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Leadership
for the STAR Tech Professional Development Program
The STAR Tech LeadersIn order to create,
maintain, and expand a coherent program of professional development
that results in improved student and teacher performance, the following
leaders need to be involved:
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District Leaders |
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| Phase | Steps |
| Explore and Decide | Step
1: Conduct a mini-awareness session to introduce STAR Tech Step 2: Align STAR Tech with the district’s initiatives Step 3: Project costs Step 4: Assess capacity and resources Step 5: Select a champion Step 6: Support champion re: holding awareness session Step 7: Support champion re: recruiting principals |
| Start-up | Step
1: Support champion’s training of facilitators Step 2: Provide technology resources |
| Implementation and Formative Evaluation | Step
1: Support implementation of the professional development components Step 2: Make sure the formative evaluation research plan is conducted and mid-course corrections are made Step 3: Support an end-of-year celebration |
| Summative Evaluation | Step
1: Review summative evaluation plan Step 2: Support implementation of summative evaluation Step 3: Review findings and recommendations Step 4: Assess results and determine goals for scale-up |
| Scale-up | Step
1: Plan for scale-up Step 2: Move forward with scale-up |
District Leaders · Champions · Principals · Facilitators · Overview of Key Leaders
Champions |
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| Phase | Steps |
| Explore and Decide | Step
1: Hold an awareness session for school-based decision-makers Step 2: Help principals conduct an assets inventory Step 3: Help principals project costs Step 4: Help principals conduct an awareness session Step 5: Help acquire and allocate resources |
| Start-up | Step
1: Help principals recruit facilitators Step 2: Help principals form teams Step 3: Help schools set goals Step 4: Help principals plan for the STAR Cycle Step 5: Help principals plan for 1:1 Assistance Step 6: Help principals plan for Knowledge Acquisition Step 7: Plan for formative evaluation Step 8: Plan for summative evaluation Step 9: Train facilitators |
| Implementation and Formative Evaluation | Step
1: Support the launching of professional development activities Step 2: Help acquire and allocate resources Step 3: Meet regularly with facilitators to debrief Step 4: Attend STAR Cycle meetings Step 5: Contribute to formative evaluation Step 6: Keep information flowing Step 7: Organize an end-of-year celebration |
| Summative Evaluation | Step
1: Contribute to research process Step 2: Help analyze findings and generate recommendations |
| Scale-up | Step
1: Participate in planning Step 2: Implement the plan |
District Leaders · Champions · Principals · Facilitators · Overview of Key Leaders
Principals |
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| Phase | Steps |
| Explore and Decide | Step
1: Conduct an assets inventory Step 2: Project costs Step 3: Hold an awareness session Step 4: Make a decision to go forward |
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1: Recruit facilitators Step 2: Form teams Step 3: Set goals Step 4: Plan for the STAR Cycle Step 5: Plan for 1:1 Assistance Step 6: Plan for Knowledge Acquisition Step 7: Plan for formative evaluation Step 8: Plan for summative evaluation |
| Implementation and Formative Evaluation | Step
1: Launch the STAR Cycle Step 2: Launch 1:1 Assistance Step 3: Launch Knowledge Acquisition Step 4: Carry out formative evaluation Step 5: Make mid-course corrections Step 6: Organize an end-of-year celebration |
| Summative Evaluation | Step
1: Contribute to refining the research plan Step 2: Participate in implementation of summative evaluation Step 3: Help analyze findings and generate recommendations Step 4: Discuss findings with staff |
| Scale-up | Step
1: Plan for scale-up Step 2: Implement the plan |
District Leaders · Champions · Principals · Facilitators · Overview of Key Leaders
Facilitators |
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| Phase | Steps |
| Start-up | Step
1: Attend facilitators’ training Step 2: Contribute to planning logistics for professional development components Step 3: Contribute to planning the formative evaluation Step 4: Practice the LASW process Step 5: Prepare for the first STAR Cycle team meeting |
| Implementation and Formative Evaluation | Step
1: Hold STAR Cycle team meetings Step 2: Help teachers access 1:1 Assistance Step 3: Help teachers access information for Knowledge Acquisition Step 4: Debrief regularly with champion and other facilitators Step 5: Participate in implementation of formative evaluation Step 6: Plan improvements Step 7: Help organize an end-of-year celebration |
| Summative Evaluation | Step
1: Contribute to refining plan Step 2: Participate in implementation of summative evaluation Step 3: Share findings with staff |
| Scale-up | Step
1: Serve as a spokesperson Step 2: Help train new facilitators |
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Leading
inDeed is the name of the comprehensive set of guidelines we designed
to help district leaders, champions, principals, and facilitators
implement the STAR Tech program. The guidelines, including relevant
tools and resources, are included within a 260-page binder. In
addition, the entire contents are available on a CD-ROM that contains
Microsoft Word and PDF files. These files link back to
key information on this website.