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Strategies
Family STEAM Nights
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District provided materials and held Family STEAM Nights to engage families over Zoom during the pandemic.
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Community Cares Program
Monterey Peninsula partnered with local nonprofits and city groups to offer on-site learning support and enrichment opportunities for students experiencing homelessness to access during remote learning.
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Using an Asset-Based Language Approach
Highline Public Schools intentionally reflect and improve their use of strengths-based (often referred to as asset-based) language when supporting and referring to students.
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System-Level Driving Questions: Setting an Innovation Focal Point
Inspired by the book The Power of Moments, Dallas ISD identified one driving question that served as the focal point for piloting new and innovative teaching and learning practices across their cohort of personalized learning schools.
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Rethinking the Use of Outdoor and Community Spaces
With school closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hopkins Public Schools reimagined their use of outdoor and community spaces to return to in-person teaching and learning.
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Hybrid Learning With a Focus on In-Person Time for Labs, Hands-On Activities, and Collaboration
For students who are involved in remote learning, Hopkins Public Schools provided authentic, in-person learning experiences for hands-on activities and collaboration.
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Deepening Arts Enrichment Through Three-Week Focus Scheduling
Modifying arts enrichment schedules to minimize risk to enrichment teachers also leads to deeper engagement in the arts for students.
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Shifting Towards Assessment-Aligned Trimester Reporting
With the switch to virtual learning, the School District of Cudahy identified a core set of power standards and shifted from quarters to trimesters to better align with their assessment cycle.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Reflecting on Hops, Skips, and Leaps at Taos Academy Charter
In this Insight, Elizabeth LeBlanc shares some of the hops, skips, and leaps Taos Academy Charter has made during the COVID-19 pandemic to facilitate effective teaching and learning – and examines what they'll take forward with them.
Artifacts
Episode 1: Dallas ISD's Take on Project-Based Learning, Community Connections, and Teacher PD
On this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Kristen Watkins of Dallas Independent School...
Artifacts
Episode 3: How Cudahy Prioritized Communication, Feedback, and Trust-Building to Support In-Person Learning
In this episode of What Will We Take With Us?, a series featuring our conversations with education leaders across the United States on how they grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic in K-12 education, Dr. Tina Owen-Moore of the School District of...
