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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.

Educators want districts to share leadership:
so they can meet the needs of all their students.

Further, they find it painful to force the next lesson, ready or not.

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.

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 the early adopters, more will follow — in tranches.