Fort Bend Elkins High School S Ta R Chart
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Star Chart analysis
The area that I choose to assess is "Teaching and Learning." Although I agree that all four areas are important and needed in order for the other areas to be successful, I believe that Teaching and Learning are important to address because of the direct implications they have on students. The use of technology in teaching is important.
My campus has not made much improvement in this area. We improved one point from the previous two years to continue being in the developing stage. We must do a better job in this area. A one point improvement in three years is not sufficient.
The trend is pretty consistent, just not in a very positive way. Although there was a one point improvement, that is not enough. We must move past the developing stage, and actually start to implement.
It is easy to make recommendations. The hard part is having the time, resources, and staff to be on board. Our campus technology person does a great job of helping whenever needed and providing plenty of opportunities for professional development in this area. Maybe one improvement would be a goal of each PLC is to come up with ways to implement the use of technology on a team level. By using the teaming level, teachers can come together to actually construct lessons using technology. I think we would see a drastic increase in our score next year if we did this.
My campus has not made much improvement in this area. We improved one point from the previous two years to continue being in the developing stage. We must do a better job in this area. A one point improvement in three years is not sufficient.
The trend is pretty consistent, just not in a very positive way. Although there was a one point improvement, that is not enough. We must move past the developing stage, and actually start to implement.
It is easy to make recommendations. The hard part is having the time, resources, and staff to be on board. Our campus technology person does a great job of helping whenever needed and providing plenty of opportunities for professional development in this area. Maybe one improvement would be a goal of each PLC is to come up with ways to implement the use of technology on a team level. By using the teaming level, teachers can come together to actually construct lessons using technology. I think we would see a drastic increase in our score next year if we did this.
Pre K TEKS
The Pre Kindergartent TEKS have five domains. These domains are social and emotional needs, language and communication, emergent literacy in reading, emergent literacy in writing, and mathematics. These domains are the foundation for needs of students in being successful learners throughout the educational career. If any of these domains are lacking when they proceed through their schooling, the will quickly be behind in many facets of their learning. I think the first one, social and emotional needs are often overlooked. Many times we look at the content of what is needed to be learned, and we don't look at the learner as an overall individual person.
A good example of scaffolding from the Pre K TEKS to what is needed through high school is listening comprehension. In the Pre K TEKS, things such as giving clues, multiple step directions, and using visuals to teach vocabulary are all things that are used in just about every facet of education through not only high school, but other higher levels of learning such as college and trade schools.
A good example of scaffolding from the Pre K TEKS to what is needed through high school is listening comprehension. In the Pre K TEKS, things such as giving clues, multiple step directions, and using visuals to teach vocabulary are all things that are used in just about every facet of education through not only high school, but other higher levels of learning such as college and trade schools.
Long Range Plan for Technology
I did not realize that there was a long-range plan for technology use in Texas public schools. I learned the many recommendation that were submitted. I thought the beginning was interesting in the fact that they stressed the importance that it is everyone in society's job to help facilitate the learning and use of technology from our students. It called for parents being more actively involved in their child's learning. What a nice concept-but I am unsure how realistic this is.
I also found it interesting that only 89% of teachers that were surveyed had a school-issued email account. I felt that number should be close to 100%, if not 100%. From the survey of teachers, 46% felt that student achievement would be enhanced with students being issued laptops. Although I think this would be a wonderful idea from a teaching with technology standpoint, I wonder how the logistics of this would work. I have a hard enough time getting students to bring their $60 textbook to class. How would a several hundred dollar computer work? I am unsure of how realistic this is, but I would love to either try it, or pick the brain of teachers that have been able to do this.
I believe I can assist in guiding technology use on my campus by actually integrating and using it in my classroom. If I am stressing the importance of it by actually implementing it in my class, other will follow. I have personally seen this. Me and another teacher are now team-teaching on things because we are both using a Smart Board.
I also found it interesting that only 89% of teachers that were surveyed had a school-issued email account. I felt that number should be close to 100%, if not 100%. From the survey of teachers, 46% felt that student achievement would be enhanced with students being issued laptops. Although I think this would be a wonderful idea from a teaching with technology standpoint, I wonder how the logistics of this would work. I have a hard enough time getting students to bring their $60 textbook to class. How would a several hundred dollar computer work? I am unsure of how realistic this is, but I would love to either try it, or pick the brain of teachers that have been able to do this.
I believe I can assist in guiding technology use on my campus by actually integrating and using it in my classroom. If I am stressing the importance of it by actually implementing it in my class, other will follow. I have personally seen this. Me and another teacher are now team-teaching on things because we are both using a Smart Board.
Technology Survey
After taking the surveys, I realize that I am not as technologically savy as I had thought. When I began the week and looked at the objectives for the week, I thought that the things discussed for the week would be things that I was familiar with. I was wrong. I am very unaware of many of the lingo used in technology. Some of it I had never heard before. This was evident in the first survey under "foundations." I am stronger in information acquisition. I believe that this is due in part because theseare things needed on the job. I also surveyed stronger in "communication." I think this, in part, is due to the fact that I prefer to use this mode of communicatin in my job. It seems like in just about every aspect of my job, it is important to have documentation.
I felt more comfortable with the things being asked on the second survey. I completed the teacher survey. I would like to be more proficient in things that would enhance lessons and ideas for students' learning, such as work with multimedia and databases. I believe that these are foundations that if more teachers would use them, our students would be better preapred for the world outsided of school. I would also like to be more proficient in solving problems with technology tools. I find it difficult in anything I do to rely on others, so if I was better in being able to solve technology problems, I feel like I would be more apt to try new things involved with technology.
I felt more comfortable with the things being asked on the second survey. I completed the teacher survey. I would like to be more proficient in things that would enhance lessons and ideas for students' learning, such as work with multimedia and databases. I believe that these are foundations that if more teachers would use them, our students would be better preapred for the world outsided of school. I would also like to be more proficient in solving problems with technology tools. I find it difficult in anything I do to rely on others, so if I was better in being able to solve technology problems, I feel like I would be more apt to try new things involved with technology.
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