Empowering+Leaders

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 * //Empowering the 21Ct Superintendent//**

This clip underscores the great degree to which visionary technology leadership— and the community support fostered by district leaders— makes the difference in districts able to bolster their technology plans, budgets and implementation. The following themes build on the results of The Consortium for School Networking's (CoSN) nationwide survey and subsequent report Digital Leadership Divide. The report encourages district leaders to consider each of the 5 themes:


 * Strengthen District Leadership and Communications, specifically by modeling innovative uses of technology and by empowering educators, parents, students, and the community with technology solutions.


 * Raise the Bar with 21st Century Skills, by understanding the kind of education that students need today to be prepared for workplace demands, citizenship challenges, and personal success in an internationally competitive environment.


 * Transform Pedagogy with Compelling Learning Environments, by understanding that reaching all students today requires new methods of teaching and different kinds of learning environments.


 * Support Professional Development and Communities of Practice by understanding that all educators, including administrators, need sustained, job-embedded opportunities to improve their knowledge and skills, collaborate with their peers, and build collective wisdom.

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 * Create Balanced Assessments, by staying on top of emerging issues and trends in education and technology, such as balanced assessments, and create ways to develop expertise in these issues within their districts.