BADGES

Rationale

Support teachers by developing their knowledge, application, and reflection regarding best uses of technology. Derive an electronic method for tracking these skills, which is maintainable and transferable.

Goals:

1) Create a common understanding and set of expectations of technology skills that teachers can inspire to achieve .

2) Increase opportunities for teachers to achieve mastery of these technology skills sets by offering options to develop skills.

3) Explore and encourage the concept of personalized learning networks where teachers have the opportunity to share skills with colleagues.

4) Explore creative professional development instructional practices related to improving instruction with the new instructional coaching model, using technology.

Event Badge

Criteria

Gold: Shared

Silver: Attended and applied

Bronze: Attended

Recipients

Opportunities

External Presenter

  • MassCue

  • Medfield DLD

Internal Professional Development Presenter

  • June Conference

  • Blendtalks

  • Jamboree

  • MCAS CBT Trainer

Evidence towards Exemplary Indicator IV-B-1.

Gold

Professional Growth: Seeks out professional development and learning opportunities that improve practice and build expertise of self and other educators in instruction and leadership. Is able to model this element.

Silver

Participates in required professional development activities and regularly applies new learning to improve practice.

Certification Badge

Criteria

Gold: Learned, Applied, Shared

Silver: Learned and Applied

Bronze: Learned

Recipients

Evidence towards Exemplary Indicator IV-B-1.

Gold

Professional Growth: Seeks out professional development and learning opportunities that improve practice and build expertise of self and other educators in instruction and leadership. Is able to model this element.

Silver

Participates in required professional development activities and regularly applies new learning to improve practice.

Speciality Badges

Criteria

Gold: Learned, Applied, Shared

Silver: Learned and Applied

Bronze: Learned

Opportunities

Fuse Fellow

Innovative Educator

PBS Digital Innovator

Twitter Chat Leader

MCAS Lead Test Administrator

Recipients

Evidence towards Exemplary Indicator IV-B-1.

Gold

Professional Growth: Seeks out professional development and learning opportunities that improve practice and build expertise of self and other educators in instruction and leadership. Is able to model this element.

Silver

Participates in required professional development activities and regularly applies new learning to improve practice.

Skill Badge

Criteria

Gold: Learned, Applied, Shared

Silver: Learned and Applied

Bronze: Learned

Skill Badge

Google Specific Skill Training

G-Suite Scope and Sequence

Evidence towards Exemplary Indicator IV-B-1.

Gold

Professional Growth: Seeks out professional development and learning opportunities that improve practice and build expertise of self and other educators in instruction and leadership. Is able to model this element.

Silver

Participates in required professional development activities and regularly applies new learning to improve practice