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Strategies
Highline Virtual Academy's Approach to Student Expectations and Engagement in Virtual Learning
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Highline Virtual Academy sought to establish common expectations for synchronous class participation and provide scaffolds to encourage student discourse.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Addressing Teacher and Student Capacity with Technology
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools to improve both teacher and student capacity with technology. This Insight explores the research behind this critical lever and real-world case studies of...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Belonging in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Environments
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is crucial to not only attend to students’ emotions on the other side of the screen – but also prioritize building relationships and creating a sense of social presence similar to...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Family Engagement in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is vital that schools put support structures in place that inform, encourage, and support families as an integral part of their child’s learning experience. This Insight explores...
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Norms and Expectations in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools to establish clear norms and expectations to ease students’ and families’ transitions into virtual and hybrid learning and set them up for success. This...
Strategies
Setting Clear Expectations for Student Engagement (KJ Virtual Academy)
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KJ Virtual Academy designed a pilot program that outlined common expectations for student behavior and engagement in synchronous classes to increase engagement and produce...
Strategies
P-CCS' Approach to Student-Centered Virtual Learning
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Plymouth-Canton Community Schools' Virtual Academy designed and piloted a program that would help middle-school students intentionally work toward mastery.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Learner-Centered Design in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools and teachers to implement learner-centered design practices. This Insight explores the research behind this critical lever and real-world case studies of...
Strategies
Building Capacity With an Edtech Champions Program
Edtech champions programs provide a promising way for schools and systems to increase capacity for edtech support in schools, provide leadership opportunities for early-adopter staff, and foster a cross-school systems network of edtech leaders.
Strategies
Emotions Scan
For students to learn how to manage their emotions during intense and/or challenging moments, they first must be able to identify them. An emotions scan helps students build their skills in noticing and naming their feelings.
Artifacts
The CASEL Framework
Created by the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting all students’ social-emotional learning (SEL) development, the CASEL Framework is a tool for educators to use as they support...
