Technology wk 2 assignment
- 1. Technology Integration Progress Nitsch Elementary, Klein ISD
- 2. Report Summary A Infrastructure for Technology A Leadership, Administration & Instructional Support C- Educator Preparation & Development B Teaching & Learning Grade Summary Area
- 3. Summary Notes Nitsch earns a N for “Needs Improvement” in 2 critical areas. Nitsch has great strengths that deserve celebration. Nitsch’s need can be easily targeted and met.
- 4. STaR Chart Progess for Nitsch
- 5. In Conclusion Our goal should be to transform through continual learning, the students at Nitsch into 21 st Century learners. Lets use our strengths to support our weak areas so that our staff also becomes 21 st Century educators.
Editor's Notes
- #3: What you see is a progress report of sorts that summarizes the data from the STaR chart assessment Nitsch has participated in from school year 2006/2007 to 2008/2009. These grades are given on a scale that is reflecting both our level of technology integration as well as our growth over the course of those three school years. As you can see, Nitsch earns about a B. This is promising in that we are at the Development stage (along with many other campuses in our state), however we have remained at that stage for three years. It is important that we grow here, rather than remain consistent. Our staff must make more efforts in the area of moving from teacher-led technology integration to student-centered learning. Nitsch earns a C minus in Educator Preparation because we have fewer gains over the time frame assessed and even a set back one year. Its evident our staff hasnt bought into the vision fully yet, because there is no aggressive action taking place in the area of seeking training needed to both model integration for our classrooms and foster 21st century learners. In the final two categories Nitsch proved to not only move from Development to Advanced Tech but also so remain at advanced tech. This means that the leadership at Nitsch has bought into the vision of both Klein ISD as well as the Texas Long Range Plan for integration.
- #4: Nitsch's needs lie in the areas of "Teaching and Learning" and "Educator Preparation and Development". Our faculty lacks the drive and morale needed to catapult Nitsch in an area of Target Technology. We presently lie in the Development stage (which isn't bad per se), but we will remain at this level if educators don't first seek to attend and apply technology integrated trainings and secondly if educators don't realize their classes must become student-directed rather than teacher-directed. Nitsch's weaknesses have hope for improvement. Klein has offered a strong infrastructure of technology and its leadership both on the district level as well as at Nitsch have complied and are at the Advanced Tech level of meeting this goal. Which means that our support system is in place and the "achievement gap" between our administration and faculty must be closed. If our leaders are willing and capable, it sets a great model for the staff to come aboard. Greater accountability must rest within that realtionship between administration and educators at Nitsch to seek that professional development is occuring and moreso that its being implemented consistently.