Benefit from lessons learned that have been shared by other districts in Consortium event or gathered through other means.
[New] Leveraging AI to promote innovation in K-12 education
Based on the 2025 Fall Retreat of the Consortium, it identified long-standing problems within K-12 education that AI may help address, organized around six themes
Implications of AI for K-12 Schools
Based on the 2024 Spring Retreat of the Consortium, it shares initial considerations about how generative AI may affect K-12 education, organized around seven themes
Leveraging Online Technology for Professional Learning
Excerpts from Zoom conversations held in January 2024 with representatives of Consortium members to better understand needs and challenges of professional learning for K-12 educators post-pandemic, as well as to identify new ways to leverage online options for professional learning offerings.
First Steps for Districts Launching 1:1 Initiatives
Based on a 2019 Leadership Workshop where representatives of several districts shared lessons learned from launching a 1:1 initiative, which could help avoid costly failures or set-backs.
Recordings of Past Webinars
Student Help Desk (50 minutes) (2/5/2020)– February 5, 2020
Several K12 School Districts in the Rochester region have successfully implemented and/or are developing / exploring Student Help Desks as a way of extending and expanding support for 1:1 initiatives, personalized learning, digital conversion, and digitally rich teaching. Join us for this featured Webinar to examine and learn from the experiences journeys of the Webster and Brighton Central School Districts as they developed and implemented their Student Help Desks.
From the case study of the East Irondequoit Digital Conversion (2019)
Digital Leadership Team
Many district members have established a district-wide leadership team in charge of responding to problems and exploring decisions related to their 1:1 initiative or other major digitally-rich transformational innovation. Learn from the experience of other districts about why this team is important, the roles it can play and the people that should participate in it.
Financing a 1:1 Initiative
The significant costs associated with 1:1 initiatives set them apart from other instructional innovations. Learn from the experience of other districts about what principles and practices they have found useful as they developed realistic and sustainable long-term budgets to support their 1:1 initiatives.