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InTech Certification

By 2006, all Georgia teachers will need to have technology certification completed in order to renew their teaching certificates. Each school administrator will be responsible for identifying an initial team of five educators to send to their regional technology center for training. To learn more about InTech, visit http://www.ga-edteach.org

Integrating technology into schools

A self-assessment tool designed to provide schools with the information they need to better integrate technology into their educational process. You can complete an online, multiple-choice questionnaire that will provide you with instant feedback on how well your school is doing in this process. Visit http://www.ceoforum.org/questions.cfm

Conducting a Technology "Needs Assessment"

NetDayCompass.org is a free, comprehensive portal of education technology resources. The site lists over 1,300 high-quality resources to help schools assess infrastructure capabilities, hardware and software needs, student and teacher skill levels, and current technology use in classrooms. Visit http://www.netdaycompass.org/categories.cfm?instance_id=73&category_id=1

Acceptable Use Policies for the Internet

As educational use of the Internet expands, most schools have acknowledged the need to adopt an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) to guide appropriate use of the Internet. Visit the American Library Association for more information http://www.ala.org

4) Under Resources-Tool Kit, can you create a section titled "Technology Standards for School Administrators." Can you put this at the top of the Technology Page above the information in #3 above. People should be able to click on this title and have the technology standards listed below come up.

Please visit the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory's Web site at http://www.ncrtec.org/pd/tssa/frame.htm

Technology Standards for School Administrators Framework, Standards, and Performance Indicators

I. Leadership and Vision:
Educational leaders inspire a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology and foster an environment and culture conducive to the realization of that vision.

Educational leaders:

• Facilitate the shared development by all stakeholders of a vision for technology use and widely communicate that vision.
• Maintain an inclusive and cohesive process to develop, implement, and monitor a dynamic, long-range, and systemic technology plan to achieve the vision.
• Foster and nurture a culture of responsible risk-taking and advocate policies promoting continuous innovation with technology.
• Use data in making leadership decisions.
• Advocate for research-based effective practices in use of technology.
• Advocate, on the state and national levels, for policies, programs, and funding opportunities that support implementation of the district technology plan.

II. Learning and Teaching:
Educational leaders ensure that curricular design, instructional strategies, and learning environments integrate appropriate technologies to maximize learning and teaching.

Educational leaders:

• Identify, use, evaluate, and promote appropriate technologies to enhance and support instruction and standards-based curriculum leading to high levels of student achievement.
• Facilitate and support collaborative technology-enriched learning environments conducive to innovation for improved learning.
• Provide for learner-centered environments that use technology to meet the individual and diverse needs of learners.
• Facilitate the use of technologies to support and enhance instructional methods that develop higher-level thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Provide for and ensure that faculty and staff take advantage of quality professional learning opportunities for improved learning and teaching with technology.

Educational leaders:

• Model the routine, intentional, and effective use of technology.
• Employ technology for communication and collaboration among colleagues, staff, parents, students, and the larger community.
• Create and participate in learning communities that stimulate, nurture, and support faculty and staff in using technology for improved productivity.
• Engage in sustained, job-related professional learning using technology resources.
• Maintain awareness of emerging technologies and their potential uses in education.
• Use technology to advance organizational improvement.

IV. Support, Management, and Operations:
Educational leaders ensure the integration of technology to support productive systems for learning and administration.

Educational leaders:

• Develop, implement, and monitor policies and guidelines to ensure compatibility of technologies.
• Implement and use integrated technology-based management and operations systems.
• Allocate financial and human resources to ensure complete and sustained implementation of the technology plan.
• Integrate strategic plans, technology plans, and other improvement plans and policies to align efforts and leverage resources.
• Implement procedures to drive continuous improvements of technology systems and to support technology replacement cycles.

V. Assessment and Evaluation:
Educational leaders use technology to plan and implement comprehensive systems of effective assessment and evaluation.

Educational leaders:

• Use multiple methods to assess and evaluate appropriate uses of technology resources for learning, communication, and productivity.
• Use technology to collect and analyze data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and student learning.
• Assess staff knowledge, skills, and performance in using technology and use results to facilitate quality professional development and to inform personnel decisions.
• Integrate strategic plans, technology plans, and other improvement plans and policies to align efforts and leverage resources.
• Use technology to assess, evaluate, and manage administrative and operational systems.

VI. Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues:
Educational leaders understand the social, legal, and ethical issues related to technology and model responsible decision-making related to these issues.

Educational leaders:

• Ensure equity of access to technology resources that enable and empower all learners and educators.
• Identify, communicate, model, and enforce social, legal, and ethical practices to promote responsible use of technology.
• Promote and enforce privacy, security, and online safety related to the use of technology. .
• Promote and enforce environmentally safe and healthy practices in the use of technology.
• Participate in the development of policies that clearly enforce copyright law and assign ownership of intellectual property developed with district resources.

These standards are the property of the TSSA Collaborative and may not be altered without written permission. The following notice must accompany reproduction of these standards: "This material was originally produced as a project of the Technology Standards for School Administrators Collaborative."