Every year Young junior high participates in the Texas School Technology and Readiness Chart, also known as the STaR Chart. The STaR Chart gathers data regarding how technology is being used in the school and how it the technology use measures up to the states technology plan.

The technology needs assessment is an more specified evaluation of the campus' technology structure that has caused the school not the meet the the state's suggested technology plan. The ultimate goal of the needs assessment is to close the gap between what is deficient and what's required.

There are 5 key area of concerns that was gathered from the STaR Chart data from 2011-2013.

According the the STaR chart results the our teachers received a minimum amount of technology professional development ranging between 9 and 18 hours. So the needs assessment survey questions were geared towards the availability, location, and instructor preferences for future professional development sessions.

Data showed that the average teacher felt that there was not much instructional support from technology leaders or teachers in campus. It was important to get specific ideas of what instructional support looks like to the teachers in order to assist them with technology integration.

Our campus ranked lower in using technology as a collaborative tool and the activities being student centered. The needs assessment survey questions focused on type of devices being used in the classroom and input on necessary software or device training that would be beneficial.

The data from several of the categories referring to the Technology Application TEKS revealed that the average teacher on campus is not knowledgable of the Technology Application TEKS and if the students are mastering those standards. The assessment survey will indicate just how much of the standards the teachers are aware of, such as the where they are located and how to implement the TEKS.

The same holds true for the SBEC standards. The average teacher indicated that there were meeting only 2 or 3 of the state standards.
The assessment survey will also indicate just how much of the state standards the teachers are aware of, such as the where they are located and how to meet those standards.

Once the results of the survey are received and analyzed, data will be used to make teachers more experienced at integrating technology in their classroom and knowledgable of the state technology TEKS and standards they have mastered.