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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.
Strategies
Surveying Teachers to Identify Edtech Professional Learning Needs
Professional development can be a powerful driver for edtech integration. Collecting and analyzing data around teachers’ technology needs can help ensure that learning opportunities are relevant and targeted.
Guides
Data Advocacy: Why Use Data for Advocacy
Stakeholders advocate for varying reasons; however, the purpose of advocacy should be anchored in an equitable vision for learners. Using a research-based framework helps stakeholders leverage data to tell the story of historic and current...
Guides
Data Advocacy: How to Use Data for Advocacy
The Right Data Perspective: WHAT is Needed for Successful Advocacy Districts, families, and community groups have varying levels of access to data, ranging from student demographics to behavior and disciplinary data to measures of academic...
Artifacts
Edtech Stack Reflection Checklist
Leaders of virtual and hybrid programs can use this checklist to audit their program’s edtech stacks. This tool is designed to produce actionable insights about where edtech products support overall virtual and hybrid program quality. Additional...
Strategies
Auditing an Edtech Stack
Edtech plays a critical role in promoting the quality of virtual and hybrid learning. Leaders must capture and reflect on their edtech tools' ability to drive quality learning.
Spotlights & Case Studies
How Do Edtech Products “Stack” Up?: Improving Quality in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Through Technology
This resource distills learnings about what must be true for edtech to promote virtual and hybrid learning program quality and offers leaders a series of questions to ask themselves when considering their own edtech products’ ability to do so.
Strategies
Leveraging Disciplinary Data to Advocate for Students
Data can be used by stakeholders to understand how and to what extent disciplinary practices are occurring within their school or district, and further advocate for equitable practices for students.
Strategies
Using Data to Advocate for Students with Learning Differences
To foster the right learning environment for students with learning differences, educators must understand the data around how their students learn best, celebrate highlights, explore and problem-solve around gaps, and set up all stakeholders –...
Strategies
Using Data to Advocate for Changes in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Models
Districts that establish new virtual and/or hybrid schools should regularly collect data and engage stakeholders to evaluate the strength of their program. Virtual and hybrid schools can advocate for changes with district leadership using proper...
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...
