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The 4Cs: Understanding Agency-Driven Leadership in Action
This second installment in a three-part series introduces the 4Cs—Conceptual Understanding, Commitment, Competency, and Capacity—as a practical framework for agency-driven leadership, offering leaders clear entry points to strengthen the conditions...
Strategies
Student-Led Progress Tracking
At West Belden, students are able to pick what they work on, and track their own progress.
Teaching Practices
Student Ownership: How do I support students in building agency and owning their data?
In order to support student agency and ownership of learning, educators need to develop practices that enable students to understand and use their own data in meaningful ways. This guide will explore various structures and strategies to accomplish...
Artifacts
Mere Engagement: Reflections about the Connections Between Online Learning, Student Agency, and Student Engagement
School leaders mustn’t lose sight of the need for student agency and student engagement as they contend with the myriad challenges posed by COVID-19. In fact, they must reimagine what agency and engagement can look like in cases when students are...
Strategies
Student Input in Classroom Layout
West Belden teachers often seek student input when redesigning classrooms.
Artifacts
Graduated Student Autonomy at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena's founder discusses how students start to own more responsibility for their own learning. A student provides an example of their learning management.
Artifacts
Starting Smart with AI: A Quick Guide for State Education Agency Leaders
This brief highlights the critical role state education agencies can play in supporting foundational AI integration across districts. It provides specific questions and vetted tools to help SEAs assess local needs, identify gaps, and coordinate...
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Starting Smart with Learning Acceleration: A Quick Guide for State Education Agency (SEA) Leaders
This guide helps state education agency leaders take practical, early steps to embed learning acceleration within daily instruction across their state. Organized around five foundational questions, it provides Hop, Skip, and Leapfrog actions that...
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Starting Smart with Learning Acceleration: A Quick Guide for Local Education Agency (LEA) Leaders
This quick guide supports district and system leaders in embedding learning acceleration into the instructional core by aligning strategy, professional learning, and system conditions. Organized around five foundational questions, it offers Hop,...
Strategies
Goal-setting Process
West Belden students increase agency and ownership of their learning through goal setting and tracking their own progress.
Strategies
Power Standards
While Learners must master all standards, teachers identify "power standards" to help Learners focus on those they think are most important.
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