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1. Form a Core Commons Team 

   • Identify a small group of campus leaders who will help support the success of The Commons rollout and maintenance, i.e. admin, IT, counselors, teachers

   • Share with your team why you believe The Commons is the right tool to support a true culture shift at your school. You can use information from our white paper: The Commons - A Safer, Smarter Approach to Managing Phones in Schools and a comparison chart of other frequent solutions.

   • Complete intake form for basic information needed to launch. Complete Intake Form Here

2. Communicate with Families & Staff

   • Explain the “why,” share survey insights, and preview expectations. Use our proactive parent communication guide for newsletter and social media prompts to build buy-in and share the facts before announcing that your school will be adopting The Commons. Download guide here

   • Send a letter out to your parent community announcing the adoption of The Commons to support your student cellphone policy. Template here 

     1. You can also reinforce what led you to the decision of using The Commons by pulling information from Section II of our White Paper.

   • Share our Common Parent FAQ document if parents have further questions about The Commons. You can also review our parent talking points to help for any conversations you are having. Download FAQ here, Download Talking Points here

   • Need to gather more support from parents? Ask us for our survey templates to survey teachers and families. The when you can share the facts, it helps garner support from stakeholders.

3. Integrate The Commons into your Student Cellphone Policy 

   • Update phone use policy to include The Commons. Template here

   • Schools already have authority under *in loco parentis* to implement tools like this.

4. Build Your Implementation Plan

   • Set rollout dates, develop a process, and clarify support channels.

     1. Identify dates for your launch, student onboarding, and staff PD facilitated by The Commons.

     2. Brainstorm ways you will onboard students to the app i.e. back to school week, homeroom, by grade in library, etc. We will discuss this during our onboarding call.

     3. Who from your team will be responsible for taking this on?

5. Prepare & Train

   • Schedule a technology intro meeting for your core Commons Team to learn how to use the Dashboard (at least 1 week before launch)

   • The Commons will facilitate the staff PD and tech onboarding 

6. Student Success

   • Students download and pair The Commons App

   • Students and families can watch The Commons Mini Module - Your Life Beyond the Scroll

   • Teachers implement The Commons Student Digital Citizenship Curriculum. Curriculum and Resources