Clarification on Direction - UPDATE

Fri 6/2/2006 9:35 AM
Carol,
The best way to document your use of technology is to identify what the standards require and then provide evidence for what you are doing towards those requirements. Five of  the six NCATE Unit Standards include references to technology. In Standard 1, the elements on professional knowledge and skills have technology expectations for candidates. In Standard 2, the second element requires the use of technology in the maintenance of the assessment system. In Standard 3, the second element indicates that candidates should demonstrate their knowledge of how to use information technology in teaching and learning. In Standard 5, in the element on modeling best practices, professors are expected to use technology in their teaching. And in Standard 6, there is an element entitled "Resources including Technology." There is no checklist. The Unit Standards are the "bottom line" that should guide both institutions and BOE members.
If you have additional questions, please let me know.
Antoinette
Antoinette S. Mitchell
Vice President, Unit Accreditation
NCATE
2010 Mass. Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
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From: margie@ncate.org [mailto:margie@ncate.org]
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:58 AM
To: Carol Abel
Subject: RE: NCATE Technology question

That is correct. Programs deal with technology in the SPA reports when the SPA standards address technology (some do, some don't).
Margie
Margaret D. Crutchfield, Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Program Review National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, NW  Suite 500 Washington, DC  20036-1023
202-466-7496
202-296-6620 (fax)
margie@ncate.org
www.ncate.org

From: Carol Abel [cabel@sfasu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:29 AM
To: margie@ncate.org
Cc: 'Carol Abel'
Subject: NCATE Technology question

Hello.

I am hoping you will be able to direct me on my mission to show how we are integrating technology into our teacher education program here at Stephen F. Austin State University.

 It seems to me that it would be easiest to begin with some kind of form or rubric showing how we will be evaluated on this.

When I visit this website:
http://www.ncate.org/ProgramStandards/ITEA/ITEAStandards.doc
 
I find these words:

Presently, there are no approved advanced (graduate) curriculum standards for technology teacher education programs that have been approved by NCATE and the SASB. Please contact either the ITEA or NCATE offices for further information if necessary.

While I can appreciate your intention to give us full reign on such a new and developing area, because this is so all encompassing and permeates everything we do, I feel somewhat at a loss as to how to begin in some manageable kind of way. Any input or direction would certainly be appreciated.  We do not prepare technology teachers but our faculty and teachers, of course, use technology to improve learning for themselves as well as their students.

Carol Abel
Chair, NCATE Technology Committee