Invigorate teachers

with the ISTE Standards

for Educators
Goals of this presentation
1. Inspire educators to embrace learning and
teaching with technology.
2. Share the power of the ISTE Standards
as guiding principles.
3. Foster educators as leaders in transformation.
 5 reasons
why we must transform
how we teach and learn
 1
Now that a huge body of knowledge is at our
fingertips, learning to learn is more
important than learning facts.
 2
Technology can be used to unleash higher-order
thinking to create meaning, communicate ideas, design
solutions.
 3
Authentic, real-world projects where students have
voice and choice engage them in active and deep
learning.
 4
Our students will face a workforce that rewards
adaptability amid rapid and ongoing change.
Let’s prepare them.
 5
As professionals, we can learn anything, at anytime,
with anyone. It’s our time to rethink and redesign learning,
teaching and leading.
Learning to learn is more important than learning facts.
We need to unleash higher-order thinking. Students have voice and
choice. Prepare them to be adaptable amid rapid and ongoing change.
We can learn anything, anytime, with anyone.

How do we get there?

The ISTE Standards
Learning environments
continue to evolve in relation to
tech tools and access.
2017
1:1
2007
All teachers
Laptop carts involved
1998 Learner-driven
Innovative teachers
Computer lab Student-centered Amplify learning
with tech
Computer teacher Using tech to learn
Teacher-directed
How to use tech
So must pedagogy.
The ISTE Standards can
guide you and your team.

They are designed to inspire

a vision for pedagogy-driven
digital learning and teaching..
ISTE Standards for
Educators:
 Focus on pedagogy and
leadership.
 Support the implementation of
the ISTE Standards for
Students.
 Serve a spectrum of
educational practitioners.
 Valid for 7 to 10 years.
iste.org/standards
 Participation from

2,200
Why these standards: educators,
preservice candidates
and leaders from
- Research-based, peer-reviewed, around the globe!

crowdsourced.
- Work in tandem with content area standards.
- Enhance implementation frameworks like
SAMR and TPACK.
- In line with the National Education Technology
Plan, Future Ready, P21 and other initiatives.
Get started with the
ISTE Standards.
Step 1: Reflect on where you
and your system are.

Step 2: Start with a checklist.

Step 3: Leverage existing resources.

Personal Checklist:
• What are you already doing in your practice?
First • What seems challenging or beyond your current
week comfort zone?

• Connect with a colleague.

First • Exchange ideas and implement one of the indicators
Month together.

• Lead a collaborative learning improvement team.

Six • Hold a monthly sharing session.
Months • Team up to mentor colleagues who are willing to
experiment.

• Present at an edtech conference or blog about the

changes you’ve made.
One • Share your knowledge with leaders and other
Year educators in your district.
• Consider how you can further empower your
students in their learning.
System Checklist:
• How could these standards guide your efforts to
transition your system to digital learning and
First teaching?
week • What direction or value could they bring to your
team?

• Connect with colleagues. Exchange ideas about how

First to build stakeholder buy-in.
Month • Communicate with stakeholders and keep them
informed.

• Lead a collaborative improvement team.

Six • Build a plan.
Months • Collect data to evaluate where your system is now.
• Set goals and priorities.

• Measure growth and change.

One • Share your findings with stakeholders.
Year • Work with collaborators to set new priorities for
further improvement.
Explore the unpacking.
Easily view
each standard,
associated
indicators and
definitions.

iste.org/standards
Learn from others.

Best practices
from other
educators.

iste.org/explore
Learn with others.
FREE
ISTE Standards
Community.

Peer discussions
and lesson
resources to
support your
adoption.
Take the next step with online PD.

Educators can choose pathways based on interests, grade

level and content areas. Year-long access to content is
included:

• Instructional strategies and tech integration strategies.

• Scenarios and lesson plans.
• Assessment tools for teachers, including a reflection tool and
rubrics.
• PLC (professional learning community) Guide for use by teams.
• Pre- and post-assessments to earn a certificate/badge.

istestandardspd.org
 Commit to
transformation.
We understand one size
doesn’t fit all.
ISTE supports and encourages
educators to use the standards to
meet your visions, goals and
local priorities.
• However educational decision-makers at any level (schools,
districts, states, territories, nations and educator preparation
programs) use the standards to guide their work, ISTE
considers that policy as an adoption of the ISTE Standards.

• Systems may adopt wholesale, modify wording, or reference

in policy documents.
Using the standards
Lesson design and planning Guiding individual’s
professional growth
Teacher goals
preparation
Informing
professional Curriculum mapping
development plans
Technology
School
improvement plans plans
Resources to support adoption:

Free white paper Peer examples

Share your adoption experience, be recognized for

your efforts and help ISTE measure impact:
iste.org/StandardsSurvey
Questions or comments?
Contact the ISTE Standards
team standards@iste.org
Resource list:
• ISTE Standards for Educator permissions for
educators.
• ISTE Standards adoption report.
• ISTE EdTekHub – educator resources and best
practices.
• Open ISTE Standards community.
• Digital Pathways courses.
• Survey to share your adoption story with ISTE.
• Educational products & services which have
received the ISTE Seal of Alignment.