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Education Disruption Podcast Episode: Student-Teacher Relationships
This podcast episode, named “When Student-Teacher Relationships are Prioritized, Learners Thrive,” dives into the story of a student at Map Academy, and how his relationship with a mentor teacher helped him re-engage with school and avoid dropping...
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Mentor Teacher Selection Form
Village High School in Colorado allows students to select their mentor teacher through a voting process. Each student fills out a Google Form and ranks their first, second, and third choices, and then school leaders match each student with their...
Strategies
Virtual Advisories
Schools have incorporated virtual advisories so students can feel connected to and supported by teachers, despite not meeting in person physically.
Strategies
Daily Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Check-ins
Teachers set aside some time at the beginning of each class to engage in some quick SEL activities and better understand how students are feeling.
Strategies
Family Contract
Families commit to supporting their student’s journey by agreeing to a digital contract.
Strategies
Synchronous Virtual Learning
Schools can offer synchronous live classes for students to receive ongoing academic support, SEL check-ins, and real-time modifications.
Teaching Practices
Unfinished Learning: What system conditions are needed to address unfinished learning?
Although long-term, systemic inequities ultimately need to be addressed, unfinished learning presents an immediate challenge. In the short term, schools and districts can organize their current systems around learner-centered principles and...
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Taos Academy’s Synchronous Advisory
All students at Taos Academy are required to join their weekly synchronous advisory meeting with their academic advisor and cohort. This synchronous meeting runs from 8:15 a.m. to 12 m. once per week, during which students and advisors engage in...
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Tackle Teacher Shortages with Online Learning
Julia Freeland Fisher uses this blog post to make the case for online learning as a solution to teacher shortages.
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Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: Gem Prep Online's Whole-Community Approach to College and Career Readiness
In The Learning Accelerator's new podcast series, Beyond Brick and Mortar, hear from leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. about what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the...
Strategies
Gulfport Virtual Academy's Approach to Teacher and Student Capacity
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Gulfport Virtual Academy sought to support students who struggled with asynchronous courses and empower teachers to try new technologies and teaching practices to support...
