Imagine Your Ideal School

We Are Creating a Nation Proud of its Public Schools

Schools can inspire and engage all students. Teachers can offer relevant and authentic learning experiences in all subjects. Students can develop skills essential for both college and career, in addition to mastering academics. As a leading design partner for comprehensive school change, New Tech Network has proven public schools can accomplish all of these aspirations. We do not operate schools; instead, we work with districts and communities throughout the country to transform schools into innovative learning environments.

Outcomes that MatterStudent outcomes that clearly

define success

A Powerful Design for School Change

Culture that EmpowersSchool-wide culture of empowerment for students and adults

Technology that EnablesUse of technology tools for easy access to resources and information

Teaching that EngagesMeaningful, problem- solving

approach to instruction

Working together to transform schoolsAs a leading design partner for comprehensive school change, New Tech Network, a

national non-profit, works closely with more than 175 districts and schools.

126HIGH SCHOOLS

41MIDDLE SCHOOLS

23ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS4400TEACHERS

72000STUDENTS

118DISTRICTS

Australia Multiple School DistrictsSchool

Scale and Impact-Innovation that shifts fromNetwork to school to district

• Student Achievement• Instruction & Assessment• Policies & Structure• Culture & Relationships• Purpose & Mission

Hierarchy of Change

•In-depth, informative learning tours for planning teams

•Strategic support for a strong, sustainable implementation•Services customized to each school•On-site school readiness visit•Planning Academy courses including residencies for leaders and teachers

StudentAchievement

• Virtual workshops• Site Institutes

• Leadership coaching and training

• On-site convenings

Instruction &Assessment

Policies & Structure

Culture & Relationships

Purpose & Mission

• Onsite and virtual coaching

Planning by Design Implementing for success

NTN Services for System-wide SuccessOur core services include extensive planning, design, and implementation support that guide schools towards lasting change and ongoing improvement

Expanding the system• District School Development Program

• Aligned Leadership workshops• Systems alignment workshop

• District Learning Teamwork

NTN Services for System-wide Success

An increasing number of districts are choosing New Tech Network to increase student engagement and success for the future. NTN has developed services and tools to support districts in this ambitious endeavor. Our approach facilitates the alignment of district structures, policies, and services to ensure full support of school development and change.

• Organizing for Learning – Systems Alignment Workshops• Learning Together – District Learning Teams• Leading for Learning – Aligned Leadership Workshops• Aligned Learning for Teachers – District Coach Development Program

Professional Learning @ NTN

Professional Learning @ NTN is a personalized system of learning opportunities that is designed to meet the varying needs of adult learners across our network. This design will allow you, the education professionals, to connect and learn at your own pace and to focus on your own needs and interests.

ConveningsFace-to-face events focused on atopic or audience. NTN coaches

dive into principles and practicesof the New Tech design.

Site InstitutesFace-to-face meetings hosted byschools throughout the Network.An opportunity to learn directly

from host schools.

Virtual WorkshopsVirtual events focused

on a topic or audience. Facilitated by

an NTN coach.

Badging ProgramNTN Badges point to important

aspects of good New Tech design and facilitation and ask teachers to provide evidence of and reflection in their own

work.

Professional Learning @ NTNEcho supports project-based learning and features an innovative gradebook that aligns to the deeper learning skills students will need in college and career. Digital tools, cultivated and aligned content, and a community of shared learning are integrated to create a powerful and innovative platform to support student and adult learning.

ToolsArchitecture and feature sets aligned to Project Based Learning and other personalized deeper learning practices with a multi-dimensional gradebook organized around the assessment and reporting of student outcomes (skills) rather than assignments.

ContentTeachers, students, and parents at New Tech schools use Echo on a daily basis to access course resources, exemplar projects, project plans, assignments and an extensive library of instructional resources for teachers. Educators have the opportunity to create projects and access project and resource libraries.

CommunityEcho allows schools to more easily exchange best practices, collaborate in real time, connect and share projects, and develop cross-school projects for students. In short, the Echo community is vibrant and growing.

DashboardThe Echo dashboard gives you an “at a glance” view of how your students are doing across all school-wide learning outcomes. Additionally , at the end of each bar it tells you the number of activities you have graded for that outcome and their point value.

Our thanks to Duane Baker at the BERC Group for this formulation.

Elementary SupportNTN offers a comprehensive PBL model that integrates strong literacy and math practices with deeper learning outcomes. At New Tech Elementary Schools, learning is:

• Multi-disciplinary• Focused on building confident readers, writers,

and oral communicators• Collaborative• Student-centered • Active and inquiry-based• Designed to develop student agency

Elementary Support

NTN provides tools, resources, and coaching for success in the elementary classroom.

• Elementary Outcome Rubrics• Elementary Project Planning Toolkit• Literacy Coaching and Resources• Problem-based Math Coaching and Resources• Model Projects• PL@NTN Elementary Offerings