The Savvy Edtech Leader: New Strategies to Boost Influence and Elevate Your Careers

Purpose & objective

Purpose:
To provide educators and leaders with a strategic roadmap to bolster their ed tech leadership capabilities, ensuring they are well-equipped to navigate and lead the changes in the evolving educational landscape.

Objectives and Participant Outcomes:

Understanding the Current Ed Tech Landscape
Outcome: Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the current challenges and opportunities that characterize the ed tech environment. They will be able to discern where they currently stand and identify areas for personal and organizational growth.

Navigating the ISTE Leader Standards
Outcome: Attendees will become well-acquainted with the ISTE Leader Standards, understanding their significance and applicability. They will be able to align their leadership strategies with these standards to ensure best practices in ed tech leadership.

Crafting a Personalized Leadership Journey
Outcome: Participants will acquire the tools and knowledge to introspectively assess their skills and dispositions. They will be able to chart a personalized growth path in ed tech leadership, tailored to their unique strengths, challenges, and career aspirations.

Strategies for Community Engagement and Stress Alleviation
Outcome: Educators and leaders will learn effective strategies to address and alleviate the concerns and stresses faced by administrators, teachers, and the community at large. They will be equipped to foster a positive, collaborative, and forward-looking educational environment.

Empowerment through Interactive Discussion
Outcome: Through interactive sessions, participants will actively engage in dialogues, share experiences, and seek clarifications. This will foster peer learning, enabling them to draw from diverse perspectives and experiences.

Actionable Steps for Immediate Implementation
Outcome: Attendees will depart with a set of actionable steps that they can immediately implement within their organizations. They will possess the skills to initiate change, drive ed tech initiatives, and lead with confidence.

By the end of this presentation, participants will not just be passive receivers of information but will emerge as empowered, strategic thinkers ready to spearhead change in the realm of educational technology. They will have the knowledge, skills, and confidence to influence positive transformations within their respective educational environments, ensuring equitable and high-quality learning experiences for all.

Outline

1. Introduction (5 minutes)

Content: Brief on the evolving ed tech landscape and the significance of leadership in shaping it.
Process: Ice-breaking activity where participants share in a Wordle or Mentimeter about their current feelings toward ed tech leadership.

2. Understanding the Current Ed Tech Landscape (10 minutes)
Content: Delve into the present challenges and opportunities in the ed tech environment.
Process: A mix of visual slides and short video clips. After presentation, a quick poll via a device-based activity to gauge participants' primary challenges.

3. Navigating the ISTE Leader Standards (10 minutes)
Content: Detailed walkthrough of the ISTE Leader Standards and their relevance.
Process: Infographic presentation of standards followed by a peer-to-peer interaction where participants discuss which standard resonates most with them and why.

4. Crafting a Personalized Leadership Journey (10 minutes)
Content: Tools and techniques for introspective skill assessment and growth charting.
Process: Guided activity where participants use a digital template (shared via a QR code) to begin crafting their leadership journey. They will be encouraged to share their insights in pairs or small groups.

5. Strategies for Community Engagement and Stress Alleviation (10 minutes)
Content: Addressing common concerns and stresses faced by the education community.
Process: Role-playing activity where participants are given scenarios to solve using discussed strategies. After role-playing, groups share their approaches and receive feedback.

6. Empowerment through Interactive Discussion (10 minutes)
Content: Open forum for sharing experiences, challenges, and seeking clarifications.
Process: Using a digital tool like Mentimeter or Slido, participants can post questions or topics. Top voted queries will be addressed, fostering a dynamic peer-learning environment.

7. Actionable Steps & Conclusion (3 minutes)
Content: Summarizing key takeaways and providing actionable steps.
Process: A recap slide followed by a gamified quiz (using tools like Kahoot) to reinforce the session's key points.

8. Feedback & Networking (2 minutes)
Content: Gathering participant feedback for continual improvement.
Process: Participants will be prompted to fill out a quick digital feedback form. They'll also be provided with digital resources and contacts for further networking post-session.

This structured yet interactive approach ensures that participants remain engaged throughout the session. The blend of content delivery, peer-to-peer interactions, device-based activities, and role-playing keeps the session dynamic and caters to various learning styles.

Supporting research

Will be provided at session.