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When you start your Professional Development Project, you will need to conduct a needs assessment in which you measure the skills and knowledge of the teachers you will work with in relation to the standards listed below. In a needs assessment you do not ask the subject what they know. Instead you ask them to perform a skill or explain something and from their actions and responses yu gather than information you need about what they know. So, if I wanted to know if a person could knit and pearl, instead of asking them, "Do you know how to knit and pearl?" I would ask them to do so and watch. I might also ask them to explain what they were doing while they worked. I could gather the information by observing them, having them meet with others in a focus group and talk about the activity I wanted to know about, or I could develop a questionnaire.

To help you develop ways of measuring teacher skill and knowledge related to each of the standards below, work together to develop some question or tasks for each standard.

Team 1: Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning experiences addressing content standards and student technology standards

Team 2: Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning experiences using a variety of research-based, learner-centered instructional strategies and assessment tools to address the diverse needs and interests of all students

Team 3: Coach teachers in and model engagement of students in local and global interdisciplinary units in which technology helps students assume professional roles, research real-world problems, collaborate with others, and produce products that are meaningful and useful to a wide audience

Team 4: Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning experiences emphasizing creativity, higher-order experiences emphasizing creativity, higher-order thinking skills and processes, and mental habits of mind (e.g., critical thinking, meta-cognition, and self-regulation)

Team 5: Coach teachers in and model design and implementation of technology-enhanced learning experiences using differentiation, including adjusting content, process, product, and learning environment based upon student readiness levels, learning styles, interests, and personal goals

Team 6: Coach teachers in and model effective use of technology tools and resources to continuously assess student learning and technology literacy by applying a rich variety of formative and summative assessments aligned with content and student technology standards

Team 7: Coach teachers in and model effective use of technology tools and resources to systematically collect and analyze student achievement data, interpret results, and communicate findings to improve instructional practice and maximize student learning