A K-12 screen time leadership program for districts ready to lead the conversation — not react to it.
Four months. Three deliverables. One cohort of districts working through a structured process of assessment, alignment, and action — so your team can speak with confidence about how technology is used, why, and what comes next.
Quality of use matters more than quantity. The goal is shared language for what good technology use actually looks like — and the practice to back it up.
Each phase has a named deliverable presented to district leadership before the next phase begins — so progress is visible, defensible, and built on the work that came before.
Concrete, observable data on how technology is actually being used across your schools — classroom observations, teacher and family surveys, MDM and filter logs, and policy mapping.
Move beyond national headlines and speak with informed clarity about your own district.
Facilitated visioning with teachers, families, and (where applicable) students. Synthesis into grade-band benchmarks and a gap analysis, with cabinet priority-setting before Phase 3 begins.
Convert data into a community-informed direction the whole district can stand behind.
Three coordinated plans — instructional practice, guidance, and procurement — developed in parallel so they reinforce one another. Closes with a PD kickoff for teaching staff.
The document your team keeps and uses long after the program ends.
Balanced by Design is built for district leadership teams. We recommend the following roles so that district policy, instruction, and technology can move together towards a common goal.
Connects the program's work to district-wide priorities and clears the path for implementation across departments.
Owns the teacher-facing visioning work and the instructional practice roadmap that emerges in Phase 3.
Brings infrastructure context to procurement guidance, MDM and filter data, and practice decisions about devices and tools.
No existing screen time policy or recent audit is required to participate. The program is designed to work from whatever starting point a district is at — what matters is that leadership is ready to engage staff and community in an honest conversation.
A live, family-facing virtual session led by the Rooted K-12 team. Helps parents and caregivers understand how technology is used at school, where the district is headed, and practical strategies for managing screen time at home in ways that complement that approach.
A focused PD session at the intersection of today's most pressing classroom technology questions — intentional integration, lesson planning with technology in mind, and practical AI literacy for educators. Grounded in the vision your district develops in Phase 2.
Applications are open for the inaugural Balanced by Design cohort, launching Fall 2026.