JMU NETS•T Certification

Program

[JMU] NETS•T certification has been the most valuable professional development experience of my career. So summarizes the consensus of opinion that teachers in the Shenandoah Valley Technology Consortium (SVTC) have regarding the JMU NETS•T Certification Program, as expressed by Kelly Lineweaver, Manager of the consortium. She says that she does not attribute the quote to a single person because it has been expressed by so many teachers and Instructional Technology Resource Teachers (ITRTs).

Starting in 2003 in the SVTC funded by the Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program and extended statewide via funding from Microsoft Corporation's Partners in Learning initiative in 2005, the program has produced over 625 NETS•T certified teachers and ITRTs statewide. There have been more than 28,000 separate submissions of evidence, reflecting more than 14,000 hours of professional development. * More than 27,600 of these submission have been formally evaluated to date, reflecting more than 9,000 hours of mentoring and professional guidance by Evaluators.**

All in all, it is estimated that the overall collection of teacher portfolios include over 2,000 reusable instructional objects (e.g., lesson plans). The very best of these objects will be made available to educators everywhere starting in the fall 2009 via the Virginia Content Repository.

	[JMU] NETS•T certification has been a wonderful adventure. It has truly been a journey. The process of going through the certification has opened my eyes and my mind. The other day I was doing our first presentation of the year with sophomores in world history and began thinking and approaching it in ways I had not done before. It was a much better lesson for those kids than it would have been without my new awareness.
	Lin Hill Albemarle County Schools

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*	It is estimated that each submission reflects at least 30 minutes of professional engagement on the part of the submitter.
**	It is estimated that each submission requires 30 minutes review by the Evaluator.