One nice aspect of working with technology in education is being exposed to a wide variety of skills and operations outside of the educational realm. Today I stumbled upon a process model of software development called CMM, the Capability Maturity Model.. The acronyms mentioned in the article can get quite thick, but we’re more interested in the 5 levels.
Level 1
How many schools do you know that are at this level?
Success in these organizations depends on the competence and heroics of the people in the organization, and not on the use of proven processes. In spite of this ad hoc, chaotic environment, maturity level 1 organizations often produce products and services that work; however, they frequently exceed the budget and schedule of their projects.
Success in these organizations depends on the competence and heroics of the people in the organization. I find myself guilty of this. Instead of putting processes in place for technology implementation and integration, I rely on a core group of teachers who are successful to learn how to use technology and how to implement it. My hope is that other teachers will see the successes and wish to emulate them. In reality, too many believe that there is no value in technology and don’t see the value in learning. How often is the hiring process based only on finding the best employees, without spending the time and effort to put procedures in place to help the entire district become successful.
My goal in the upcoming months is to move out of Level 1. Put processes in place on technology literacy and help the staff AND students become successful. This will take time to map out where we are and where we want to go, but I believe that will make us a better district.
What level is your school district
One nice aspect of working with technology in education is being exposed to a wide variety of skills and operations outside of the educational realm. Today I stumbled upon a process model of software development called CMM, the Capability Maturity Model.. The acronyms mentioned in the article can get quite thick, but we’re more interested in the 5 levels.
Level 1
How many schools do you know that are at this level?
Success in these organizations depends on the competence and heroics of the people in the organization. I find myself guilty of this. Instead of putting processes in place for technology implementation and integration, I rely on a core group of teachers who are successful to learn how to use technology and how to implement it. My hope is that other teachers will see the successes and wish to emulate them. In reality, too many believe that there is no value in technology and don’t see the value in learning. How often is the hiring process based only on finding the best employees, without spending the time and effort to put procedures in place to help the entire district become successful.
My goal in the upcoming months is to move out of Level 1. Put processes in place on technology literacy and help the staff AND students become successful. This will take time to map out where we are and where we want to go, but I believe that will make us a better district.