Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020

Administration and Instructional Support

The area of Administration and Instructional Support listed in the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020 outlines the role administrators serve to ensure the effective use of technology in teaching and learning. I reviewed STaR Chart data in the Administration and Instructional Support are and found that Texas as a whole is moving in the right direction. For example, 55% of campuses and teachers reported themselves at Advanced Tech. This number is up from 50.2% in 08-09. This is good news as the numbers in Early and Developing Tech is decreasing and the numbers in Advanced and Target Tech are increasing. Locally these numbers are also improving. Although not a positive trend for three years, are numbers were high, dipped for one year and then rebounded. As previously stated, I believe, this was due to a change in our leadership. Teachers were unsure where the administrator stood on some technology issues but that has all been alleviated recently with the amount of training and support provided on campus.

When making recommendations for improvement in the area of Administrations and Instructional Support one must also account for the extreme need of funding. While it is necessary for school leadership to direct funds and personnel to support this area they must do so in a practical manner. Administrators must understand that this is a long range plan. One can not move a campus where there is one computer in each classroom to a campus where there is one computer to one student. Understanding the larger role and implementing a shared vision on campus can improve the ability to move forward in this area.