1. Teaching Competencies for One-to-One Classrooms: A Reveal to Maryland’s Educators
Andrea Parrish, Bill Sadera, and Scot McNary
Towson University
Presentation for Maryland Common Ground
Ocean City, MD
May 3, 2019

2. The One-to-One Learning Environment
Spires et al. (2009)

3. Create Valid Instrument(s)
Research Overview
National Delphi Study
Share Competencies
Create Valid Instrument(s)
Primary Goal:
Identify teaching competencies needed in student-centered, one-to-one learning environments
Primary Goals:
Publish the results
Present results to researchers and practitioners
Primary Goals:
Develop professional development resources
Examine readiness of teachers

4. Development of the Competencies
Delphi Method = A process for organizing group communication so that experts gain consensus on a complex issue
Participants (Experts): Highly selective process to identify 37 researchers, administrators, support personnel and teachers with 1:1 expertise from across the U.S.
Purpose: To determine the teaching competencies required of educators who facilitate instruction in student-centered, one-to-one learning environments

5. The Delphi Study 1. Literature review led to a draft of competencies
3. Final inventory was determined based on statistical consensus
Those deemed “appropriate” by the panel remained
Those deemed “inappropriate” were discarded
2. Expert panel reviewed and revised draft competencies
Three rounds of online data collection
Expert ratings (9-point scale)
Expert suggestions
Consensus building techniques
1. Literature review led to a draft of competencies

6. The Inventory of Teaching Competencies
Available for download at
Made up of 30 teaching competencies in 5 areas:
Instructional Planning
Instructional Delivery
Assessment of Learning
Classroom Management
Professionalism and Leadership

7. Current Study
Develop a needs assessment instrument that can be used to:
Guide professional development offered to teachers
Determine teacher readiness for one-to-one classrooms
Support teachers in setting personal growth goals
“Can you help me, Ms. Martin? This wasn’t
covered in any of my technology trainings!”

8. How You Can Get Involved
Provide feedback via the sample survey
Subscribe to the project website for future updates and training resources
Share the inventory with colleagues
Sample Survey available at