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Strategies
One-to-One Device Ratio
Every student has a device at Valor, and can take it home, extending the learning environment beyond school.
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Math Notebooks
Students at Valor use math notebooks to organize their math notes and progress through content.
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Diverse Data Sources
Teachers at Valor employ a variety of assessments to collect formative, summative, and benchmark data. They use this data to improve instruction.
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Student Support Structures for Personalized Learning
Teachers at Valor have created multiple options for student support when they are struggling with content.
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Self-Directed Summer Math Piloting
Valor piloted a self-directed summer math course to help prepare students for more challenging content the following academic year.
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Prioritizing Student Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Growth through an SEL Curriculum
Valor designed the Compass, a comprehensive human development model and social-emotional curriculum, to foster students who lead balanced, purposeful lives.
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Communal Practice Affirming Personal, Interpersonal, and Community Development
Valor students participate in a weekly “Circle” exercise, during which they work to improve themselves, their community, and their relationships with others.
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Committing to Work on Individual, Relationship, and Community Topics
Individual, Relationship, and Community-based activities that students complete and often share through a communal practice called “Circle.”
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Direct Instruction Centered on Social-Emotional Growth
Each student at Valor participates in a once weekly elective-type class that provides direct instruction related to their social-emotional learning.
Examples From The Field
Locust Grove Middle School
Locust Grove Middle School is a 6th-8th grade personalized learning school in Henry County School District in Georgia.
