Teacher+Goals

Draft Goal Statements related to teacher competencies and practices

====Teachers must be aware of and be able to apply ICT policies and 21st century skills in the learning activities they design. Key competencies range from basic hardware, software, and network skills to designing, implementing, and evaluating collaborative learning projects where student creation of content is valued. Teachers must overtly demonstrate problem solving skills, appropriate use, and creation of knowledge using ICT tools. Instruction is student centered and the role of the teacher is to design project and problem-based activities and to support the development of student's knowledge creation skills as well as their continuous, reflective learning.==== Goal **21st Century Skills** || Technology Literacy Teachers must be aware of 21st century skills and how they affect classroom practice. || Knowledge Deepening Teachers must have a deep knowledge of 21st century skills and participate in initiatives to support literacy in those skills. || Knowledge Creation Teachers must be able to contribute to a discussion about ICT policies and participate in, design, and implement change initiatives to support 21st century literacy. || || Teachers must be able to integrate the use of technology and technology standards into their curriculum. They must know how, when (and when not to), and where to use technology to enhance student learning. || Teachers must be able to use technology to help them apply their subject knowledge flexibly in a variety of situations. Teaching is student centered and the teacher's role is to structure problem tasks, guide student learning, and support student collaborative projects. || Teachers must understand cognitive process of their students and the difficulties they face. The teachers overtly model problem solving skills and structure situations where students can apply their cognitive, collaborative, and creative skills || Skills** || Teachers must know basic hardware and software operations, as well as productivity applications, a web browser, communications software, presentation software, and management applications. Teachers must be able to use basic network resources and collaboration tools. || Teachers must be able to implement a variety of subject-specific tools and applications and be able to flexibly use these in a variety of problem-based and project-based situations. Teachers must be able to leverage network resources to help students collaborate, access information, and communicate with experts while solving specific problems. Teachers should also be able to use ICT resources to create, monitor and assess student progress on specific projects. || Teachers must be able to design ICT based learning communities and use ICT to support the development of student's knowledge creation skills and their continuous, reflective learning. Teachers should overtly demonstrate continuous, reflective learning by using network collaboration tools and creating content that adds value to their specialty area's body of knowledge. ||
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 * **Teaching and Learning**
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This is the page we can develop goals for teachers including: This includes the minimum requirements for new hires and a plan for progress as it relates to growth in technology competency. We recognize that there are a wide range of competencies right now. Teachers need to be supported in ways that almost guarantee small successes early on as they try new things. 21st century skills must be something that teachers are TRAINED IN and BELIEVE are important I believe the best way to do this is for leaders to adopt and demonstrate the power of new tech so that those more cautious teachers can see the success in action.
 * • Teacher competencies**

This section will include the goals related to student centered, differentiated learning. This will be easier to achieve in some divisions than in others. Teachers need to be trained on classroom management situations unique to one-to-one classrooms and then show evidence that these norms are in place. Teachers need to be able to trouble-shoot some tech problems themselves in order to optimize tech support. Teachers need to use the one-to-one tools in a variety of ways to enhance learning where it is appropriate. Teachers need to be able to recognize the strengths and limitations of the tech tools at their disposal. (example: wiki page is not necessarily the best tool for each and every assignment, etc.) Teachers need to be willing to learn new things. Teachers must actively engage students in appropriate use, copyright, plagiarism, research methods discussions and monitor them constantly. Teachers must understand clearly what is and is not legal and appropriate use and demonstrate this themselves.
 * • Teacher practices**

Resources: ISTE will release updated [|NETS standards]for teachers at NECC San Antonio 2008 (June) [|UNESCO] ICT standards for teachers Lawrence: Check out the UNESCO work here... I wish the NETS standards were done...