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1. About SETDA 2. National Leadership Institute 3. SETDA Initiatives 4. Additional State Examples |
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SETDA Initiatives
The State Educational Technology Directors (SETDA) offers state directors and their staff a forum to discuss and learn about the issues facing them with regard to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB). SETDA believes that bringing technology directors from different states together - allowing them to share ideas and resources and to collaborate with their peers on ways to overcome challenges they each face - is an essential component of assisting these state directors in more effectively meeting the goals put forth in NCLB. Therefore, SETDA provides many opportunities for communication among state directors including conference calls, subsidized meetings, events at national conferences, and informal discussions with peers during committee meetings and on project task forces.
Some formal initiatives include:
Budget Survey
SETDA surveys our membership to measure and analyze budget trends in state legislatures nationwide. SETDA members are offered an opportunity to tell their budget story and analyze where their state fits in relation to the rest of the nation. This information can be critical in soliciting future funds from state legislatures, or allocating state technology resources in the future.
Data Collection: Common Data Elements Project
Each SETDA member has an opportunity to provide input on the SETDA Common Data Elements. These elements are intended to streamline and make comparable data collected among states while also reducing the number of surveys and data collections with which states must contend.
Emerging Technologies Forum
The SETDA Emerging Technologies Forum is a one-day, multi-vendor event where invited corporations with new technologies host focus group sessions to present their products to 5-10 state level educators for feedback. In addition to the focus group sessions, the ET Forum 2004 will include in-depth topic discussions where SETDA annual sponsors and ET Forum vendors will engage in high-level discussions with participating state directors about topics like assessment with handhelds, online safety, one-to-one computing, and virtual learning policy. More than 75 state level leaders participated in the ET Forum 2003.
Leading in Technology (LIT) Course
SETDA's Professional Growth Committee is pleased to announce the Leading in Technology Course. In an effort to help SETDA members grow as leaders, the Professional Growth Committee developed a course focused on many different aspects of leadership and completely tailored to state technology directors. The course involves in-person and online components and strives to create a community of learners. EDC developed and is facilitating the course, and several SETDA members serve as advisors to EDC. AT&T provided funding for the development and implementation of the course for SETDA. SETDA hosted the course kick-off on December 7, at the NLI, with 32 state participants. SETDA and the participants are very excited about this opportunity.
National Leadership Institute
SETDA hosts an annual National Leadership Institute (NLI) in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Education. The Institute is an intensive, hands-on workshop in which work-teams made up of state directors and staff create tangible products and services to aid in the implementation of NCLB and other projects of interest.
National Education Technology Plan
SETDA is a partner in the creation of the National Education Technology Plan. In conjunction with the USDOE, SETDA members from the Federal Policy Committee work to carve out a technology plan to map the future of educational technology at a national level.
State Profile Survey
In the fall of 2003, SETDA conducted its first State Profile Survey. The survey focuses on how states are implementing the NCLB Title II, Part D Programs. Because it will help to paint a picture of education technology across the United States, this survey is very important for our state members and is also useful to other educational technology stakeholders. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia completed the State Profile Survey. SETDA developed a National Report, as well as individual State Profile Reports, based upon the survey. SETDA encourages you to review these reports to learn more about the NCLB state funded programs.
