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How to Use Vocabulary Frames
This website describes both when and how to use vocabulary frames in instruction and provides a printable worksheet. Vocabulary frames provide additional support for students who are learning English by helping them to not only define a word but...
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Piloting Three to Six Week Inquiry Projects
To boost student engagement during remote learning, D11 provided teachers with targeted grade level relevant guidance to support students in the creation of cross-content inquiry projects that spanned three to six weeks.
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Graduate Profile as a Planning Tool to Support Teaching and Learning Pilots
Created based on community and staff feedback, Colorado Springs School District 11’s graduate profile outlines the eight core competencies the district believes all graduates need to embark upon graduation. The profile is frequently referred to as...
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Accelerated Adoption of Centralized Instructional Materials Through Curriculum Blueprints
To support remote learning instruction, Austin ISD developed curriculum blueprints that offered targeted, district-vetted resources aligned to priority standards.
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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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Virtual Personalized Student Learning Plans
Virtual student-driven learning plans based on personalized, student choice with embedded opportunities for reflection.
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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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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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Schoolwide Weekly 1:1 Student Conferences
Weekly, one-to-one conferences supported by all staff members to aid in student development of academic skills, goal setting, and personal relationship building.
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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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Partnering with Housing Authority to Increase Universal Wi-Fi Access
To improve internet access during remote learning, Austin ISD partnered with the local housing authority to identify locations where students were under connected. Buses equipped with hotspots were then parked in strategic locations across the city...
