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Differentiating Units & Classes at a High Level
Students are placed in either high, medium or low classes based on their ability level, using their NWEA RIT score as a starting point. Students may change classes during the year based on performance.
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Locust Grove Project Driving Question - Community & Commerce House
At Locust Grove Middle School, teachers design career-based projects with broad driving questions that guide how students approach the project while intentionally giving flexibility.
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Locust Grove Project Driving Question - Cultivating Wellness House
At Locust Grove Middle School, teachers design career-based projects with broad driving questions that guide how students approach the project while intentionally giving flexibility.
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Robotics at Locust Grove Middle School
A look into the use of robots in the classroom at Locust Grove.
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Class Example: House Projects at Locust Grove Middle School
Hear from students at Locust Grove about their House Projects.
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Learning Labs at Bronx Arena
Educators at Bronx Arena discuss subject-specific activity-based classes called learning labs. Classroom footage is also featured.
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Organizing Individualized Learning for an Entire Class with Facilitation Plans at Bronx Arena
Bronx Arena educators discuss how they use facilitation plans to keep track of student learning progress and coordinate learning resources.
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Creating Customized Credit Maps for Each Student at Bronx Arena
An educator and student discuss how and why they create custom class sequences, or credit maps, for each student. A student and educator also discuss a credit sequence in the classroom.
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Class Example: Credit Mapping at Bronx Arena
A student and teacher discuss the student's credit and class sequence based on the student's progress and need.
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Try a concept-progress model
Concept-progress strategies involve taking an academic concept and first focusing on large group “concept” instruction, then breaking students into smaller groups for targeted “progress” instruction. Check out Unlocking Time's strategy on leveraging...
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Unlocking Time's strategy on implementing a flex time period
Flex time periods offer students some degree of flexibility to follow their own interests and manage their own learning time, providing as much flexibility as the school structure and culture can support.
