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Reimagining Time in School for All Students
The Unlocking Time Initiative seeks to empower K-12 school leaders to adopt new time strategies that fuel student-centered learning. It provides support for educators working to improve their school’s use of time. They offer a free website with...
Learning Design at Washington Leadership Academy
Washington Leadership Academy’s learning design process for student learning (think: the real reason people “lesson plan”) is a key operation in the organization. The school currently leverages a design thinking process in how it plans for, designs,...
Algebra Studio Course Map
This example from Washington Leadership Academy shows a course map for an Algebra 1 Math Studio Class and provides a look into: Course overviewRecommended fluencies for Algebra 1Instructional model and implementation strategies for mathModular...
Open School Development and Operations Resources
Washington Leadership Academy focuses on the importance of always growing, staying open to feedback, and trying to improve the world. It has committed to sharing its operation resources openly. In this guide, you will find resources around: School...
UnboundEd Enhance Instruction Tools
UnboundEd offers Enhance Instruction tools, a set of free professional learning resources for teachers and leaders that focus on the application of content related to the standards in K-12 math and English Language Arts. The content guide in math...
modEL Detroit
modEL Detroit, an initiative of StandardsWorks, is supporting Detroit Public Schools in K-8 ELA by providing both planning and delivering resources to support teachers implementing the EL Education curriculum. It has developed Powerpoint slides that...
Implementing OER: A History Teacher's Perspective
Dr. Eric Langhorst, OER coordinator and middle school U.S. history teacher from Liberty Public Schools, provides an overview of his journey to implementing OER. He shares his process of restructuring his planning by starting with the standards and...
Liberty Public School’s Curriculum Alignment and Publication Checklist
This tool was created by Liberty Public Schools to guide the publication of its curriculum. Since most of their courses are published openly, school leaders wanted to make sure anything that was submitted to the district met these guidelines.
Curriculum and OER Vetting Tool
This tool is used by teams of writers at Liberty Public Schools to make sure each piece of OER content used for a lesson meets all standards.
OER Passport
This tool from Mountain Heights Academy is leveraged to ensure that all faculty engage in production, use, reuse, create, publish and share content. At the beginning of the year, every teacher receives their own tangible passport, enabling them to...
OER: A District’s Journey to Adopting Open Education Resources
Liberty Public Schools' journey and transition to adopting Open Educational Resources. In this presentation, the district provides an overview of its district, timeline, process for adoption, and examples of the financial impact on its budgets.