Remix WSFCS #GoOpenNC Community Building Next Steps -
Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools
1) Engaging with Resources - The WHAT:
#GoOpenNC has three main opportunities to interact with the resources on the platform.
Level of Engagement High | 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 | Let a small group of teacher leaders in the district explore #GoOpen resources and become familiar, then add more resources to #GoOpen. | Let teacher leaders in the group trained other teachers in the district on how to utilize #GoOpen. |
Collect/Curate Resources and Collections | Small group of teacher leaders in the district will collect resources. | |
Create/Upload 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 | The small group of teacher leaders will collaborate with one another and share resources. | The teacher leaders will select and implement tasks to measure effectiveness. |
Participate in Professional Learning locally or statewide | Yes | |
Network and Collaborate with Other NC Educators | Yes |
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 |
Teacher leaders that have been in education for the 4 or more years. | 20 | Uploade grade level specific lessons into the HUB | District or School-based technology representatives |
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 |
Teacher Leaders | Create resources for grade level specifics | Using a hub with our district PSL page. | By January 2020 | Monthly meetings to follow-up and discussions for improvement. |
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.