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Rebekah Gibbs

ISTE Certification
Updated June, 2022

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Rebekah Gibbs, Instructional Technology Specialist, Caddo Parish Public Schools encompasses the flavor and
diversity of the community we serve. Our district comprises 58 schools representing students from rural,
suburban and urban areas of Caddo Parish. Caddo is home to 12 National Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence
earning 15 awards as designated by the U.S. Department of Education while boasting several of the state’s top-
performing schools. The district is currently home to 10 students with perfect ACT scores and 16 National Merit
Scholarship Finalists. As one of the largest school districts in the state of Louisiana, Caddo serves
approximately 37,000 students in grades pre kindergarten through 12th grade. Mirroring the community we serve,
71 percent of students attending Caddo Parish Public Schools represent minority populations with 72 percent of
students in poverty. As an Instructional Technology Specialist my students are teachers in which my role is
enhancing the learning environment with the usage of technology-based strategies. In our department, it is our
goal to explore, implement and model effective instructional strategies using technology. I provide professional
development opportunities through various models such as one on one coaching, PLC small group, as well as
district wide opportunities.

Link to artifacts folder/space: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1r8q70uwH--zzCVgCCUU_X73-VivJenAG?

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Link to reflection document/artifact:

Artifact(s) Links Contextualization of Artifact &

ISTE Description of Implementation
Criteria Please use naming
Standard convention Please provide 1 unique contextualization per each criterion.
“LastName_Artifact#”

1. The educator reflects Insert the link to your reflection document here.
on his/her application of

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the ISTE standards and

goals for using them in
the future.
1. Learner 2. Set professional Artifact 1: For my role, I also had to create professional
learning goals. learning goals. I’ve started working towards my goals
and outlining the actions I have taken. My artifacts
would include training I have provided, as well as
Gibbs_Artifact1 images of me conducting those learning moments.
3. Actively participate in As part of the Teacher Technology team I am
a local or global digital responsible for posting current up to date technology
network. resources. In addition to posting, we share our training
at conferences and at our district. (LACUE,ISTE, FETC)
In addition, I am part of the 2020 Smithsonian teacher
cohort and actively participate in the following which is a
global group of teachers:
■ Check out the Resources page to see what teaching
materials, conferences, and tech TII participants recommend
for the classroom as well as resources from the past two
summers
@CPPSTeacherTech
■ Have a resource you want to share with others? Fill out this
form to have it added to the Big PD Resource List
Twitter
https:// ■ Head to the TII Facebook page for informal conversations
sites.google.com/si.edu/ about classroom ideas, resource sharing, and celebrations!
tii2022

4. Report changes As part of a training that I attended through the

made to teaching Smithsonian Teachers Innovator Institute I have
practice based on tweaked how I have students look at artifacts, now
timely, research-based Objects Based using Object Based Learning.
best practices. Learning July 2022
2. Leader 5. Promote a shared Gibbs_Artifact3 As a team (Teacher Technology) we have developed a
vision. shared Coaching Model to promote Leadership, and the

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growth of teachers through our LEVEL-Up Coaching

Model.
6. Advocate for Gibbs_Artifact4 I would use the equitable access task recently created.
equitable access. Within the next few months, I will have conducted the
learning opportunity for the group of learners that are
disadvantaged.
7. Model new resources Gibbs_Artifact5 My department and I worked with EduClimber to facilitate
or tools. training to the stakeholders (Principals, Directors,
Decision Makers) to share how a teacher can address a
student as the whole child and not just a portion of the
child's life. This tool shows attendance, behavior,
exceptionality, trends, and a photo to make it more
personal.
3. Citizen 8. Implement learning Gibbs_Artifact 6 Educated Teachers on ways to implement safety in
experiences for action. Responsible, Critical, Safe, and Respectful.
students to be
empathetic and socially
responsible.
9. Promote student Gibbs_Artifact7 As a Teacher Technology Team we put out the word on
behaviors that students taking ownership in their learning and being
encourage curiosity as more responsible with passwords and misinformation.
they critically
identify/examine online
resources.
10. Mentor students in Gibbs_Artifact7 This is ongoing but we continue to educate both staff
safe, ethical and legal and students on the use of technology and the
use, including importance of updating passwords and managing their
intellectual property. digital footprint.
11. Model responsible Gibbs_Artifact7 As a team we created a cute video for students to know
use, including protection Video to reset their passwords and why it is important.

