Invitational National Strategic Planning Summit on Digital Equity
National Education Association Headquarters
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036-3290
Invitees:
At this unprecedented national summit, 75 to 100 thought leaders from the following sectors will come together for an intensive working session to craft a national strategic plan to close the digital divide for America’s low-income learners of all ages, in support of educational and economic opportunity:
· Community and school system leaders – e.g., school board members, superintendents, community tech centers
· Digital equity funders – e.g., foundations, bank community reinvestment and corporate giving leaders
· Ed tech researchers
· State and national association leaders and policy makers
· Digital equity resource providers – e.g., affordable broadband, devices, open educational resources, multilingual tech support, media literacy and cybersafety.
Goals:
Our commitment is to craft clear statewide and national strategies to:
1. Educate community and school system leaders on how to craft plans and funding proposals for local systemic digital equity efforts keyed to local priorities for educational and economic opportunity.
2. Educate funders regarding why and how to invest in digital equity efforts which are sufficiently multidimensional (i.e., “systemic”) that they’re very likely to succeed.
3. Tap ed teach researchers’ knowledge of evidence-based practices and spur new knowledge needed for successful digital equity policy and practice.
4. Engage state and national association leaders in crafting dissemination and professional development initiatives as well as improved state and federal policies.
5. Assist providers of digital equity resources to collaborate with one another in providing more integrated and effective support to high poverty communities and raise awareness about these resources.
Day One: March 5, 2018
noon – 1:30 pm Lunch: Welcome and Summit Goals and Process
· Five workgroups:
o Community and school system leaders
o Digital equity investors
o Ed tech researchers
o State and national association leaders and policy makers
o Digital equity resource providers
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. 1st working session for workgroups
Key Discussion Questions:
1. Why is our sector needed in order to scale and sustain effective digital equity efforts nationwide?
2. What key capabilities do we bring?
3:00 – 3:15 p.m. Break and refreshments
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. Five-minute report-outs from each workgroup
3:45 – 5:15 p.m. 2nd working session for workgroups
Key Discussion Questions:
1. What are the challenges we face in order to foster digital equity successfully?
2. What do we need others to do to help address our challenges?
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Digital Equity Resource Showcase: Wine and Cheese Reception
6:45 – 8:15 p.m. Dinner (entertainment by GenYes kids???)
Day Two: March 6, 2018
7:45 – 8:30 a.m. Breakfast and networking
8:30 – 9:15 a.m. Seven-minute report outs from each workgroup on their 2nd workgroup
discussion questions
9:15 – 10:45 a.m. 3rd working session for workgroups
Key Discussion Questions
1. What can we do to help colleagues overcome their challenges?
10:45 – 11:30 a.m. Seven-minute report outs from each workgroup on their 3rd workgroup
discussion questions
11:30 – 11:45 a.m. Quiet reflection: what will we each commit to doing individually and
through our organization?
11:45 – 12:30 p.m. Plenary Discussion: What will we do?
12:30 – 12:45 p.m. Next Steps and Wrap-Up
Box lunches to go. Steering committee and other volunteers invited to stay for post-summit debrief and planning next steps. Steering committee lunch ends by 2:00 p.m.
