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Virtual Weekly Teaching and Learning Workshops
Chicago Public Schools’ Department of Personalized Learning led weekly virtual workshops to help teachers personalize and adapt practices in hybrid and remote settings.
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Teacher-Selected, Domain-Specific PD Tracks
Teachers opt-in to a specific track of professional development based on their interest in a certain domain of Chicago Public Schools’ Personalized Learning Framework.
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Interdisciplinary Learning Through Teacher Teams
Teachers work together to create interdisciplinary, project-based experiences that span seven weeks and are organized around a common “big” inquiry question, with content-area driving questions and specific “concept” activities that are aligned to...
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Multi-Grade Level Classrooms
As a result of the pandemic and changing class sizes for students returning in-person, elementary schools shifted from single grade level classes to multi-grade level classes. This allowed creating even class sizes with frequently shifting numbers...
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Math Personalized Learning Plan
Liberty Public School students in learning cafe classrooms use personalized plans to self-direct and pace their learning of math skills. Plans are organized against a continuum of math competency areas, and students work through a personalized plan...
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Building a Direct Channel Between Teachers, Coaches, and Academic Leadership
Liberty Public Schools district leadership established communication channels with school-based practitioners. This allowed teachers and instructional coaches to share insights into day-to-day challenges with district leadership. This also provided...
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Graduate Profile as Tool for Accelerating Personalized Learning Opportunities
Liberty Public Schools grounds instructional decision making in developing graduate competencies in five areas. Leaders used this profile to advance deeper learning models as well as to create virtual, personalized learning opportunities.
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Remote Cross-District Collaboration
Leveraging the shift to remote schooling, Austin ISD fostered cross-district collaboration between teachers and leaders from across the city.
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District Distance Learning Progression
To support the shift to remote learning, the Personalized Learning Department at Dallas ISD created the Distance Learning Progression, which identifies the necessary system, leader, teacher, and student actions that are needed when operating in a...
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High-Dosage Tutoring
Metro Nashville Public Schools partnered with higher-education and community partners to provide one-on-one tutoring to students during the school day.
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Focusing Remote Learning Through Standards Prioritization
In response to the pandemic, Renton School District brought together collaborative teams of teachers who taught the same subject and grade level to identify priority standards and learning activities for focusing remote learning.
