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.
III. Productivity and Professional Practice:
Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional
practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.
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.
- 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.”
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