ICT

Competency Standards for

Teachers in Lao PDR

Department of Teacher Education

Ministry of Education and Sports
January 2022
 ICT
Competency Standards for

Teachers in Lao PDR

Department of Teacher Education

Ministry of Education and Sports
January 2022
 Foreword
The development of the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR was
implemented under the Enhancement of Digital Resilience through Competency-Based Teacher
Training Reforms to Facilitate ICT-Pedagogy Integration project. The project is under support
and collaboration of UNESCO Bangkok through the Capacity Development for Education
(CapED) in Lao PDR programme. The project is intended to 1) provide technical support for
national capacity building to develop the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers that are
aligned with national education policies and goals; 2) enhance the capacity of teacher training
colleges and institutions which provide teacher training to develop and implement teacher
training courses with the integration of the ICT Competency Standards into teacher training
courses and teacher education curriculum.

The ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR were developed as stand-alone
and adapted competency standards. The content of the standards includes:

• 3 Proficiency levels: Level 1: Basic Level; Level 2: Proficient Level; Level 3:

Advanced Level.

• D
 omains: Understanding ICT Policy in Education; Curriculum and Assessment;
Pedagogy; Application of Digital Skills; Organization and Administration; and
Teacher Professional Learning.

• 1 1 Standards and 47 Performance Indicators (Level 1: Basic Level consists of 14

Performance Indicators; Level 2: Proficient Level consists of 16 Performance indicators;
and Level 3: Advanced Level consists of 17 Performance Indicators).

The ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR were developed with technical
cooperation from the Department of Teacher Education, the Lao National Commission for
UNESCO, the Department of International Relations, the Research Institute for Educational
Sciences (RIES), the Teacher Development Centre of the Institute for Education Administration
Development (IFEAD), Luang Prabang Teacher Training College, Ban Keun Teacher Training
College, Dongkhamxang Teacher Training College, Savannakhet Teacher Training College,
teacher representatives from secondary schools in Vientiane Capital and an expert team from
UNESCO Bangkok.

The Competency Standards Development Committee would like to express sincere gratitude
to all parties for their cooperation and support in terms of financial and technical assistance
and information which have enabled us to achieve our basic outcomes and to use the Standards
across the country in a unified manner. However, these Standards could be further improved;
therefore, we ask for your kind cooperation in contributing comments to the Committee for
further improvement.

Department of Teacher Education, 28 December 2021

Director-General

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 Table of Contents

1 Overview of ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR............1

• 3 Levels..........................................................................................................................1
• 6 Domains......................................................................................................................1
• 47 Indicators.................................................................................................................1

2 Lao PDR ICT-CST Proficiency Level Descriptions.....................................2

• Level 1: Basic Level.....................................................................................................2
• Level 2: Proficient Level..............................................................................................2
• Level 3: Advanced Level...............................................................................................2

3 Teacher ICT Competency Standards for Each Domain...............................3

1. Understanding ICT Policy in Education....................................................................3
2. Curriculum and Assessment.........................................................................................4
3. Pedagogy......................................................................................................................5
4. Application of Digital Skills........................................................................................6
5. Organization and Administration.................................................................................7
6. Teacher Professional Learning......................................................................................8

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1 Overview of ICT Competency Standards for Teachers
in Lao PDR

• Developed stand-alone and adapted competency standards (pre- and

in-service teacher training)

• 3 Levels:

- Level 1: Basic Level;

- Level 2: Proficient Level;

- Level: 3 Advanced Level.

• 6 Domains:

1) Understanding ICT Policy in Education;

2) Curriculum and Assessment;

3) Pedagogy;

4) Application of Digital Skills;

5) Organization and Administration;

6) Teacher Professional Learning.

• 11 Standards

• 47 Performance Indicators:

Level 1: Basic Level consists of 14 indicators;

Level 2: Proficient Level consists of 16 indicators;

Level 3: Advanced Level consists of 17 indicators.

