1. Effective teachers model and apply the NETS·S as they design, implement, and
assess learning experiences to engage students and improve learning; enrich
professional practice; and provide positive models for students, colleagues, and
the community. All teachers should meet the following standards and performance
indicators.
1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning b. Develop technology-enriched learning environments
that enable all students to pursue their individual
and Creativity
curiosities and become active participants in setting
Teachers use their knowledge of subject matter, their own educational goals, managing their own
teaching and learning, and technology to facilitate learning, and assessing their own progress
experiences that advance student learning, c. Customize and personalize learning activities
creativity, and innovation in both face-to-face to address students’ diverse learning styles,
and virtual environments. working strategies, and abilities using digital tools
a. Promote, support, and model creative and resources
and innovative thinking and inventiveness d. Provide students with multiple and varied formative
b. Engage students in exploring real-world issues and summative assessments aligned with content
and solving authentic problems using digital tools and technology standards and use resulting data
and resources to inform learning and teaching
c. Promote student reflection using collaborative
tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual 3. Model Digital Age Work and Learning
understanding and thinking, planning, and Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work
creative processes processes representative of an innovative professional
d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by in a global and digital society.
engaging in learning with students, colleagues, a. Demonstrate fluency in technology systems and the
and others in face-to-face and virtual environments transfer of current knowledge to new technologies
and situations
2. Design and Develop Digital Age Learning
b. Collaborate with students, peers, parents,
Experiences and Assessments and community members using digital tools
Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic and resources to support student success
learning experiences and assessment incorporating and innovation
contemporary tools and resources to maximize content c. Communicate relevant information and ideas
learning in context and to develop the knowledge, effectively to students, parents, and peers using
skills, and attitudes identified in the NETS·S. a variety of digital age media and formats
a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that d. Model and facilitate effective use of current and
incorporate digital tools and resources to promote emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate,
student learning and creativity and use information resources to support research
and learning

2. 4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship 5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership
and Responsibility Teachers continuously improve their professional
Teachers understand local and global societal practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit
issues and responsibilities in an evolving digital leadership in their school and professional
culture and exhibit legal and ethical behavior in community by promoting and demonstrating
their professional practices. the effective use of digital tools and resources.
a. Advocate, model, and teach safe, legal, and ethical a. Participate in local and global learning communities
use of digital information and technology, including to explore creative applications of technology to
respect for copyright, intellectual property, and the improve student learning
appropriate documentation of sources b. Exhibit leadership by demonstrating a vision of
b. Address the diverse needs of all learners by using technology infusion, participating in shared decision
learner-centered strategies providing equitable access making and community building, and developing the
to appropriate digital tools and resources leadership and technology skills of others
c. Promote and model digital etiquette and responsible c. Evaluate and reflect on current research and
social interactions related to the use of technology professional practice on a regular basis to make
and information effective use of existing and emerging digital tools
d. Develop and model cultural understanding and and resources in support of student learning
global awareness by engaging with colleagues d. Contribute to the effectiveness, vitality, and self-
and students of other cultures using digital age renewal of the teaching profession and of their
communication and collaboration tools school and community
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