An Organizational Readiness Assessment Tool

ISTE Standards for Educators Assessment Tool


The creation of this tool was based on the seven (7) ISTE standards for educators described by the ISTE . These standards describe how teachers should approach technology in the classroom. The ISTE standards consider educator's tech roles as a learner, leader, citizen, collaborator, designer, facilitator and analyst. For each standard, a variety of descriptors were written for identifying the levels of educator's tech practices in the classroom.  Along with this, a rating scale was provided to score each standard. The scale goes from one reflecting it has never been implemented to five which means it is regularly implemented.

I believe this readiness assessment tool covers all the ISTE standards for educators and should provide data for reflecting where we stand in terms of integrating technology in the classroom. It also helps us move forward in the school and to create an action plan towards improving the implementation of the ISTE standards for educators. Working on this assignment, I learned that the ISTE standards not only highlighted the importance of preparing teachers to teach technology, they also encourage teachers to communicate with one another for better ideas on how to engage their students. In the future, I would like to submit this readiness assessment tool to the district school tech committee for improving and implementing it.

In essence, this readiness assessment tool is a resource that helps teachers reflect on their tech practices in the classroom and prepares students to drive their own learning in the 21st Century education era.

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