1. Should the new administrator standards parallel the new teacher standards?
I think the new administrator standards should be closely tied to the new teacher standards. As the leader of the school, an administrator should be able to meet the standards that are required of teachers. An administrator must be in the position to support, promote, model and apply the use of technology in his or her school. If an administrator is not prepared to meet the standards that are required of teachers, it will be difficult to get those same teachers to buy into an administrator's vision for technology at a school.
2. Are there additional standards to which administrators should be held?
I don't know that additional standards are needed so much as that the standards that are given my need to be refined. Things have changed dramatically in the area of technology since these standards were written. Perhaps emphasis should be put on one standard more than another. But where the emphasis is needed may change as technology changes. Should more be placed on learning and teaching since there is such a huge digital gap in knowledge between teachers and students? Or should more emphasis be placed on social, legal and ethical issues since currents events like identity theft is becoming more of a problem? How can the new standards be fine-tuned so that an administrator can always apply them in this rapidly changing area in education.
3. What is your overall reaction to the current administrator standards? The current administrator standards seem to cover the areas that you would think an administrator needs to cover. They basically cover what an administrator needs to do to insure that technology is in the schools and that there is a plan for how it is to be implemented. I think that if I did add something, it would be something to address what administrators need to do to keep pace with the rapid growth of technology.
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