1. By Ruth S. Garrett

2. Agenda
 What is the Texas STaR Chart?
 Why is the Texas Campus STaR Chart important?
 What is the purpose of the Texas Campus STaR
Chart?
 W.B. Green Jr. High Campus Star Chart Summaries.
 W. B. Green Jr. High Trends.
 Where do we go from here?

3. What is the Texas STaR Chart?
 The Texas STAR Chart was developed by the Texas
Education Agency Educational Technology Advisory
Committee , as an online resource tool for self-assessment
of your campus’ and district’s efforts to integrate technology
across the curriculum.
 It is aligned with the Texas Long Range Plan for
Technology, 2006-2020.
 Its rubric serves as the standard for assessing technology
preparedness in Texas K-12 schools.
Source: TEA Texas Star Chart

4. Why is the Texas Campus STAR Chart
important?
 The Texas Campus STaR Chart is a tool designed for
use in technology planning, budgeting for
resources, and evaluation of progress in local
technology projects.
 It is required for all applications for state funded
technology grants.
 It is used as an indicator of current status and progress
and as a formative and/or summative evaluation tool.
 It is used to report on progress toward fulfilling the
requirements of NCLB, Title II, Part D.
Source: TEA Texas Star Chart

5. What is the purpose of the Texas
Campus STaR chart?
 To produce a profile of the campus’ status toward
reaching the goals of the Long Range Plan for
Technology (LRPT) and No Child Left Behind.
 The produced profile indicators will place campuses at
one of four levels of progress in each key areas of the
LRPT:
 Early Tech
 Developing Tech
 Advanced Tech
 Target Tec
Source: TEA Texas Star Chart

6. W.B. Green Jr. High Campus STaR
Chart Summary 2008-09
30
25
Rating Range
20
Tech Learn
15
Edu Prep/Dev
10 Lead/Admin/Inst-Sup
5 Infrastructure/Tech
State Targets
0
Early Tech Dev Tech Adv Tech Target
Tech
Key Area

7. W.B. Green Jr. High Campus STaR
Chart Summary 2009-10
30
25
Rating Range
20
Tech Learn
15
Edu Prep/Dev
10 Lead/Admin/Inst-Sup
5 Infrastructure/Tech
State Targets
0
Early Tech Dev Tech Adv Tech Target
Tech
Key Area

8. W.B. Green Jr. High Campus STaR Chart
Summary 2008-09
30
25
Rating Range
20
Tech Learn
15
Edu Prep/Dev
10 Lead/Admin/Inst-Sup
5 Infrastructure/Tech
State Targets
0
Early Tech Dev Tech Adv Tech Target
Tech
Key Area

9. W.B. Green Jr. High Trend
14
12
10
8
6
4 2010-11
2
0 2009-10 2008-09
2008-09 2009-10
2010-11

10. Where do we go from here?
 Improvements in the areas of Educator Preparations &
Development and Leadership, Administration, &
Instructional Support are essential.
 Provide adequate access to information technology (IT).
 Provide ongoing professional development for IT systems.
 Provide instructional support services to ensure full
integration of technology into the curriculum.
 Maximize educational benefits form the investment in
technology.

11. Go
Cubs!
Meeting
the goals of
the Texas
Long Range
Plan by
2020!!!