Successful implementation requires clarity on dosage, continuous support for implementation with fidelity, and open channels of communication across educators, school and district leaders, and the vendor team. Work with the vendor to understand recommended dosage. Collaborate with school leaders and educators to translate the recommended number of minutes, stories, activities, etc. into real lesson plans that account for the authentic realities of participating pilot classrooms.
Strategies for Mobilize & Implement
In partnership with school leaders and educators, work together to translate the vendor provided dosage into actual classroom practices. Work together to outline instructional schedules, curricular integration, strategies to approach anticipated challenges, and a process for involved educators to reach out for immediate technical assistance when needed.
Establish a cadence for the involved school leaders and educators to share updates and status, brainstorm new approaches to challenges, and check in on milestone data. Collaborate to modify the pilot plan as needed based on status updates, challenges, and milestone data checkpoints.
Create a clear plan of ownership for your success metrics. Plan for regular check ins so that road blocks can be identified and issues with implementation can be solved. Everyone involved in the implementation should clearly know who to go to for any questions or troubleshooting.
This resource, developed in partnership with Highline Public Schools, provides a thoughtful implementation discussion framework to support your team when implementing a new edtech in a classroom, school, or district.
This observation tool provides evaluators with structured indicators to measure student-centered personalized learning during active classroom instruction. It focuses on documenting how technology is leveraged to give students voice, choice, and paced paths through material.
This resource compiles a targeted list of instructional strategies and math interventions designed to support data-driven coaching. It serves as a tool for instructional coaches to help teachers align digital math applications with effective classroom teaching practices.
This operational document template functions as a shared workspace for district teams to draft, collaborate, and review internal edtech policy requirements. It provides a structured format to align departmental expectations regarding software rollouts.
This visual reference tool explains how districts can implement a standardized grading matrix to evaluate software platforms before full deployment. It scores tools on pedagogy, user experience, and safety to ensure low-quality apps are filtered out early.
This resource, developed in partnership with Highline Public Schools, provides a thoughtful implementation discussion framework to support your team when implementing a new edtech in a classroom, school, or district.
This resource provides practical strategies and checklists for teachers to successfully integrate new technology into daily classroom routines. It focuses on maximizing student engagement and ensuring software usage aligns directly with intentional lesson plans.
This leadership guide outlines foundational practices for school administrators to take control of the software purchasing lifecycle. It focuses on establishing clear evaluation frameworks to ensure all technology investments serve explicit instructional needs and strict student data privacy standards.
This report examines the first cohort of school districts using outcomes-based contracting (OBC) where software payments are tied directly to student performance benchmarks. The findings reveal that this procurement model drove edtech software usage rates to levels ten times higher than the national average.
Library of free resources with which educators and adinistrators can support momentum to find, buy, manage and measure educational technology easily and effectively. Resources include FAQs, videos, etc.
This case study examines how the Allentown School District builds educator capacity by investing in dedicated instructional technology leadership. It details strategies for creating role-specific professional development pathways that prepare teachers to use AI tools responsibly.
This case study focuses on Indian Prairie School District’s model of using structured learning progressions and core principles to govern generative AI. It outlines methods for establishing strict implementation boundaries that ensure AI tools always complement, rather than replace, human-led instruction.
This case study details how the Indian Prairie School District created continuous evaluation mechanisms, student playbooks, and family guides to monitor deployed AI tools. It provides an operational framework for maintaining community transparency and data accountability as AI scales.
This blog post explores the professional impact of empowering classroom educators to approach edtech piloting with a formal research mindset. It highlights how treating teachers as active data-gatherers and evaluators improves both instructional implementation quality and district buying decisions.
This academic study investigates the methodologies, localized barriers, and frameworks school districts encounter when analyzing educational technology implementation effectiveness. It presents data on how rigorous post-purchase evaluations affect future retention and renewal decisions. There are supplemental tools on page 245, which includes a Technology Integration Improvement Plan (TIIP) Outline.
This blog post provides actionable administrative strategies to bridge the gap between academic educational research and daily classroom teaching practices. It outlines methods for districts to translate complex efficacy data into practical, user-friendly insights that teachers can readily use to guide their technology integration choices.
