Standard 2-Digital-Age Learning Culture: Technology Directors create, promote, and sustain a dynamic, digital-age learning culture that provides a rigorous, relevant, and engaging education for all students.
Element 2.5-Learning Communities: Candidates locate, develop, and disseminate models of local and global learning communities and support implementation through local infrastructure and policies.
Standard 3-Excellence in Professional Practice: Technology directors promote an environment of professional learning and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and digital resources.
Element 3.2-Information and Communication Infrastructure: Candidates ensure a robust information and communication infrastructure to support learning communities and assist educators in using this infrastructure for professional learning.
Element 3.4-Current Research and Emerging Technologies: Candidates maintain in-depth knowledge of current educational research and emerging technology and evaluate potential benefits and implementation requirements (purchase cost, training, human resources, installation, maintenance, compatibility).
Standard 5-Digital Citizenship: Technology directors model and facilitate understanding of social, ethical, and legal issues and responsibilities related to an evolving digital culture.
Element 5.1-Digital Equity: Candidates facilitate equitable access to digital tools and resources, including adaptive and assistive technologies, to support the diverse needs of all learners.
Element 5.2-Policies for Safe, Healthy, Legal and Ethical Use: Candidates lead district in the collaborative development, dissemination, and evaluation of district policies and procedures designed to guide, in the least restrictive manner possible, the safe, legal, and ethical use of digital information and technology resources among all stakeholders.
Element 5.3-Programs for Safe, Healthy, Legal and Ethical Use: Candidates develop and implement programs to educate all stakeholders about the safe, legal and ethical use of information and technology resources, including district policies and procedures regarding filtering, netiquette, cyberbullying, acceptable use, and fair-use guidelines for online resources.
Element 5.4-Diversity, Cultural Understanding, and Global Awareness: Candidates model and promote diversity, cultural understanding, and global awareness by providing and supporting digital-age communication and collaboration tools for students and faculty to engage in cross-cultural, collaborative projects addressing global issues in the context of curricular goals and objectives.
Standard 6-Content Knowledge & Professional Growth: Technology directors demonstrate professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in content, pedagogical, and technological areas as well as adult learning, leadership, and management and are continually deepening their knowledge and expertise.
Element 6.2-Technical Knowledge: Candidates demonstrate knowledge, skills, and dispositions in all the technical areas necessary to ensure a sound technology infrastructure, including industry standards, data analysis/warehousing, and safety and security of data.