Visioning

All education system leaders face choices about how to lead change in a way that maximizes benefits to students. These choices include how to set a clear and coherent vision to guide change, as well as how to implement and scale those changes effectively. Leaders can work to tailor their approach to change to their own system and bring together stakeholders to develop and integrate a shared vision for the future.

Below, find strategies and resources for:

Strategy Development
Vision Development
Leadership Decisions

Strategy Development

Vision Development

Leadership Decisions

Strategy Development

Clear Filters

0 strategy

0 strategies

One person leads a discussion, holding paper in his hand and gesturing toward it with a pen while others look on

Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Pilot

Take time to step back and ensure that your solution has the desired impact

Man works with young student, smiling at laptop, pencil in hand

Novi Community School District

Using Data to Advocate for Changes in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Models

Advocating for changes to virtual and hybrid learning models through data use

A group of children are sitting around a table in a classroom.

Making Sense of Your Data Findings for Advocacy

Connecting your insights with actionable advocacy steps

image of Virtual-Coaching-for-Teachers.png

Ector Country Independent School District

Virtual Coaching for Teachers

Using technology to create access to coaching for educators

image of MatchSolution.png

Activity: Match the Right Solution to Your Problem

How to narrow your set of potential solutions to one aligned idea

Closeup of person typing at laptop keyboard with a pencil in hand

Collecting School-Level Data to Create Feedback Loops

“Not only can schools track their development, but they are also honing their understanding of personalized learning.” (Kimberly Richards)

image of UxbridgeProfile-strat.png

Uxbridge Public Schools

Driving EdTech Systems: Uxbridge Public Schools

What does edtech systems improvement look like in practice?

Teacher and student sit at desk, talking, sitting in front of laptop

Scaling Small Practices Organically

“Micro-changes add up.” (Michael Fauteux)

Two students stand at whiteboard, one writes in marker on the board while the other looks on

Centralizing Design Capabilities to Drive Decentralized School Strategies

“People think of district change as a three-year move, but it’s not. We have to think about long-term sustainability.” (Deagan Andrews)

image of ChicopeeProfile_strat.png

Chicopee Public Schools

Driving EdTech Systems: Chicopee Public Schools

What does edtech systems improvement look like in practice?

Teacher watches student with headphones on work on tablet

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)

image of BrainstormSolutions.png

Activity: Brainstorm Solutions and Refine Ideas

Ideate a range of potential solutions to your problem

Teacher sits, showing small poster board to students and gesturing toward it with a marker in hand

Pleasant View Elementary School

Pleasant View’s Journey to Blended Learning

How and Why Pleasant View Adopted Blended Learning

Student smiles at adult, sitting near laptop, at desk

Gulfport Virtual Academy

Gulfport Virtual Academy's Approach to Teacher and Student Capacity

How a virtual school supported students learning asynchronously through new technologies and teaching practices

Teacher sits on floor in classroom, chin in hand, as students around her talk

White Paper: Look Both Ways

A framework to help education leaders navigate through competing approaches to system-wide change

image of StakeholdersEdtech-strat.png

Driving EdTech Systems: Engaging Stakeholders

Powerful edtech systems consistently engage stakeholders

Two students work together, one student, with pencil in hand, gestures at paper

Developing a Culture of Experimentation

“It’s not pilot, then scale everywhere. We are developing a culture where experimenting can happen.” (Deagan Andrews)

image of LeveragingCommunity_strat.png

Leveraging Community Engagement to Solve Complex Problems

Step-by-step guidance to engaging the community in support of K-12 transformation

People sitting in a row, writing in notebooks

Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Solution

Take time to step back and ensure that your proposed solution is an equitable one

image of School-Based-Budget-Decision-Making-with-District-Facilitated-Support.png

Hopkins Public Schools

School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support

Providing school leaders with school-based autonomy for budgeting