Superintendent Panel Questions Continued...

What's your biggest challenge?

-keeping everyone on the same page

-educating new teachers

-communicating the vision and promoting the benefit it will create for students

-focusing on managing all the coming changes

-finding the funding

-transforming the classroom learning by supporting the teachers

-having the patience to go through the process

-changing the culture of education

-continuing the process while still building the plans

What are you going to do to ramp up your game to make a 1:1 initiative work?

-be in classrooms more, do tours, meet with community members, work with companies, share successes, be involved in staff development

-become more of an advocate within my community, communicate with staff our intended direction

-give teachers opportunities to lead, continuing pushing for progress

-communicate clearly with stakeholders, model for staff

-highlight great teaching and lessons, support staff

-create a buzz, allow staff to see 1:1 models first hand, provide resources for teachers to be successful

-learn from others as much as possible

-model expectations for staff