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Guide: Transformative Budgeting for Digital Learning
This guide intended to assist districts in rethinking traditional budgetary approaches in order to find possible ways to fund technology initiatives by repurposing existing funding sources. The paper offers step-by-step advice through investigation,...
Strategies
Guide: Personalized PD at Dallas ISD
This Personalized Learning Coaching and Development Tool (PL Toolbox) from Dallas ISD maps out clear competency strands, identifies ways to show mastery in practice, and observational guides to drive meaningful reflection and discussions. This tool...
Strategies
Guide: Christensen Institute: Knocking Down Barriers
This policy brief summarizes both the challenges and solutions several California school district superintendents are facing to help other superintendents who are struggling to implement high-quality blended learning find ways to work around these...
Strategies
Guide: Highlander Institute: Classroom Walkthrough Tool
This classroom walkthrough tool, from the Highlander Institute, links instructional behaviors seen at the teacher level to district actions. It is designed to help administrators understand their role in raising the ceiling for teacher practice.
Artifacts
Henry County's “Tight” vs. “Loose” Guidelines
Henry County’s breakdown of responsibility between the district and schools.
Artifacts
Stanford d.School Empathy Interview Guide
When designing change in a district, it is essential that leaders hear directly from students, families, teachers, and classified staff (i.e., those most impacted by teaching and learning). This guide from the Stanford d.school provides in-depth...
Artifacts
Learner Voice & Choice Guide to Conferencing
Teacher guide on how to structure and hold a one-to-one student conference with options for three different structures: An advice-based conference with a focus on relationship buildingAn assessment-based conference with a focus on designing...
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Driving EdTech Systems: Continuous Improvement Guide
This strategy provides school- and system-level edtech leaders with activities to support them in designing improvement efforts that align their edtech systems with the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation....
Strategies
Guide: Communications Planning for Innovation in Education
Education Elements and The Learning Accelerator partnered to create this communications guide which includes a streamlined planning process, real-world examples from eight school districts, and up-to-date resources and artifacts.
Artifacts
District Guide: Financing to Scale Blended Learning
A five-step guide showing school districts how to avoid getting stuck in the pilot phase, and successfully budget for scaling blended learning.
Strategies
Guide: District Financing to Scale Blended Learning
Overview of the importance of creating a multi-year financial plan for scaling blended learning, average cost driver information from various examples, and exemplar funding levers districts are using to pay for this work.
