WMS#GoOpenNC Community Building Next Steps
District/School/Network Name
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 | Central office personnel, and ILTs become familiar with platform | Instructional staff become familiar with platform Next 3 month |
Collect/Curate Resources and Collections | Central office personnel, and ILTs become familiar with platform | Instructional staff become familiar with platform Next 3 month |
Create/Upload Resources | Central office personnel, and ILTs become familiar with platform | Instructional staff become familiar with platform Next 3 month |
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 | ILT Meetings, and begin PD | District PD lead by ILTs on how to find and use resource on the platform |
Participate in Professional Learning locally or statewide | Locally ILT monthly meetings | District PD lead by ILTs on how to collect, curate and create resources on the platform |
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 |
Math ILT, English ILT, | 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.