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“Fast and Furious” vs. “Slow and Steady”: How fast should we be moving from pilot to scale? What will help us best achieve sustainability?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of accelerating versus slowing down the pace of implementation to achieve sustainability and offers examples of the way systems across the country have managed this tension.
Fixed Strategy vs. Adapt with Experience: How flexible should our district strategy be over time?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of creating fixed versus adaptive scaling strategies and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Prioritize Need vs. Prioritize Readiness: How do we decide where to pilot and how to allocate resources to schools?
This guide unpacks the relative benefits of allocating resources based on the need versus the readiness of schools and offers examples of the way systems across the county have managed this tension.
Letting Schools Define Their Own Pathways in Blended Learning
How to support school autonomy in a structured way.
Building Routines, Systems, and Habits of Mind Before Personalizing Learning
How to cultivate the underlying skills that will help both teachers and students engage productively in a personalized learning environment.
Communities of Practice
How to support innovative teachers to continue to stretch their practice over time.
Teacher Fellowship Opportunities
How to provide peer-supported opportunities for teachers to engage in personalized learning practice.
Partnering Externally to Cultivate Capacity Internally
How to leverage external partnerships to help districts extend or accelerate their scaling process.
Scaling Using a Cohort Model
How to ensure consistency of implementation across the system at a pace that works for all schools.
Connecting Teachers To Actively Share Their Practice
How to help teachers accelerate their adoption of blended strategies in an informed and authentic way.
Collecting School-Level Data to Create Feedback Loops
How to use data to help teachers and school leaders monitor their progress and gather school-level information that helps the system learn.