A System of proven Resources, pathways & protocols to Support changing the EDTECH Experience IN K-12 Learning Communities.
A System of proven Resources, pathways & protocols to Support changing the EDTECH Experience IN K-12 Learning Communities.
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What Are "Edtech Synergists"?
What Are "Edtech Synergists"?
Beyond "Tool Tips" Beyond "Tech Coaching" Beyond "We've Always Done it This WAy"
Beyond "Tool Tips" Beyond "Tech Coaching" Beyond "We've Always Done it This WAy"
EdTech Synergists are learning community builders, innovators and project/change managers leading the development of "Collective cross-functional efficacy" within K-12 digital ecosytems.
EDTECH SYNERGISTS WORK WITH
EDTECH SYNERGISTS WORK WITH
🧑🏫 Teachers integrating tech into units/lessons
🧑💻 Tech departments managing complex integrations
🧑🔧 Instructional coaches building teacher capacity
🧑💼 Administrators coordinating multiple stakeholder groups
SYNERGIST Requirements
SYNERGIST Requirements
🏫 Commitment to Continuous Learning
📊 Data and Feedback-Driven Decisions
♾️ Fostering Open and Inclusive Culture
🆕 Willingness to Experiment and Take Risks
🤹 Managing Interdependencies
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
ABOUT THIS PROJECT
The Edtech Synergist Protocol aligns stakeholders within K-12 learning communities to solve core EdTech value delivery challenges by creating a clear professional pathway, resources and a planning/accountability protocols to be used primarily by the 100+ role titles serving as integrationists whose work is largely invisible, misnamed and undervalued as a “Tech Coach” or "IT person" in K-12 schools.
While built with integrationists in mind, the resources and methods can be used by anyone in a school, no matter their role/title.
The project work draws on established frameworks (ISTE, MIT Center for System Awareness, Senge's 5th Discipline @ learning organizations) and makes an original contribution by integrating and applying these to the specific archetypes & challenges in the K-12 technology integration space.
Through a discovery-based inquiry approach, it is possible to move culture alongside the technology by amplifying impact instead of effort, removing struggle, and co-creating the future (rather than reacting to it) through collaborative literacy—calling people in rather than calling them out.
Wait! I need to convince myself that what I am doing in my current "EdTech role" is leaving value on the table. Where is the information that illuminates "WHY?" changes in "The way EdTech gets done around here" are not only necessary, but will benefit me as an integrationist? It's here on synergistprotocol.com.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
Getting STARTED
Getting STARTED
These are initial resources available to begin integrating synergist elements within your current practice.
They are "con-templates", not templates, used to guide your own inquiry and construction within your context.
Each "Con-template" helps you:
Recognize gaps & patterns you're already experiencing
Validate understandings you may have felt were unique to you
Discover your own strategic positioning
Discover insights you already possess but haven't articulated
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
Click on the link to access the resource:
🔑 How To Present the Benefits of the Synergist Protocol to Stakeholders
🛣️ Digital Learning Synergist Roadmap (Community level)
🔊 Backwards Plan Press Release for Digital Learning
🧑💼 Synergist Unit/Lesson Planning Template
🪧 Coming soon...Technology Planning Core
🪧 Coming soon...Collaboration Alignment Calculator
🪧 Coming soon...Yak Shaving Cost Calculator
🪧 Coming soon...Synergist Menu
🪧 Coming soon...Heroic Intervention Tracker
SynerGist Project FAQS (dropdown)
SynerGist Project FAQS (dropdown)
WhERE DID THIS COME FROM?
WhERE DID THIS COME FROM?
The simple answer is, I created this because nobody else was doing it. I've been a classroom teacher in a half dozen subjects, every flavor of tech integrationist/digital learning coach, an IT support professional and a school administrator, and none of these interdependent groups seemed to understand the other's constraints, nor work together well consistently in any school I have ever been in.
My action research and experience across each of the four domains uncovered better ways to approach technology integration than currently practiced, and once you see the problem clearly, you can't unsee it. In short, it is my effort to be the change I wish to see.
I don't Have time For Another system! How Am I going to do this AND All the "Coaching" I do now?
I don't Have time For Another system! How Am I going to do this AND All the "Coaching" I do now?
If you want to be a coach, be a coach. You can keep "coaching" and providing "tool tips" and keep everything you're doing now if that "system" is working for you, but many "coaches" are actually dealing with "non-systems" masquerading as systems, and that's all great...until one day it isn't.
Instructional technology coaches report there are several aspects of their position that cause persistent challenges, and this project is geared to solve those problems. If you have problems with people not understanding your "coaching" role, blurred lines between your role and infrastructure roles, not having the time you need, communicating consistently with all stakeholders, teachers not opening their doors and claiming they don't have bandwidth for "one more thing"...then you're in the right place.
You're also in the right place if you are looking to exit Education but don't know how to market yourself, as "Helped teachers with technology" is not going to cut it on job applications. This material gives you a framework to begin quantifying the actual value you deliver, not just what you "did".
...BUT COaching Works in my School, Everything is great, Why Would I Change Anything?
...BUT COaching Works in my School, Everything is great, Why Would I Change Anything?
Wonderful! Guess you're all set.
But There are Already Coaching Frameworks and PD I can go on, I get Invitations to "Game Changing!" sessions all the time.
But There are Already Coaching Frameworks and PD I can go on, I get Invitations to "Game Changing!" sessions all the time.
This website sssumes you're here to implement, not be convinced.
This site is for people who already understand "tech coaching" as it has come to be understood is not working for anyone particularly well, and are ready for a new approach to creating actual value for users.
If you're looking for the arguments and evidence behind this work, you can find that here.
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