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1. About SETDA 2. National Leadership Institute 3. SETDA Initiatives 4. Additional State Examples |
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Founded in the fall of 2001, the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) is the principal association representing the state directors for educational technology. SETDA's goal is to improve student achievement through technology. Our mission is directed by three organizational principles 1) to promote national leadership in educational technology to support achievement in lifelong learning; 2) to provide professional development for state educational technology directors; and 3) to build partnerships to advance learning opportunities.
SETDA's membership includes educational technology directors and staff from the state departments of education of all fifty states, the District of Columbia and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. As members of SETDA, state leaders work together in committees, subcommittees and task forces to assess, analyze and propose recommendations on how to improve student learning through technology.
Through regular conference calls, meetings and electronic communique, SETDA members regularly exchange information on how to effectively improve student learning and teaching through technology.
Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), SETDA has hosted two National Leadership Institutes where state participants worked hand-in-hand with content experts and key people from the United States Department of Education to produce the 2002 and 2003 SETDA National Leadership Institute Toolkit - States Helping States to Implement No Child Left Behind.
In addition to providing a collective voice about the initiatives mentioned above, SETDA is also involved in the development of the National Education Technology Plan and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills. SETDA also strives to assist and guide education technology leaders by:
- Analyzing trends among states.
- Collecting data across states including the identification of a set of common data elements to help states comply with NCLB requirements.
- Providing opportunities to exchange ideas with other education technology experts during 'Expert Talks' and 'Tech Talks' as well as participation in a Speakers Bureau and the SETDA Book Club.
- Hosting two national meetings for state directors each year, the SETDA Annual Convocation and the SETDA National Leadership Institute.
