The Maryland State Department of Education has developed standards for technology use by a members of the teaching community. Links to the standards, discussion of their implementation and impact on instruction is the purpose of this blog.Let's begin with links to the standards:
Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students (PreK-8)
Voluntary State Curriculum Browser
Maryland Teacher Technology Standards
Maryland Technology Standards for School Administrators
The Maryland Educational Technology Plan for the New Millenium 2007 - 2012
Maryland Online Virtual Learning
Maryland Teacher Professional Development
School Improvement
Taking a proactive stance: develop some “A Technology Infusion Look For List” for administrators to use in observations, and add something about technology infusion to the observation form under delivery of instruction.
In the near future, I would like to see such proficiency tied to contracts, which would require the assessment of proficiency, either through an MSDE tool or a locally developed tool. I believe that other counties require their new hires to gain expertise with these standards. I believe that other counties also require new hires to participate in new teacher professional development.
Teacher:
Attain proficiency in the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards.
Demonstrate understanding of the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students.
Administrator:
Attain proficiency in the Maryland Administrator Technology Standards.
Demonstrate understanding of the Maryland Teacher Technology Standards.
Demonstrate understanding of the Maryland Technology Literacy Standards for Students.
