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Portfolio-Based Grade Interviews
To support students’ metacognition as well as foster standards-based grading, teachers at Austin ISD piloted grade interviews with their students, allowing them to self-assess on a rubric and defend their grade through 1:1 conversation with their...
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Grade Interviews Pilot Process
To support teachers in their rollout of the grade interview strategy, Austin ISD’s Strategy Lab team created an initial presentation about the pilot process, explaining the reasoning behind the pilot and soliciting input from teachers on how to...
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Field Guide: Grade Interviews
To support teachers in their rollout of the grade interview strategy, Austin ISD’s Strategy Lab team created a simple one-pager with the essential information required. The “Field Guide” includes teacher and student actions as well as checklists for...
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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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Mastery-Based Math Learning Through “Cafés”
Liberty Public Schools math teachers piloted a mastery-based learning model to support student self-direction and personalized pacing. Elementary school teachers built lessons around a continuum of standards and allowed for students to attend...
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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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Grade Interviews Pilot Planning Notes
To support teachers through the process of their grade interview pilot, Austin ISD’s Strategy Lab team created a centralized space for documenting the process. The document includes links to important surveys and resources, clarification of roles,...
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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.