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 2 Lao PDR ICT-CST Proficiency Level Descriptions

Proficiency
Brief Description
Levels
• Teachers are able to understand the important role of the use of
ICT tools in teaching and learning in all grades, especially to
understand the goals of policies and priorities related to the use of
ICT in education.
Level 1: • Teachers are able to select and use ICT tools at a basic level to
Basic Level find ways to create simple teaching and learning materials which
support and stimulate students’ learning.
• Teachers should be keen on learning basic digital knowledge and
skills through self-directed learning or participating in various
trainings to enhance their own professional learning.
• Teachers are able to have a good knowledge of the use of ICT
tools and apply the digital knowledge and skills they have acquired
in order to effectively facilitate their teaching and learning process
which can help support students’ learning performance.
• Teachers are able to appropriately apply the policies, orders, laws and
Level 2: regulations concerning the plans for the development and the use of
Proficient ICT in education.
Level • Teachers are able to identify, design activities, and apply ICT
tools aligned with the teaching principles which support independent
learning and student-centered learning in order to achieve the
defined goals and priorities.
• Teachers are able to appropriately apply concerned assessment
strategies in the actual context.
• Teachers are able to plan and apply more advanced ICT tools and
digital resources to prepare their lesson plans and activities into
their own teaching practice and suitable for the learning
environment in order to increase teaching efficiency.
• Teachers are able to use ICT to support learners to utilize ICT
Level 3: tools to do their tasks assigned in order to build up knowledge
Advanced through the sharing of experiences and skills such as critical
Level thinking, analysis, creativity and teamwork.
• Teachers are able to create their own learning plans and goals
which continuously reflect on their teaching practices.
• Teachers are able to guide and widely share their effective and
efficient teaching practices and assessment methods with other
teachers.

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 3 Teacher ICT Competency Standards for Each Domain

Domain 1. Understanding ICT Policy in Education

1.1 Know and understand visions, missions and policies

Standards related to the use of ICT in planning, and implement
them in the teaching and learning process

Performance Indicators

Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:

Basic Level Proficient Level Advanced Level
1.1. A1. Identify 1.1. B1. Adapt/implement 1.1. C1. Contribute to
Government’s the Government’s direction, developing and sharing ICT
direction, policies policies related to the use of action plans with other
related to the use of ICT in education, and also teachers and suggest new
ICT in education, adapt the ICT educational policies on using ICT for
and the ICT and sports development educational innovation.
educational and plans to be suitable for using
sports development in the classroom and school 1.1. C2. Develop ICT
plans to the teachers level context to effectively learning visions and plans in
at the school. facilitate their teaching and order to enhance teacher’s
learning process which can own continuous professional
1.1. A2. Promote support students’ learning development and to effectively
and explain the performance. facilitate their teaching and
Government’s learning process.
direction, policies 1.1. B2. Utilize ICT learning
related to the use of visions, goals, and plans for
ICT in education, teachers at the school-level
and disseminate the which incorporates ICT as
ICT educational and one of the school’s quality
sports development standards.
plans to the teachers
within the school,
community and
district.

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 Domain 2. Curriculum and Assessment

2.1 Select and integrate appropriate ICT in planning

Standards
and implementing the curriculum standards

Performance Indicators

Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:

Basic Level Proficient Level Advanced Level

2.1. A1. Understand 2.1. B1. Use appropriate 2.1. C1. Support and guide
curriculum standards ICT tools to support colleagues to use ICT
and select appropriate students to achieve the tools to support students
ICT tools to support curriculum standards. to achieve the curriculum
the achievement of the standards.
standards. 2.1. B2. Design ICT-
integrated lesson plans to 2.1. C2. Support and
achieve the curriculum guide colleagues to design
standards and support ICT-integrated lesson plans
students’ knowledge to support students to obtain
building and active deeper understanding of the
learning. curriculum standards.

2.2 Utilize ICT in designing various assessment

Standards
strategies to assess students’ learning

2.2. A1. Identify 2.2. B1. Use ICT tools 2.2. C1. Support and guide
assessment strategies to design assessment colleagues to use ICT
and appropriate ICT strategies and conduct tools in designing and
tools to assess students’ continuous assessment. implementing assessment
learning. strategies.

