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Student Return to School Survey
The goal of this survey, produced by ASU Prep Digital, is to help "recalibrate" teachers and students to help support students' learning and lower levels of frustration across the board. Returning to school successfully involves more than just...
Strategies
Setting Expectations Through Surveys
As students and teachers return to in-person learning, it is important to align on expectations, leverage learnings and students' skills from remote instruction, and design experiences that will support students in effective ways.
Strategies
Podcasts: TLA's "What Will We Take With Us?"
Explore various podcasts in our leadership series, "What Will We Take With Us?" to hear how education leaders rose to tackle the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they're working to take what they've learned into a future that supports...
Strategies
Sanitizing and Cleaning Your Classroom
The virus that causes COVID-19 is mainly spread through respiratory droplets. Having students and staff sanitize themselves, objects in classrooms, and high-touch surfaces reduces the risk of exposure to COVID-19.
Strategies
Non-Verbal Engagement
Utilize non-verbal feedback (e.g., emojis) to visually show when students are ready, need more time, have questions, or want to convey another reaction. This strategy allows students to quickly communicate in a low-stakes – and even entertaining –...
Strategies
Quick Hands
To ensure students are not only able to engage in a remote setting – but are able to engage comfortably – it is important to give all students the chance to share, participate, and answer questions in fun ways.
Artifacts
Report: Creating a Culture of Adult Wellbeing at School - Investing in Adults to Support Students
This report presents findings from an extensive literature review and focus group of diverse district leaders to understand the state of adult wellbeing in schools and districts. It provides leaders and educators in the field with concrete language...
Artifacts
Measuring Adult Wellbeing in Schools - Survey Instrument
In collaboration with Lindsay Unified School District (LUSD), The Learning Accelerator (TLA) developed this 20-item survey based on an initial review of the literature related to adult wellbeing. Its purpose is to help district and system leaders to...
Guides
Digital Equity: Essential Conditions to Support Digital Equity
The concept of digital equity is nuanced and complex. Beyond ensuring powerful access and meaningful use, it also incorporates the surrounding ecosystem. To fully realize the promise of the learning opportunities presented in the previous section,...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Three Steps to Effectively Engage Learners in a Synchronous Video Learning Experience
Explore ways to design an effective synchronous video learning experiences, starting with what you already know and exploring the effective in-person strategies you used prior to remote learning.
