The Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2010, contains four areas and I would like to focus on Leadership, Administration and Instructional Support. This area requires school leaders to effectively model and encourage their staff to use technology inside their classrooms on a daily basis. In order to meet these expectations, school leaders should provide ample time for professional development to ensure that staff members are capable of implementing technology in their daily lessons. The main goal of the instructional leader is to ensure that their budge allows them to implement and align resources to improve student achievement by creating a responsive environment to maximize teaching and learning. There has been great strides made in local, state, and national arenas regarding leadership, administration and instructional support, but there is always room for improvement. Currently, “Texas faces a significant challenge in providing visionary school leadership with the necessary background requisite skills to lead and nurture the changes technology brings. Rapid changes on many fronts make it difficult for any individual within a school system to maintain the necessary knowledge to represent all facets of technology planning and implementation” (TEA, 2006). My first recommendation would be to introduce this document to your entire staff. I was completely unaware that this document existed and I think that it would help to ensure that my staff to be on the same page. I would also strive to provide as much training and technology my budget allowed in order to reach the goals set by the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology.
Texas Education Agency. (2006, November). Long-Range Plan for Technology 2006-2020. In Texas Education Agency. Retrieved March 6, 2011, from http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=5082&menu_id=2147483665
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