The Three Most Important Planning Documents That Guide Your School District
In this episode of “Ask the Tech Coach,” we begin a series of podcasts that will help Tech Coaches create an effective Educational Technology Integration Plan. Join us each week of October 2019 as we deep dive into what goes into creating an EdTech Integration Plan and why it's the single most important document to guide all of our Digital Learning decisions throughout the year.
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What is an EdTech Integration Plan?
What are the Documents that Guide your School District?
Strategic Plan
- 7 Reasons Why Schools Need Strategic PlanningDevelops a Shared Vision
- Organizes Schools and their Staff
- Defines how Success is Measured
- Aides School Boards with Governance Decisions and provides Direction for the Future
- Increases Communication and Engagement
- Keeps everyone connected
- It is focused on Students
- Strategic Planning in Education – 3 Keys to Success
- Creating the Future: Strategic Planning for Schools
- Future-Focused Strategic Planning for Schools: The ‘What’ and the ‘Why’ need a ‘How”Inspires and Unites the Whole School Community
- Helps Keep the focus on the big picture
- Helps schools keep pace in a changing world
- School strategy: A guide to meeting strategic goals and challenges in schoolsWhat is in a school strategic plan?Purpose
- Values
- Context
- Goals
- Plan
- Actions
- Milestones
- What are your schools’ top goals?Attainment and results
- Reducing the attainment gap
- Improving attendance
- New pedagogical techniques and learning strategies
- What is a Strategic Plan?
- Our Approach to Strategic Planning in Education
Technology Plan
- Six-Step process in creating a Technology Plan
- 10 Tips for School Technology Planning
- Developing a School Technology Plan
- A Quick Guide To Creating a Technology Plan for a School District
EdTech Integration Plan
- Planning for Educational Technology Integration
- Cultivating a Tech Integration Plan: 5 Simple Steps
- Five Steps to Tech Integration
- The Five Steps To Effective Technology Integration
- Why Does Your School District Need An EdTech Integration Plan?
- The Five-Step EdTech Integration Checklist
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On the Next Episode
- Episode 65: How To Plan Your EdTech Integration Plan … Effectivly
- Episode 66: How To Include Your Teachers On Your Professional Development Plan
- Episode 67: The Importance of Having School District Buy-In With Your EdTech Integration Plan
- Episode 68: What Happens After You Draft Your EdTech Integration Plan
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