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Strategies
Learning Coaches
Adults work closely with assigned students throughout the duration of their virtual learning experience to support them with planning, time management, submissions, and more.
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
Flexible Scheduling for Virtual and Hybrid Learning
Virtual and hybrid schools can offer flexibility in scheduling for students to decide what will best meet their needs, learning preferences, and individual situations.
Strategies
Engaging in Real-World Learning Experiences
Schools offer real-world experiences for students to deeply explore their interests and experience authentic learning opportunities.
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...
Strategies
Early College Credit
High schools can offer early college credit and dual enrollment to students to give them a head start on their post-secondary pathway.
Teaching Practices
Unfinished Learning: How do you begin to measure student progress during disruption?
Measuring unfinished learning requires a strategic measurement process that starts with reviewing data, creating strong research questions, and collecting data. This process will help make connections between learning mastery and enabling structures...
Teaching Practices
Unfinished Learning: What classroom practices can be implemented to address unfinished learning?
At the classroom level, to address unfinished learning, educators need to implement strategies that accelerate individual learners’ growth and progress, adapt to their differences, and build on their academic, social, and physical strengths. This...
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...
Examples From The Field
Map Academy
Map Academy is an alternative public high school in MA that offers students a different path to graduation than traditional high schools.
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.
