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Henry County’s School Redesign Process
Every school in Henry County that transitions to personalized learning must participate in the districts design process.
Cisco Junior High School
Cisco Junior High School is a small district school in Cisco, TX, about two hours outside of Dallas, serving students in grades 6-8. Cisco ISD has scaled blended learning to 3rd-8th grade math and science, and is working toward scaling across...
Creating Extra Time for Student Support in Extension Classes
Extension classes provide extra time for all 6th grade students and specific 7th grade students to get the academic supports they need.
Common Data Practices
Students and teachers interact with data in a variety of ways, all geared toward improving teaching and learning.
Supporting Teachers Shifting to Blended Learning
As a small district, Cisco ISD must be creative and intentional in how it allocates resources to support its blended learning teachers.
Bronx Arena High School
Bronx Arena is an alternative high school that serves overage and under-credited students in grades 9-12 in the Bronx borough of New York City. Each student has a custom education plan meant to help them optimally learn what they need to graduate....
Designing Custom Curriculum
Bronx Arena creates and improves upon its own curriculum. This process helps them ensure it is relevant to students. The curriculum serves as a foundational component of individualizing learning for each student.
Collaboration between Teachers and Advocate Counselors
Generalist teachers and Advocate Counselors co-teach in order to address each student’s academic and social-emotional needs in a strategic and collaborative nature.
Student Support Network of Advocate Counselors
Advocate counselors provide social support to students throughout the day. Each class (or Arena) is staffed with a counselor.
Separate School and Home Devices
Students have their own top of the line device they can use at school and can check out loaner devices to take home as needed for academic purposes.
Bronx Arena’s Master Schedule
By allowing more flexibility with time and physical space, Bronx Arena has created systems and structures to foster authentic relationships and inspire students in an open forum type model.