State of Urgency – “In 2001, India graduated almost a

million more students from college than the United States did. China graduates twice as many students with bachelor’s degrees as the U.S., and they have six times as many graduates majoring in engineering.”

Source: Thomas Friedman The World Is Flat

STaR Chart…A Closer Look

• 2008-2009 Key Area Data Exploration• I: Teaching & Learning• II: Educator Preparation &

Development• III: Leadership, Administration and

Instructional Support• IV: Infrastructure for Technology• NOW WHAT???

Teaching & Learning

• There was a significant improvement by 4 points from last year.

Educator Preparation & Development

• The score for 2008-09 school year only proves that our campus is slightly more than 50% competent in this area.

Leadership, Administration, & Instructional Support

• This standard has room for improvement in all areas since all areas are considered developing since the data from the 2008-09 school year.

Infrastructure for Technology

• This area improved yearly and it is the strongest standard for our campus. The area we can continue to improve in is ‘Other Classroom Technology’.

Spicewood Through the Years

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Teaching &Learning

EducatorPreparation

Administration& Support

Infrastructure

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2008-2009

Our Focus

Educator Preparation & Development

DiscussHow can we improve in this

standard?

Be prepared to share out 1-2 ideas from your group to better prepare and develop ourselves as educators in to support students in technology. Use

the SBEC Standards on your table as a guide…

Our Ideas

More Information

• STaR Chart Website http://starchart.esc12.net/default.html

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