K12 Education Assessment Tool

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Education Transformation Assessment Tool

For digital transformation to be effective, an institution must carefully assess their needs and readiness then develop, implement, and monitor their plan for change. Carefully crafting a vision is the first step toward a successful, holistic digital transformation.

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What this assessment covers: Kindergarten to Grade 12

Teaching & Learning

Helping all students achieve their potential with a student-centered approach to explore all aspects of teaching and learning: curriculum, assessment, devices, and spaces with a focus on understanding and meeting the needs of all students.

Student & School Success

Anchored in equity and inclusion, building capacity through professional learning and development for all to ensure students develop their social and emotional skills and are successfully prepared for the future.

Intelligent Environments

Developing safe and secure onsite and online environments and leveraging data analytics to optimize student outcomes and to create efficient, responsive, and sustainable processes and allocation of resources.

Leadership & Policy

Understand how prepared your system, school or institution is for digital transformation. Discover personalized considerations and recommendations for moving forward with your digital transformation vision.

Take the assessment

This assessment will ask you to indicate your current state and target state for a range of areas relevant to your own education transformation journey. You can complete as much or as little as you need to start receiving tailored recommendations.

Teaching & Learning

Helping all students achieve their potential by taking a student-centered approach to explore all aspects of teaching and learning: curriculum, assessment, devices, and spaces with a focus on understanding and meeting the needs of all students. Select the level which best describes your current state and target state within a category. You can select the same level for your current and target state if you don’t wish to focus on developing an area.

Student-Centered Learning

Implement personalized learning to meet the individual student’s needs and to develop students’ ownership of their learning

Current state
Target state

Enable communication and collaboration between students, teachers, and parents in and out of the classroom

Current state
Target state

Curriculum & Assessment

Increase students’ understanding and retention using engaging & immersive experiences

Current state
Target state

Providing school leaders, teachers, parents, and students with the right formative and summative data for timely interventions

Current state
Target state

Learning Spaces

Desire to create smart, efficient, and purpose-driven environments that are optimized for learning

Current state
Target state

Devices for Learning

Equip students with the optimal devices for learning

Current state
Target state

Student & School Success

Anchored in equity and inclusion, building capacity through professional learning and development for all to ensure students develop their social and emotional skills and are successfully prepared for the future. Select the level which best describes your current state and target state within a category. You can select the same level for your current and target state if you don’t wish to focus on developing an area.

Future-Ready Skills

Ensure students are equipped with the skills they need to be successful in the future

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Target state

Social-Emotional Learning

Support students’ well-being and develop their social and emotional skills

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Target state

Equity, Inclusion, & Accessibility

Meet the learning needs of students of all backgrounds and abilities

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Target state

Educator, Leader, & IT Development

Hiring, onboarding, and professional development processes for educators, leaders, and staff are aligned to help fulfill your vision

Current state
Target state

The organization has existing talent to lead, implement, and support its transformation objectives

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Target state

To what degree is training, coaching, mentoring, and certification opportunities made available and tailored to the individual staff or faculty needs

Current state
Target state

Intelligent Environments

Developing safe and secure onsite and online environments and leveraging data analytics to optimize student outcomes and to create efficient, responsive, and sustainable processes and allocation of resources. Select the level which best describes your current state and target state within a category. You can select the same level for your current and target state if you don’t wish to focus on developing an area.

Safety, Security & Privacy

Ensure the safety of students, faculty, and staff using the latest security monitoring, communications, notification, and emergency response systems and technologies

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Target state

Advanced Analytics & AI

Gain visibility into the progress of teaching, learning, and administration to inform improvement decisions

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Target state

Optimized & Sustainable Operations

Ensure a robust, flexible, secure, and easy to manage technology infrastructure

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Target state

Improve the efficiency of the daily operations and logistics

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Target state

Hybrid Learning

Enable learning anytime, anywhere and across different media

Current state
Target state

Leadership & Policy

This section enables you to understand how prepared your system, school or institution is for digital transformation. Answer questions about your current leadership & policy practices, culture, people, and community. Based on your answers, find out considerations and recommendations for moving forward with your digital transformation vision. Answer the questions below by selecting the options which best fit your current state.

Vision for Change

Are all stakeholders inspired by your organization’s vision?

Strategic Planning & Change Management

To what extent does your organization incorporate opinions, feedback and needs from your educators, leaders, and parents into your overall vision, strategy, and plans?
How long does it take your organization to turn insights from data into decisions?

Continuous Improvement & Culture

What is your organization’s tolerance for risk and experimentation?
Do people feel empowered to make decisions about how they work and are they able to make improvement recommendations?
Does your organization support a learning culture where continuous growth for leaders, teachers, and staff is a priority?

Community Engagement & Partnerships

Have you established partnerships with organizations in your community that could enhance the learning experience and opportunities for your students?
Are parents engaged and informed about the direction and the impact on students’ learning you are aspiring to achieve?
Are community engagement practices such as service learning, civic engagement, experiential education, and community-based research established?

What role best describes you?

Your role type is for your reference only. You may want to have different staff complete the assessment for your organization. This will help you keep track of the different insights you’ve captured.
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