How do we fare?

The Instructional Technology Department for Alvin ISD strives to increase student achievement. The district is greatly concerned with the academic success of its students and recognizes that changes must be made to ensure their success post high school.  Therefore they are committed to implementing technology that will allow this goal to pervade through the district and surrounding communities.   The district uses data-based decision making tools to determine technology needs.  For example, all campuses across the district identify needs through the Texas Teacher STaR Chart.  The STaR Chart focuses on four main areas: Teaching and Learning, Educator Preparation and Development, Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support, and lastly, Infrastructure for Technology.  Laura Perez, Director of Technology Services and the rest of the technology team, prioritize needs and how to receive funding to fulfill needs.  The networking staff determines technical needs as well as infrastructure needs based on the various instructional hardware and software that is being used by the district--Its latest achievement includes changing from Novell to Active Directory and from Groupwise email to Outlook. 

Results of previous years STaR Charts reveal continued effort and progress with respect to acquiring technology, however more training on effective integration as well as closer alignment of 8^th Grade technology TEKS is needed.  To remedy these issues, the district plans to create new technology benchmarks at the junior high level as well continue to assess the need for new technology themed courses.  Training on effective integration of Promethean Boards, document cameras, digital tablets, etc. continue to be remedied by on-going professional developments online, on campus and via teacher evaluations such as PDAS.

Comprehensive Needs Assessment And Campus Improvement Plan.  Alvin Independent School District.  Retrieved from www.alvinisd.net