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COVID-19 Indicators to Support School Closure and Reopening Decisions
This tool from the Parabola Project provides indicators for school officials to monitor with their local health departments in considering if and when to close a classroom/cohort, school, or district, and when to open again.
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Highlander Institute Classroom Walkthrough Tool
This classroom walkthrough tool, from the Highlander Institute, links instructional behaviors seen at the teacher level to district actions. It is designed to help administrators understand their role in raising the ceiling for teacher practice.
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Locust Grove Sample Learner Pathway - 8th Science Unit 1
Students at Locust Grove Middle School work on personalized learner pathways that are designed with tasks that progress across depth of knowledge levels.
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Communal Practice Affirming Personal, Interpersonal, and Community Development
Valor students participate in a weekly “Circle” exercise, during which they work to improve themselves, their community, and their relationships with others.
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Identifying Mastery and Growth Areas with Pretests and Posttests
Students take tests before and after units to identify areas of focus and growth.
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Customized Learner Pathways
Students use learner pathways to progress through content and instruction. These pathways are modified based on what the students has shown they already know or need to work on.
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Selecting Small Groups by Learning Level
Teachers at Locust Grove provide small group instruction to students with similar learning needs. These groups can shift as often as daily, based on student progress.
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Developing Academic Competencies
Creating district-level competencies that help clarify learning expectations for educators, students, and families.
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District Support for Schools Shifting to Personalized Learning
Henry County Schools provides monetary support, invests in people, and takes time to talk through issues and challenges of transitioning to personalized learning.
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Locust Grove Middle School’s Shift to Personalized Learning
Locust Grove collected information from a lot of sources to help inform the “why” and the “what” of their personalized learning efforts.
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Locust Grove Item Analysis (with Learning Targets)
Teachers at Locust Grove Middle School design pre-assessments to directly align with the learning targets and performance indicators for each unit, allowing them to analyze each item and mastery of the corresponding learning target.
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