Educational Leadership and Technology

Standard One: Visionary Leadership

• Educational Administrators inspire and lead development and implementation of a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology to promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization.

Standard One: Visionary Leadership

• Use the “power of technology” to improve student productivity
• Efficiently use time, money, and staff through technology integration

Visionary Leadership: How?

• Identify mission and vision
• Collaborate with stakeholders
• Implement mission and vision

Standard Two: Digital Age Learning Culture

• Educational Administrators create, promote, and sustain a dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students.

Standard Two: Digital Age Learning Culture

• Create innovation in learning
• Be tech-savvy!
• Become a digital native

Standard Three: Excellence in Prof. Practice

• Educational Administrators promote an environment of professional learning and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and digital resources.

Standard Three: Excellence in Prof. Practice

• Make professional development practical through technology usage
• Use technology to support educators

Standard Four: Systemic Improvement

• Educational Administrators provide digital age leadership and management to continuously improve the organization through the effective use of information and technology resources.

Standard Four: Systemic Improvement

• Advocate for access to collaboration, communication, data management tools, as well as training opportunities
• Communicate with school community stakeholders to get the resources your district needs

Standard Five: Digital Citizenship

• Educational Administrators model and facilitate understanding of social, ethical and legal issues and responsibilities related to an evolving digital culture.

Standard Five: Digital Citizenship

• Understand the social, ethical, and legal issues and responsibilities
• Keep students safe, and create “savvy digital citizens”
• Model and represent the digital citizenship skills they expect from their educators and students.

References

Garland, V. E., & Tadeja, C. (2013). Educational leadership and technology: Preparing school administrators for a digital age. New York: Routledge.
Schrum, L., & Prensky, M. (2012). Educational technology for school leaders. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
ISTE Standards for Administrators. (n.d.). Retrieved July 01, 2016, from http://www.iste.org/standards/standards/standards-for-administrators