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Lexington City Schools
1) Engaging with Resources - The WHAT:
#GoOpenNC has three main opportunities to interact with the resources on the platform.
Level of Engagement | What would be your vision for WHAT your educators would do in the next 6 months? | What would be your vision for WHAT your educators would do in the next 18 months? |
Find/Use Existing Resources | *Introduced to OER by attending a interactive PD (Grade Level Chairs/Department Chairs) *Grade Level/Department Chairs will train colleagues | *Utilizing and Implementing OER within Lessons and Lesson Plans |
Collect/Curate Resources and Collections | *Explore and Begin Building Curriculum Files, specific to grade level or content area | *Continue to collect resources to add to content and/or grade level files *Add link to Pacing Guide and Grade Level Resources *Remix previous resources to fit the needs of your current students |
Create/Upload Resources | *Upload Lesson and/or resources that are effective and would benefit others within the district | *Create original effective lesson plans/resources that are standard- based *Collaborate with team members to create original effective lesson plans/resources |
2) Engaging with Platform - The HOW:
#GoOpenNC has three main ways to participate on the platform
#GoOpenNC Initiative | What would be your vision for HOW your educators would participate on the platform in the next 6 months? | What would be your vision for HOW your educators would participate on the platform in the next 18 months? |
Share/Evaluate Resources | *Grade Level Chairs/Department Heads will share resources with their team members | *Implementation through sharing across the district *Evaluate lesson plans/resources across the district *Reflect on lesson plans/resources to ensure that higher-order thinking skills are embedded within the lesson |
Participate in Professional Learning locally or statewide | *OER Team will train other Media Coordinators within the district *OER Team will present at EdFest (introductory session) *OER Team will work with Grade Level Chairs/Department Heads to provide interactive training | *Follow-up sessions with teachers (What lessons did you find most effective? Why? What are some areas that could use improvement within Go Open NC? What are some lesson/resources that you have remixed? How was the process when you remixed a lesson?) *Earning CEU's for Utilizing and Uploading lesson/resources to Go Open NC |
Network and Collaborate with Other NC Educators |
3) Engaging the Educators - The WHO:
#GoOpenNC has opportunities for all educators to being engaging. Consider who would be your main early engagers in the next 6 months.
Group description | # of educators | Main purpose (Use, curate collections, evaluate or create) | Support needed |
Teachers of the Year | 35 - one from each school in our district | To create: upload 3 of their most effective lessons into a TOY hub, comment on their peers’ lessons | Training on OER and licensing, structured discussion on high quality materials, scaffolded due dates for uploads |
4) Building the Community - The WHEN
As #GoOpenNC plans to be teacher-facing by August, what would be your plans for engaging your desired educators in doing the WHAT and the HOW?
The Who | The What | The How | The When | The Logistics |
TOYs | Create Resources | Using a Hub | By December | TOYs will be invited to participate, join a group that includes monthly discussion with the upload happening in December |
5) Building the Community - Statewide support and connections
NCDPI and ISKME can provide support for the ways you are planning to Build the #GoOpenNC Community within your area.
To help #GoOpenNC build a statewide community, please make your requests for support and engagement through this Google Form.