Standard 1.1 - Shared Vision
Candidates facilitate the development and implementation of a shared vision for the use of technology in teaching, learning, and leadership.
(PSC 1.1/ISTE 1a)
Artifact : Shared Vision
Reflection :
The artifact “Shared Vision” details the instructional technology vision for Floyd County Schools and was created in ITEC 7410 Instructional Technology Leadership. The paper showcases my ability to design, develop, and implement a shared vision for instructional technology for Floyd County Schools. The shared vision is based off of feedback from stakeholders, including : teachers, administrators, and staff.
To provide context to the shared vision, I want to provide background information on the state of instructional technology. Until the end of the 2015-2016 school year, Floyd County Schools had one instructional technologist for 20 campuses, 1,000+ employees, and 9,500 students. When the decision was made to hire four additional instructional technologists, my Director of Technology depended on me to develop and implement a plan for the four new instructional technologists as their future coordinator. This shared vision is the culmination of those efforts. It was created based on the feedback from teachers and administrators, correlation with ISTE standards, integration of graduate level research, and collaborating with other districts on their instructional technology models.
This implementation of the share vision artifact taught me a lot about the successes and struggles of facilitating groups of educators and effective communication. The Instructional Technology Department developed and implemented a technology curriculum that could be used across the school system to ensure consistency and inter rater reliability. Facilitating two online cohorts of teachers, organizing a group of fifty to attend GAETC, coordinating four instructional technolegists, and keeping fidelity to our instructional technology curriculum have proven to be very important in increasing the effectiveness of classroom technology integration. For a future shared vision, I will be sure to include our academic coaches into the shared vision. Since implementing the shared vision, the number of academics coaches has doubled. If the instructional technology department and academics can work as an effective team, student achievement and teaching quality will improve.
The shared vision is already in effect across our school system. Teachers now have training on the best use of technology in the classroom, a professional learning network online, a cohort of teachers to learn from, and a shared vision of technology in Floyd County Schools. Teachers can now plan to have access to an instructional technologist for co-teaching or collaboration. The impact of this artifact can be seen in stakeholder feedback, the constant scheduling of instructional technologists by schools, and all of our stakeholders online presence.
(PSC 1.1/ISTE 1a)
Artifact : Shared Vision
Reflection :
The artifact “Shared Vision” details the instructional technology vision for Floyd County Schools and was created in ITEC 7410 Instructional Technology Leadership. The paper showcases my ability to design, develop, and implement a shared vision for instructional technology for Floyd County Schools. The shared vision is based off of feedback from stakeholders, including : teachers, administrators, and staff.
To provide context to the shared vision, I want to provide background information on the state of instructional technology. Until the end of the 2015-2016 school year, Floyd County Schools had one instructional technologist for 20 campuses, 1,000+ employees, and 9,500 students. When the decision was made to hire four additional instructional technologists, my Director of Technology depended on me to develop and implement a plan for the four new instructional technologists as their future coordinator. This shared vision is the culmination of those efforts. It was created based on the feedback from teachers and administrators, correlation with ISTE standards, integration of graduate level research, and collaborating with other districts on their instructional technology models.
This implementation of the share vision artifact taught me a lot about the successes and struggles of facilitating groups of educators and effective communication. The Instructional Technology Department developed and implemented a technology curriculum that could be used across the school system to ensure consistency and inter rater reliability. Facilitating two online cohorts of teachers, organizing a group of fifty to attend GAETC, coordinating four instructional technolegists, and keeping fidelity to our instructional technology curriculum have proven to be very important in increasing the effectiveness of classroom technology integration. For a future shared vision, I will be sure to include our academic coaches into the shared vision. Since implementing the shared vision, the number of academics coaches has doubled. If the instructional technology department and academics can work as an effective team, student achievement and teaching quality will improve.
The shared vision is already in effect across our school system. Teachers now have training on the best use of technology in the classroom, a professional learning network online, a cohort of teachers to learn from, and a shared vision of technology in Floyd County Schools. Teachers can now plan to have access to an instructional technologist for co-teaching or collaboration. The impact of this artifact can be seen in stakeholder feedback, the constant scheduling of instructional technologists by schools, and all of our stakeholders online presence.