They emphasize their strengths and minimize their weaknesses. They empower others as well as themselves and thereby transform organizations. They live the questions and paradoxes of leadership in a burgeoning age of technology. One key element of the program is intensive technology training. Studies reveal that best practices in successful technology-rich schools include collaborations and planning among school leaders and stakeholders.
Educators agree the nation needs strong leadership to meet the nation's technology goals.
To improve technology training for principals, PLI developed a standards-based curriculum. The presentation will include survey results of participants to determine the effectiveness of PLI's technology-training strand. The Role of Technology in the Urban Educational Environment' The rate of technological advances accompanying the transition to the 21st century is staggering. Students face the challenge of being exposed to a new technology as quickly as it emerges, yet are often schooled in antiquated classrooms. The challenge for educators is to chart a course towards a curriculum that engages students in relevant and meaningful ways.