District Approach & Key Insights

Tomball's Blended Learning Implementation Continuum

Vision for a Personalized Student Experience

Vision is incorporated in Tomball's Blended Learning Implementation Continuum
Initial campus selection targeted elementary schools which needed the most growth.
Each campus principal determined three elements of the Tomball Implementation Continuum for initial focus. All leaders selected goal setting as strategy for develop student agency.
Planning for sustaining and expanding blended learning has begun through a Blended Learning Strategic Planning process and discussions on blended learning topics at district leadership meetings.

Dianne Tidwell, Director of Digital Learning & Lauren Thompson, Curriculum & Instruction Director for Elementary ELA

Blended learning is integrated into Tomball's K-12 Literacy Framework as the expectation for what literacy instruction looks like across the district.
Campus principals benefit from a cohort approach which allowed them to journey together through the first year of implementation.
District leaders discuss trade-offs of piloting blended learning with a large number of teachers (130) across multiple campuses.

Blended learning helps K-2 educators reconsider data practices and "work on the actions which need to occur based on the data."

Reflections on Monthly Meeting Structure

The Director of Digital Learning describes the purpose and monthly meeting structure for the Blended Learning Leadership Team.
Elementary ELA Curriculum & Instruction Director reflects on the positive impacts of Leadership Team collaboration on principal development.
Wildwood Principal shares her perspective about the value of participating in monthly Leadership Team meetings.

Principal Cohort Reflections on Blended Learning Implementation

Principal cohort reflects on key successes during the first year of blended leaerning implementation.
Principals describe year 2 areas of focus based on lessons learned during the first year of implementation.
Rosehill Elementary Principal describes the importance of prioritizing blended learning implementation during collaborative planning and other campus structures to ensure it becomes infused into all aspects of campus culture and instructional practice.

The Director of Digital Learning describes the purpose and quarterly meeting structure for the Blended Learning Advisory Council.
Wildwood Principal describes the value of feedback received from the Blended Learning Advisory Council for making adjustments to improve teacher supports.
Wildwood Reading Specialist reflects on the Blended Learning Advisory Council.

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