Welcome to HETAP

The Husky Educational Technology Assessment Program (HETAP) is designed to measure an individual's competency according to the 2001 State of Connecticut's Teacher Technology Competencies.

The assessment focuses on the four strands within the State Competenices:

• Educational Technology Concepts and Operations
• Creating Learning Environments and Experiences
• Productivity and Professional Practice
• Social, Legal, Ethical, and Human Issues

HETAP is a three-tier assessment battery built upon the ISTE standards and the Connecticut Teacher Technology Competencies (CTTC) (2001).
Its content focuses on the four main standards of the CTTC.

These include:
a) Educational Technology Concepts and Operations — Awareness and Use;
b) Creating Environments for Learning;
c) Productivity and Professional Practice; and
d) Social, Legal, Ethical and Human Issues.

Further, HETAP is a hierarchically organized assessment that specifies three levels of competence whereby educators in Connecticut demonstrate their ability and skills in effective technology integration in academic settings.
The first level (LI) focuses on an educators’ use for technology for personal productivity and the implication of technology in the classroom to enhance student learning.
The second level (LII) requires educators to come together in a collaborative professional group through an asynchronous discussion system. Through LII, educators demonstrate their technology and planning skills in developing a curriculum appropriate for their specific learning environments designed to facilitate student learning.
The third level (LIII) requires the educator to provide a portfolio of student products that demonstrate student learning resulting from specific approaches and assignments implemented by the teacher. Additionally, the educator must provide a clear link between pedagogy, student products and a systematic approach to enhancing student learning.