Stage One: Schools typically start with mass device and digital curriculum resource adoption, often without a comprehensive strategy. Stage two is piloting of teaching and learning methods ad-hoc using various technologies. Stage three is when teachers and administrators notice structural stressors including incomplete PD, teacher overwhelm, loss of students to alternatives, and emerging issues that could be addressed with tech. Stage four happens when both teachers and administrations start refining their use of tech, principally aimed at increased student engagement, better workflow, and operational orderliness. Stage five is more precision addressed to PD/training, inventory taking and prioritizing all issues methodically. Stage six is a community-wide address with tech and broad partnering. Stage seven emerges when schools begin disaggregation of their services to provide for partially affiliated students and special personalization. Stage eight is a concerted move towards precision student learning personalization. Stage nine is when the school evolves to “Uberize” fully personalized paths that intersect with teaching based on pace of cohorts or the individual. Stage ten matches current cultural expectations of why we come together and establishes a new relevancy for schools.

According to Chris McMurray, workshop moderator and Vice President, EduJedi Leadership Society, “What we're talking about is really the maturity stages and it's where you are on the on your path. If I put my teacher’s hat back on, that's me spending a whole lot of time doing not what I do best, which is being a human. And so, this particular graphic is interesting because people are on their own path right. In the same way that our student learners are on their personalized path, organizations are along a path as well. And the humans that go along with them are on paths within that. And so, what I'd like to see out there after you think about it a little bit is, where is your system along this path? And, and how are you planning the next step? And, what is the process forward?”

In this workshop, some of the Great Northwest’s finest education minds discuss the path forward, and how to maximize the learning potential along every step.