Local Level Advocacy: School and Community
Local Level Advocacy: School and Community
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Reach Out to Your Friends and Community Members
Reach Out to Your Friends and Community Members
A great place to start talking about Intentional Tech is with your friends and neighbors. Share the struggles your child is having with technology at school, like difficulty focusing in class, distractions from computer games, less motivation to accomplish challenging tasks, and learning challenges. Sharing these specific concerns with friends can help raise awareness and get more people talking about why intentional tech matters in schools.
Sample Group Text Message Language:
Sample Group Text Message Language:
Hey guys! I was concerned with how much screentime my child was getting at school and learned about FCPS Parents for Intentional Tech. It's a group of parents, teachers, and community members advocating to reduce screen reliance in the classroom and bring intentionality back to how tech is used. They encourage conversations with your teachers and principals, and advocate through writing emails and speaking at school board meetings, VDOE, and state legislature. FCPS PIT advocated for the Resolution for Responsible Instructional Technology, rollback of devices for PreK/K, opt-out for bringing devices home overnight in ES, and more. Learn more here: https://linktr.ee/fcpsintentionaltech
Other Ways to Connect with Your Community:
Other Ways to Connect with Your Community:
Post FCPS PIT flyers at your local parks, libraries, and community centers.
Attend an FCPS PIT playdate/meetup and bring a friend.
Meet with local parents and community members to start a book club or discussion group.
Voice EdTech issues at school board meetings: reach out to FCPS PIT to coordinate our efforts.
Email and meet with your school board representatives.
Meet With Your School's Teachers and Administrators
Meet With Your School's Teachers and Administrators
Small but meaningful changes can start at the school level by keeping open communication with your school's teachers and administrators and offering support whenever possible:
Discuss EdTech and non-EdTech resources at the school with the school-based technology specialist (SBTS).
Talk with your principal and SBTS about intentional tech use in classrooms.
Discuss the EdTech motions that have passed with administrators, including the implementation plan and ways to support it.
Ask how families can help with screentime reduction in your school, (e.g., making copies, fundraising for printer paper, holding a board game drive)
We have created templates on various topics (below), to be used as a starting point to make contact with your school. With the provided templates you are sending a message that you want reduced screen time, you have an understanding of which apps are optional, and that you will support your student's teacher and administrators to ensure minimal or no technology is used, whenever possible. Below we have provided templates as a first step toward meaningful change at the local level.
Please blind carbon copy (BCC) fcpsparentsforintentionaltech@gmail.com
on your emails so we can track outreach
and monitor progress.
EMAIL TEMPLATES
Please personalize these templates to suit your needs.
Request to Opt-out of 1:1
Device Use
Request to Opt-out of 1:1
Device Use
I am writing to respectfully request that FCPS provide my child, with a paper-based alternative to the routine use of school-issued electronic devices and online instructional platforms...
Request to Opt-out
of Generative AI Tools
I am requesting that FCPS block access to generative AI tools on my student's school-issued device unless and until I provide written permission otherwise...
Request to Opt-out
of iReady Testing
FCPS describes i-Ready as a screening and growth tool, and FCPS also states that it does not use the i-Ready instructional component division wide. I am requesting a non-device alternative during any weekly i-Ready/My Path time.
Request for Reduced
Technology Use in the Classroom (Elementary)
Coming soon!
Request for Reduced
Technology Use in the Classroom (Secondary)
Coming soon!
Request for Consistent Technology Standards
in School with Accountability and Consequences for Misuse
Coming soon!
Work with your Parent Teacher Asssociation (PTA)
Work with your Parent Teacher Asssociation (PTA)
Update your school’s families about FCPS PIT’s progress on EdTech and what the potential implications are at your school.
Include a FCPS PIT flyers in the PTA weekly folder or email.
Speak about intentional tech at a PTA meeting or invite a speaker.
Staff a table at one of your school’s PTA events.
Discuss fundraisers for low-tech alternatives such as paper and books.
Brainstorm low-tech events/clubs (e.g., cursive club, board game meetups, weekly afterschool playground playdates).
Want to help spread the word? Download this flyer and post it at your local parks, libraries, and community centers. Email it to families and teachers, or print copies for weekly folders (with permission), Back-to-School nights, and other school events!
Want to help spread the word? Download this flyer and post it at your local parks, libraries, and community centers. Email it to families and teachers, or print copies for weekly folders (with permission), Back-to-School nights, and other school events!
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