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Norms and Expectations in Virtual and Hybrid Learning
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is essential for schools to establish clear norms and expectations to ease students’ and families’ transitions into virtual and hybrid learning and set them up for success. This...
Strategies
Setting Clear Expectations for Student Engagement (KJ Virtual Academy)
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KJ Virtual Academy designed a pilot program that outlined common expectations for student behavior and engagement in synchronous classes to increase engagement and produce...
Strategies
Organizing and Analyzing Qualitative Data
Explore strategies that educators can engage in to better organize, analyze, and understand qualitative data they have collected.
Teaching Practices
Digital Access: How can leaders ensure that every student can access the digital tools they need to develop as expert learners?
This problem of practice offers school leaders three approaches to ensure each student has the ability to use digital tools effectively, safely, and responsibly with consistent access across both home and school settings.
Artifacts
Self-Assessment: Equitable EdTech Systems
This self-assessment mirrors the structure of the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation, distilling foundational concepts into a series of statements about users’ edtech practices. Using a modified version of...
Strategies
Driving EdTech Systems: Continuous Improvement Guide
This strategy provides school- and system-level edtech leaders with activities to support them in designing improvement efforts that align their edtech systems with the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation....
Strategies
Driving EdTech Systems: Build Research and Measurement Capacity
Beginning with developing research questions and then describing methodologies to capture data and share findings, this strategy supports the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation users in reflecting on...
Strategies
Driving EdTech Systems: Uxbridge Public Schools
Uxbridge Public Schools is located in western Massachusetts and participated in the EdTech Peer Learning Cohort facilitated by The Learning Accelerator (TLA) in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s...
Teaching Practices
Digital Use: How can leaders ensure students actively use technology as a core learning component?
This problem of practice offers school leaders three strategies to close the “digital use divide,” ensuring each student has the ability and opportunity to actively and powerfully use technology as a core component of their learning.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Beyond the Pilot: How to Scale Up Innovation in Schools
This Insight explores the importance of a deliberate, phased approach to implementing educational initiatives, emphasizing that intentionality, rather than speed, is crucial for long-term success. By piloting new practices, building teacher...
Strategies
Using AI to Create Resources and Strengthen the Implementation of Open Educational Resources
Generative AI can enhance Open Educational Resources (OER) by creating tailored instructional tools and supports. DSST Public Schools used AI-powered chatbots with Illustrative Mathematics to develop teacher engagement strategies and end-of-unit...
