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Strategies
Student Belonging Through Routine Connection-Building (FLEX Online)
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, FLEX Online sought to determine how to use their existing systems and structures to build connectedness and engagement in a virtual environment.
Strategies
Building Teacher Capacity to Increase Student Belonging (KIPP DC)
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, KIPP DC sought to improve their students’ sense of belonging as well as their educators' capacity to mentor students.
Strategies
Ensuring Student Belonging Through Enrollment Transitions (Cooperative Learning Virtual Academy)
Through their participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Cooperative Virtual Learning Academy worked to find ways to build and maintain a positive classroom culture and help teachers create opportunities for building...
Artifacts
Monterey Peninsula: Students and Teachers Co-Designing Strategies for Belonging
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) sought to address a key problem in their district: “How might we increase flexibility and personalization to build a sense of belonging and connection within the context of our labor and policy...
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Monterey Peninsula: Brainstorming Ideas for Flexibility, Personalization, and Student Sense of Belonging
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD) sought to address a key problem in their district: “How might we increase flexibility and personalization to build a sense of belonging and connection within the context of our labor and policy...
Spotlights & Case Studies
Belonging in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Environments
For students to succeed in a virtual/hybrid learning environment, it is crucial to not only attend to students’ emotions on the other side of the screen – but also prioritize building relationships and creating a sense of social presence similar to...
Artifacts
Monterey Peninsula: Connecting Empathy Interviews and School Culture
When designing change in a district, it is essential that leaders hear directly from students, families, teachers, and classified staff (i.e., those most impacted by teaching and learning); this is often done via empathy interviews. Themes from...
Strategies
Activity: Brainstorm Solutions and Refine Ideas
When designing change, teams brainstorm a wide range of potential ways to address their problem related to equity and resiliency in teaching and learning.
Strategies
Activity: Match the Right Solution to Your Problem
When designing change, teams select solutions that reflect the needs and priorities of students, families, teachers, and classified staff.
Artifacts
Six Check-in Ideas to Build Community in College Classrooms
This Faculty Focus article shares six research-based check-in strategies instructors can use to build community, reduce stress, and strengthen students’ sense of belonging in college classrooms.
Strategies
Highlighting Essential Habits for Developing Excellence in Mind, Body, and Spirit
Valor determined two core Compass Habits representing excellence in each of the five Compass Disciplines. Students develop competency in each of these habits, which are sequenced through a series of phases within the Compass Phase System.
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