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By: Neil Campbell on November 16th, 2012

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Get Set for RTT-D’s Next Phase: Implementation Planning

For those of you from the more than 371 applicants representing more than 1,100 districts across the country who spent many October nights frantically brainstorming, outlining, writing, editing, gathering support from stakeholders, crunching budget scenarios, and finally tracking down a CD-ROM (yes, they still make those) to send in your RTT-D application – congratulations on getting all of that done in such a short window of time.

While now is the time to relax (a little), and return to your regular jobs, it is also an important time to begin thinking about what comes next. What do you do after you hear from the Department that the hard work paid off and that the check is in the mail? Here’s what you should be thinking about:

The Department of Ed requires that districts submit a scope of work and school level implementation plans within 100 days of receiving an RTT-D award. This means districts will need to quickly go a level deeper on aspects of their application, including:

  • Specific goals
  • Activities and deliverables
  • Timelines
  • Budgets
  • Key personnel
  • Annual targets for key performance measures
  • School level implementation plans

We’re getting excited about this next step - RTT-D implementation. In just ten months, thousands of students from many of the 371 applicants will have the opportunity to engage in personalized learning environments. It has been our pleasure to support a number of districts and consortia with their RTT-D applications and we look forward to helping more design and implement effective, sustainable blended learning environments.

We’ve worked with more than 50 schools all over the country to design and implement blended learning models, and have put together a new toolkit to assist districts in thinking about implementation. In it we outline some of the key questions and critical decisions district and school leaders should consider to ensure readiness by Fall 2013.

If you don’t end up winning, but want to pursue some of the goals outlined in your grant, we think you’ll find these ideas and tools useful.

We are hosting two upcoming webinars and we hope you will join us to learn more.

November 27, 2012 9 am PST/12 pm EST

Education Elements Webinar: Selecting the Right Digital Content for Your District

Click here to register

December 11, 2012 9 am PST/ 12 pm EST

Education Elements Webinar: Creating Your Game Plan for Professional Development

Click here to register

 

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