Technology Standards for School Administrators
III. Productivity and Professional Practice
Educational leaders apply technology to enhance their professional
practice and to increase their own productivity and that of others.
Performance Indicators
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.
Role-Specific Technology Leadership Tasks:
Superintendent
Superintendents who effectively lead integration of technology typically
perform the following tasks:
- establish a culture that encourages responsible risk-taking with technology
while requiring accountability for results.
- maintain an emphasis on technology fluency among staff across the
district and provide staff development opportunities to support high
expectations.
- use current information tools and systems for communication, management
of schedules and resources, performance assessment, and professional
learning.
District Program Director
District program directors who effectively lead integration of technology
typically perform the following tasks:
- use technology and connectivity to share promising strategies, interesting
case studies, and student and faculty learning opportunities that support
program improvement.
- model, for program staff, effective uses of technology for professional
productivity such as in presentations, record keeping, data analysis,
research, and communications.
- use online collaboration to build and participate in collaborative
learning communities with directors of similar programs in other districts.
Principal
Principals who effectively lead integration of technology typically
perform the following tasks:
- use current technology-based management systems to access and maintain
personnel and student records.
- use a variety of media and formats, including telecommunications and
the school Web site, to communicate, interact, and collaborate with
peers, experts, and other education stakeholders.
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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