Chicopee Public Schools is a public school district in western Massachusetts that participated in the EdTech Peer Learning Cohort facilitated by The Learning Accelerator (TLA) in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Educational Technology.
Beginning with developing research questions and then describing methodologies to capture data and share findings, this strategy supports the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation users in reflecting on and strengthening their school or system’s research and measurement practices.
This strategy provides school- and system-level leaders a process for assembling a team to drive edtech systems and practices.
This strategy provides school- and system-level leaders with an overview of effective edtech inventorying practices, foundational for implementing the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation. Leaders can use this information to reflect on their own edtech inventorying practices and to inform systems improvement efforts.
This strategy provides school- and system-level edtech leaders an overview of the stakeholder engagement practices that drive powerful edtech systems. Beginning with identifying key stakeholders, then describing opportunities and methodologies to solicit and capture their input, this strategy supports users of the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation in reflecting on and strengthening their school or system’s stakeholder engagement practices.
This strategy provides school- and system-level edtech leaders with activities to support them in designing improvement efforts that align their edtech systems with the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation. This process walks edtech leaders through gathering stakeholder input, completing this guide-aligned self-assessment, and then reflecting on their results. Leaders can use this information to inform edtech systems improvement efforts.
This strategy provides school- and system-level edtech leaders with a three-step process to understand how their edtech systems align with those outlined in the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation. This process walks edtech leaders through gathering stakeholder input, completing this self-assessment, and reflecting on their results to inform edtech systems improvement efforts.
By implementing a strategic and holistic approach to infrastructure, education leaders can begin to address and find solutions to many of the challenges within education. Using the example of student nutrition, the following steps offer guidance on ways to invest in educational infrastructure.
Community engagement is a critical component to solving problems at the local, state, and/or federal level. This resource helps leaders understand what steps to take to effectively engage and leverage their community connections and respond to real needs.
This resource for education leaders aims to provide step-by-step guidance toward addressing policy in order to establish sustainable K-12 programs and transformation.
