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Start with volunteers — early adopters

It would be a big mistake to compel adoption.

— but there is a part of the population that will volunteer.

They're known as early adopters — about 13½% of the general population, in Everett Rogers’ diffusion of innovations.

They're known to be:

  • Interested in the problem
  • Very focused on “Why?”
  • And they like to go first.

(Schoolio's founder does not consider himself an early adopter — he waited until others had tried smartphones before following along!)

The choice of these volunteers can only be allowed from the top.

This is why volunteers require school districts able to share leadership with educators.

Enabling those closest to students to meet the needs of all in their care
requires districts able to share leadership with educators.

There is no way around this.

It's impossible to educate students for autonomy and wellness without freedom from the production line of Today's school system.

Consider:

Not only do educators require freedom, students need the freedom to practice using autonomy to learn and help each other learn in their own learning zones.

It's educators educating for autonomy + students practicing the use of autonomy that gets students
inside – what they need to succeed
outside – at school, in real life.

Freedom handed down, left to right. A district shares leadership: it hands a key to educators, who educate for autonomy. They hand a key to students, who practice autonomy together in their learning zone, helping each other. The result is the Schoolio mark — students succeeding at school and in real life.Freedom handed down, top to bottom. A district shares leadership: it hands a key to educators, who educate for autonomy. They hand a key to students, who practice autonomy together in their learning zone, helping each other. The result is the Schoolio mark — students succeeding at school and in real life.

Four steps

Adoption steps

  1. A school district able to share leadership with educators.
  2. Present the Lead Out Method to a dozen or so schools, which naturally will attract early adopters.
  3. Early adopters acquire and apply the knowledge packaged into the Lead Out Method.
  4. Following the success of early adopters, more will follow — in tranches.