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Strategies
Using a Readiness Assessment to Efficiently Structure Roll-Out
How to determine sequencing for rolling out resources and supports to schools across the system.
Artifacts
Problem of Practice: “Prix Fixe” vs. “A-la-Carte”
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of creating a central “prix fixe” implementation model vs offering more flexible “a la carte” options and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Strategies
Scaling Small Practices Organically
How to provide the right kind of central support to enable each teacher to take the lead in driving instructional change in their classroom.
Strategies
Developing a Culture of Experimentation
How to provide individual or groups of teachers opportunities to drive their own investigation and acquisition of new digital tools or digital content.
Strategies
Inspiring Teacher Engagement by Actively Sharing Their Work
How to inspire pioneering teachers to share their practices both within the network and also to others around the country.
Strategies
Collecting School-Level Data to Create Feedback Loops
How to use data to help teachers and school leaders monitor their progress and gather school-level information that helps the system learn.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Storytelling Built to Engage Community Stakeholders
Most schools and districts have a specific communications strategy built-in to their yearly calendar; however, many of these schools and districts need to work on the storytelling they use in order to leverage communication strategies more...
Artifacts
Edtech Pilot Framework
The Edtech Pilot Framework from Digital Promise provides a step-by-step process to help education leaders and technology developers quickly access best practices, tools, and resources for running successful educational technology (edtech) pilots.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Virtual Comparison Groups: Understanding What Worked, How, and Why
This Insight investigates the use of NWEA report data alongside a virtual comparison group to produce actionable insights when implementing blended learning.
Artifacts
Unlocking Time: School Time Assessment
Unlocking Time is a national project that empowers K12 school leaders to adopt new time strategies that fuel student-centered learning. The project will gain new insights on how U.S. schools structure their time, provide a rich set of resources to...
Teaching Practices
What are critical decision points when measuring to inform and improve teaching and learning practices?
Teachers and education leaders must make a series of critical decisions when beginning measurement to inform and improve teaching and learning practices. This guide provides an overview of three of these decisions and offers guidance on how to make...
