North Carolina’s Blended e-Teacher (BET): A Concept Paper for The RT3 Team prepared by Bryan Setser http://www.ncvps.org/I. The Vision
A blended e-teacher (BET) combines the highest North Carolina face to face standards http://www.ncptsc.org/ and methods with the e-advantages provided by a variety of technologies and learning facilitator strategies to create optimum 21st Century e-cosystems for personalized student learning regardless of face to face or virtual location.
II. Overview of the concept
“In the next five years, the University of Central Florida will only have two types of professors, online and blended”. - Dr. John C. Hitt, President - http://www.ucf.edu/ (Spring 09)
If North Carolina utilizes RT3 planning and resources to roadmap the pathway to a Blended 21st Century e-teacher, President Hitt’s bold proclamation could become our state’s mantra as we look to build on the new standards for North Carolina teachers and infuse them with RT3 dollars to create a whole new paradigm of nationally recognized “blended” teachers and related training models. A glimpse at the pathway is provided below for discussion and debate among the RT3 groups. Benefits of this model include:
1. Highly qualified teachers that can come into any district in need over the web
2. Highly trained teachers who can advance the State Board’s Goals from an operational and classroom level
3. The ability to share teaching resources between and among districts and states
4. A highly skilled workforce training the next generation of highly skilled workers
5. Aligns with national and international promising practices and standards
III. Identifying the 21st Century Blended e-Teacher Pool
1. Face to Face new, emerging, and veteran teachers
2. North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS) new, emerging, and veteran teachers
3. College education programs
4. Multi-state teachers with the North Carolina Virtual Public School or the Face to Face
5. Lateral Entry teachers in the face to face and/or NCVPS
6. V.I.F teachers in the face to face and/or NCVPS
7. Teach for America teachers in the face to face and/or NCVPS
8. University or Community College teachers serving face to face and/or NCVPS through dual enrollment and/or LEO – http://www.nclearnandearn.gov/
IV. Possible training requirements for the BET (samples)
1. North Carolina License and/or recognized reciprocal state license
2. Carolina Online Teacher Program http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/2802
3. E-learning for Educators http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/5304
4. Learning Management System Training: http://www.blackboard.com/ and/or http://www.moodle.com/ and/or related LMS
5. Virtual ecosystem training: http://nc1to1.ning.com/ ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 ; and http://www.activeworlds.com/
6. Promising practices from the face to face and the web: http://web2thatworks.com/index.php?title=Main_Page and/or http://www.teachscape.com/
7. Just in time training – variety of resources from http://www.ncvps.org/ and/or http://www.learnnc.org/
8. e-learning communities– http://www.ncvps.org/ or http://educatingeducators21.ning.com/
9. BET shadow experience with a face to face and/or a virtual or blended teacher
V. Policy and accountability considerations
1. Change the CEU requirement to 20 and add 5 credits of BET training
2. Rework DPI’s online per hour requirements
3. Revise and align teacher evaluation tool for evidence of BET
4. Utilize SREB Checklist: http://learningonlineinfo.org/2007/01/23/sreb-checklist-for-evaluating-online-courses/
5. Integrate http://www.ncvps.org/ coaching and evaluation model into teacher evaluation document for face to face
6. Rework LEA acceptance of credit policies
7. Evaluate and mimic Georgia and Wisconsin e-Endorsement programs: http://msit.gsu.edu/4680.html
8. Integrate North Carolina State’s e-Certificate program: http://distance.ncsu.edu/programs/graduate-certificate-in-e-learning
9. Research other considerations regarding blended learning and teaching at:
http://www.inacol.org/resources/
http://www.sreb.org/programs/EdTech/edtechindex.asp
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/Articles/blendedlearning/index.htm
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