Implementation is an instrument which can be used in education to facilitate a learner's development of essential skills and knowledge. To be able to design education implementation it is necessary to address the following questions:
1) What is going to be implemented?
2) How much time does it take to implement?
3) Who is leading the implementation?
4) How will implementation happen?
5) What is needed for successful implementation?
6) Where will implementation take place?
With these questions taken into consideration, the task of designing can begin. To examine how each of these elements can be applied to implementation in education, let us take a closer look at each one.
VISUALIZE GOAL
Clearly define the expected outcome of the implementation to be designed. Include details, requirements, application, and acknowledgment.
SCHEDULE
Plan ahead and coordinate all the resources which are available at your disposal. Time management is a key to success.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Assign responsibilities to those who are participating in the implementation process and ensure that they accomplish them.
COLLABORATION
Work together as a team toward the accomplishment of implementation. Communication and cooperation are key.
BUILDING BLOCKS
Make a list of what is available and what is needed. These can be items such as funding, supplies, commitment, infrastructure, research, training, partnerships, etc.
CREATE EDU-SYSTEM
A positive learning environment in which students thrive and learning takes place should be created as part of the implementation design.
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
Copyright 2014. MRCR Educational Consulting Firm. All Rights Reserved.
A 4 Step Guide to Implementation
- STEP 1 : Purpose (Why implement? Benefits?)
- STEP 2 : Action (Planning, Practicing, Preparing for Implementation)
- STEP 3 : Readiness (Implementation Simulation & Trial Runs)
- STEP 4 : Implement (Execution, Analysis, Maintenance, Security)
To properly implement an idea, a program, or a standard in education, purpose must be establish from the beginning. Purpose is achieved by answering two questions: Why should implementation take place? What are the benefits to education?
With a purpose established and in place, it is now time for action. This comes in the form of planning, practicing, and preparing for the implementation that is to take effect.
Purpose and Action lead toward readiness, where simulations and trial runs test the functionality of the standard, program, or educational concept soon to be implemented. Readiness is the step prior to complete and full implementation, and allows for the opportunity to strenghten and reinforce that which now goes into the final step of implementation.
It is when we implement that execution, analysis, maintenance, and security can help ensure success in accomplishing implementation in education.
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
Copyright 2014. MRCR Educational Consulting Firm. All Rights Reserved.
Education is a process by which skills and knowledge can be acquired. For many of us education brings images and memories of going to school where classes are attended, and pending on the level of success achieved, if it is satisfactory, proceed to a further level class on specific subject matter, or begin to apply what we know and what we can do toward a career, job, or hobby which is of interest or benefit for us.
If education is the process by which we acquire knowledge and skills, then implementation is the design of this process. Education implementation is the designed pathway by which we can become educated. While the education process takes us from uneducated to educated, its implementation requires that a path be created from the initial steps of education to the final goal we set. Implementation fill in the gaps of ignorance by introducing, in stages, that which is required to achieve understanding.
Education implementation provides a guided roadmap which can be followed so that successful completion of educational goals is achieved. This is done with the support and guidance of those who have trail blazed their own path by pioneering a new and unique route, or have had success in traveling existing roads.
How education is implemented is entirely up to us. We are only limited by the resources which are available and the creativity of our imagination. Throughout most of our childhoods, the education implementation path which we take is that of going from Kindergarten to 12th grade where, for most of us, the path comes to an end as we become graduates. It is through implementation that many common obstacles can be resolved. If it is desinged correctly, education implementation can create a path that over time, if maintained and cared for, can become a road or highway for many to travel.
The more educational paths we developed, and the more we interconnect them, the greater the chance of success in reaching the educational goals which we set for ourselves. By interconnecting the many paths we create, we allow for a diverse range of unique pathways which individuals can embark upon as they undergo the process of becoming educated.
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator
Copyright 2014. MRCR Eductional Consulting Firm. All Rights Reserved.
