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Professional
Development
to Power
Classroom
Success
TEACHING TO TEACHERS
TODAY’S CLASSROOMS
TODAY’S TEACHERS
TECH
With Chromebooks, tablets, interactive
whiteboards, apps and more, technology is
becoming an increasingly important part of
today’s K-12 classrooms. School districts are
rapidly adopting these new digital tools and
teachers agree that making this transition is
critical to improving learning outcomes:
However, even with so much technology at their fingertips,
K-12 teachers need help to effectively use these devices to
motivate their students and enhance their lessons:
Samsung is committed to not only providing classroom-ready
technology, but also supporting schools and teachers with
the resources to drive learning outcomes.
of teachers believe that
modern technology
in the classroom is
important to achieve
success
of teachers agree that
tech in the classroom
enables students to
get more hands-on
experience during
lessons
90%
37%
would “love” to
use technology
in the classroom,
but say they
simply do not
know how
Nearly one-third are
not satisfied with the
support they receive
from their schools in
integrating technology
into the classroom (32%
)
60%
agree they would like to
better integrate technology,
but need more training
Empowering
TEACHERS
IS THE Key
of teachers feel access to
up-to-date training on how to
use technology in the classroom
is important to achieving success
in the classroom91%
1 2 3 4 5
5 Steps to Teacher Tech Training
Start
with the
basics
Host
PD
DAYS
Offer
SELF-PACED
online
training
Build a
community
to share
successes
Create a
tech
support
center
of teachers feel
that training
on tech
fundamentals
would be most
helpful - a
feeling more
pronounced
among older
teachers, ages
43+
say they
would value
a dedicated
professional
development
day, and
57% prefer
for this to be
in-person
Help teachers
become more
tech-savvy
with insights
that track their
progress
throughout the
year
say it would
be helpful to
download
pre-existing
lesson plans
that enhance
STEM skills in a
way that easily
integrates tech
of teachers
surveyed claim
they do not have
a tech center that
allows teachers
to access
resources they
cannot access
from their
classrooms
76%
38%
80%
70%
VISIT SAMSUNG.COM/EDUCATION to learn more about Samsung’s Professional Development
services, the Samsung Educator Academy and Samsung Educator Community.
Source: Based on a survey conducted by GfK of 1,008 K-12 teachers nationwide interviewed between
February 12th and March 2nd, 2015. Margin of error for the sample is +/- 3.4 percentage points.
©2015 Samsung Electronics America
A+A+
excellent!
SAMSUNG
DEVICES
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SUCCESS!
SAMSUNG CERTIFIED
TEACHER
81%