Module 3 Part 1 - Swiger

Where do the ISTE, NBPTS, and WVPTS "speak" to or promote teacher leadership, particularly leadership for technology integration? 

ISTE-NETS-T:   Standard 5- Engaging in Professional Growth and Leadership: Teachers continuously improve their professional practice, model lifelong learning, and exhibit leadership in their school and professional community by promoting and demonstrating the effective use of digital tools and resources.

The NBPTS:  Proposition 5- Teachers are Members of Learning Communities: Teachers are leaders and actively know how to seek and build partnerships with community groups and businesses. Teachers work with other professionals on instructional policy, curriculum development and staff development.  Teachers can evaluate school progress and the allocation of resources in order to meet state and local education objectives.

The WVPTS:  Standard 4 – Professional Responsibilities for Self-Renewal: The teacher persistently and critically examines his/her practice through a continuous cycle of self-improvement focused on how he/she teaches and works in a global, digital society. The teacher who contributes to the teaching profession through the implementation of practices that improve teaching and learning demonstrates characteristics of informal teacher leadership. Standard 5 – Professional Responsibilities for School and Community: The teacher demonstrates leadership by contributing to positive changes in policy and practice that affect student learning and by modeling ethical behavior.  Function 5H - Teacher Leadership: The teacher demonstrates leadership by implementing classroom and school initiatives that improve education as well as by making positive changes in policy and practice that affect student learning.