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School-Based Budgeting with District Support at Hopkins Public Schools
Ann Ertl, Interim Director of Innovation, Design, and Learning at Hopkins Public Schools describes the district’s shift to providing school leaders with increased autonomy around school-based budgets.
School-Based Budget Decision Making with District-Facilitated Support
To support school leaders in building decision-making skills and autonomy around school-based budgeting, Hopkins Public Schools provided district-facilitated support to school leaders.
White Paper: Launching Forward: Leveraging pandemic innovations to advance school systems
This white paper release from The Learning Accelerator is a companion piece to our Hop, Skip, Leapfrog work to identify pandemic innovations advancing school systems. This paper zooms out from discrete innovation points, highlighting thematic...
Podcasts: TLA's "Beyond Brick and Mortar"
The "Beyond Brick and Mortar" podcast series features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along the way.
Beyond Brick and Mortar Podcast: My Tech High's Tuition-Free & Student-Centered Approach to Virtual Learning
In this episode of TLA's "Beyond Brick and Mortar" podcast series, which features leaders of established virtual and hybrid learning programs from across the U.S. as they discuss what makes their programs a success – and what they had to learn along...
Making Sense of Your Data Findings for Advocacy
After data analysis, making sense of your findings is a critical next step to connect what you have observed in the data with actionable ideas and strategies for advocating for student needs.
Using Data to Advocate for Changes in Virtual and Hybrid Learning Models
Districts that establish new virtual and/or hybrid schools should regularly collect data and engage stakeholders to evaluate the strength of their program. Virtual and hybrid schools can advocate for changes with district leadership using proper...
Gulfport Virtual Academy's Approach to Teacher and Student Capacity
Through participation in TLA's Strategy Lab: Virtual & Hybrid program, Gulfport Virtual Academy sought to support students who struggled with asynchronous courses and empower teachers to try new technologies and teaching practices to support...
Self-Assessment: Equitable EdTech Systems
This self-assessment mirrors the structure of the EdTech Systems Guide: Equity-Driven Selection, Implementation, and Evaluation, distilling foundational concepts into a series of statements about users’ edtech practices. Using a modified version of...
Activity: Reflect on Stakeholder Engagement Within Your Edtech Systems
This activity is based on The Learning Accelerator (TLA)’s Driving EdTech Systems: Engage Stakeholders work and supports school- and system-level edtech leaders in reflecting on and improving their stakeholder engagement practices to translate the...
Driving EdTech Systems: Engaging Stakeholders
This strategy provides school- and system-level edtech leaders an overview of the stakeholder engagement practices that drive powerful edtech systems. Beginning with identifying key stakeholders, then describing opportunities and methodologies to...