Wilchester+Elementary



Early Adopters  Year 2, Leadership Goals:  
 * Working alongside teachers more regularly (ex. being included on classroom user groups)
 * Raising awareness for larger staff population (including parents)
 * Facilitating our existing Early Adopters adopting a "buddy" to mentor them in current practices
 * Develop a platform for checking in with Early Adopters more often

The questions below are meant to be a starting point, as you consider and shape your effortsto challenge learners in authentic, meaningful and relevant ways.

Please add additional questions and thoughts, as they arise...
 * || //**Consider**...// || //notes, evidence, examples, resource links, etc.// ||
 * =**Vision**= || * **Where is your building headed?** || // WCE Campus Home Page //

This coming year, we will be focusing on increasing authentic usage of digital tools & environments in selected Early Adopter classrooms. The goal is to broaden our student's global awareness by incorporating interactive communication pathways. ||
 * =**A Closer Look**= || * **Under which F&D Focus Area will you center your efforts this coming year?** || Global Communication ||
 * =Grain Size= || * **What requisite skills will students need to develop to attend to this focus area?**
 * **Which thread have your early adopters chosen to weave through their practice this coming year?** || Communication

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 * < =**Leadership**= ||< * **Who is leading the way?** ||< The building principal, iCoach, and selected classroom teachers. As well the assistant principal and resource media director will be assisting in these efforts as needed. ||
 * ==**Staff Capacity**== || * **What is the capability of the instructional staff?**
 * **How might you develop or build this capacity?**
 * **Who are the capacity builders on your campus?** || Our teachers utilize digital tools on a daily basis (mainly in instructional stations). They are familiar with digital environments, but do not engage with these tools consistently.

Teachers will be become technology facilitators and learn along with the students

Technology will be integrated to enrich students' learning

Early Adopters, I-Coach, Principal, Assistant Principals ||
 * =**Instructional Practices**= || * **Where do models of best practice exist?**
 * **What elements of strength do each offer?** || Early Adopters ||
 * =**Learning Commons**= || * **What is the role of the library media program in the development of your early adopters?** || Our resource media director will be available to work with students and teachers in facilitating and navigating the appropriate usage of selected digital tools and environments. She will also support teachers in creating lessons and activities as they relate to our global communication focus. ||
 * =**Staff Development**= || * **In what ways will your early adopters be encouraged to develop a nuanced understanding of the requisite skills our learners need to be life ready?**
 * **In what ways will your early adopters be encouraged to...**
 * **push the edges of expected practice**
 * **take risks**
 * **embrace failure**
 * **document their process**
 * **mine their mistakes**
 * **iterate** ||  ||
 * =**Pedagogical Development**= || * **How will teachers be encouraged to consider their daily practice,** **as it relates to technology, content & the creation of knowledge?**
 * **What opportunities will be available for your early adopters to continue their own learning in the context of their practice?** ||  ||
 * =**Accountability**= || * **What evidence might you collect with your early adopters to show your campus plan is producing learning gains?** ||  ||
 * =**Planning**= || * **How is the current vision of your building being acted upon and continuing to evolve?**
 * **How do the focus area(s) you've selected for next year support that vision?**
 * **At what point will students being invited into the conversations?**
 * **How will you include students as contributing members in early adopter planning sessions?**
 * **What ideas do you have for the full day each month of campus PD**? **How might we best support your efforts during that time?**
 * **In what way(s) will early adopters be supported between monthly sessions?**
 * **How might you address some of the more pressing "Yeah, but...."s on your campus?**
 * **What resources can the District provide to support your efforts on this front?** || //// ||
 * =**Communication**= || * **How will you communicate what your building is doing?**
 * **How will you invite other stakeholders to engage in the conversation?**
 * **How will you invite and engage global colleagues and peers to learn along side your early adopters?**
 * **Of what benefit will it be to network with the 4 other "early adopter" campuses?** ||  ||
 * =**Connections**= || * **How do your vision & efforts align with the mission of the district?**
 * **To which focus area(s) in the Findings & Directions document does your work most closely align?** ||  ||
 * =**Communication**= || * **How will you communicate what your building is doing?**
 * **How will you invite other stakeholders to engage in the conversation?**
 * **How will you invite and engage global colleagues and peers to learn along side your early adopters?**
 * **Of what benefit will it be to network with the 4 other "early adopter" campuses?** ||  ||
 * =**Connections**= || * **How do your vision & efforts align with the mission of the district?**
 * **To which focus area(s) in the Findings & Directions document does your work most closely align?** ||  ||
 * **To which focus area(s) in the Findings & Directions document does your work most closely align?** ||  ||