Write a report to your principal describing the school’s level of tech readiness and offer several recommendations for improvement in each Key Area.

Technology for Instruction, Achievement, and School Improvement

The intern understands and can demonstrate the capacity to evaluate, develop, and implement high-quality and equitable academic and non-academic instructional practices, resources, technologies, and services that support equity, digital literacy, and the school’s academic and non-academic systems.

Artifact: Report on findings of campus technology

For this project, you will conduct a technology audit of your school using the Texas STaR Chart.

In collaboration with your principal and your school’s technology support person, rate your school on each indicator of the Texas STaR chart in all four Key Areas: Teaching & Learning; Educator Preparation & Development; Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support; and Infrastructure for Technology:

• For each indicator in the Early Tech range, score 1 point.
• For each indicator in the Developing Tech range, score 2 points.
• For each indicator in the Advanced Tech range, score 3 points.
• For each indicator in the Target Tech range, score 4 points.

Record the results on the Texas Campus STaR Chart Summary page and use the Key Area Summary section to determine your school’s overall progress in each of the Key Areas.

Write a report to your principal describing the school’s level of tech readiness and offer several recommendations for improvement in each Key Area.

Submit your report and the Texas Campus STaR Chart Summary page in the assignment area.
Resource: Find the NELP 4.2: Texas Campus STaR Chart [PDF] in the resources. Use this STaR Chart to conduct an audit of your school’s tech readiness.

This is a key assessment: A score of 80 or higher is required on this assignment.

Assignment Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication must be free of errors such that the overall message is clear.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point font.

Portfolio Prompt: You are required to save this artifact to your ePortfolio.

You must save this document in your portfolio as 4.2 NELP LastName 5904. Category: NELP 4.

Submit the artifact in the assignment area. Also, give the artifact to your principal to review and assess, using the scoring rubric in the Supervising Principal Intern Evaluation form. You are encouraged to use the instructor’s and principal’s feedback to improve the artifact before placing it in your ePortfolio.

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