AREA1_PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT – Pla Digital Educatiu

Area 1. Professional Engagement

The professional engagement of teachers is expressed through the protection of the well-being of students and their adequate intellectual, physical and psychological development, participation in the centre, collaboration with families, responsible action in the environment and with their own professional development. Therefore, the digital competence of teachers should not only refer to the ability to use digital technologies to improve education and learning, but also for the proper performance of all tasks related to professional practice.

1.1 Organizational communication

Description. To use digital technologies established by the Educational Administrations or, where appropriate, by the owners of the centre, to enhance organisational communication strategies between the agents of the educational community and these with third parties. To contribute to the improvement of such strategies and the projection of the institutional image of the organisation.

Knowledge and application in controlled environments of the digital technologies proposed by the Educational Administrations (AE) or the owners of the centre to improve communication and the projection of the institutional image of the organisation.

Integration of digital technologies to guarantee communication established by the AE or by the holders of the centre in the professional performance.

Research, evaluation and design of new organisational communication strategies in educational contexts.

1.2 Participation, collaboration and professional coordination

Description. To use digital technologies to participate in the collegiate governing and teaching coordination bodies of the centre, to coordinate with the members of the teaching teams, of the educational guidance and support services, as well as to collaborate with teachers from other centres, educators and members of other institutions in the development of specific plans and projects promoted from the educational centre.

Knowledge and guided implementation of digital technologies for participation in governance and teaching coordination bodies.

Use of the centre’s digital technologies for teacher participation and coordination and transfer of collaboration strategies to the development of institutional projects.

Innovation of professional practices in the teaching division, coordination and
collaboration through digital technologies.

1.3 Reflective practice

Description. To individually and collectively reflect on, critically assess and actively develop one’s own digital pedagogical practice that is developed in the classroom and in the centre in order to apply the improvements identified through this process.

Knowledge and guided implementation of models of analysis, reflection and evaluation, both individually and jointly, of the use of technologies in teaching practice.

Analysis and application of digital pedagogical practices in the classroom.

Research and evaluation on digital pedagogical practices.

1.4 Digital Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Description. To continuously develop professional teaching skills through digital media. To keep the digital teaching competence updated.

Participation in formative activities for the practical application of the theoretical models of professional development on or through digital technologies.

Selection and participation in professional development activities, adapted to their needs over or through digital technologies.

Collaborative creation of new activities and training models for continuous professional development.

1.5 Protection of personal data, privacy, security and digital well-being

Description. To protect personal data, communications and access to devices, within the educational field, to avoid risks and threats that affect the rights and digital guarantees of all members of the educational community contemplated in current regulations. To use digital technologies in a responsible, safe and healthy way to avoid occupational, personal and environmental risks and to guarantee the physical, psychological and social well-being of students when using digital technologies.

Knowledge of the measures on data protection, privacy, security, digital rights and digital well-being applied in the educational field.

Adoption and evaluation of measures on data protection, privacy, security, digital rights and digital well-being applied in the educational centre.

Design and implementation of measures for the protection of personal data, privacy, security, digital rights and the digital well-being of the educational community.