NETS for Teachers and Administrators

1. Should the new administrator standards parallel the new teacher standards?
Administrator standards should parallel teacher standards to provide a coherent framework from which to lead. The current alignment seems disjointed. For example, professional development is addressed in the NETS standards for administrators by standard 3, Productivity and Professional Practice. Standard 5 on the new NETS standards for teachers is Professional Growth and Leadership. It just seems to me that the standards would make more sense if they addressed the same topic with the same standard.

2. Are there additional standards to which administrators should be held?
I think that the new NETS standards for administrators should include specific indicator's for the use of digital tools. After reviewing the old standards, there is no push to achieve digital fluency throughout their school. In other words, hold administrators responsible for updating all existing technologies.

3. What is your overall reaction to the current administrator standards?
The standards for administrators should be the leading edge of technological advancement within the school. These standards do not show that. The performance indicators seem redundant and vague. For example, standard 1, indicator D states: administrators should use data in making leadership decisions(vague). Standard 3, indicator F states: use technology to advance organizational improvement (redundant).

Jesus is watching you

One night a burglar is trying to break into a house. He's sneaking across the lawn when he hears a voice - "Jesus is watching you!" He jumps, turns around, but he doesn't see anything. So he starts creeping across the lawn again. "Jesus is watching you!" He hears it again. So now the burglar is really looking around, and he sees a parrot in a cage by the side of the house. He says to the parrot, "Did you say that?" The parrot answers "Yes I did." So the burglar asks, "What's your name?" The parrot says "Clarence." The burglar says "What kind of stupid idiot would name his parrot Clarence?" The parrot laughs and says, "The same stupid idiot that named his Rottweiler 'Jesus' "

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