Supporting Expertise and Integration of Tech. Skills into Teacher Evaluation
The countdown continues for ISTE’s Top Ten in ’10 education technology priorities.
To ensure that technological expertise is considered an integral part of an educator’s skill set, staying on top of technological advances must be one of the criteria on which an educator is judged. To that end, ISTE has named the measurement of skill development as a top priority for 2010:
4. Continuously upgrade educators’ classroom technology skills as a pre-requisite of “highly effective” teaching. As part of our nation’s continued push to ensure every classroom is led by a qualified, highly effective teacher, we must commit that all P-12 educators have the skills to use modern information tools and digital content to support student learning in content areas and for student assessment.
While classroom teachers are often the front lines of education technology integration, without knowledgeable and readily available technology experts in schools the process of teaching with technology is easily stymied. ISTE calls for increased support for educational technology specialist programs:
3. Ensure technology expertise is infused throughout our schools and classrooms. In addition to providing all teachers with digital tools and content we must ensure technology experts are integrated throughout all schools. To support these experts, as well as all educators who integrate technology into the overall curriculum, we must substantially increase our support for the federal Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program.
Click here for the full list of ISTE’s Top Ten in ’10.
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