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Remote-Friendly Assessments: How can I build assessments that are accessible for students in remote and hybrid learning environments?
Looking for ways to assess a student’s mastery of new learning, no matter their physical location? This guide shares specific strategies to ensure students are engaging with and mastering content, whether they are working remotely or inside the...
Strategies
Remote Cross-District Collaboration
Leveraging the shift to remote schooling, Austin ISD fostered cross-district collaboration between teachers and leaders from across the city.
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Technical Support Centers for Families
To ensure every student and family could get help troubleshooting technology, Metro Nashville Public Schools launched districtwide support centers online, by phone, and outdoors.
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Weekend and Vacation Meals Distribution
To support students and families during school closures of in-person learning, Meriden Public Schools provided free breakfast and lunch to all students daily, on weekends, and over school holidays.
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Districtwide Elementary SEL Block
To address an increased need to support students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) during the pandemic, Meriden Public Schools launched a districtwide, daily SEL block in grades K-5.
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Multiple Access Points for Tech Support
To effectively support remote teaching and learning, Mendon-Upton Regional School District launched several different systems to support students, teachers, and families with technology.
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Districtwide Morning Meeting Time
Build in a time at all schools for all students regardless of location (virtual or in-person) when they are able to build relationships with staff members and their peers.
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Distance-Learning MOU With a Focus on Instructional Aims
Leaders at Monterey Peninsula Unified School Districts worked to negotiate an agreement with union leaders that clearly defined expectations for remote instruction in ways that tied to student-centered aims.
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School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support
To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided district-facilitated support to school leaders.
Guides
Hop, Skip, Leapfrog: Introduction
What have we learned? What will we take forward? The COVID-19 pandemic has posed incredible challenges for American K-12 education. From navigating the shift to remote learning to putting in place new measures to support safety to identifying and...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
