Bridging the Gap Between Teachers and "Techies": How to end the Unicorn Hunt and Improve School Tech Culture

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Is your school still hunting for a unicorn!?Modern school districts continue to look for an individual to run their technology department with a combination of skill sets that simply doesn't exist in a single brain. Find out how to end the "unicorn hunt" once and for all, and improve technology culture in your school district.Throughout this book you will find stories, case studies, and feedback from real superintendents about the challenges associated with creating and managing a technology team who sees the big picture in the educational setting, understands that truly supporting teachers means coaching them to empower them to deliver technology-infused lessons, and who provides classroom based support more than back office “server room” mystery. Many school leaders struggle with the vast gap between their teachers and their technical professionals; we have developed strategies and procedures to “bridge the gap between teachers and techies”. Creating a high-performance technology department isn’t easy by any means, but it really isn’t rocket-science. I hope that the stories and strategies in this book have provided some guidance and a sort of blueprint to help implement an approach with technology-related support to really change the game for your teachers and students. Identifying the correct group of individuals with the right skill sets is the first step. After realizing that unicorns don’t exist, then implementing systems and procedures can help the teachers and techies communicate well together. Finally, using the very systems you put in place as part of the evaluation process will help to quantify the work being accomplished by your tech team.