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In order to realize the promise of innovative teaching models at the student level, school and district leaders must establish system-level conditions such as Essential Supports that allow educators to implement the design for students, Enabling Systems and Structures that lower barriers for implementation and accelerate uptake, and Ongoing Processes to align and improve. Learn more about our Innovative Learning Implementation Framework and explore strategies, advice, and tools below.

Framework graphic showing Conditions for Success and Scale; a three-part diagram with a student at the center, labeled "Teaching & Learning Model," surrounded by a large green circle split into 4 parts: Learning Materials & Tools, Community & Culture, Student Support Programming, and Professional Development & Learning. This is further surrounded by a thinner turquoise circle, split into several parts: Policies, Talent Systems, Research, Measurement, and Evaluation, Physical Environment, Time, Finance and Resourcing, Technology and Data Infrastructure, and Communications. The outermost circle is split into the following parts: Systems Visioning, Planning and Project Management, Continuous Improvement, Designing for Equity, and Change Management. The Conditions are as follows: innermost circle- Essential Supports, middle circle- Enabling Systems & Structures, outermost circle-Ongoing Processes.
Learning Materials & Tools
  • Core Curriculum
  • Supplemental Curriculum
  • Digital Curriculum
  • Assessments
  • Software Selection
  • Open Educational Resources
  • Digital Citizenship
Professional Development & Learning
  • Onboarding
  • Professional Development
  • Technology Training
  • Content Area Training
  • Pedagogy
Student Support Programming
  • Comprehensive Student Development
  • Social-Emotional Learning
  • Physical Health
  • Mental Health
  • Identity Development
Community & Culture
  • Student Culture
  • Staff Culture
  • Systems Building
  • Parent Engagement
  • Community Engagement

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Planning & Project Management

An innovative learning model is made up of many moving pieces. By establishing defined systems and routines around planning and project management, leaders can help to ensure their systems’ efforts toward implementation stay aligned and on track, even in the presence of various competing demands.

Below, find strategies and resources for:

  • Planning
  • Project Management
  • Implementation
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Technology & Data Infrastructure
  • Technology Infrastructure
  • Connectivity
  • Hardware
  • Procurement
  • Network Systems
  • Data Infrastructure
  • Data Interoperability
  • Data Privacy & Security
Finance & Resourcing
  • Budgets
  • Finance Modeling
Physical Environment
  • Flexible Classroom
  • Physical Layout
  • Safety
Talent Systems
  • Leadership Pipeline
  • Teacher Pipeline
  • Staffing Model
  • Human Resource Systems
Communications
  • Communications Planning
  • Public Relations
 Time
  • School Schedule
  • Structure of the Day
 Research, Measurement, & Evaluation
  • Pilot Structure
  • Program Evaluation
  • Research
  • Learning
  • Measurement
  • Dissemination
 Policies
  • State Policy
  • District Policy
  • School Policy
  • Data Privacy Policy

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Planning & Project Management

An innovative learning model is made up of many moving pieces. By establishing defined systems and routines around planning and project management, leaders can help to ensure their systems’ efforts toward implementation stay aligned and on track, even in the presence of various competing demands.

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  • Planning
  • Project Management
  • Implementation
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Visioning
  • Strategy Development
  • Vision Development
  • Leadership Decisions
Planning & Project Management
  • Planning
  • Project Management
  • Implementation
Change Management
  • Leadership Development
  • Leadership Choices
 Continuous Improvement
  • Program Capture
  • Program Codification
Designing for Equity
  • Equity Framing & Focus
  • Co-Design with Stakeholders
  • Analysis & Reflection

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Planning & Project Management

An innovative learning model is made up of many moving pieces. By establishing defined systems and routines around planning and project management, leaders can help to ensure their systems’ efforts toward implementation stay aligned and on track, even in the presence of various competing demands.

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  • Project Management
  • Implementation
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Partnering Externally to Cultivate Capacity Internally

“We would not have come as far as we did, or as quickly, without the help of our external partners.” (Kimberly Richards)
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Podcasts: TLA's "What Will We Take With Us?"

Hear how education leaders rose to tackle the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Change Management at Summit Public Schools

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Activity: Match the Right Solution to Your Problem

How to narrow your set of potential solutions to one aligned idea
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Centralizing Procurement Information to Enable Decentralized Choices

“The process for purchasing should be less onerous for teachers.” (Kyleigh Nevis)
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Locust Grove Middle School

Henry County Schools’ Shift To Personalized Learning

Moving from ideas to implementation at the district level
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Letting Schools Determine Their Implementation Timing

“We were intentional about having fewer directives and erred on the side of experimentation and innovation.” (Heather Van Looy)
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Guide: Blended and Personalized Learning Implementation Guides

Explore various ways to implement blended and personalized learning strategically
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Colorado Springs School District 11

Personalized, Teacher-Led Professional Development Days

Modeling remote teaching practices during teacher-led professional development
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Declaring a District Mandate

“When change on the inside is slower than change on the outside, the end is near.” (Dr. Lisa Williams)
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Hopkins Public Schools

School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support

Providing school leaders with school-based autonomy for budgeting
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Activity: Reflect on the Pilot

Use a range of data sources to determine whether your pilot met its goals
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Cisco Junior High School

Cisco ISD’s Redesign Process

Leveraging the Raising Blended Learners grant to accelerate the implementation of high-quality blended learning
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Using a “Soft Launch” to Show Evidence of Success

“We need whole-school exemplars here. That is what everyone is asking for.” (Kevin Connors)
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Activity: Plan and Run a Pilot

Plan to pilot your prototype and measure results on a small scale
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System-Wide Definition of Blended or Personalized Learning

“The vision has to be your North Star.” (Rebecca Midles)
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Activity: Pilot Next Steps - Ditch, Iterate, or Scale

Reflect on your pilot and choose your next steps
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Guide: Blended Learning Implementation Guide 3.0

A comprehensive whitepaper outlining key actions leaders need to undertake to implement blended learning.
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Activity: Define a Problem of Practice

Translate feedback into a clear problem statement that your design team will address
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Cedar Rapids Community School District

Identifying Three Focus Priorities to Direct Improvement Efforts

Concentrating central office efforts on highest impact levers
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Tool: Edtech Pilot Framework

A tool for designing and running educational technology pilots
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Trailblazer Elementary School

Short-Cycle Innovation Approach

Structured testing for new ideas and products with educators
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Using a Readiness Assessment to Efficiently Structure Roll-Out

“Each school started with a question: How will their instruction change when they get new devices?” (Heather Van Looy)
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Scaling Using a Cohort Model

“We learn something with each cohort to make the process as relevant and useful for schools as possible.” (Heather Van Looy)
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Lindsay High School

Lindsay High School Primary Model Type: Individual Rotation

Lindsay has adopted an individual rotation learning structure
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Two Steps to Improve Lesson Planning Through Instructional Design

Utilize instructional design principles to improve student learning and increase effectiveness in lesson planning
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Garnet Valley School District

Cohort Model Support Systems

Specific supports for professional learning and curating content
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Activity: Build a Diverse Design Team

Bring a diverse group of stakeholders together who will help design the future of teaching and learning
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Chicago Public Schools

Virtual Weekly Teaching and Learning Workshops

Weekly workshops delivered virtually to support personalized, remote learning
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Activity: Brainstorm Solutions and Refine Ideas

Ideate a range of potential solutions to your problem
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Chicopee Public Schools

Conducting an Edtech Inventory

Take stock of what edtech tools are in the school system from the start
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Activity: Visualize and Build a Prototype

Create a small-scale version of your solution