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Strategies
Content Review with Mini Lessons
Valor uses short, targeted whole group instruction to fill skill gaps in math.
Strategies
District Support for Schools Shifting to Personalized Learning
Henry County Schools provides monetary support, invests in people, and takes time to talk through issues and challenges of transitioning to personalized learning.
Examples From The Field
Bronx Arena High School
Bronx Arena is an alternative high school that serves overage and under-credited students in grades 9-12 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Each student has a custom education plan meant to help them optimally learn what they need to graduate....
Strategies
Designing Custom Curriculum
Bronx Arena creates and improves upon its own curriculum. This process helps them ensure it is relevant to students. The curriculum serves as a foundational component of individualizing learning for each student.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Virtual Comparison Groups: Understanding What Worked, How, and Why
This Insight investigates the use of NWEA report data alongside a virtual comparison group to produce actionable insights when implementing blended learning.
Strategies
Designing Student-Informed Modules Using OER
Learn how Concourse Village Elementary School was able to adopt new OER curriculum to support its students and create its own social studies and literacy interdisciplinary OER modules.
Strategies
Collaborative Reflection Time
Learn about Garnet Valley School District’s multi-step protocol for educator collaboration and reflection, enabling iteration and improvement on instructional materials.
Artifacts
Natick Public Schools' 5-Year Strategic Plan
This slide deck provides an overview of what Natick Public Schools hopes to accomplish over the five year span of 2018-2023. The main goal areas of this district’s strategic improvement plan include teaching and learning, nurturing connections,...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Leadership That Moves You Forward: Innovation, Vision, and Planning
To help understand how district and building-level administrators can successfully manage the change process when leading personalized learning initiatives, the Institute for Teaching and Leading (i4tl) conducted research looking at which actions by...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Leadership That Moves You Forward, Part II: Engagement, Collaboration, and Teambuilding
This Insight, based off of research conducted by the Institute for Teaching and Leading, explores the most impactful actions site-level leadership can use to effectively lead schools through engagement, collaboration, and teambuilding.
Teaching Practices
Student Ownership: How do I support students in building agency and owning their data?
In order to support student agency and ownership of learning, educators need to develop practices that enable students to understand and use their own data in meaningful ways. This guide will explore various structures and strategies to accomplish...
