The Trusted Learning Environment (TLE) Seal Program, developed by the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) and a group of U.S. education leaders, is a prestigious achievement for K-12 school systems that have implemented “strong, measurable, and publicly available” student data privacy practices. Rockingham County Public Schools (RCPS) received the TLE seal in June 2021 … [Read more...]
CETL Certification Grant Available
VSTE has been awarded funding from the Virginia Department of Education to provide grants for up to eight leaders, one from each region, to pursue CETL™ certification, a nationally recognized program for education technology leaders. Grant winners will be enrolled in the facilitated online certification course taking place in Spring 2021 in preparation for the certification … [Read more...]
VSTE CoSN Council News, Fall 2019
CoSN Award Nominations Open Now CoSN member school divisions are encouraged to nominate themselves for the national awards. Learn More: https://www.cosn.org/awards VSTE CoSN Council Online Meeting November 19, 2019, 3:30 PM Sometimes being the technology director is a lonely job. The VSTE CoSN Council wants to help you connect with other technology leaders around the … [Read more...]
Virginia Technology Integration Specialist Named NextGen Leader
Chanel Alford-Campbell, Technology Integration Specialist from Alexandria City, was recognized at the recent CoSN conference as an Emerging EdTech Leader as part of the NextGen program. This program, created by CoSN in partnership with EdScoop, recognizes rising school system leaders. Alford-Campbell was part of the first all-women cohort for the program. According to … [Read more...]
Vote Now for Virginia’s NextGen: Emerging EdTech Leaders
Two Virginia educators--Chanel Alford-Campbell from Alexandria City and Scott Lewis from Frederick County--have been nominated for the NextGen Emerging EdTech Leaders award, an annual recognition developed and co-sponsored by CoSN and EdScoop. This award is meant to recognize and support emerging leaders who are passionate about K-12 education technology and committed to taking … [Read more...]