engineering, architecture, graphic design, media, health care, marketing, sales, and much more.

As a condition of involvement, our partner companies have requested that we only nominate interns who can communicate, collaborate, create, and function effectively as part of a team. The new global workplace has a different set of skills students must master in order to be successful, and information, media, and technology literacy are crucial components of this skills set. While this is an exciting and challenging time, it is undeniable that students in ourJune 1,are not fully prepared for district 20XX what lies before them. We cannot afford to send students out into a world of endless opportunities without the skills needed to be competitive in the global workplace. Digital-age students must be provided a learning environment that takes them beyond the classroom walls and empowers them to learn, live, and work successfully today and tomorrow. It is our belief that educational technology standards promote this transformation in education and provide the roadmap to student success in a global and digital world.

Dr ., Sunny Spot, TX

5 10 0 Cha se Aw a y L n., F ar ew ell , T X

McCorked Independent School District

(936) 284-3224 M cCoo l S chool @M c CoolI SD .edu

Dear Novice Teacher Mentoring Committee,

Undoubtedly, rapid advances in technology and society in general are putting new demands on educators and district wide your role to reduce high schools turnover As part of a students, makinginitiativein transitioning our teacherfrom Industrial Age to Digital Age places unprofessionalism, Educational technology facilitators: related to of learning fundamental.McCorked ISD is assembling a Inspire a shared vision for the comprehensive integration of technology to promote Novice Teacher Mentoring Committee to plan professional excellence and support transformational change throughout the instructional environment developments once a month starting effectively for Congratulations, Assist teachers in using technology in the fall. assessing student learning, differentiating becauseinstruction,commendable professionalism you have been experiences for all of your and providing rigorous, relevant, and engaging learning students your principal to represent your school on this nominated by Create committee. and support effective digital-age learning environments Model and promote digital citizenship In short, you possess the professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions in content, pedagogical, Thetechnological areas this classroom teachers must exhibit to have a direct positive impact on and overall goal of that committee is to help novice teachers student learning and technology literacy. manage ongoing challenges that threaten their professional roles.

The committees first task will be to organize specific subTherefore, I need your assistance in professionally developing high school teachers in our district to committees around for global citizenship. To accomplish this task, I have organized you into five better prepare students major issues associated with educator dismissal. Subsequently, before the beginning of school, I am skills specific collaborative teams: Communication and Collaboration asking that each sub-committee develop and deliver a two (2) hour Research and Information Fluency professional development pertaining to the given issue.
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Each teams goal is to develop an interactive multimedia survival guide that realistically prepares and inspires for your the exciting challenges ahead. McCorked regarding this task will be Thank youteachers forcontinued commitment to More specificsISD. outlined in upcoming correspondence. Although this is a significant request, we know that with your support, our teachers can arm students with the skills needed to compete for these internships.

Sincerely,
Sincerely,

Dr. Dewey Mediately Assistant Superintendent Dr. Dewey MediatelyCurriculum & Accountability McCool Independent School District

Interim Assistant Superintendent - Human Resources McCorked Independent School District