One-to-One That Works: Essentials

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Without a visionary steward, One-to-One is a hollow and unfulfilled promise.
Planning that is thorough and thoughtful, rooted in the school’s mission and philosophy, involves all the schools’ stakeholders, includes continuous communication to all stakeholders, and that is lead by visionaries will make the One-to-One promise become reality.
Any school improvement program only works if the teachers believe in it day-to-day and bring it to their practice in meaningful ways.
Workshops that are practical, hands-on, give teachers something they can use right away, and provide opportunities to question are best. It’s best to understand teachers as adult learners and to initiate and support a learning community where it’s safe to not know everything but where progress is continual. Too many times professional development takes the form of one or two workshops with no follow-up. Instead, keep professional development alive all through the school year.
Along with One-to-One comes complexity so be aware there will be logistical issues to solve.
Anticipating to and planning for the logistical issues will mean a program that’s truly integrated and not a source of frustration.
upport, either inhouse staff, or a vendor help desk, or a method of getting hardware to your vendor and back quickly. Nothing kills One-to-One so quickly as many broken, unusable computers with no set timeframe for repair.
This component is all about commitment – making sure that the resources, the support, the funding and the vision is for today and tomorrow. Without commitment, schools will go through a frustrating budget crunch involving justifying the program every 12 months.
One-to-One that is assessed is One-to-One that lasts and is renewed.

brasst on 2008-12-14

When starting or refreshing a One-to-One program, it’s important to understand the essentials.

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Tami Brass
When starting or refreshing a One-to-One program, it’s important to understand the essentials.

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- Without a visionary steward, One-to-One is a hollow and unfulfilled promise.
- Planning that is thorough and thoughtful, rooted in the school’s mission and philosophy, involves all the schools’ stakeholders, includes continuous communication to all stakeholders, and that is lead by visionaries will make the One-to-One promise become reality.
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- - Any school improvement program only works if the teachers believe in it day-to-day and bring it to their practice in meaningful ways.
  - Workshops that are practical, hands-on, give teachers something they can use right away, and provide opportunities to question are best. It’s best to understand teachers as adult learners and to initiate and support a learning community where it’s safe to not know everything but where progress is continual. Too many times professional development takes the form of one or two workshops with no follow-up. Instead, keep professional development alive all through the school year.
  - Along with One-to-One comes complexity so be aware there will be logistical issues to solve.
  - Anticipating to and planning for the logistical issues will mean a program that’s truly integrated and not a source of frustration.
  - upport, either inhouse staff, or a vendor help desk, or a method of getting hardware to your vendor and back quickly. Nothing kills One-to-One so quickly as many broken, unusable computers with no set timeframe for repair.
  - This component is all about commitment – making sure that the resources, the support, the funding and the vision is for today and tomorrow. Without commitment, schools will go through a frustrating budget crunch involving justifying the program every 12 months.
  - One-to-One that is assessed is One-to-One that lasts and is renewed.

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