The role of school leaders and tech-savvy educators in digital transformation in schools

  • 5 minutes

School leaders, teacher leaders, and tech-savvy educators occupy a privileged position! They have the opportunity to be catalysts for positive change, creating an educational culture that supports all members of the school community: administrators, IT leaders, teachers, students, and families.

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As part of their role, they:

  • Support a culture of collective responsibility. The culture is focused on:
    • Professional growth and student academic success
    • Sharing research-based best practices 
    • Instructional strategies that support digital learners and increased student outcomes
  • Collaboratively select the optimal technology devices and education application for students, teachers, and school systems.
    • The technologies selected should balance access, functionality, security, and budgetary realities.
  • Communicate with all stakeholders throughout each phase of the roll-out of digital tools and devices:
    • Selection
    • Setup
    • Implementation
    • Integration
  • Deploy and manage technologies
    • The purpose of educational technology is to unlock the full potential of every student, so they can learn, collaborate, and create at school or wherever they may be!
    • The needs of everyone involved in these critical decisions thoughtfully and systematically.
  • Champion ongoing professional learners.
    • Educators can make the best use of their technology tools to achieve better learner outcomes for students of all abilities.