Standards for Administrators according to The International Society for Technology in Education (2009).
Standard 1. Visionary leadership: Educational Administrators inspire and lead development and implementation of a shared vision for comprehensive integration of technology to promote excellence and support transformation throughout the organization.
Technology integration is a vision shared by all administrative staff. Provides the school with the last technology equipments and software is an administration priority. They did a great effort to implement the I-Pads program in middle school and the expansion of the Internet capacity. The principal is proud of the technological level achieved by the school in the last years. In fact, actually
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This intention is demonstrated in the lot of resources designated every year for technology development. Examples of the digital-age learning culture present in the school are the updated computers for students and teachers in every classroom, the two computer labs inside the media center, the one to one I Pads program in middle school, and the great network infrastructure installed. In the other side, most of the instructional and administrative tasks are coordinated from a variety of computer-based software and applications.
Standard 3. Excellence in professional practice: Educational Administrators promote an environment of professional learning and innovation that empowers educators to enhance student learning through the infusion of contemporary technologies and digital resources.
As well as guarantee the necessary technology resources, the continuing education and professional development are administration priorities. Teachers are continuously encouraged to participate in different professional development courses and events in order to ensure their growth in technology fluency and integration. Resources, access, and time are allocated every year with the purpose of facilitate the development and actualization of faculty and staff’s technological skills. Teachers are stimulated to research and evaluate new technology applications and tools which can