SUMMARY TABLE

Action Steps/ Strategies 1. Needs Assessment Rationale Provide the diffusion team (change agents) with the appropriate information regarding the new innovation Obtain and maintain support, ensure expectations are upheld to promote continuous instructional improvements, address problems and concerns, encourage sustainability of innovation Key Actors KJS Diffusion Team (change agents) Intended adopters - all stakeholder groups KJS Diffusion Team (change agents), principal, administrative team, self-selected opinion leaders, and schoolwide technology team (innovators/early adopters) KJS Diffusion Team (change agents) Self-selected opinion leaders Resources Google Docs survey, computers, all stakeholders (faculty, students, parents, and administrators) videos of Flipped Classrooms, example of resources used with Flipped Classrooms, computers with internet access, meeting room, and solicitation materials Solicitation Materials Flipped Classroom examples for lesson study Computers Meeting Room Timeline 1 week

2. Meet with the Principal and Administration Team

after initial meeting; once a month

3. Identification of Opinion Leaders

Compose a team that will help lead the innovation process in a collaborative effort with the change agents

1 - 2 weeks

4. Provide Resources to Implement Innovation

Provide resources to support innovation for all stakeholders

KJS Diffusion Team, self-selected opinion leaders, and schoolwide technology team (innovators/early adopters)

Flipped Classroom resources - examples, software, websites, and tutorials

ongoing throughout implementation

5. Pilot Program in Classes

6. Grant Writing

Test out before full adoption takes places. Piloting in two classrooms will allow key actors to see benefits and weakness. Reduce resistance during actual adoption (Innovation pilot program, 2011). Identify potential funding sources to sustain the innovation process

Teachers Parents Students KJS Diffusion Team

Computers, Video recording software, Before/After Surveys, Internet Access

6 Weeks

7. Opinion Motivate and sustain Leaders Observe implementation, allows pilot Pilot Classrooms teachers to model, pilot teachers receive feedback, opinion leaders address areas working well and develop needs assessment for problems and concerns, reinvent innovation for a greater degree of sustainability 8. Professional Teachers must be equipped Development of with knowledge to Innovation at a successfully integrate and Faculty Meeting adopt an innovation into an educational setting. Time to learn about the innovation correctly (An & Reigeluth, 2011-12).

KJS Diffusion Team (change agents) School-wide Technology Team (innovators/early adopters) pilot teachers, students, parents, KJS Diffusion Team, self-selected opinion leaders, and schoolwide technology team (innovators/early adopters)

Computers with internet use, educational grants resource list and potential funding sources computers with internet access, pilot classrooms, staff members to provide coverage, Flipped Classroom Lessons, and software

2 - 3 weeks

ongoing; 3-4 sessions throughout the year; 1 hour in length

Teachers Administration School wide Technology Team KJS Diffusion Team

Computers Videos/Video Equipment Guest Student and Teacher Speakers

Weekly Training Sessions

9. Parent Informational Session about Innovation

The purpose of this meeting is to obtain support and buy in from the parents (Credaro, 2006).

Teachers Parents Students KJS Diffusion Team

Computers, Video recording software, Before/After Surveys, Internet Access

6 Weeks