Recruitment and courtship precede assignment We will not see robust use unless we have taken the time to demonstrate the worth of the new tools and have convinced teachers that new technologies can make a real contribution. Announcing change without courtship often results in resistance rather than progress. Escape is eliminated We set a reasonable time limit, provide generous support to learn new strategies, build clear expectations into curriculum guides and hold all teachers accountable to offer what the guides prescribe. We remove barriers, eliminate excuses and make the new opportunities enticing. Retreat, regrouping and rethinking are honored Not everything will go as planned.
Smart schools learn as they go, adjusting the plan and modifying strategies to optimize results.
References Becker, Henry. The New Meaning of Educational Change . Teachers College Press. How Teachers Learn Technology Best . Materials published in From Now On may be duplicated in hard copy format if unchanged in format and content for educational, nonprofit school district and university use only and may also be sent from person to person by e-mail.