We are just beginning our 1:1 journey, but we wanted to update the Board on some of our recent activities.  We have formally organized the project (see the Project Organizational Chart).  A Steering Committee, an Executive Sponsor, a Project Manager, and Team Leaders for 12 separate teams are all in place.  Team members have been selected bringing the total number involved currently to about 150 – District staff, Administrators, Teachers, Students, and Community Members.

Working with our Team Leaders, we developed a clear mission, vision, and set of principles to guide the Initiative (see the 1:1 Project Charter).  We are currently in a design phase, creating a new learning model that will be the foundation for our new digital learning ecosystem.  The major design decisions for our learning model are focused on Personalized, Learner-Driven, and Competency-Based approaches (see 1:1 Learning Model Design Parameters).

The next step will be to create the plan to launch a pilot with a small number of sites (what we are calling Vanguard sites) in the fall of 2015.  A phased rollout across the district will follow in subsequent years.