Post #2: 2010 Progress Report

The Progress Report of 2010 for the Long Range Plan for Technology is broken up into two sections.  The first section report on the four key areas of the Long-Range Plan, they are Teaching and Learning; Educator Preparation and Development; Leadership, Administration, and Instructional Support; and Infrastructure.  In this section, the report outlines what programs, initiatives, and grants are being implemented in the state of Texas to support the Long Range Plan.  The report summarizes the advances and progress made as well as detailed analysis of the data obtained from teachers across Texas.

The second portion of the progress report covers what available services the twenty regional educational service centers offer that meet goals of the Long-Range Plan.  The services are categorized by each of the four key areas.  The district that I currently employed for is one of the 54 districts supported by the Region 4 Education Service Center.  The Region IV ESC is the largest in the state of Texas and has the most range of district diversity as for as the enrollment sizes of the school districts and charter schools within the population covered by Region IV.  Some of the services that Region IV offers are:

• Provides administrative, financial, and quality control for the Texas Virtual School
• Co-hosts, in partnership with TCEA Area 4, an annual K-12 Technology Applications Conference
• Provides support for the Texas STaR Chart and E-Plan systems
• Operates a regional videoconferencing network hub through which student and educator content is exchanged.