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Collecting Real-Time Student Data
Collecting real-time data about students’ understanding of the content allows teachers to adjust instruction as they progress through a lesson. Teachers can gauge whether students are ready to move ahead or if they need to offer additional support...
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Piloting Three to Six Week Inquiry Projects
To boost student engagement during remote learning, D11 provided teachers with targeted grade level relevant guidance to support students in the creation of cross-content inquiry projects that spanned three to six weeks.
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Quarterly, Cross-Subject "Big Idea" Inquiry Projects
Colorado Springs School District 11 developed a teacher-led planning process for quarterly, cross-subject "big idea" arcs where students worked through six phases of learning with built-in reflection, culminating in a performance assessment.
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Curriculum Blueprint Stakeholder Surveys
Following the rollout of curriculum blueprints for remote instruction, Austin ISD’s academic team sought feedback. The team surveyed teachers and students in October of 2020 and then again in December of 2020, helping to surface trends in usage, as...
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Virtual Weekly Workshop Session Plans
Four examples of different virtual learning workshop session slide decks prepared by the Department of Personalized Learning at Chicago Public Schools. Session topics include: Providing Students Choice in Giving and Receiving FeedbackBest Practices...
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Virtual Weekly Teaching and Learning Workshops
Chicago Public Schools’ Department of Personalized Learning led weekly virtual workshops to help teachers personalize and adapt practices in hybrid and remote settings.
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Interdisciplinary Learning Through Teacher Teams
Teachers work together to create interdisciplinary, project-based experiences that span seven weeks and are organized around a common “big” inquiry question, with content-area driving questions and specific “concept” activities that are aligned to...
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Third and Fourth Grade Mastery-Based Grading
At Mt. Vernon Elementary School, mastery-based grading was implemented to support and encourage students to easily determine their own mastery guided by teacher feedback.
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Community Partnerships for Career-Oriented Learning Work
Building external partnerships that encourage students to think about how to interact with external entities and design authentic projects aligned with future careers in mind.
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Virtual Coaching for Teachers
To support teacher growth, the Ector County Independent School District launched virtual coaching for teachers. Most coaches are not located within the district, so remote coaching was needed to provide the volume of coaching needed. Coaches watch...
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MPUSD Sample Communication to Parents About Standards-Based Grading Pilot
This webpage offers parents at MPUSD’s Seaside Middle School information on new mastery grading policies.
