Overview of STAR Tech

This overview (available as downloadable files) describes the key components of the STAR Tech Professional Development Program. The overview can serve the following two purposes:

1. It can be used to introduce district and school leaders to STAR Tech.
2. It can be used as a resource by district and school leaders when they introduce STAR Tech to staff within schools.

The text for the overview (available in PDF and Microsoft Word formats) is intended to accompany a set of slides from a PowerPoint presentation. All files are available for download at the bottom of this page. We hope this combination satisfactorily describes, in broad strokes, the key elements of STAR Tech. Leaders can use these resources in several ways to introduce STAR Tech to staff within their schools. For example, they might want to:

• Show the PowerPoint presentation at a meeting (making revisions, as needed)
  
  
• Revise the written explanation and turn it into a “script” that helps in discussing the slides in the PowerPoint presentation
  
  
• Distribute a hard copy of the overview to others
  
  
• Send the electronic version of the overview and/or the PowerPoint presentation to others

The overview is organized into the following sections:

• Background and Context
  
  
• Goal of STAR Tech
  
  
• Components of the STAR Tech Professional Development Program:
  
  
  • The STAR Cycle
    
    
  • 1:1 Assistance
    
    
  • Knowledge Acquisition
    
    
  • Leadership Component of STAR Tech
    
    
• Key Leaders
  
  
• Five Phases of Implementation
  
  
• Benefits for Students, Teachers, and the District

Instructions for Downloading the Files
You will see links to the Overview Text in two different file formats—one for the Adobe PDF format and one for Microsoft Word . Click on the icon that represents the version that you would like to use. The Overview Presentation is available in one format—PowerPoint . The links to the documents will open in new windows. Please note: To open PDF files, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. If you do not have Word on your computer, you can download a viewer that allows users without Word to open and view Word documents. Also, for users who do not have Microsoft PowerPoint®, Microsoft offers a viewer for PowerPoint 95, 97, 2000, and 2002 presentations.

Download the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.  (opens in new window)
Download the free Microsoft Word Viewer.  (opens in new window)
Download the free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. (opens in new window)

Click the icon next to the file that you wish to download.

Overview Text (Adobe PDF)

Overview Text (Microsoft Word)

Overview Presentation (PowerPoint)

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