Let’s look at some sample performance indicators for each KAS Technology concept, along with descriptions of how STLP (Student Technology Leadership Program) resources reinforce and operationalize those standards. This overlay of KAS Technology and STLP illustrates how STLP participation can help students meet the legally required graduation requirement for demonstrating performance-based technology compentency:

1. Empowered Learner

KAS example indicators:

  • Students set personal learning goals with technology, such as recording reading fluency.
  • Reflect on progress using digital tools and portfolios.
  • Seek and apply feedback digitally to iterate on performance. (Kentucky Department of Education)

STLP overlay:

  • STLP rubrics and posters frame these as “I am…” student-friendly statements (e.g. “I set my own tech-enabled learning goals”).
  • Within Level‑Up badge activities and project toolkits, students plan goals and collect evidence of progress (and get feedback from coaches). (STLP, STLP Level Up)
2. Digital Citizen

KAS example indicators:

  • Understand digital footprint, privacy, and permanence of online behavior.
  • Demonstrate responsible, respectful, inclusive online interaction.
  • Respect intellectual property, credit creators, and avoid copying without attribution. (ISTE)

STLP overlay:

  • Projects must model ethical sharing and collaboration, students explain in reflections/documents how they respected digital privacy and credited sources.
  • The STLP materials (posters & Level‑Up) include posters like “I am a safe, responsible digital citizen.” (STLP)
3. Knowledge Constructor

KAS example indicators:

  • Use research strategies (keyword searches, diverse sources).
  • Critically evaluate credibility, bias, accuracy of digital information.
  • Curate and synthesize information into meaningful digital artifacts.
  • Explore real-world issues through digital inquiry. (ISTE, Kentucky Department of Education)

STLP overlay:

  • STLP judges look for student ability to locate credible resources and structure learning artifacts in presentations.
  • Toolkit guidance prompts teams to describe how they researched, evaluated information and selected sources. (STLP, Google Sites)
4. Innovative Designer

KAS example indicators:

  • Apply a recognized design process (empathize, ideate, prototype, test, iterate).
  • Plan considering constraints, risks, tools.
  • Build, test, refine prototypes.
  • Tolerate ambiguity and persist through open‑ended problems. (ISTE, ISTE, ICEV Online)

STLP overlay:

  • The STLP Project Toolkit walks student teams through design cycles: challenge selection, prototype, iteration phases.
  • Rubrics assess how students plan, prototype and refine solutions, including risk‑taking and iteration. (STLP)
5. Computational Thinker

KAS example indicators:

  • Define problems suitable for tech‑assisted methods.
  • Collect or use data sets; analyze and visualize them digitally.
  • Decompose complex problems into parts; model systems.
  • Use algorithmic thinking to design automated solutions or workflows. (ISTE, ICEV Online)

STLP overlay:

  • When students create coding, data dashboards, or algorithms, they explicitly align with rubric criteria (e.g. data‑driven decision making).
  • Toolkit prompts teams to explain how they structured logic and handled data flows. (STLP, Google Sites)
6. Creative Communicator

KAS example indicators:

  • Select appropriate tools/platforms to achieve communication goals.
  • Produce original works or responsibly remix content.
  • Use digital media to communicate complex ideas visually.
  • Tailor message and medium to specific audiences. (ISTE, STLP)

STLP overlay:

  • Projects in video‑media, multimedia, web design, etc. are scored on clarity, creativity, and audience adaptation.
  • The rubric maps to “I can remix responsibly” and “I can design creative digital media for my audience.” (STLP, STLP)
7. Global Collaborator

KAS example indicators:

  • Use digital tools to collaborate, communicate, and exchange ideas with diverse peers.
  • Engage globally or across communities to build shared understanding. (STLP)

STLP overlay:

  • STLP encourages teams to work in groups (within or across schools), and sometimes collaborate online with peers in other districts.
  • Resources like Level‑Up include badges for collaborative challenges and group synthesis. Posters translate these to “I connect with others digitally to learn and build solutions.” (Google Sites, STLP)
How Standards and STLP Fit Together
  • STLP rubrics, Level‑Up activities, and poster kits directly map to each KAS Technology concept, with student-centered language (“I am…” statements). (STLP)
  • Through project-based learning, STLP ensures students demonstrate KAS performance indicators—for instance, documenting their research strategy (Knowledge Constructor), testing prototypes (Innovative Designer), or reflecting on digital citizenship.
  • STLP resources (Project Toolkit, CDA categories, Challenges at State, Level‑Up challenges) give educators clear tools to structure activities that meet graduation-competency requirements under Kentucky regulation. (STLP)