Capacity+Building+-+Working+Institutes

= = = Capacity Building - Working Institutes =

 Working institutes are an important component of proposed capacity building effort called for in this joint NCDPI and FI endeavor. These institutes will provide participants with in-depth opportunities to learn more about the NCLTI approach and Framework for Planning. These institutes will engage staff who are in direct contact with district and school administrative and instructional leaders and equip them with the knowledge, skills, tools and resources to support LEAs and schools planning and/or implementing learning technology initiatives. **The Leadership Institutes will provide: **
 * Hands-on activities that blend skill building, strategic planning and information sharing;
 * Intensive orientation to the NCLTI FFP approach and tools;
 * Strategies on how to coach LEA leadership teams to lead technology-enabled learning;
 * Exposure to what teaching and learning in technology-rich schools looks like;
 * Strategies on how to support the strategic alignment of RttT learning technology initiatives, and professional development planning.


 *  The Curriculum and Instruction Institutes will provide: **
 * Skill building on how to leverage technology in core content areas and the electives;
 * Digital literacy exploration i.e. how to maximize the potential of digital tools that support the Common Core and Essential Standards;
 * Utilizing formative, summative and diagnostic forms of assessment in 1:1 classrooms (align with RttT Standards and Assessment efforts);
 * How to support teachers in creating student-centered technology-rich lessons aligned to Common Core and Essential Standards; updates and hands-on explorations of new tools and resources that aligns to curricula foci.