Standards

What all good teachers have in common, however, is that they set high standards for their students and do not settle for anything less.
— Marva Collins
 
 
 

Instructional personnel demonstrated effective use of a computer system and utilized computer software by creating this website. 

  • Built this site on Square Space

Instructional personnel shall be able to apply knowledge of terms associated with educational computing and technology.

  • Utilized SMART interactive white board, Office365, and Moodle to manage my classroom.
  • Trained on Google Classroom
  • Familiar with Survey Monkey and Google Forms for polling

Instructional personnel shall be able to apply computer productivity tools for professional use.

  • Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite and G suite, including Outlook and Gmail
  • Comfortable with R 

Instructional personnel shall be able to use electronic technologies to access and exchange information.

  • Proficient in Google-Fu
  • Trained in science literature research
  • Skilled with common email and messaging clients, including Outlook, Gmail, and Facebook Messenger

Instructional personnel shall be able to identify, locate, evaluate, and use appropriate instructional hardware and software to support Virginia's Standards of Learning and other instructional objectives.

  • Commonly use webquests in the classroom.
  • Teach graphing on Excel 
  • Teach microscope utilization in biology

Instructional personnel shall be able to use educational technologies for data collection, information management, problem solving, decision-making, communication, and presentation within the curriculum.

  • Trained on and have used Canvas, Remind, Google Classroom, Moodle, Office365, eSchoolPlus, PowerSchool, Performance Tracker Plus, and TalentEd. 
  • Use a digital textbook in my classroom

Instructional personnel shall be able to plan and implement lessons and strategies that integrate technology to meet the diverse needs of learners in a variety of educational settings.

  • Commonly use web quests in the classroom, with activity sheets created by me to appropriately utilize technology.
  • Teach graphing on Excel 
  • Teach microscope utilization in biology
  • Accept digital interactive notebooks. 

Instructional personnel shall demonstrate knowledge of ethical and legal issues relating to the use of technology.

  • As a member of academia, I am confident in my ability to know when to appropriately site sources, in the appropriate format. 
  • I am familiar with the copy right laws surrounding intellectual property rights
  • Trained on citation manager Zotero
  • Work in a school district with one-to-one technology