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Targeted Small Group Instruction
Teachers work with small groups of students to target specific learning needs.
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....
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.
Arenas (Four-Hour Time Blocks)
Students spend the majority of their instructional time in an open class period working on their individual academic plans, receiving customized support as needed.
Prioritizing Non-Traditional Metrics
Given the unique challenges of their personalized learning approach and student population, Bronx Arena prioritizes data focused on attendance and output.
Using Unique Data Sets that Inform Teaching and Learning
Bronx Arena reviews a variety of different data sets to ensure that its approach is having a positive impact on student learning.
Graduated Student Autonomy
Students gradually gain more autonomy throughout their time at Bronx Arena, with the end goal being that they can completely self-manage their learning by the time they graduate.
Conferencing to Set and Review Goals
Various daily, weekly, and monthly check-ins to ensure that students are progressing through their credits, hitting their benchmarks, and on track to graduate and reach their long-term goals.
Creating Small Group Instruction Opportunities with Content Specialist Teachers
Students are grouped based on needs and then pulled out – or teachers pushed in – for focused support and mini-lessons led by a content specialist.
Students Focus on Three Credits
Students only work on three credits at a time, allowing them more time throughout the day to focus on each credit.