Artifact Reflection

Title of Artifact: Tech Ed Mission and Goals Date: _May, 2002

This artifact outlines the specific Mission and Goals for the Technology Education program at Marshall Middle School. I drafted the document my first year as Chairperson of my department, in 2001, when it became apparent that the old goals needed revising, as they still applied to a more traditional Industrial Arts type of program. In May of 2002, I revised the document once again, to satisfy the needs of the "Teaching Technology Education" graduate class I was taking.
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This artifact primarily addresses Standard 7: Planning. I believe this artifact primarily addresses this standard because setting a mission and goals for the program curriculum creates a clear plan for achievement through that curriculum.

This artifact secondarily addresses Standard 1: Content; Standard 2: Development; and Standard 10: Collaboration. The mission and goals incorporate subject area content into the plan, which helps to develop a set of expectations and achievements. Collaboration with my colleagues was necessary in coming together with an idea of the goals of our program.

I believe this artifacts best aligns with KSD1c: Selects Instructional Goals. The Mission and Goals statement identifies the global instructional goals of the program along with a description of specific technology modules they will complete. A statement of expected student objectives is included..

This alignment secondarily addresses the following KDS Standards:
1. KSD1e. Designs Coherent Instruction

I learned that my view of what I felt were the most important goals were a little different than those of my colleagues, yet not far removed. Together we were able to come together in our mission statement, and also set common goals of our program. Additionally, this activity required a re-visiting of state standards in technology, which is always a good reminder of what are students are expected to learn by the time they leave middle school.