☆ Influencer Strategies ☆
6 Sources of Influence
Source 1: Personal Motivation Make the undesirable desirable | Source 2: Personal Ability Over invest in skill building |
- Invite early adopters and innovation leaders to share how blended strategies have improved engagement and future ready skills
- New district logo just launched (Feb. 2019) with district mission statement. Pilot teachers share how district mission statement connects to technology usage and skills
- Pilot group develops their why statements
| - Ongoing blended learning training offered through a combination of face to face and online platforms
- Consider blended learning book study
- Availability of campus instructional coaches and/or district instructional specialists to help design and incorporate blended learning
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Source 3: Social Motivation Harness peer pressure | Source 4: Social Ability Find strength in numbers |
- Observations of early adopters and innovation leaders outside of the pilot group
- Modeling and co-teaching with campus and district instructional coaches and specialists in pilot teacher classrooms
- Pilot teachers observe, co-teach and model with and for each other
| - Pilot teachers use district LMS collaboration space where they can discuss and share ideas, questions and concerns with each other
- Teacher/student successes shared in team, departments and/or whole campus faculty meetings
- Meetings (virtual and face to face) with pilot group and instructional technology team to discuss concerns and questions
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Source 5: Structural Motivation Design rewards and demand accountability | Source 6: Structural Ability Change the environment |
- Jeans passes for pilot group participants
- Return of LMS Badging system
- Spotlight successes in district instructional technology newsletter and/or nominate teachers for district innovation awards
| - Consider purchase of additional devices
- Increase wifi capabilities to match increased devices on campuses
- Increase size of Instructional Technology team to provide support and digital resources
- Consider scheduling options that allow for greater flexibility of “seat time” requirements for students
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