Rollout+Planning

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What does it look like?

Planning Meeting on October 23

Deployment Assignments

Parent Meetings—What happened this summer Overview of 21st Century Learners—Cindy Rules and regulations AUP—cover main parts—hit the important ones—Susan Q&A How it is to be used—Mary—Specifically Care and the use of the machines—Alan

To include: School Loop Rotate through rooms to hear about the different pieces (will we lose parents?) Smaller groups Make sure that the message is consistent ESL room AUPs home Have specific

What is it that we want to have our parents walk away with from this meeting? • Parents have an understanding of the AUP and the requirements of the responsibility. • Parent having paid the fee. • Finder fees for bringing in reluctant parents? • Bring in parents from district parent meeting. • The same message to all of the parents. • What do I need to know so that my kid uses it effectively?

Everybody sees: Policy Care of the laptop Sign up for the meeting

Additional Session Topics: See how they can use the laptop (benchmark connections) School Loop

Parents at Deployment Plan--
 * Same time as roll out. (Offer a Town Hall Forum on one of the nights of the original parent meeting--parents could pay then or online) Change orientations to informational meetings.
 * Table for Questions that still exist. Go into Gym, sign form, pay fees, and go to the classroom where the computer is for presentation.
 * Sessions happen every half hour throughout the evening. Families have to view the video before they can leave.
 * Two evenings and a half day Saturday for each large high school beginning October 22. The Saturdays are October 27 (ACT Testing AM), November 3.
 * Gyms are supposed to be open from October 22- Nov 12.
 * Roll Out Committee will take this under advisement--Rich, Alan, Joe, Mary V., Margie, Susan E, Lisa N.
 * Town Hall Forums--Alan, Julie, Joe, Barry, Mary S., Cindy, Greg, David, Gloria, Crystal and Keith

Plan B (laptops stay in the building)
 * Managing carts
 * Sleeves would be needed to protect the machines between classes.
 * No insurance would have to be paid
 * Advisory would have to meet at the morning and at the afternoon to check out the machines--Instructional time?
 * What do we do if they can take them home and 40% cannot take them home, how do we handle the situation?--
 * Plan B Working Team--Steve, Joe, Linda, Rufus, Rich, Alan, Nanette