eMINTS (enhancing Missouri's Instructional Networked Teaching Strategies) is a nation-wide initiative conducted through the eMINTS National Center. The mission of eMINTS is to transform education for all learners through high-quality teaching, powered by technology.
Born in Missouri and now a nation-wide program, eMINTS is the first program officially aligned with the ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (ISTE-T). The eMINTS Comprehensive Professional Development Program has been awarded the ISTE Seal of Alignment demonstrating full alignment with all 23 ISTE National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers. eMINTS is the first professional development program in the world to achieve this degree of full alignment.
The key to the success of this program is not the technological hardware and software put in place, but the professional development and commitment of the educator to teach in a constructivist manner, developing an inquiry-based environment, where teachers become facilitators and students become leaders. Teachers go through this extensive two year program to learn high-quality lesson design, collaborative projects integrating technology, community building in the classroom, creating a classroom website, troubleshooting and managing technology, and building a professional learning network.
eMINTS
In an eMINTS room you will find:
- high quality lesson design with inquiry based learning
- minimum of 2:1 student-to-computer ratio
- Interactive Whiteboards and document cameras
- teachers who know how to integrate and manage technology in the classroom
Students who:
- Direct their own learning with guidance from the teacher
- Become more responsible for completing work because they have a say in what they are working on
- Use computers and the Internet to create a new learning environment
- Become better learners as they devote more time to reading for information and scanning for answers, evaluating and comprehending more from a variety of information sources
- Collaborate with peers and teachers to generate excitement about what is being learned and how it all fits together
Approximatly 80% of West Platte teachers will be eMINTS certified by Fall 2017!
Teachers dedicate 2 years (250 hours) in training sessions and submit a portfolio in order to become certified.
Teachers who are eMINTS certified are recognized on the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website.
Visit eMINTS.org for more information about this program!