Assignment - ETEC-593
Introduction
To begin my Technology Strategic Planning Project process, my first step was to select a suggested K-12 school/district in Texas. Since I currently work for a large seven-campus higher education college district in Dallas, I was tasked with choosing a K-12 school/district with information available to the public via the internet. This initially was an obstacle for me because numerous local K-12 school districts required users to log in to their district’s intranet, which I do not have access to because I do not have any children who attend schools/districts in the area where the technical information and other important school information was also available to the general public online. So, I did an internet search for a K-12 school located in the state of Texas. Next, I included in my search technology integration and schools STaR Chart. There was only one school district that came up in my search with these needed criteria: Humble ISD, located near Houston, Texas, so I chose it for my class project.
Next, I searched for this school district's strategic plan and most recent campus STaR Chart.
I had to research for quite a while, but I did locate three schools within Humble ISD with STaR Chart data to analyze and review for the class. The schools include Greentree Elementary School, Oak Forest Elementary School, and Humble High School. The Star Chart data for previous years is located below in the charts I created for my project in the course.
Reflection
Reflecting on this task from my ETEC-593 course, I found it very difficult and challenging because I do not work in independent school districts now, nor have I ever worked in any independent school districts. It took me quite some time to locate a school district with readily available information, so I could work to optimize my learning experience. Once I located Humble ISD, which contained available information on the technology department and other essential data, I could familiarize myself better with the project. Furthermore, Humble ISD I chose based on these things being considered I believe that teaching and learning should be the areas of work going on continuously in this district because the leadership, infrastructure, education preparations, and technology resources are there and readily available, so the teachers and students should be allowed to move forward doing the best they can with teaching and learning through the use of integrated technology within their schools.