Time: 3:00p.m.- 4:00p.m. CT

Location: Virtual

Description: This event will explore the teaching standards established by the Council of Chief State School Officers’ Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL). In the absence of rigorous research about online teacher professional development, these standards taken together provide information about what is recommended for high quality instruction and can be used to inform the content of professional development for online teachers. The presenters, Cindy Hamblin, Ronda Eshleman and Michele Nickels, are from three state-level online learning programs operating in the Midwest and will describe how their programs utilize the above standards to create teacher training programs across their service areas and the challenges and successes related to those experiences. Additionally, Mary Herring, a VERA member representing a teacher preparation program, will address how the online professional development practices of the state-level programs can inform the preparation of preservice teachers to teach online.

Research Alliance: Educator Effectiveness

Audience: The primary audience for this event will include: (1) K-12 virtual education program administrators, (2) K-12 school and district personnel who currently use online courses, (3) K-12 school and district personnel who are considering the use of online courses and (4) state-level administrators and policy makers, many of whom are considering programs and policies designed to increase students’ access to online learning activities (REF). The event also is likely to appeal to online learning researchers.

Speakers: Pam Jacobs, Ph.D. – American Institutes for Research
Peggy Clements, Ph.D. – Education Development Center
Cindy Hamblin, Illinois Virtual School
Ronda Eshleman, Indiana Online Academy
Michele Nickels – Wisconson Virtual School
Mary Herring, University of Northern Iowa, College of Education

Report Citation: Council of Chief State School Officers. (2011, April). Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) Model Core Teaching Standards: A Resource for State Dialogue. Washington, DC.

International Association for K-12 Online Learning. (2011, October). iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching (v2). Vienna, VA.

Young, P. (2011). InTASC model for teaching style. Washington, DC: Council of Chief State School Officers