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Early Adopters   Year 2, Leadership Goals:

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... // Math classrooms are all flipped // ||
 * || //**Consider**...// || //notes, evidence, examples, resource links, etc.// ||
 * =**Vision**= || * **Where is your building headed?**
 * **Practice,learn & understand good digital citizenship**
 * **Teacher intuitively reaches for a digital instead of paper & pencil**
 * **All stakeholders need to be educated on fact that all students will regularly and routinely work in a digital environment**
 * || // Teachers have Edmoto pages where they upload preview lessons, homework etc //
 * =**A Closer Look**= || * **Under which F&D Focus Area will you center your efforts this coming year?**
 * Global Communication
 * Information Literacy
 * Student Owned Learning
 * Digital portfolios
 * Goal setting
 * students assume different roles within the digital learning farms
 * students will become comfortable with digital learning environments
 * students more engaged in the learning process
 * || Student owned learning

Students will become comfortable with their own learning || some intermediate some novice ||
 * =Grain Size= || * **What requisite skills will students need to develop to attend to this focus area?**
 * Understand & use wikis, Edmotos & blogs - other environments should follow ie. google apps.
 * collaboration, communication, & maintain focus
 * **Which thread have your early adopters chosen to weave through their practice this coming year?**
 * student owned learning || Wiki's and Edmoto ||
 * < =**Leadership**= ||< * **Who is leading the way?**
 * Leadership team ||< Leadership team. EA teachers ||
 * ==**Staff Capacity**== || * **What is the capability of the instructional staff?**
 * **5 - 7 advanced**
 * **some intermediate**
 * **many novice**
 * **How might you develop or build this capacity?**
 * **Opportunities for teacher sharing**
 * **Principal modeling examples of the digital world**
 * Tweet out examples
 * Create a symbaloo or blogs of supporting ideas
 * **Who are the capacity builders on your campus?**
 * **Technology core team**
 * **students** || 10 advanced
 * **students** || 10 advanced
 * =**Instructional Practices**= || * **Where do models of best practice exist?**
 * **What elements of strength do each offer?** || 6th grade math, 6th grade SS
 * **What elements of strength do each offer?** || 6th grade math, 6th grade SS

Tech savvy ||
 * =**Learning Commons**= || * **What is the role of the library media program in the development of your early adopters?**
 * **The librarian will be an integral part of the early adopter development by coteaching with the early adopter teachers within the library space**
 * **Using the library space & its facilities as a place where early adopters can take advantage of using the technology** ||  ||
 * =**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?** ||  ||