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6th Grade Boys Relationship Work at Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor scholars engage in Individual, Relationship, and Community-based activities and often share through a communal practice called “Circle.”
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Circle Work Overview at Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor's social-emotional learning model is based on their Compass, a human development model. Valor students participate in a weekly “Circle” exercise, during which they work to improve themselves, their community, and their relationships with...
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Appreciations in Action at Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor scholars regularly show appreciation to one another during Circle.
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Prides at Valor Collegiate Academies
Students at Valor spend time in a single-gendered small group meant to foster community and individual non-academic support.
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Teacher-Student Conferences
Students and teachers frequently conference to discuss student data and progress, as well as any modifications to their instruction.
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Selecting Small Groups by Learning Level
Teachers at Locust Grove provide small group instruction to students with similar learning needs. These groups can shift as often as daily, based on student progress.
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Prioritizing Non-Traditional Metrics
Given the unique challenges of their personalized learning approach and student population, Bronx Arena prioritizes data focused on attendance and output.
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Creating Small Group Instruction Opportunities with Content Specialist Teachers
Students are grouped based on needs and then pulled out – or teachers pushed in – for focused support and mini-lessons led by a content specialist.
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Advocate Counselors Providing Social Support at Bronx Arena
Educators at Bronx Arena discuss the role of Advocate Counselors, who provide social supports to students in school.
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Partnering with SCO Family of Services at Bronx Arena
The program director for SCO Family of Services discusses social supports offered at Bronx Arena, and how the organization works with the school to best deliver them to students.
Teaching Practices
How can strategic staffing better serve students with learning disabilities?
This guide will give you concrete resources, research, and insights on three different ways to revisit your current staffing models to better serve students with learning disabilities, including reinventing the special education teacher role,...
