For me, from a strategic point of view, I want to see school owners and their managers sit back and breathe.
Strategically, are these trainings necessary or needed? You see, a training that's not needed shouldn't be attended.
We need to understand that technology is a leverage, a leveller and a strategy for business growth. But to effectively use technology, base on the prevailing situation we are currently in, It's important to know that there must be a strategic plan before actions are taken
How can schools hit the ground running.?
With the knowledge that technology is a strategy for business growth.
To distill this, In all our trainings and consulting works on integrating technology in the school business
We have noticed a general challenge and thus advised that schools should have edtech leadership team
This team will help plan the budget, strategies for raising funds, establish and maintaining an effective system, to drive creativity and innovation.
Its more like saying; Within this period, while we prepare for resumption, schools should design their technology goals and strategy
This is why I say, school owners should sit back and breathe
The job of the edtech team is to design the strategic plan, an over view that's documented.
In designing an effective strategy for edtech inclusion in the school business, my experience have showed me that four key people need to be trained for effective execution
1. The students
2. The teachers
3. The parents
4. The operations team
These people have different value chains in the full execution of the process.
And a neglect In any of these four will set an imbalance and as such the results might not be effective
And obviously, one can't train the four people at the same time. It has to be one after the other
The entire plan is the operational plan which consist of the strategy and the tactics to be used
we don't want teachers who teach technology, we want teachers who use technology
And this goes to everyone of the four core people:teachers who use technology to teach, student who learn through technology, parents who are supported to support their kids learn through technology and an operations team who can provide that support for the parents, the students and the teachers.
Each of these people need a different type of knowledge or training to effectively use technology.
The kids that need to be taught needs to know how to use the different platforms introduced
The parents needs some knowledge support, and the operational team need some knowledge base to support
But today, everyone make it seem its just teachers that need to be trained to teach the learner ( it is not just about the teachers vs the students)
Dear school owners and managers, you need to design a strategy for your edtech inclusion, only then will you know what training is needed for each of the core players and then should you get who has the capacity to train.
If you need support in designing your strategic plan for your technology integration, kindly reach out to me. I and my team will be glad to help and support.
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