Planning Guides
Planning Guide for AI: A Framework for School Districts
The AI Guide serves as a practical companion for educators, assisting in the strategic and effective employment of AI technologies within learning environments.
Strategic Planning
Policy Development
Professional Development
Learning Experience Design
Operational Efficiency
Definitions Guide for Online Learning
It's essential to establish a common vocabulary and clear definitions in the field of online and blended learning. Common terminology ensures that everyone involved has a shared understanding of key concepts, which can lead to more effective communication and decision-making.
Emergency Remote Learning
Online Learning
Online Programs
Concurrent or Remote Instruction
Virtual Schools (also referred to as Cyber Schools)
Locally Developed Digital Content Guide
Course development and operational practice is critical in the management of digital content and if not planned out it can jeopardize the ability to scale online learning operations. At a minimum checkout the checklist to support conversations with other stakeholders.
Definitions, Models, Roles
Overview & Key Questions
Digital Content Strategy Checklist
Responsibilities, Recommendations, and Examples
Resources/Templates
Getting Started with Elementary Online Learning
Make this resource work for you and your program by reviewing the parts that are most important to the stage of your program, or review the entire resource beginning to end to get a full scope of what is integral to beginning an online learning program. This series is divided into three parts:
Part 1: Basic Planning to Get Started
Part 2: Getting Started with Implementation
Part 3: Continuous Improvement
District Playbook for Online and Blended Learning
This playbook reflects areas where districts may want to explore while planning for the transition to online learning:
Invest in Professional Learning
Expand Summer Learning Options
Expand Access to Online Courses
Consider Providing Families Part or Full-Time Virtual Choice
Establish an Interoperable Learning Ecosystem
Community Communications
Reflecting for Continuous Improvement
Leverage the Continuous Improvement: Planning for Quality 2.0 guide to support quality review and individual program reflection aimed at continuous improvement.
Reflect on the critical conversation
Focus on a few areas of improvement
Decide where you have an opportunity to improve and create next steps
Identify the right team members who can contribute to the continuous improvement efforts