inacol - blended teaching competencies 2014-06-19

Blended Teaching Competencies

Allison Powell, iNACOLKerry Rice, Boise State UniversityBarbara Treacy, Education Development Center,

Inc & ETLO

Agenda• Developing the Blended Teaching

Competencies (Process and Timeline)• Overview of the domains• Where we are now

– Mindset– Qualities– Adaptive Skills– Technical Skills

• We need your feedback

Process Thus Far…

Created 4 Subgroups

Identified and Convened Committee of Experts

Developed 1 Draft for Review

Literature Review and Drafting

Mindsets

Qualities

Adaptive

Technical

Sent Out For Feedback

This part was a little hard/ confusing

How We Compiled Draft 1Literature Review and Drafting

Mindsets

Qualities

Adaptive

Technical

Developed 1 Draft for Review

● Received drafts from each committee

● Looked for areas of overlap/redundancy

● Where appropriate...

○ Merged similar competencies and standards

○ Moved standards to different competence

● Helped us to simplify and rationalize

Next Steps

Draft 1.0 Review

and Feedback

RevisionSolicit

Broader Feedback

RevisionDraft 2.0

Review and Feedback

RevisionDraft 3.0

Review and Feedback

Solicit Feedback from Field

Version 1.0 Standards Ready for

Publication

Decision to scale down to broad

competencies for blended teaching

Overview of Domains• 4 Domains, 3-4 Competencies in Domain, 2-5 Standards Each Competency

Mindsets

● New Vision for teaching and learning

● Orientation toward change & improvement

Qualities

● Grit

● Transparency

● Collaborative

Adaptive Skills

● Reflection

● Continuous improvement & innovation

● Communication

Technical Skills

● Data Practices

● Instructional Strategies

● Management of Blended Learning Experience

● Instructional Tools

Mindsets

● New Vision for teaching and learning

● Orientation toward change & improvement

Qualities

● Grit

● Transparency

● Collaborative

Adaptive Skills

● Reflection

● Continuous improvement & innovation

● Communication

Technical Skills● Data Practices

● Instructional Strategies

● Management of Blended Learning Experience

● Instructional Tools

Building a Foundation

• First drafts – very broad, what all good teachers should strive to be

• Now competencies/standards just focused on blended teaching

• Foundation will include other competencies/qualities for all teaching

Appendix/Guide

• More detail about each competency/standard

• Exemplars for each standard• Possibly include indicators

Ways to Provide Feedback

• Post comments in Google Doc at: – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nz7TEv

YtseyR61AfNbTncYtkc-dousfjP_V3B0-PEs8/edit

• Send comments to apowell@inacol.org

Thank you!

Questions and Feedback