Our STaR Chart scores were very good in all areas. However, I do believe we could make progress on our campus within the Educator Preparation and Development area. There are still many teachers who are not comfortable with technology. There is quite a lot of technology available to the educators in our district that is not taken used adequately.

On our campus, we have two full time professionals and one part time dedicated to taking care of our technology needs. One is tasked to handle maintenance on all of our electronics. One takes care of software education, and the part time technology person handles the network on our campus. Between these three people, our campus technology needs are handled.

Focusing on Educator Preparation and Development, however, usually comes from the tech person that handles our software education. We are notified weekly of current technology education that is upcoming. Also weekly, there are technology continuing education classes being held all over the district. We are notified electronically of all these upcoming classes. It is only a matter of the individual taking advantage of these classes to learn more about technology. Teachers on our campus can only blame themselves when they cannot use technology in a competent manner.

I believe that Frisco ISD is ahead of the majority of schools in Texas with Educator Preparation and Development. All school districts, both state and nationally are attempting to prepare their teachers for a 21st century educational environment. That environment will be heavily skewed toward technology. Teachers, both state and nationally will be required to keep pace with these developments in order to properly prepare students.