We created the Real-Time Redesign process through our work with school systems facing increased pressure to adapt teaching and learning to meet individual students’ diverse needs as well as the changing needs of the world around them.
For school sites, school systems, and the organizations supporting them, we propose the following questions aligned to emerging themes from this redesign work.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Learning Accelerator, along with Bellwether Education Partners, created a new networked learning community focused on equity and resiliency called the Strategy Lab. The nine-month, pro bono, cohort-based learning experience supported seven school systems in their reopening planning in the fall and winter of 2020 through expert support and targeted coaching before engaging in a process to make real-time, meaningful, and lasting improvements to teaching and learning.
The design process is transformational and thrilling – but not without its challenges. Here, we surface six common pitfalls, along with potential ways to avoid these same pitfalls, captured from school systems that completed our Real-Time Redesign process as part of the Always Ready for Learning Strategy Lab cohort in the 2020-21 school year.
Regardless of the path you choose for your immediate next steps following a redesign process such as Real-Time Redesign, get specific on what the timeline and major activities look like to keep your school system moving in the direction of your vision.
Where do you go after completing the Real-Time Redesign process?
We see two primary pathways for working toward more equitable, resilient teaching and learning across a school system. It is important to note these are not mutually exclusive. Highly effective school systems often use both processes in complementary ways.
These discussion questions accompany the Activity: Reflect on Equity in Your Pilot strategy card.
This planning template accompanies the Activity: Pilot Next Steps strategy card.
These discussion questions accompany the Activity: Pilot Next Steps strategy card.
These discussion questions accompany the Activity: Pilot Next Steps strategy card.
These discussion questions accompany the Activity: Reflect on the Pilot strategy card.
