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Strategies
Targeted Small Group Instruction
Teachers work with small groups of students to target specific learning needs.
Strategies
Collaboration between Teachers and Advocate Counselors
Generalist teachers and Advocate Counselors co-teach in order to address each student’s academic and social-emotional needs in a strategic and collaborative nature.
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Arenas (Four-Hour Time Blocks)
Students spend the majority of their instructional time in an open class period working on their individual academic plans, receiving customized support as needed.
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Graduated Student Autonomy
Students gradually gain more autonomy throughout their time at Bronx Arena, with the end goal being that they can completely self-manage their learning by the time they graduate.
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Co-Creating Graduation Plans with Credit Mapping
Collaborative long-term planning to identify credits students have accomplished and need to accomplish to achieve future goals.
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Measuring Three Levels of Mastery
Students can pursue proficiency at three different levels, based on their prior knowledge and academic strengths and weaknesses.
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Student Pacing Based on Content Mastery
Bronx Arena has built a competency-based model so that students not only get a personalized experience but are truly able to accelerate and/or slow down based on their learning needs, due to their flexible schedule and time allocation.
Strategies
Demonstrating Mastery with Two Challenges and a Capstone
Each student is required to complete two challenges and one capstone project to demonstrate knowledge transfer and mastery of the course content.
Artifacts
Cisco Student-Led Learning Teacher Notes: Exploring Equations
This sample teacher notes document from Cisco Junior High supports a teacher in guiding students through an exploring equations activity.
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Cisco Checklist Example: Slope
Students at Cisco Junior High select what they work on from skill-level appropriate playlists.
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Cisco Science Playlist
Students at Cisco Junior High select what they work on from skill-level appropriate playlists.
