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Back to School Kick-Off
In this video, students from Monterey Peninsula Unified School District came together to share their work launching a district-wide equity task force during the district’s 2020-2021 school year.
Equity Task Force Slide deck
This example slide deck by Monterey Peninsula Unified School District showcases how they ran a student-led, district-wide equity task force to create programs and initiatives to advance equity across the district, especially as the community...
White Paper: Launching Forward: Leveraging pandemic innovations to advance school systems
This white paper release from The Learning Accelerator is a companion piece to our Hop, Skip, Leapfrog work to identify pandemic innovations advancing school systems. This paper zooms out from discrete innovation points, highlighting thematic...
School-Based Budgeting with District Support at Hopkins Public Schools
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s shift to providing school leaders with increased autonomy around school-based budgets.
School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support
To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided district-facilitated support to school leaders.
Virtual & Hybrid Learning Model Design Guide Workbook
This tool accompanies The Learning Accelerator (TLA)'s Virtual and Hybrid Learning Model Design Guide. As you navigate the guide, capture reflections, new concepts, and relevant resources about quality virtual and hybrid program design, as well as...
Activity: Assemble an EdTech Leadership Team
This activity supports school- and system-level edtech leaders in developing an edtech leadership team to help translate the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation into action.
Driving EdTech Systems: Assemble an EdTech Leadership Team
This strategy provides school- and system-level leaders a process for assembling a team to drive edtech systems and practices.
Activity: Build a Diverse Design Team
When planning for change, teams make sure that they have a diverse, inclusive group of stakeholders involved in the design process.
Activity: Build a Shared Commitment to Change
When designing change, teams should start with a clear definition of and commitment to why change is necessary.
Activity: District Self-Assessment
When designing change, teams start with an in-depth analysis of the history of their school(s), what is currently working well in the district, and where the district’s primary pain points are.