Has prerequisite technology skills to teach online, uses content management system

Meets core professional-teaching standards as desig nated by state licensing agency, with necessary aca demic credentials

Contributes to effectiveness, vitality, self-renewal o profession, school and community; exhibits leadership, demonstrates vision of technology infusion, participates in shared decision making and commu nity building, and develops the leadership and tech nology skills of others; evaluates and reflects on current research and professional practice on a regu lar basis to make effective use of existing and emerg ing digital tools and resources in support of studen learning; participates in local and global learning communities to explore creative applications of tech nology to improve student learning

Experienced online learning from the perspective o a student

Completed professional development specifically geared to teaching online

Specifies learning objectives, designs activities to measure mastery of the stated objectives

Uses fair, adequate, authentic, appropriate, multipl and varied methods, both formative and summative, to assess students

Complies with Americans with Disabilities Act by incorporating adaptive technologies to meet individual student needs

Uses online resources effectively to deliver instruction

Plans, designs and incorporates strategies to encou age active learning

Demonstrates high-quality communication skills

Adapts web-based course to meet students’ needs; promotes student participation and interactions; provides students with timely feedback, prompt response and clear expectations

Promotes collaborative learning to deepen learning experiences and build community

Customizes and personalizes learning activities to address students’ diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources; promotes student reflection using collab orative tools to reveal and clarify students’ conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative processes; promotes, supports, and models creative and innovative thinking and inventiveness engages students in exploring real-world issues by designing authentic problems using digital tools

Makes clear to students his/her availability and willingness to support them; facilitates and monitors appropriate interaction among students; provides and enforces appropriate standards for student behavior; requests others’ assistance in supporting students’ learning; assesses students before beginning instruction by pre-assessing frequently; ensures students know one another and feel comfortable interacting online

Understands that student success is an important measure of course success, uses data and assessments to modify instructional methods and content to guide student learning

Shares and communicates information about student progress with mentors, principals and parents

Models, guides, and encourages legal, ethical, safe and healthy behavior related to technology use

Ensures that students’ work and data are secure; monitors students to ensure academic honesty; helps students with technical issues; coordinates and assists students in understanding course requirements and procedures for working online; guides and monitors students’ management of time

Accepts and follows policies and procedures to monitor courses; ensures that students participate actively in the course

Exhibits student-centered and flexible characteristics while maintaining high standards

Collaborates with students, community members, peers, parents, and student support staff, including other teachers by modeling the behavior to further student participation and success in the online course in a culturally aware manner

Possesses a sense of humor and is able to project their personality through developing an “online voice”; exudes motivation and self-initiative by working effectively and efficiently without constant supervision