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Multimodal Planning
How to plan using a variety of modalities (synchronous, asynchronous, analog, and digital) throughout the day and even during a single lesson to ensure engagement and access for all students
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Quarterly, Cross-Subject "Big Idea" Inquiry Projects
Colorado Springs School District 11 developed a teacher-led planning process for quarterly, cross-subject "big idea" arcs where students worked through six phases of learning with built-in reflection, culminating in a performance assessment.
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Interdisciplinary Learning Through Teacher Teams
Teachers work together to create interdisciplinary, project-based experiences that span seven weeks and are organized around a common “big” inquiry question, with content-area driving questions and specific “concept” activities that are aligned to...
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Ector County SY 20-21 Academic Calendar
Ector County Independent School District’s SY20-21 academic calendar illustrates phase-in timelines.
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Ector County SY 20-21 Attendance Phases
Ector County Independent School District brought students back for learning in phases based on needs. This website shows the different phases, which student groups were part of each phase, and when each phase returned for in-person instruction.
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Virtual Coaching for Teachers
To support teacher growth, the Ector County Independent School District launched virtual coaching for teachers. Most coaches are not located within the district, so remote coaching was needed to provide the volume of coaching needed. Coaches watch...
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IDEO Co-Designing Schools Toolkit: Phase 6 Showcase
This final phase of IDEO's Co-Designing Schools Toolkit helps teams synthesize, reflect upon, and celebrate their work. Activities include storytelling to share insights and learnings as well as tools for engaging the broader community in...
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Peer Partners
Students are paired with a peer to set goals each morning and help each other overcome any challenges that may arise.
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Podcasts: TLA's "Beyond Brick and Mortar"
The "Beyond Brick and Mortar" podcast series features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way.
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Empowering Teachers to Pilot Edtech Tools
A district technology team in MA created a process for teachers to propose pilots of new edtech tools in their classrooms
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Google Apps for Education
Google Apps for Education is a suite of free collaboration and productivity tools for K-12 classrooms.
