Teaching Standards

Learner

ISTE educator standard is to set professional goals/expectations, seek ways to help students through networks, seek feedback on their teaching strategies, and utilize new technology in the classroom.

Leader

ISTE educator standard to equitable access, advance and accelerate a shared vision, engaging with education stakeholders, support diverse learning needs, evaluate digital content

Citizen

ISTE educator standard to foster digital literacy, mentor students with digital tools, evaluate digital resources, build inclusive communities, communicate, and protecting data

Collaborator

ISTE educator standard to engage with virtual experts, learn alongside students, lead technology problem-solving skills, explore real-world issues, and use community viewpoints to collaborate

Designer

ISTE educator standard to design activities to meet students’ different needs, and design activities for students to independently apply their knowledge

Facilitator

ISTE educator standard to foster student ownership of learning and management of technology, teach computational critical thinking, and model and nurture creativity

Analyst

ISTE educator standard to use different types of media for students to accommodate learning needs and to use alternative assessments and assessment data to facilitate decision-making

Empowered Learner

ISTE Student standard to apply expectations to their own work/achievements, work with peers on specific subjects, seek feedback from teachers, understand and adapt to new technology

Digital Citizen

ISTE Student standard to manage a safe digital presence, intentionally manage what they do online, and managing digital identity

Knowledge Constructor

ISTE Student standard to explore real-world issues, effective research strategies, use digital tools responsibly and effectively

Innovative Designer

ISTE Student standard to approach open-ended unknown problems and be aware of their limitations

Computational Thinker

ISTE Student Standard to formulate problem definition, break problems into parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models

Creative Communicator

ISTE Student Standard to communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to their goals

Global Collaborator

ISTE Student Standard to connect through digital tools with peers, examine issues with technology, and contribute to team projects.

RIDE Standard 1

Teachers create learning experiences using a broad base of general knowledge that reflects an understanding of the variety of academic, social, and cultural nature of the communities and world in which we live.

RIDE Standard 2

Teachers have a deep content knowledge sufficient to teach content areas through a variety of explanations and multiple representations of concepts.

RIDE Standard 3

Teachers create instructional opportunities that reflect an understanding of how students develop and learn by building on students’ prior knowledge

RIDE Standard 4

Teachers create instructional opportunities that reflect a respect for the diversity of learners and an understanding of how students differ in their approaches to learning by seeking information about the impact of students’ specific challenges

RIDE Standard 5

Teachers create instructional opportunities to facilitate the development of cognitive skills in all students, including critical thinking, problem-solving, performance skills, and literacy across content areas.

RIDE Standard 6

Teachers create a supportive learning environment that encourages appropriate, positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation, creating the optimal environment for students' academic and social success.

RIDE Standard 7

Teachers work collaboratively with all school personnel, families, and the broader community to create a professional learning community and environment that supports the improvement of teaching, learning, and student achievement.

RIDE Standard 8

Teachers use a variety of effective communication methods as the vehicle through which students explore, hypothesize, discuss, and investigate new ideas.

RIDE Standard 9

Teachers use appropriate formal and informal assessment strategies with individuals and groups of students to determine the impact of instruction on learning, provide feedback, and plan future instruction

RIDE Standard 10

Teachers reflect on their practice and assume responsibility for their own professional learning (be a lifelong learner)

RIDE Standard 11

Teachers maintain professional standards guided by legal and ethical principles

Research methods