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

Superintendent Panel Overview:

Take-aways?

-superintendents have opportunities to change communities

-it's more about changing cultures and PLCs than about the technology tools

-caring about kids is most important

-creating a detailed plan of action with the right people in place is critical

-ready to build teams, collaboration, and an interdependence

-when the community embraces the vision, change is permanent

-put students first

-ready to help our teachers become successful

Why is this digital conversion topic important to you professionally and personally?

-have my own children and want the best for them

-seen how a 1:1 initiative can get students engaged in learning

-implementing a 1:1 takes us out of the cycle of education "rut" and increases learning in young people

-personal faith drives decisions for school

-aiming for excellence

-share the excitement with your teachers and school leaders

-passionate about what's best for students: whatever we have to do

-gives us an opportunity for a positive direction

-we celebrate learning

-it's a better way to do school

-kindergarteners teaching school admins...kids know more than we do

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