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of digital identity and Middle/HighSchool

personal data. video
4. 12. Collaborate with Gibbs_Artifact8 Kami: Kami was presented by Elise and we worked together
another educator. to make sure the links worked and that it was relevant to all
Collaborator teachers and not just certain subjects or age groups.
Flip:I presented on FLIP in which Elise assisted in making
sure my links worked. In addition we created a FLIP for the
students to have a shared space to show how they will use
FLIP to inspire their students.
13. Co-learn with Gibbs_Artifact9 With my team of Instructional Technology Specialists
students about a new and my students “other teachers” in the district we
digital tool. Gibbs_Artifact10 presented and learned new Tech. Tools at LACUE. I
challenged myself by using TicTok which I was reluctant
to become a part of and found new relevant technology.
I have since created my own Tango’s.
14. Facilitate students’ Gibbs_Artifact11 The pandemic brought about many new learning
virtual meetings with platforms Zoom, Google Meets, TeamViewer, etc. In my
experts or students. department we quickly adjusted by offering synchronous
and asynchronous training. Though the virtual training
was more convenient I found that participation was way
down.
15. Demonstrate Gibbs_Artifact12 I am a part of a cohort that spans across several states.
effective communication We worked on a group project in which we Zoomed,
with all students’ emailed, commented on SlideDecks, and used a Padlet.
supporters. Teachers are very busy and finding one common time to
work was not realistic, so as a group we worked together
to complete a project that required many moving pieces.

5. Designer 16. Accommodate One of the courses that I teach to teachers is Gamifying

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learner differences. Gibbs_Artifact13 assessments. In this session I stress to the teachers

that they know their students and they know their
classroom management and teaching style use what
works for your students.
17. Align to content area Gibbs_Artifact14 As the district coordinator of FLL for Caddo Schools I
standards. helped to facilitate the FLL challenge along with
distributing the material to students. In addition I served
as support for Coaches and Students during the training
and tournaments.
18. Design a digital Classroom Relay As a Instructional Technology Specialist it is my
learning environment. responsibility to monitor our digital learning platforms
Canvas Learning using Classroom Relay/Light Speed/Canvas. I help
Platform teachers set up the monitoring tools, and show them how
Experience as a to communicate with students, parents, and other
Classroom Teacher stakeholders.
6. Facilitator 19. Facilitate and guide Gibbs Shared Vision In this 9 week coaching model, the teachers start off by
learning as students self-evaluating themselves in areas of growth. In the
take ownership of their second phase of the learning the coach observes the
learning goals. teacher to see if the teacher's learning goals align with
what was observed. Through the coaching model I have
the opportunity to guide teachers to reach their goals and
improve their craft.
20. Manage the use of Gibbs_Artifact14 In my district in grades K-2 our students use Ipads. The
technology for learning way that we manage our Ipads is through a company
in a nontraditional called Jamf which organized each Ipad into a small
classroom setting. group. In that small group you can deploy specific apps.
On the teacher's side of things we train teachers how to
use Apple Classroom which is an app that is built into
the Ipad to monitor the use of the Ipad to ensure the
safety and proper use in a nontraditional classroom.

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21. Create opportunities Project Based Project Based Learning is just one way that I have
for students to use a Learning with found that students are given voice and choice about
design process and/or Technology something that they are passionate about. Students are
computational thinking. given voice and choice through the design process.
22. Model and nurture Gibbs_Artifact3 In the Level up Coaching model, I modeled a lesson
creativity. where I showed the teacher various ways that she can
incorporate organic thought. The teacher chose to use
Google Slides as her final resting place for all of her
documents that her students submitted.
7. Analyst 23. Provide alternative
ways for students to
show competency.

24. Use assessment

data to inform and guide
instruction based on
individual student
needs.
25. Provide
opportunities for
students to reflect on
their own learning data.

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