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How can I utilize Open Educational Resources to personalize lessons and assessments?
This guide will help educators and school leaders working with Open Educational Resources (OER) to personalize lessons and meet student needs.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Today's One Thing for Teachers: Setting Up Systems of Accountability
This installment of TLA’s Today’s One Thing addresses how to set up structures for student accountability by using student-driven trackers.
Spotlights & Case Studies
Today’s One Thing for Teachers: Curating Content
In this installment of TLA’s Today’s One Thing, we look at how teachers can flip their already existing content and leverage Open Educational Resources (OER) to teach in their virtual classrooms.
Teaching Practices
What are the design factors that drive quality in K-12 remote learning?
Strong remote instruction leverages key research-informed design features to effectively engage students in learning. This guide will explore three design areas – technology, pedagogy, and relationships – that teachers should consider, as well as...
Teaching Practices
How can I integrate specific blended learning practices to meet individual needs during remote instruction?
Looking for ways to implement powerful instructional practices within remote instruction? This guide explores specific strategies that leverage varied modalities to effectively collect and use data, offer personalization points, and enable progress...
Artifacts
Weekly Curriculum Plan
This weekly plan for high school students is detailed with hyperlinks and objectives for each day. Educators should be clear and consistent with the design, ensuring all students know what to expect for the day, helping all students stay on the same...
Guides
Real-Time Redesign: Come Together
Key Objectives Learn how to bring a team of students, families, teachers, staff, and leaders together to tackle an urgent issue to make your school(s) more equitable and resilient.Collect and apply qualitative and quantitative data from a range of...
Teaching Practices
Simultaneous Learning: How can I effectively work with in-person and remote students at the same time?
Grappling with creating effective learning experiences for students in your in-person classroom and students learning remotely at the same time? This guide shares specific strategies that help ensure student engagement, ownership, and connection.
Strategies
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.
Artifacts
By Design Project Guide
This is a sample project guide for a seven-week interdisciplinary project in ELA, science, social studies, and health. The guide outlines the big question and content area driving questions and explains for students and parents how progress towards...
Strategies
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...
