Policy & Leadership

Exciting changes are taking place in education, requiring sound policy and strong leadership that focuses school technology-use on instruction and equity. This toolkit is designed to help school leaders evaluate current policies and considers what might be necessary in order to keep pace in this rapidly evolving world.

Policy and Leadership Toolkit Resource Matrix

An easy-to-use overview of all K-12 Blueprint Policy and Leadership Toolkit resources with suggested uses

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Policy and Leadership Toolkit Overview Infographic

A visual organizer to help support your school policy and leadership efforts

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AUP Examples

Links to a variety of Acceptable Use Policies focusing on student learning

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Technology Plan Examples

Links to a variety of technology plans from both rural and urban school districts across the United States

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Flipped Classroom Policy Implications

Additional details on what this approach entails and the policies that impact flipped classroom

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Making the Right Technology Decisions for your District

One-to-one computing success depends on several issues that must be addressed through research and policy considerations

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Policy Presentation for School Boards

A sample Policy presentation that can be modified and adapted for your own use when presenting to school boards

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Policy Presentation for Administrators

A sample Policy presentation that can be modified and adapted for your own use when presenting to administrators

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Policy Presentation for Staff and Faculty

A sample Policy presentation that can be modified and adapted for your own use when presenting to staff and faculty

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Policy Presentation for Parents

A sample Policy presentation that can be modified and adapted for your own use when presenting to parents

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School Transformation Process

This Microsoft* guide helps school leaders formulate and implement a vision for change.

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Quality Assurance: Monitoring and Evaluation to Inform Practice and Leadership

This Microsoft* resource provides monitoring and evaluation guides and examples for leaders.

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Partnerships and Capacity Building

This Microsoft* resource provides an actionable overview of the four pillars of a PPEP transformation.

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Education Transformation Framework

This guide is designed to underpin the Microsoft* Education Transformation Framework.

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School Transformation Process Poster

This poster from Microsoft illustrates the cyclical process enabling continuous improvement.

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Enabling Transformation

This Microsoft* resource provides a short-cut to best practice, speeding up transformation and avoiding the mistakes of the past.

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Establishing a Vision

This Microsoft* resource shows the importance of a shared, inclusive vision for your school or system.

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Organizational Capacity, Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance – Enabling Transformation

This Microsoft* resource provides an overview of the four main steps to ensuring your proposed implementations align with behavioral change.

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Sample AUP: Forsyth County Schools

Use this downloadable AUP as a model from which you can adapt and create your own

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Sample AUP: Oak Hills Local School District

Use this downloadable AUP as a model from which you can adapt and create your own

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	Tristen Talks About Social Media in Middle School Social Media - What do the students say? Read for ideas and insights from Richland 2 student, Tristen Prescott.	Blog
	Risky Business Doing something new or something different is a risk. Read insights from David Jakes and learn how strategy can make all the difference between success and failure.	Blog
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Policy & Leadership

Policy and Leadership Toolkit Resource Matrix

Policy and Leadership Toolkit Overview Infographic

AUP Examples

Technology Plan Examples

Flipped Classroom Policy Implications

Making the Right Technology Decisions for your District

Policy Presentation for School Boards

Policy Presentation for Administrators

Policy Presentation for Staff and Faculty

Policy Presentation for Parents

School Transformation Process

Quality Assurance: Monitoring and Evaluation to Inform Practice and Leadership

Partnerships and Capacity Building

Education Transformation Framework

School Transformation Process Poster

Enabling Transformation

Establishing a Vision

Organizational Capacity, Strategic Planning and Quality Assurance – Enabling Transformation

Sample AUP: Forsyth County Schools

Sample AUP: Oak Hills Local School District

Educate & Engage 2016: The Parent-Teacher Conference

3 Types of Change Readiness

Resurfacing

Essential Steps for Edtech Success

Running IT Like a Business

Tristen Talks About Social Media in Middle School

Risky Business

Why Technology Matters in Education

The 7-second Edtech Sound Bites that Scream “Disaster in the Making”

The Dangers of Saying 'No' to Edtech

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