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Lovett ELA Scope and Sequence
An example of the scope and sequence Lovett educators create for their students in English Language Arts.
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Domain-Specific Professional Development Scope and Sequence
A nine-month scope and sequence for personalized learning professional development for teachers, which includes differentiated pathways dependent upon the domain teachers choose to focus their learning on.
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8th Grade Math Year-at-a-Glance at Valor Collegiate Academies
Valor scopes out all math content for each grade level, splitting content between the Core Class and Content Focus Class.
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Modifying Standards to Meet Student Needs
Lovett uses the Common Core State Standards but modifies them to better meet the needs of their students, often teaching additional skills students make need to successfully master the standards.
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Weekly Learning Cycles
Teachers try to deliver instruction in weekly cycles at Lovett, starting with whole group instruction at the beginning of the cycle and independent learning at the end.
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Teacher-Selected, Domain-Specific PD Tracks
Teachers opt-in to a specific track of professional development based on their interest in a certain domain of Chicago Public Schools’ Personalized Learning Framework.
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Multi-age Learning Pods
Placing students in grade bands of 2-3 and 4-5 to allow them to move in between classes based on ability level
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Lovett's Teacher Planning Time
Through daily individual prep periods and an extended co-planning session each Friday, Lovett teachers work together to align curriculum, plan activities to engage students and use data to uncover areas where students need improvement.
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Faculty Social-Emotional Learning
Valor educators participate in similar social-emotional learning activities as students.
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DSST Senior Civics: Power, Stories, and AI Unit Overview
DSST teachers modified their unit on power to incorporate lessons regarding AI. This overview provides the scope and sequence including key concepts, activities, and focus areas.
Examples From The Field
ReNEW DTA Academy
ReNEW’s Dolores T. Aaron Academy (“ReNEW DTA”) is a charter school serving students in pre-K through 8th grade in New Orleans, LA that has developed a mastery-based, 8th grade math program.
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