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Planning checklist
Do you want to incorporate School of the Future innovations into your school? The most important step you can take in transforming any school into a 21st-century learning community is thorough planning. Engage in a rigorous planning process with a full exploration of possibilities, clearly identified critical success factors, and collaborative decisions about core questions before you start to make any changes. This will help to ensure that you end up with relevant and sustainable improvements.
Use this checklist to help you plan effectively:
Join the Innovative Teachers Network
. Connect with a worldwide community of teachers as learners. Share best practices, innovation, and pedagogy. Access free, high-quality classroom and professional learning content, plus a wealth of tools and resources provided by other innovative teachers around the world.
Explore the School of the Future 6i Process
. The 6i Process guides teams as they transform learning communities and provides them with a framework for decision-making. This six-step process of Introspection, Investigation, Inclusion, Innovation, Implementation, and Introspection has been successfully adapted for use in many diverse cultures and contexts.
Read the 6i white paper
. (Portable Document Format file, 1.03 MB)
Watch the video,
Understanding the 6i Development Process
. (Windows Media file, 38 MB)
Discover Microsoft Institute resources
. Attend a three-day professional development experience to get tools and resources to create and support innovative learning environments.
Listen to the
Microsoft Institute Web series
on technology integration and education innovations.
Start using the Education Competencies
. This Education Competency Wheel describes the full range of characteristics needed to help a learning organization achieve its goals and vision.
Download the
Education Competency Wheel
. (Portable Document Format file, 128 KB)
Watch the video,
People: Professional Development and Hiring
. (Windows Media file, 35 MB)
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