NOW Classrooms Leader's Guide

Enhancing Teaching and Learning Through Technology (A School Improvement Plan for the 21st Century)

Part of the NOW Classrooms series.

With a clear vision for action, school and district leaders can establish a creative, collaborative school climate that equips students with the 21st century skills necessary to thrive in the connected world. Part of the NOW Classrooms series, this guidebook outlines a flexible framework that school leaders can use to drive instructional innovation and create an engaging, student-centered learning environment using technology.

The guide will help school leadership and management create 21st century schools:

• Understand that real transformational change results from teaching and learning, not ever-changing digital devices.
• Learn how to bring communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity to the center of classrooms in grades K-12 and increase digital citizenship.
• Review education tech tools, digital platforms, and other online options for managing building- and district-level changes now and in the future.
• Explore how to address varied leaders' and staff members' willingness to shift the school culture.
• Follow a school improvement plan designed to lead real, systemic change in a school.

Contents:
Chapter 1: The Why: Creating and Communicating a Vision for Change
Chapter 2: The What: Planning the Launch
Chapter 3: The How: Defining and Deploying Essential Resources
Chapter 4: The Then What: Providing Professional Development and Sharing Your Story
Chapter 5: A Shifting Vision
Appendix A: Grade-Band Books at a Glance
Appendix B: Technology Tools, Apps, Terms, and Resources
References and Resources

Books in the NOW Classrooms series:

• NOW Classrooms, Leader's Guide
• NOW Classrooms, Grades K-2
• NOW Classrooms, Grades 3-5
• NOW Classrooms, Grades 6-8
• NOW Classrooms, Grades 9-12