Background on TETCs and related Publications and Presentations

Teresa S. Foulger, Arizona State University

Kevin J. Graziano, Nevada State College

Denise A. Schmidt-Crawford, Iowa State University

David A. Slykhuis, University of Northern Colorado

In 2017, the U.S. Department of Education, National Education Technology Plan placed the responsibility of the technology preparation of teachers on colleges/school of education and in turn on teacher education faculty (U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, 2017). The National Education Technology Plan explicitly called for those involved in teacher preparation to develop a common set of technology competencies and expectations for university and college professors who support teacher candidates. By establishing a set of clear and useful competencies that apply to all teacher educators, regardless of their content focus, it would help teacher educators teaching in colleges/schools of education move forward in the effort to develop teacher candidates’ ability to teach with technology. Charged with that calling, Foulger, Graziano, Schmidt-Crawford, & Slykhuis (2017) led a highly collaborative research study to develop the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs). By applying the TETCs to all teacher educators, it will ensure that teacher candidates experience being taught effectively with technology throughout their entire teacher preparation program. If teacher candidates experience this type of teaching and modeling with technology, they will, in turn, be more likely to teach effectively with technology in their own classrooms.

The goal of the TETC research project was to develop competencies that would be visionary, as timeless as possible, and accepted among those in the variety of courses offered in teacher preparation programs. What ensued was a year-long, collaborative research process involving several teacher educators and educational technology experts from across the country and internationally (Foulger, Graziano, Schmidt-Crawford, & Slykhuis, 2017). The process began with a review of literature (crowdsourcing) and was followed by six iterations of revisions, informed by an 18-member Delphi panel. The final step involved open public comment. The end result to this highly collaborative, multimethod approach was the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs) (see http://site.aace.org/tetc/) (Foulger et al., 2017).

The TETCs encourage teacher educators to design instruction that utilizes content-specific technologies to enhance teaching and learning; incorporate pedagogical approaches that prepare teacher candidates to effectively use technology; and support the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of teacher candidates as related to teaching how technology is used by learners in their content area. The TETCs support teacher educators’ use of technology to enhance teaching and learning; differentiate instruction to meet diverse learning needs; assess learners; connect globally with a variety of regions and cultures; teach online and/or blended/hybrid learning environments; and address the legal, ethical, and socially-responsible use of technology in education. The TETCs encourage teacher educators to engage in ongoing professional development and networking activities to improve the integration of technology in their teaching, engage in leadership and advocacy for using technology, and apply basic troubleshooting skills to resolve technology issues (Foulger et al., 2017).

During the time when the TETCs were being developed, and in the short time since the TETCs were published, conversations within the educational technology community have been rich. Confirming the direction of this effort, national organizations, whose missions involve furthering the use of technology in education, openly supported the development of the TETCs and served in an advisory capacity. These organizations included: the U. S. Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Programs (CAEP), the National Technology Leadership Coalition, the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE), the Teacher Education Network of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE-TEN), and the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). 

The TETCs have been presented at several national conferences, workshops, and symposiums, and have been published in various formats (see resources below).

EDITOR-INVITED PUBLICATIONS

Slykhuis, D.A., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., & Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. (2019). The Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: So What? Now What? Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 27(4), 431-436.

Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., & Slykhuis, D.A. (2017). Teacher educator technology competencies. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 25(4), 413-448.

Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Slykhuis, D. A., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., & Trust, T. (2016). The Time is Now! Creating Technology Competencies for Teacher Educators. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 24(3), 249-256.

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., & Slykhuis, D.A. (in review). Throw Me a Lifeline: A Professional Development Program for Teacher Educators Managing the Demands from the Coronavirus while Teaching Online. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

Schmidt-Crawford, D. A, Foulger, T. A., Graziano, K. J., & Slykhuis, D.A. (2019). Research methods for the people, by the people, of the people: Using a highly collaborative, multimethod approach to promote change. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 19(2). Retrieved from https://www.citejournal.org/volume-19/issue-2-19/general/research-methods-for-the-people-by-the-people-of-the-people-using-a-highly-collaborative-multimethod-approach-to-promote-change

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Graziano, K. J., Foulger, T. S., Borthwick, A. C., Clausen, J. M., Moore, J. A., Nussbaum-Beach, S., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., Slykhuis, D. A. & Sprague, D. (2020). Action Steps for Systemically Advancing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation Programs. In Gary H. Marks & Denise Schmidt-Crawford (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 440-447). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215779/ 

​Foulger, T.S., Graziano, K.J., Schmidt-Crawford, D.A., Slykhuis, D.A., Chang, Y.L., Christensen, R., Dillon, D.R., Heath, M.K., Knezek, G., Krutka, D.G., Parrish, A.H., Sadera, W.A. & Thomas, A. (2020). Fostering New Research following the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE Special Issue, Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates' Integration of Technology. In Gary H. Marks & Denise Schmidt-Crawford (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 425-432). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215777/ 

​Slykhuis, D.A., Foulger, T.S., Graziano, K.J., Hofer, M., Lee, J.K. & Schmidt-Crawford, D.A. (2020). TETC Professional Development: An Online Program for Teacher Educators. In Gary H. Marks & Denise Schmidt-Crawford (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 474-478). Online: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/215784/

Slykhuis, D.A., Foulger, T.S., Graziano, K.J., Schmidt-Crawford, D.A., Hofer, M. & Lee, J.K. (2019). Meeting the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies through Online Professional Development for Teacher Education Faculty. In K. Graziano (Ed.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 565-569). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. & Slykhuis, D. A. (2018). Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: A Conversation with the Researchers. In E. Langran & J. Borup (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 1055-1059). Washington, D.C., United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

