Technology Integration Evaluation

 

LMTSD uses Charlotte Danielson's Framework for Teaching, 2nd  as a guide for teacher evaluations. However this framework Danielson does not give technology a great deal of attention. While one of Danielson’s  "seven common themes" is the appropriate use of technology, descriptions of what constitutes appropriate use do not appear in the teacher assessment rubrics.

 

Danielson rightly asserts that technology is not what teachers do but how they do it. But a case can be made for an inclusion of skillful technology use as a part of teacher assessment when using Frameworks.

 

I found a  Rubric for Effective Teacher Technology Use (Organized by the Four Domains of Danielson’s Framework for Teaching) on the ASCD website. It was coauthored by Doug Johnson and  Nathan Mielke. I have adapted it and used it to evaluate some teachers while I was in their classroom. Although it is not a formal evaluation, it does address technology integration and could be a useful tool for teachers to gauge their growth in this area.

 

Below is part of the rubric and the evaluation of a High School teacher’s Technology Integration based on observation and discussions with the teacher.

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