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Lesson Plan: Invent Ways to Help Get Your Community Vaccinated
PBS Newhour developed a lesson plan where students are equipped with knowledge of how the vaccine works and why it is important. With this knowledge, students can research challenges to vaccine distribution in their own communities and invent ways...
Strategies
Student Internships
Students can begin to explore career pathways and develop basic workplace skills in high school by participating in student internships.
Teaching Practices
Virtual Learning: What types of supports enable successful student-driven learning?
Learning virtually can create opportunities for students to work flexibly, self-direct, and access the personalized resources they need. However, learning independently online can also pose a host of new challenges. Educators can proactively address...
Teaching Practices
Virtual Learning: How can I engage families remotely to connect, collaborate, and support them as partners for students?
Strong relationships and communication with families (including parents, guardians, and other adults at home) is a vital and often under-utilized force for students' ongoing success, especially when learning occurs in a virtual setting. Explore this...
Examples From The Field
The Forest School Online
The Forest School Online is a small, independent, tuition-based virtual school connected to The Forest School in Fayetteville, GA.
Examples From The Field
Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS)
VLACS is a nonprofit charter school in NH that offers elementary, middle, and high school programs.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Leveraging Virtual and Hybrid Learning to Increase Course Access: Guidance for State Leaders
This guidance highlights a number of the considerations that states are making about their course access programs, demonstrates models states have developed based on these considerations, and provides resources to help states address critical...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Recovery Through Reinvention
This actionable insight covers how education leaders can use The Learning Accelerator's Hop, Skip, Leapfrog Guide to lead their educators through change management and reinvention of school models.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Getting the Most Out of K-12 Online Resources and Repositories
As technology continues to advance, online resource repositories – the websites, hubs, libraries, or other platforms used to find and implement resources and practices – have become an increasingly popular tool for educators looking to innovate....
Strategies
Creating Capacity Using Asynchronous Edtech Supports
District technology leaders can develop asynchronous supports for educators to shift the areas in which they dedicate their capacity.
Strategies
Two Steps to Improve Lesson Planning Through Instructional Design
By utilizing and applying ideas and steps from instructional design, teachers can create better learning experiences that lead students toward rigorous application and more meaningful outcomes.
