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The Education Service Centers of Texas have joined together to offer a statewide certification program designed to meet the needs of teachers, districts, and the state of Texas to document that teachers have the knowledge and skills necessary to integrate technology into effective instruction in every classroom. The Texas Teacher Technology Competencies Certification (TexasTTCC) program provides a system that meets the requirements of

• The Federal program "No Child Left Behind" by providing valid third-party assessment to document the numbers of teachers who are meeting state standards in technology;
• The Texas Long-range Plan for Technology and the Texas Education Agency by providing a "procedure for measuring and reporting the extent to which educators meet the SBEC Technology Applications proficiencies" and providing a tool for TEA to use in "requiring SBEC Technology Applications standards as the technology proficiencies for all educators;"
• Districts needing a performance-based method to document the technology proficiencies of their teachers; and
• Teachers seeking ways to demonstrate to their current or future employers that they meet the state standards in technology.

TexasTTCC Components

TexasTTCC consists of an electronic portfolio that addresses all 73 of the performance indicators of the SBEC Technology Applications Standards I-V.

The portfolio consists of

• Artifacts that demonstrate the participant's knowledge and skills,
• Captions for each artifact that demonstrate the participant's understanding of the standards and ability to integrate technology into the curriculum.

Items you will be expected to create or complete and place in the portfolio include:

• A self-assessment survey of knowledge and skills in technology applications
• A professional growth plan based on the survey (A template is provided)
• A web page demonstrating appropriate use of files and digital information
• A spreadsheet with accompanying chart
• A software evaluation form (Two forms are provided)
• Three technology-rich lesson plans that use a range of instructional strategies, address individuals, small or whole groups, and allow students to problem-solve and make decisions (A template is provided)
• A multimedia presentation that includes text, audio, video and graphics
• A rubric that can be used to evaluate projects for design, content delivery, purpose, audience, and relevance to the assignment
• A desktop publishing product that effectively uses fonts, graphics, formatting, and page design to communicate with a defined audience
• A document outlining how you use technology tools to perform tasks and plan, monitor and adjust instruction
  
• A teacher-created database and database report
• A scanned and uploaded letter from your principal on school letterhead paper verifying your technology use (A template is provided)
• Your personal scanned and uploaded letter confirming that the portfolio is your original work
• A caption for each artifact guiding the evaluator through the standards addressed by each item and how you integrate technology into instruction (A caption template is provided for each artifact)

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