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 Domain 3. Pedagogy

3.1 Develop learning activities that integrate ICT

Standards in the teaching and learning process to support
subject requirements and pedagogical approaches

Performance Indicators

Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:

Basic Level Proficient Level Advanced Level
3.1. A1. Select relevant 3.1. B1. Use relevant and 3.1. C1. Support and
and appropriate ICT appropriate ICT tools, guide colleagues to use
tools, applications, applications, and digital relevant and appropriate
and digital resources resources to develop learning ICT tools, applications,
to support students’ activities for achieving the digital resources, and
acquisition of subject learning goals. strategies in conducting
knowledge and skills. ICT-integrated teaching
and learning.

3.2Engage students in a wide range of activities, with

the support of ICT, to promote student-centered
Standards learning with the focus on improving critical
thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication,
and social-emotional learning skills

3.2. A1. Select relevant 3.2. B1. Design ICT-integrated 3.2. C1. Exchange and
and appropriate ICT lessons to ensure student- advise other teachers on
tools, applications, centered learning with the designing student-centered
digital resources and focus on improving critical learning strategies and
learning activities to thinking, creativity, activities, supported by
support student-centered collaboration and ICT.
learning. communication skills.
3.2. C2. Support and
3.2. B2. Design ICT-integrated guide colleagues to
learning strategies and design student-centered
materials to support students learning strategies and
self-regulated learning. activities, supported by
ICT.

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 Domain 4. Application of Digital Skills
4.1 Know the functions of various ICT devices, software
Standards and tools, internet and online resources and be able to
utilize/integrate these in the educational process
Performance Indicators
Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:
Basic Level Proficient Level Advanced Level
4.1. A1. Explain basic 4.1. B1. Use relevant 4.1. C1. Support and guide
functions of ICT devices, ICT tools, applications colleagues and learners in
applications and digital and digital resources in using relevant ICT tools,
resources. the teaching and learning applications and digital
process, and administrative resources in the teaching and
4.1. A2. Select relevant work. learning process, and
ICT tools, applications, administrative work.
and digital resources 4.1. B2. Use relevant
for the teaching and ICT tools, applications 4.1. C2. Support and guide
learning process, and and digital resources for colleagues and learners on
administrative work. learning engagement and using relevant ICT tools,
communication. applications and digital
resources for learning
engagement and
communication.

4.1. C3. Develop and share

digital resources to support
learning.
4.2 Be able to search, access, evaluate, use and create
media and information by complying with media and
Standards
information literacy and digital citizenship skills to
support teaching-learning goals
4.2. A1. Describe key 4.2. B1. Follow the key 4.2. C1. Lead and advise
principles of media principles of media and teachers and learners to follow
and information information literacy and the principles of media and
literacy and digital digital citizenship when information literacy and
citizenship, including utilizing various ICT digital citizenship when
risks and opportunities tools, applications, and utilizing various ICT tools,
in using ICT and the digital resources. applications, and digital
Internet. resources.
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 Domain 5. Organization and Administration
5.1Organize learning environments and manage the
classroom to be conducive for individuals and
Standards various student groups with different abilities and
needs to ensure the efficiency of ICT used in the
teaching and learning
Performance Indicators
Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:
Basic Level Proficient Level Advanced Level
5.1. A1. Explain the benefits 5.1. B1. Plan, organize 5.1. C1. Support and
of an ICT-integrated and create ICT-integrated guide colleagues to plan,
learning environment for learning environment for organize and create
students with different students with different ICT-integrated learning
abilities, backgrounds and background knowledge, environment for students
needs. abilities, and needs. with different background
knowledge, abilities, and
5.1. A2. Select appropriate 5.1. B2. Use relevant and needs.
and relevant ICT tools appropriate ICT tools,
and applications, digital applications, digital 5.1. C2. Support and guide
resources, and teaching resources, for teaching colleagues to select and
strategies to support all methods to support all use relevant and appropriate
students with different students with different ICT tools, applications,
background knowledge, background knowledge, digital resources, for teaching
abilities, and needs. abilities, and needs. methods to support all
students with different
background knowledge,
abilities, and needs.
5.2 Use
 various ICTs to manage students’ learning data/
Standards
information
5.2. A1. Explain the functions 5.2. B1. Use Learning 5.2. C1. Support and
of Learning Management Management System guide colleagues to use
System (LMS) to monitor (LMS) to monitor and Learning Management
and report students’ learning report students’ learning System (LMS) for managing
progress. progress. learning activities, and
monitoring and reporting
students’ learning progress.

