Strategic Planning for Your 1:1 Program

1. Strategic Planning for Your 1:1 Program Stewart Crais - Director scrais@lausanneschool.com Stuart McCathie – Headmaster smccathie@lausanneschool.com

2. Who We Are • Annual collaborative, K-12 technology / innovative education conference in Memphis, TN, hosted by Lausanne Collegiate School, July 14-17, 2013 • Over last 10 years: • Over 4,000 Attendees • 834 Unique Schools • 47 US States • 38 Countries • Public and private • Originally focused on 1:1 learning, now expanded to innovate ideas in K-12 education (learning differences, readers/writers workshops, 21st Century Middle School, and more) • Meet, connect, learn! • Lausanne Collaborative, consulting

3. Who Are You? Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

4. 1:1 Programs in the House? Don’t forget: You can copy-paste this slide into other presentations, and move or resize the poll.

5. Introductions • Day workshop condensed into one hour. • District size/type • Your school’s predominant instructional style (traditional; innovative, etc) • Your school’s ability to confront change

6. Mission Mission: Common thread [daily work] Our district’s mission is to prepare each of its students for college [product] and for life in a global environment [process].

7. Key Questions • Who are we? (District Identity) • Where are we going? (District Vision) • How do we get there? (District Strategic Plan – Anatomy of 1:1 Program/Finance) • How do we know we got there? (District Assessment)

8. Mission, Values and Outcomes School Type (Price-Value/Product/Process) School Mission Portrait of the Graduate Characteristics of Professional Excellence Executive Leadership Strategic Plan

9. Sample Value Statements • We create a joyful and challenging learning process. • We encourage continual self-reflection. • We provide opportunities to succeed. • We embrace global mindedness. • We forge meaningful relationships. • We build character through service to others. • We empower individuals to seek their own journeys.

10. Sample Portrait of a Graduate A graduate is [product]… • a seeker of knowledge who understands the importance of intellectual, physical and emotional balance to achieve personal well-being for themselves and others. • a thinker able to recognize and approach complex problems, make ethical decisions and understand and capitalize on his or her strengths and limitations. • a confident risk-taker with understanding of a broad and balanced range of disciplines.

11. Portrait of a Graduate • an open-minded global citizen with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for other individuals, their community and the environment. • an effective communicator who seeks and evaluates a range of viewpoints. • a caring and reflective person who respects the needs and feelings of others and acts to make a positive difference within their community. • an inquirer with a passion to continue a lifelong love of learning.

12. Sample Professional Excellence • Characteristics • Instructional Culture

13. 1:1 Planning Missteps • Absence of a clear sense of vision tied to mission • Inadequate software training and other professional development • Poorly planned Infrastructure • Right people on the bus who buy into the program • Parents • Teachers • Students • Board • Alumni

14. More Missteps • We need to add a 1:1 program, because the district in the next town has one • 1:1 will change our instructional culture • We can provide limited $ to move ahead • Launching a 1:1 program does not need to be in a Strategic Plan, because the School Board / Board Chair wants it. • We believe all our faculty will love it!

15. Right Steps • Clear sense of identity and vision; developed collaboratively • Instructional culture assessment • Ease into it by taking the time to check temperature • Accepting the current and future cost • Provide adequate professional development • Don’t skimp on infrastructure • Tech team • Open communication • Tell people what you are going to tell them • Tell them • Tell them what you told them • Use expertise of other districts • Strong financial plan

16. Data Gathering • Readiness assessment • Curriculum and instructional style assessment • Important constituencies – teacher, master teacher use and receptivity. What are the concepts children in your class traditionally struggle with………… • Attitude/cultural audit – district change, we have been doing things this way for 100 years…….. • Comfortable being uncomfortable • Technology audit – hardware / software • Employee skill audit - beyond spreadsheets……

17. Strategic Planning • Involves stake holders – who, how? • Identifies essential priorities that are educationally based • Creates buy-in without getting bogged down in bureaucracy • Identify messengers / story tellers (faculty who are on board) • No one person owns the plan • Who, how, when, how much, evaluation

18. Anatomy of a 1:1 Source: Educational Collaborators, http://www.educollaborators.com

19. Resources • Lausanne Learning Institute (Memphis, TN) • July 14-17, 2013 • lausannelearning.com • Lausanne Collaborative (onsite assessment, consulting, strategic planning) • International 1:1 Conference (Atlanta, GA) • December 2 and 3 • This presentation, questions: • scrais@lausanneschool.com • smccathie@lausanneschool.com