valley High School must progress from Developing Tech to Advanced Techfrom Developing Tech to Advanced Tech

The current goal is to be Advanced Tech in The current goal is to be Advanced Tech in two yearstwo years

Benchmarks for ascertaining progressBenchmarks for ascertaining progress

Staff Development through Wednesday Staff Development through Wednesday Learning SessionsLearning Sessions

Summary/ClosureSummary/Closure

Review of Key Area II attributes and Review of Key Area II attributes and plan for advancing forward plan for advancing forward

Comments/DiscussionsComments/Discussions

Source for Texas Long-Range Plan Source for Texas Long-Range Plan 2006-2020: 2006-2020: http://http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/lrptritter.tea.state.tx.us/technology/lrpt/lprt_lprt.html/lprt_lprt.html