ISTE Standard 2: Leader
Educators seek out opportunities for leadership to support student empowerment and success and to improve teaching and learning. Educators:
- Shape, advance and accelerate a shared vision for empowered learning with technology by engaging with education stakeholders.
- Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.
- Model for colleagues the identification, exploration, evaluation, curation and adoption of new digital resources and tools for learning.
Meeting this Standard
This artifact is discusses how I will
- Shape, advance and accelerate a shared vision for empowered learning with technology by engaging with education stakeholders.
Public schools are in need of educators who are mindful of their influence both on students and the community. Teachers are educating young minds, but they additionally work within a highly politicized field and therefore must be prepared to protect and prove their profession. For example, teachers may have to stand up to fellow faculty or administration for the existence of a particular club or lead an effort to push for cross-curricular cooperation. Students, who may see teachers as role models, benefit from seeing teachers act as leaders.
In high school, I was a leader of many clubs and it was through those experiences that I gained much self confidence and self direction. In that regard, I certainly would be willing to support students seeking similar experiences, particularly in forming clubs of social and political impact. As a club advisor, I could share my own experience and facilitate opportunities for students to grow into. One of the most important parts of being a leader is stepping back and allowing the people in your organization to take charge. As a teacher, I will help students delegate responsibility and cooperate. And as the advisor, I will be practicing my own patience by letting the students trial and error as leaders. Today, the technology makes student organizations that much more powerful, so I will be glad to help students find ways to take advantage of school tech resources and also model and advise in ways to be responsible in their use of such tools.
Often, group work requires roles and certain students take charge. Socratic seminars and class debates also reveal natural leaders. It is my goal to make sure that all students gain opportunities to practice leadership skills such as speaking and listening. An outspoken student may need to be reminded to make room for others—so I might teach them to keep track of how many times they have spoken and ways to invite others into the conversation. A more timid student may not speak up on their own or have trouble diving into a conversation, so I might teach them strategies to interject and praise their contribution. In online discussions, there is etiquette only just developing. I plan for my classroom to create its own online expectations for behavior. See in my third artifact one example of this. A huge part of the English classroom is community, so helping students to regulate themselves and respect one another is a great foundation for young leaders to carry into their future.
In high school, I was a leader of many clubs and it was through those experiences that I gained much self confidence and self direction. In that regard, I certainly would be willing to support students seeking similar experiences, particularly in forming clubs of social and political impact. As a club advisor, I could share my own experience and facilitate opportunities for students to grow into. One of the most important parts of being a leader is stepping back and allowing the people in your organization to take charge. As a teacher, I will help students delegate responsibility and cooperate. And as the advisor, I will be practicing my own patience by letting the students trial and error as leaders. Today, the technology makes student organizations that much more powerful, so I will be glad to help students find ways to take advantage of school tech resources and also model and advise in ways to be responsible in their use of such tools.
Often, group work requires roles and certain students take charge. Socratic seminars and class debates also reveal natural leaders. It is my goal to make sure that all students gain opportunities to practice leadership skills such as speaking and listening. An outspoken student may need to be reminded to make room for others—so I might teach them to keep track of how many times they have spoken and ways to invite others into the conversation. A more timid student may not speak up on their own or have trouble diving into a conversation, so I might teach them strategies to interject and praise their contribution. In online discussions, there is etiquette only just developing. I plan for my classroom to create its own online expectations for behavior. See in my third artifact one example of this. A huge part of the English classroom is community, so helping students to regulate themselves and respect one another is a great foundation for young leaders to carry into their future.