Transforming a School into a Personalized Learning Environment

The whole idea is to transform the thinking of the staff from that of, sage-on-the-stage to a coach-facilitator, through the integration of technology, which is not going to be easy. The District initiatives that must be implemented are those of NAF and Personalized Learning.  As it stands now teachers in my District are under constant scrutiny when it comes to their practice.  They are in an unending cycle of testing, driven by the State Department of  Public Education (DPI). This leaves teachers in fear,  that their students will not make that arbitrary score on the multiple choice test.  So, the first thing to do is to establish a culture of trust that will allow the staff to left their guard down long enough to try something totally new. That is where putting the the 10 Common Principles, the HIVE mentality and Design Thinking into practice, will help make the transformation a success.