ISTE Standards

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Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for Teachers

All WVBE-approved programs must ensure that candidates have the requisite knowledge and skills to design, implement, and assess learning experiences that engage students and improve learning; enrich professional practice; and provide positive models for students, colleagues, and the community including the following:




  1. promote, support, and model creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness
  3. promote student reflection using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning, and creative processes

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments – Teachers design, develop, and evaluate authentic learning experiences and assessments incorporating contemporary tools and resources to maximize content learning in context and to develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes identified in the West Virginia Content Standards and Objectives.


  3. customize and personalize learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
  4. provide students with multiple and varied formative and summative assessments aligned with content and technology standards and use resulting data to inform learning and teaching

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning – Teachers exhibit knowledge, skills, and work processes representative of an innovative professional in a global and digital society.


  2. collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation



  2. address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies and providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources
  3. promote and model digital etiquette and responsible social interactions related to the use of technology and information



    Adopted from the International Society for Technology in Education, National Education Technology Standards for Teachers