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 Domain 6. Teacher Professional Learning

Standards 6.1 Utilize ICT for the continuous professional learning

Performance Indicators

Level 1: Level 2: Level 3:

Basic Level Proficient Level Advanced Level
6.1. A1. Select relevant 6.1. B1. Use relevant and 6.1. C1. Regularly evaluate
and appropriate ICT appropriate ICT tools, and reflect on professional
tools, applications, and applications, and digital practice to promote
digital resources to resources for continuous development and utilization
obtain the knowledge of professional development. of innovation.
content, pedagogy and
technology for professional
development.

6.2 Participate in various communities, share and

discuss resources and best practices of ICT-integrated
Standards
teaching and learning with other teachers in the
wider community

6.2. A1. Identify and 6.2. B1. Utilize teacher 6.2. C1. Actively contribute
seek out teacher networks networks and professional to and share best practices
and professional development groups to and professional knowledge
development groups for identify ICT tools, on ICT-integrated teaching
professional learning on applications, digital and learning in the teacher
ICT-integrated teaching resources, best practices networks and professional
and learning. and professional development groups.
knowledge to support
professional development
goals.

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 Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Peace Independence Democracy Unity Prosperity

Ministry of Education and Sports

Department of Teacher Education No. 2042 /DTE
Vientiane Capital, 28 December 2021

Proposal Letter

To: Minister of Education and Sports

Subject: Proposal for adopting the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR

- Pursuant to the Agreement of Minister of Education and Sports on the

appointment of the responsible committee and participants of the Enhancement
of Digital Resilience through Competency-Based Teacher Training
Reforms to Facilitate ICT-Pedagogy Integration project, No. 7170/MoES,
dated 29 December 2020.
- Pursuant to the results of the National Consultation Workshop on the ICT
Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR, on 1 December 2021, at
the ICT conference room, Ministry of Education and Sports and through
an online platform; and the Workshop on Monitoring, Improvement and
Finalization of the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR,
on 13-14 December 2021, at the meeting room of the Department of Teacher
Education, Ministry of Education and Sports and through online.

The Department of Teacher Education is honoured to inform the Minister

that the development of the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR
has been implemented under the Enhancement of Digital Resilience through
Competency-Based Teacher Training Reforms to Facilitate ICT-Pedagogy
Integration project. The project is under support and collaboration of UNESCO
Bangkok through the Capacity Development for Education (CapED) in Lao PDR
programme. The project is intended to 1) provide technical support for national
capacity building to develop the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers that
are aligned with national education policies and goals; 2) enhance the capacity of

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teacher training colleges and institutions which provide teacher training to develop
and implement teacher training courses with the integration of the ICT Competency
Standards into teacher training courses and teacher education curriculum.

The implementation of the project has been conducted in two phases from
October 2020 to September 2021 and from October 2021 to April 2022. Currently, the ICT
Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR have been developed and presented at the
National Consultation Workshop. The content has been updated based on the collective
comments from the workshop in order to complete and finalize the ICT-CST. Upon your
approval, consultations will be organized to discuss the integration of the ICT-CST into
teacher education curriculum, especially for early childhood, primary and secondary
teacher education programmes, to achieve all activities identified within the project.
The details of the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR are attached.

Therefore, I would like to propose to the Minister for your approval of an

adoption of the ICT Competency Standards for Teachers in Lao PDR, and for your
guidance towards further implementation as you deem appropriate.

Commented by Director General

Vice Minister of Education and Sports Department of Teacher Education

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 With the support of
TH/DOC/IQE/22/014-ENG