MN_2011_P2_D2

 2011 Minnesota Technology Leadership Training
**Phase 2, Day 2**

=**Activating Your Program's Strategy and Evaluation ** = ===**John B. Nash, PhD, Associate Professor, Iowa State University ** === **Visit the [|Reform By Design] site ** jnash@iastate.edu

 Is this you?
Have you ever embarked on an initiative that you were excited about but didn't get the results you wanted? Or did the initiative just stop? Did you wonder why?

What about in the realm of technology? How do you know if all the investments in educational technology that your school has been making are working?

**Do any of the following apply to your district?**
 * You're using technology in your school but haven't defined to what end.
 * You have money for hardware but no plan.
 * There are pockets of excellence in your district but taking them to scale is elusive.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">You'd like to implement systems for improvement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Your technology committee is focused on purchases and not a vision.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">There's lots of dabbling with technology in your district but no thread to link the outcomes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">You'd like to know if the programs you have in place are making a difference.

==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Overview ** == <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This live, interactive workshop provides participants with a fresh, approachable perspective on setting strategy for achieving goals in school-based programs with an emphasis on technology and 21st century skills. Participants learn:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">A simple yet effective technique for setting strategy and goals for your school's programs.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">How to effectively answer the question "Is my initiative reaching its goals?"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">How to confidently demonstrate to stakeholders that your programs are effective.

Pointers to Resources

 * [|Wicked Problems]
 * [|Bookmarks on design thinking]
 * John Nash's design thinking blog, [|Reform By Design]

<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">Workshop Materials

 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">See the list of issues raised by the group at the beginning of the workshop.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Review the key points of the workshop here.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Download the slides here [[file:Activate Your Strat Eval_Handout_SCHOOLS_2011.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Planning template
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Download in PDF (good for scribbling on) [[file:StrategyStrand-CASTLE Workshop.pdf]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em;">Download in Word (good for typing in)[[file:StrategyStrand-CASTLE Workshop.doc]]