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Using a Capacity Matrix as a Pacing Guide at Lindsay
Brandy Quintero, a teacher at Lindsay, explains why and how teachers decided to integrate a pacing guide into the district's capacity matrix.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: When we started out with the capacity nature, just it was more like a checklist...
Artifacts
How Pacing is Structured at Lindsay
Teacher Brandy Quintero explains how they use matrices built around the assumption of the average amount of time they expect a student need to complete at standard or skill.Transcript: Brandy Quintero: the pacing matrix is set up with the idea of...
Artifacts
Personalized Playlists at Lindsay
Teacher Marla Earnest explains how personalized learning playlists are created in Empower. Transcript: Marla Earnest: They use Empower, the program I was telling you about earlier. And Empower has a playlist set up in it. And that...
Strategies
Structures for Supporting Self-Directed Learning
Teachers created clear norms and supports to help students be effective self-directed learners.
Strategies
Teacher Ongoing Data Use
Teachers review assessment and activity data to inform check-ins and support.
Strategies
STAR Testing Data Use
Pleasant View Elementary leverages the STAR test in reading three times a year.
Artifacts
Teacher Perspective: Working on Multiple Grade Levels at Lindsay
Teacher Brandy Quintero explains how advanced students can work at a higher level in a competency-based learning system. Transcript: Brandy Quintero: So at the beginning of the year, you know, when you first get to start knowing...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Shifting to self-directed learning: Setting a "default" mode
Blended and personalized learning models attempt to put students into greater control of their learning. Teachers need to build in explicit supports and structures to support students as they exercise greater choice and control. One structure we...
Spotlights & Case Studies
How Can I Learn More about This Site?
Watch these brief videos to discover the multiple features of the Blended & Personalized Learning Practices at Work site.
Strategies
Clamshell
Clamshell is when students close their laptops like clam shells (45 degrees) without closing them completely. It can be used to grab students attention and save time between transitions.
Artifacts
Beginners Guide to Blended Learning (Relay GSE course BL-101)
This course will teach you about blended and personalized learning as a whole, and show you how to stretch your thinking and try something new. You’ll learn the how and why of “blended” and how blended/personalized learning is changing the face of...
