North Carolina Teaching

Technology Standards Lisa Coogan

North Carolina Wesleyan CollegeTechnology in Education: EDU 310

13 November 16

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Teaching • The North Carolina Professional

Teaching Standards are the basis for teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, and professional development. Each of these will include the skills and knowledge needed for the 21st century teaching and learning. The document is provided in this format so that it may be kept in a plan book to guide instruction as we move forward in the 21st century.

Technology• Transforming education requires

us to rethink how we teach and learn. The ISTE Standards act as a roadmap for bold, innovative educators and education leaders to re-engineer their schools and classrooms for digital age learning no matter where they fall on the journey to meaningful, effective ed tech integration.

Teaching StandardNCPTS.I - Teachers Demonstrate Leadership

• NCPTS.I.a - Teachers lead in their classrooms.

• NCPTS.I.b - Teachers demonstrate leadership in the school.

• NCPTS.I.c - Teachers lead the teaching profession.

• NCPTS.I.d - Teachers advocate for schools and students.

• NCPTS.I.e - Teachers demonstrate high ethical standards.

Teaching StandardNCPTS.II - Teachers Establish a Respectful

Environment for a Diverse Population of Students.

• NCPTS.II.a - Teachers provide an environment in which each child has a positive, nurturing relationship with caring adults.

• NCPTS.II.b - Teachers embrace diversity in the school community and in the world.

• NCPTS.II.c - Teachers treat students as individuals.

• NCPTS.II.d - Teachers adapt their teaching for the benefit of students with special needs.

• NCPTS.II.e - Teachers work collaboratively with the families and significant adults in the lives of their students

Teaching StandardsNCPTS.III - Teachers Know the Content They Teach.

• NCPTS.III.a - Teachers align their instruction with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.

• NCPTS.III.b - Teachers know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty.

• NCPTS.III.c - Teachers recognize the interconnectedness of content areas/disciplines.

• NCPTS.III.d - Teachers make instruction relevant to students.

Teaching StandardNCPTS.IV - Teachers Facilitate Learning for Their Students

• NCPTS.IV.a - Teachers know the ways in which learning takes place, and they know the appropriate levels of intellectual, physical, social, and emotional development of their students.

• NCPTS.IV.b - Teachers plan instruction appropriate for their students.

• NCPTS.IV.c - Teachers use a variety of instructional methods. • NCPTS.IV.d - Teachers integrate and utilize technology in

their instruction. • NCPTS.IV.e – Teachers help students develop critical-

thinking and problem-solving skills.• NCPTS.IV.f - Teachers help students work in teams and

develop leadership qualities. • NCPTS.IV.g - Teachers communicate effectively. • NCPTS.IV.h - Teachers use a variety of methods to assess

what each student has learned.

Teaching StandardNCPTS.V - Teachers Reflect on Their Practice.

• NCPTS.V.a - Teachers analyze student learning.

• NCPTS.V.b - Teachers link professional growth to their professional goals.

• NCPTS.V.c - Teachers function effectively in a complex, dynamic environment.

Teaching StandardNCPTS.VI - Teachers Contribute to the Academic

Success of Students.

• The work of the teacher results in acceptable, measurable progress for students based on established performance expectations using appropriate data to demonstrate growth.

ISTE StandardsTeachers: I

ISTE StandardsTeachers: II

ISTE StandardsTeachers: III

ISTE StandardsTeachers: IV

ISTE StandardsTeachers: V

References

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE); http://www.iste.org/standards/standards ; 13 November 16

• Loretta Bolyard, PhD, Clinical Psychologist, Pearson Education; “Using Digital Assessments, a Clinical Psychologist Saves Time and Increases Accuracy”; http://www.pearsoned.com/education-blog/with-digital-assessments-a-psychologist-improves-accuracy/ ; 15 November 16

• North Carolina Public Schools: Teaching Standards: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/effectiveness-model/ncees/standards/prof-teach-standards.pdf : 13 November 16