Strategic Innovation for Learning

• AI Readiness & Professional Development
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  AI Readiness & Professional Development

  Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept - it is a technological force currently transforming the landscape of education. The newly launched CESA 2 Strategic AI Readiness Hub is a regional service dedicated to building AI literacy at every level: from district leadership and IT infrastructure to classroom instruction and student learning. 

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• Collaborative Learning Networks
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  Collaborative Learning Networks

  Leaders and educators collaborate with other districts to learn, share, and grow. DPI often joins with state updates, pertinent information, and sharing of statewide systems.

  Technology Leader Network - Collaborate on topics such as cybersecurity, networking, best pricing and vendors, and more
  
  Library Media Network - Collaborate on topics such as Future Ready library planning, common school funds and purchasing, ISTE/WI standard implementation, and more
  
  EdTech Specialist Network - Collaborate on the use of educational technology as an innovative tool to enhance classroom learning, such as Makerspaces, Digital Creation Tools, and more

• District Leadership Planning for Successful AI Implementation
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  District Leadership Planning for Successful AI Implementation

  CESA 2 offers innovative and pertinent AI support for our regional districts. We advise and support with leadership and cross-functional teams to customize national and state AI frameworks to meet each district’s unique needs. From HR to Teaching and Learning, we help integrate AI solutions that boost efficiency and educator effectiveness—benefiting everyone from the superintendent to elementary students.

• Equity and Technology
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  Equity and Technology

  To provide equitable access, engagement, and impact in your classrooms, make use of some of our services to integrate technology:

  Centering Culturally Responsive Pedagogy in Digital Learning: Engage in a foundational overview of requisite beliefs and explore how culturally responsive beliefs and instructional moves can be leveraged through digital design
  
  Tech Audit for Equity: Explore which questions you need to ask and answer about digital tools and online curricula to help ALL students succeed
  
  Using Digital Tools and Resources to Support the New Key Shifts: Lifting Up Identity, Flexible Use of Language, and Multimodal Texts: Find out more about these key shifts, consider some examples, and learn how to leverage digital tools and resources to design liberating learning experiences for students!

• Integration of WI Standards
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  Integration of WI Standards

  The CESA 2 Strategic Innovation for Learning Team can also help your school meet key standards. This includes the WI Information and Technology Literacy Standards, such as custom learning experiences to intentionally design learning experiences that focus both on subject content and Information and Technology Literacy Standards by using standard crosswalks. We can also help you meet WI Computer Science Standards through CS4ALL workshops that provide CS district leadership teams with the tools and resources to analyze current implementation and execute further equitable opportunities to meet the Computer Science Standards.

• Leading with Innovation and Design
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  Leading with Innovation and Design

  The CESA 2 Strategic Innovation for Learning Team can assist schools to implement systems, designs, and audits. This includes:

  AI System Implementation: Our team will lead the process of designing a district framework that encompasses any or all of the following - policy, ethical usage/academic integrity, privacy and security, educational pedagogy, productivity, and efficiency.

  Educational Technology Integration, Program Evaluation and Design: CESA 2 consultants will help lead purposeful device implementation that supports all learners. We can evaluate how devices are being leveraged, including instructional pedagogy, classroom environments and management while identifying strengths and opportunities for growth with digital implementation.

  Blended Learning Implementation:  Our team will support the design of a classroom that leverages the blended learning models. These models incorporate pedagogy to drive intentional use of digital devices and strategies.

  Learner-Centered Practices:  Our center will support the creation of educational environments where learner agency is fostered.  Methods to support strategic and intentional learning that is relevant for each learner is the focus of shifting pedagogy. Micro-credentials and online learning is available.

• Library Services
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  Library Services

  Provide for your new staff in Library Media Services! Support new staff leading a library program to build knowledge and skills in such areas as collections management, digital cataloging, budgets, and ordering, as well as portfolio artifact support.

  Need Library Media Specialist services?  A CESA 2 licensed LMS can purchase using Common School Funds, catalog, curate a 24/7 LMC presence or resource lists, etc. Purchase LMS services per project or as a set number of contract days.

• STEAM/MakerSpace Services
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  STEAM/MakerSpace Services

  We’re connecting the use of digital tools and resources to curricular content and standards such as Design Thinking, STEAM, Cybersecurity, Digital Citizenship, and MakerSpaces, Standards work, and assessment practices. Engage with our consulting and workshops to learn how to integrate these emerging standards into your classroom!

• WI Digital Learning Framework (Technology Plan)
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  WI Digital Learning Framework (Technology Plan)

  The Strategic Innovation for Learning Center is equipped with structures and strategies to support district leaders to implement digital learning based on the WI Digital Learning Framework.  In alignment with the WI Digital Learning Framework, the Future Ready Schools Framework provides districts access to a digital dashboard, project management, stakeholder surveys, and district outcomes all focused around the learner.