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Foulger, T. S., Shah, M., Graziano, K. J., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., Slykhuis, D. A., Mehta, R., Lyublinskaya, I. & Sprague, D. (2018). Multiple Perspectives on Strengthening the Ability of Teacher Education Programs to Prepare Teacher Candidates to Integrate Technology. In E. Langran & J. Borup (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2041-2046). Washington, D.C., United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

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Graziano, K. J., Foulger, T. S., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. & Slykhuis, D. A. (2017). Technology Integration and Teacher Preparation: The Development of Teacher Educator Technology Competencies. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 2336-2346). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

Slykhuis, D. A., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., & Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. (2017). The Big Reveal: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 2457-2461). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Foulger, T., Graziano, K., Hofer, M., Lee, J., Schmidt-Crawford, D., & Slykhuis, D. (2020). Developing Innovative Teacher Candidates begins with Developing Technologically Competent Teacher Education Faculty. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Atlanta, GA.

Graziano, K. J., Foulger, T. S., & Borthwick, A. C. (2020). Action steps for systemically advancing technology infusion in teacher preparation programs. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.

​Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Slykhuis, D. A., & Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. (2020). Fostering new research following the teacher educator technology competencies (TETCs): Research from the JTATE special issue, preparing all teacher educators to support teacher candidates' integration of technology. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.

​Slykhuis, D. A., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Hofer, M., Lee, J. K., & Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. (2020). TETC Professional Development: An Online Program for Teacher Educators. Presented at the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Slykhuis, D., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., Schmidt-Crawford, D., Hofer, M., & Lee, J. (2019). Meeting the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies through Online Professional Development for Teacher Education Faculty. Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

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Graziano, K., Foulger, T. S., Schmidt-Crawford, D., & Slykhuis, D. (2019). Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: An Introduction. Hawaii International Conference on Education (HICE). Honolulu, HI.

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Slykhuis, D., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., & Schmidt-Crawford, D. (2019). Applying the Teacher Educator Technology Competencies to Science Education. Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE) Conference. Savannah, GA.

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Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., Slykhuis, D., Schmidt-Crawford, D. (2018). Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: A Conversation with the Researchers. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. Washington D.C.

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Foulger, T. S., Shah, M., Graziano, K., Schmidt-Crawford, D., Slykhuis, D., Mehta, R., Lyublinskaya, I., Sprague, D. (2018). Multiple perspectives on strengthening the ability of teacher education programs to prepare teacher candidates to integrate technology. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. Washington D.C.

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Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., Schmidt-Crawford, D., Slykhuis, D. (2018). Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs). The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Conference. Baltimore, MD.

Schmidt-Crawford, D., Graziano, K., Foulger, T. S., & Slykhuis, D. (2017). The Wait is Over: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies Have Arrived. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference. San Antonio, TX.

Graziano, K., Schmidt-Crawford, D., Foulger, T. S., & Slykhuis, D. (2017). Teacher Educator Technology Competencies: Now What? International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference. San Antonio, TX.

Graziano, K. Foulger, T. S., Schmidt-Crawford, D., & Slykhuis, D. (2017). Technology Integration and Teacher Preparation: The Development of Teacher Educator Technology Competencies. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. Austin, TX.

Slykhuis, D., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., & Schmidt-Crawford, D. (2017). The Big Reveal: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. Austin, TX.

Sadera, W., Schmidt-Crawford, D., Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., Parrish, A., Slykhuis, D., Nworie, J. (2017). Employing Delphi Methodology in Educational Technology Research. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. Austin, TX.

BOOK CHAPTER

Slykhuis, D. A., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., Graziano, K. J., & Foulger, T. S. (2020). Professional Expectations for Teacher Educators: The Teacher Educator Technology Competencies (TETCs). In. A. Borthwick, T. Foulger, & K. Graziano (Eds.) Championing Technology Infusion in Teacher Preparation: A Framework for Supporting Future Educators. Portland, OR: International Society for Technology in Education.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K., Slykhuis, D. & Schmidt-Crawford, D. (2018). ‘Breakout’ the TETCs – Teacher Educator Technology Competencies. Invited presentation for the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education (SITE) Conference. Washington D.C.

Foulger, T., Graziano, K., Slykhuis, D., & Trust, T. (2016). The Need for Competencies for Teaching with and about Technology in Teacher Preparation. The National Technology Leadership Summit (NTLS). Washington, D.C.

Foulger, T. S. (2016). White House and U.S. Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology joint meeting, Advancing Educational Technology in Teacher Preparation, Higher Education Summit.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS, Non-Refereed

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Graziano, K. J., Foulger, T. S., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., & Slykhuis, D. A. (2018). Engage with Technology Competencies for Teacher Educators. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Ed Prep Matters blog. Available at http://edprepmatters.net/2018/05/engage-with-technology-competencies-for-teacher-educators/.

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Graziano, K. J., Foulger, T. S., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., & Slykhuis, D. A. (2017). Coming Soon: Teacher Educator Technology Competencies. American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE). Ed Prep Matters blog. Available at http://edprepmatters.net/2017/06/coming-soon-teacher-educator-technology-competencies/.

GUEST EDITORS

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Foulger, T. S., Graziano, K. J., Schmidt-Crawford, D. A. & Slykhuis, D. A. (Eds.) (2020). Preparing All Teacher Educators to Support Teacher Candidates’ Integration of Technology. Special Issue of Journal of Technology and Teacher Education (JTATE).

EDITOR’S COLUMNS

Schmidt-Crawford, D. A., Lindstrom, D. L. & Thompson, A. D., (2020). Technology Infusion: Program-deep, Program-wide, Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 36(2), 82-83. DOI: 10.1080/21532974.2020.1739490