MTT

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MTT Test Framework
UT Brownsville MTT Practicum Lauren
Payne Professor Janice Butler
MTT Test Preparation Janice Butler

• Domain III
• Competency 009 Collaborate with Colleagues

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring.

• As MTT we need to collaborate with our fellow
  teachers by facilitating the implementation of
  appropriate, research-based, technology-enhanced
  instruction.

Collaboration Mentoring
Work together with the teachers to achieve outcomes for students Achieving something completely new, improving an existing feature ( could be improving lesson plans) and building on each others competences ( could be technology) Advise from a respected person to someone who needs help Categories One to One and One to Group. Benefits Access to information, encouragement, motivation,
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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• To achieve Positive Change in the School
  Technology Plan, the MTT should
• Understand when to act as a leader, the needed
  skills as a communicator, and/or facilitator and
  in formulating strategies.
• Examples
• Leader when conducting an In-service, training,
  and one on one explanations.
• Communicator by providing information related to
  technology to increase teacher
• knowledge and enhance student
  learning.
• Facilitator when skillfully helps fellow
  teachers to understand common objectives and
  plan to achieve them without personally taking
  any side of the argument.
• Formulating Strategies when helping a fellow
  teacher on adapting their lesson plans to
• incorporate technology.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Should follow principles, guidelines and ethical
  standards regarding professional collaboration,
  including confidentiality.
• Examples
• Take in count the teachers preference for a
  specific software and/or hardware to teach a
  lesson.
• Help the teacher to learn how to use that
  specific software and/or hardware without making
  him/her feel unskilled.
• Provide advice of some other programs and/or
  hardware that can be use to complement his/her
  proposed technology.
• Never imposed your own opinion, make suggestions.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Should collaborate to ensure ongoing
  communication related to technology-enhanced
  teaching and learning.
• Examples
• As MTT allow other teachers to communicate with
  you by e-mail, phone calls, SMS etc, to provide
  advise related with the implementation of
  research-based technology.
• Make visits to the teachers to ensure they are
  utilizing the appropriate technology for their
  lessons, and make respectful suggestions when
  required.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Collaborates with fellow teachers to develop
  strategies for integrating technology-enhanced
  instruction and systems to monitor the
  effectiveness of the integration efforts.
• Examples
• The MTT collaborates with the teacher in
  analyzing the lesson plan, hearing the
  suggestions of the teacher about applicable
  technology, and suggesting additional technology
  that could enhance the instruction.
• The MTT should establish mechanisms to measure
  the effectiveness of the integration, such as
• Small Questionnaire to the students at the end of
  the lesson in reference to the use of technology.
• Writing a small paragraph on how the technology
  used in the lesson helped them acquire and retain
  knowledge, etc.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Collaborates with teachers with different skill,
  experience and/or philosophical approach related
  to technology integration.
• Examples
• Not only we are going to face different skills
  and experience when talking about technology, we
  also are going to face resistance.
• The MTT needs to be understanding, and find the
  best way to approach a fellow teacher who does
  not support technology.
• Knowing the person before the approach is
  essential on planning the strategy to suggest
  technology integration.
• Understanding the level of skills allow the MTT
  to plan the in-services and training sessions.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Promotes interest, inquiry, analysis,
  collaboration to help in the integration of
  evolving technologies in the classrooms.
• Examples
• By providing teachers with continuous training on
  different software/hardware, the MTT promotes
  interest among the teacher community.
• The MTT is open to any question from any teacher
  regarding appropriate technology to use in a
  lesson, through out collaboration the MTT can
  help the teacher integrate evolving technologies
  into his/her lesson plans.
• The MTT establish a message system with the
  teachers where he/she can notify a specific
  teacher or department of a new technology
  available at campus that can be implemented in
  their lessons.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Collaborates in the evaluation, negotiation and
  establishment of priorities regarding technology
  in the school (s).
• Examples
• The MTT is involved in the Campus Technology Plan
  to help in the teachers evaluation of needs.
• Keeps up with the new technology movement, to
  help the school by suggesting new technologies to
  acquired in order to increase technology-enhanced
  instruction.

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Competency 09Collaboration and Mentoring

• Selects and applies strategies to facilitate the
  growth of the learning community in
  technology-enhanced instruction.
• Examples
• Plan and offer in-services and training courses
  to all teachers.
• Plan and offer one-to-one training when needed.
• Establish a follow up agenda to ensure teachers
  are utilizing the learned technology, and offer
  new and advance training.
• Keeps up with the new laws and regulations
  concerning technology in the District and State.
• Maintains the community advised of the new and
  improved technologies available that will help
  them to enhance student learning.

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References

• Offman Gersh, Sheyla ( n.d.)Effective Mentoring
  Programs. Retrieved March 30 2007 from
  http//www.schoollink.org/mentoring/sld001.htm
• Wikipedia ( 2007) Collaboration and Mentoring.
  Retrieved March 30, 2007 from wikipedia.com