Technology Competencies and Standards

Samples of Student Technology Competencies 

General

• Technology Applications Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills
  Texas legal requirements for Texas student Technology Applications proficiencies.
• National Educational Technology Standards for Students
  ISTE recommendations for student technology standards.

Texas School Districts

• Brazosport 
  Broad overview of competencies expected of students, staff, teachers, and administrators.
• Conroe ISD - K-6, 7-12
  Checklists for competencies in each grade.
• Irving ISD - Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, Sixth - Eighth Grade
  Student TEKS with clarifying annotations.
• Irving ISD - Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade
  Printable one page summaries of the TEKS.
• La Vega ISD
  Overview and specifics for K-8 student technology competencies.
• Northeast ISD - Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade
  Technology competencies and performance descriptions; Quick description of skills required at each level; Competencies in word processing, graphics, information retrieval, databases, spreadsheets, communications, keyboarding, multimedia, and specialized software.
• Richardson ISD - Technology Connections Student Evaluation - Grades 7-8
  Checklist for computer knowledge, Internet, word processing, spreadsheets and databases, and multimedia skills for grades 7-8.
• Round Rock ISD
  Short list of competencies for K-12 aligned with the TEKS.

Samples of Teacher Technology Competencies  

General

• Technology Applications Standards for all Beginning Teachers
  State Board for Educator Certification recommendation for technology proficiencies for Texas educators.
• National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers
  The NETS Project defines a proposed national set of standards for teachers; Includes a summary chart.
• Professional Development Plan for Teacher Competency in Technology
  Proposed teacher competencies from Department of Defense Schools Division.

Texas School Districts

• Austin ISD
  Teacher Technology Competencies that define technology proficiency in the classroom.
• Brazosport 
  Broad overview of competencies expected of students, staff, teachers, and administrators.
• Duncanville ISD
  Technology competencies for professional staff; List of required skills in a variety of technologies, including basics, office software, multimedia, etc.
• Fort Bend ISD 
  Educator technology proficiencies, grouped into basic concepts and skills, personal and professional productivity, and communication and information skills.
• La Vega ISD
  Faculty technology competencies; Includes checklist.
• Leander ISD
  Six teacher competencies.
• Lubbock ISD
  Outlines levels of technology competencies for instructional staff in PDF; Includes incentive plan for completing technology competencies.
• Mt Pleasant ISD
  District technology training plan with goals.
• Pasadena ISD Technology Proficiencies
  Divided into required courses for the awareness level and electives in applications and integration.
• Richardson ISD
  Technology proficiency checklist for operating systems and word processing.
• Socorro ISD, part1
  Unit proficiencies assessment rubric.
• Socorro ISD, part2
  Four teacher competencies.

Samples of Administrator Technology Competencies 

General

• Technology Standards for School Administrators
  The Collaborative for Technology Standards for School Administrators' (TSSA Collaborative) initiative to develop a national consensus on what PK-12 administrators should know about and be able to do to optimize benefits of technology use in schools.

Texas ISDs and ESCs

• Brazosport 
  Broad overview of competencies expected of students, staff, teachers, and administrators.
• La Vega ISD
  Administrator technology competencies; Includes checklist.
• Pasadena ISD Paraprofessional and Administrator Technology Proficiencies
  Divided into required courses for the awareness level and electives in applications and integration.
• Pasadena ISD Competencies
  Three defined technology competencies in planning, curriculum development and systems, application software, and instructional methodology.